'A book of cultural and philosophic intrigue. Read it.' Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark Emu
'One of the best books I ever read...It leaves you gasping. If you care about yourself, the world around you, and where you come from, you'd better read it.' Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs and Growing Old
What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning?
This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrodinger's cat.
Sand Talk provides a template for living. It's about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It's about how we learn and how we remember. It's about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It's about finding different ways to look at things.
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.
'Radical ideas, bursting with reason.' Tara June Winch
'Playful, profound, and fiercely original." Deep Time Dreaming
'After two hundred years, Indigenous thinkers are claiming the right to interpret Aboriginal Australia. It is a revolutionary change: here, in this compelling book, are its first fruits.' Nicolas Rothwell
