- Wednesday, 26 August 2020
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Zoom – further details provided upon registration
In his book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world?, Dr Tyson Yunkaporta provides ‘a series of provocations and thought experiments grappling with the sustainability issues of the world from an Indigenous perspective, seeing what kind of solutions we can come up with through genuine dialogue’ (Tyson Yunkaporta).
One provocation stands out: Can we in fact have proper concepts of sustainable life without Indigenous knowledge?
For those of us working in the educational space, this provocation is of particular import. What would it look like for higher education to embrace Indigenous thinking to educate our young to create a sustainable future? Please join us in conversation with Dr Tyson Yunkaporta where we will explore how Indigenous thinking can help us take a critical lens to higher education as we know it and consider possible futures.
Presenter
Dr 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 on oral histories of natural disasters, language, health and cognition. He is a published poet and exhibited artist who practices traditional wood carving.
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