#79: Can Indigenous thinking save the world? (ft. Tyson Yunkaporta)

Psychotherapist Harriet Fraad and Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe have a broad ranging discussion with Tyson Yunkaporta, author of 'Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World'.

“Tyson Yunkaporta belongs to the Apalech Clan from Western Cape York and is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University. He has worked extensively with Aboriginal languages and in Indigenous education, and his research activities include oral histories of natural disasters, language, health and cognition. He is a published poet and exhibited artist who practises traditional wood carving.”

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Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World: https://bookshop.org/books/sand-talk-how-indigenous-thinking-can-save-the-world/9780062975645

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