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My time in Australia with Tyson Yunkaporta changed my life forever. It's impossible to fathom the depth of wisdom contained within an unbroken lineage of indigenous humans that stretches back into deep time of at least 60,000 years ago. Tyson explains how there in the ‘right way' there is no separation between the individual and the collective spirit world, and the only time you claim yourself in separation is if you are going to get into a scrap with someone. And even that has collective rules. Everything from monogamy to magic is turned on it's head from Western Culture in the traditions from down under, and it was my absolute honor to share time and space with this brother. But if you don't want to listen to this podcast, you can learn everything you need to know by paying close enough attention to the ants. But I recommend starting with this podcast first! Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaportahttp://bit.ly/3WVa1BK Korrect Energy https://korrectlife.com/Metal Mark collectable golden Art :https://mtlmrk.com/Aubrey MarcusWebsite | http://bit.ly/2GesYqi Instagram | http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO Facebook | http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk X | http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAdCheck out "Own your Day, Own Your Life" by Aubrey Marcus | http://bit.ly/2vRz4soSubscribe to the Aubrey Marcus newsletter:https://www.aubreymarcus.com/pages/emailTo partner with the Aubrey Marcus PodcastSubscribe to the Aubrey Marcus podcast:iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Apalech man who is an academic, researcher arts critic & father. He is also the author of Sand Talk, an extraordinary reading experience. Like many of Australia's First Peoples, he has a complex identity and history but it's this that gives him authority to write and speak in a way which connects the wisdom of the past to the needs of the future. The way he thinks demands a longer term perspective. He is both philosophical and practical, compassionate yet realistic. He is filled with an other-worldly understanding of humanity. In this conversation he urges us to consider the non linear complexity of the world. He challenges our expectations, points out cultural shortcomings and invites us to recognise indigenous concepts and their history. Importantly he shows how these patterns have the potential to be incorporated into our non indigenous thinking which builds hope and possibility to benefit us all.“I don't have answers but I know that stories connect us to country. Country knows the answers. Notice it and be a custodian".Episode SummaryMinimising abstractions between lore and landThe illusion of the environment which is hidden by siloed systemsLet's look like dickheads for a minute while we work out the path forwardLooking for seasonal signs and responding to themLore carries recipes for how to live our lives with story and patternComing back into rhythm with the natural worldRunning out of time - the time to reconnect with country is nowThe dominating authoritarianism in the western world demands people are disconnected from the landscapeMutual aid activism - not about throwing bombs but making sure everyone is fed.Self determination being thwarted by authoritarianismStop looking at things and look at structures, systems and patterns insteadQuietly getting on with it - syndicate your neighbourhood with the next neighbourhoodThe bullshit of nation building is key in the decimation of connection to country.Activism is an industry Positive and negative feedback loops to understand how symbioses interlock with othersStory, ceremony and ritual for real thinking and real meaning makingUntil art became capital it was something that every human did every day to understand their place in the worldHow do we find a way of storytelling without reducing it to words"Image, dance, song - can all portray story but they have no depth of meaning if they don't have place"The lore is in the land "Leave those who are pecking over the carcass of the earth to their dying beliefs and the rest of us can get on with rebuilding relationships, stories, knowledge and place. Quietly and with people"Why we need to stop self flagellating acknowledgments of country and start building relationshipsReferencesViktor Stefanson - fire country managementSand Talk - Tyson YunkaportaThe other others - podcast.Thanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof AustraliaNutrisoilBuy the BookFuturesteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersShout out to the rockstars who smooth the sound Open Door StudiosSupport the showSupport the show
Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta joins Raghu to discuss our shared evolution of consciousness and navigating a post-truth world.This week on Mindrolling, Tyson and Raghu have a conversation about: Living in a post-truth world where objective facts lose to emotional/personal appealHow coronavirus nudged us closer to fascismCultural feedback routes and how America affects AustraliaWorking with Indigenous medicine to connect to the spiritNavigating the grieving processRevolutions of consciousness through the erasOur universal connection and sharing of space with each otherDisinformation and the build-up to our recent electionRight story versus wrong story and how the truth gets blurredAll of our relations, human and non-humanAbout Tyson Yunkaporta:Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Preorder Tyson's book, Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell“People are really suffering, and this feels true. This story reflects our feelings of terror and the need to preserve our cultures and communities and resources exclusively.” – Tyson YunkaportaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
How might knowledge be co-created as a process of relationships between humans, other-than-humans, and the land?In this episode, I speak with Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and most recently Right Story, Wrong Story. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises. Tyson currently works at the Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University as Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges. We discuss:
Summary KeywordsTensions, thinking, teams, talk, navigate, dilemmas, book, organisation, decisions, people, started, company, idea, question, unpack, Unilever, bottom line, lives, studying.IntroductionWelcome to episode 176 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. Having Dr Wendy Smith on the show with us today is a pleasure. Wendy is a professor at the University of Delaware and Co-Founder and Director of the Lerner Women's Leadership initiative. Wendy has a doctorate in organisational behaviour from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Psychology and Political Science from Yale. Wendy recently released the book Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solver Your Toughest Problems, written with her co-author Marianne Lewis. Navigating the often competing forces in our lives and work can be challenging.I look forward to discussing this topic close to my heart today, particularly in achieving outcomes of environmental, social, and economic improvement within organisations. Let's get into the episode, Wendy. Thanks for joining us.Action Items1. We encourage you to notice how often you frame dilemmas as "either/or" and invite "both-and" thinking instead.2. Visit https://bothandthinking.net/ for more information on tools and resources for implementing both and thinking in your personal and professional lives.3. Wendy mentions "Sand Talk" by Tyson Yunkaporta. His book has won many literary awards. Visit the website https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk to learn more. Episode Links:YouTube Full episode: https://youtu.be/M9Xsg_RUP0MYouTube Two-Minute Tip: Enterprise Excellence Academy Web: Contacts Brad: Connect via LinkedIn or call him at 0402 448 445 or email bjeavons@iqi.com.au. Visit Wendy at https://bothandthinking.netWhat's next?1. Download the new resources https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/downloads2. Join our next community meeting. https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/community.3. Listen to another podcast, #129 Diversity in Leadership & Enterprise Excellence with CEO of Paralympics Australia Catherine Clark, https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/podcast/episode/7a159cdb/129-catherine-clark-diversity-in-leadership-and-enterprise-excellence4. Check out the award-winning book "Sand Talk" https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk To learn more about what we do, visit www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com.Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.
Flora Brown periodically inventories her current life projects to decide if her current choices feel right for her now and for the next 2-5 years. When you visit her site and pursue her products and courses it quickly becomes obvious she pursues what she loves and changes her focus when she tunes in to what feels right for her.Her current focus on teaching people how to write their own biographies - whether in written volumes or in micro memories in various media. She tunes into the person's needs on many levels and guides them along the path to achieve their personal ultimate outcomes.Flors explains why allowing projects to stand as we create them rather than working on editing and editing them actually makes them superior tools for others to embrace. She sees the natural result as being transparent, allowing the audience to learn vicariously from the detours and seeming mistakes made by those of us who teach by sharing.Learning by working through, or witnessing how others work through similar challenges promotes growth that may never happen if only a finished product is whole and perfect as is, garnering the desired results seemingly without obstacles.To listen AND follow along with the transcript: Scroll down to embrace Change without EditingReady to step in a new Direction? Download Rev. Ali's guide Step In A New Direction Click Rev. Ali's link for a FREE audiobook of your choice and a 30 Day trial to explore Audible's vast adventures you will not find any place else. This week Rev. Ali recommends Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta. Get it for free when you click this link and make it your free audiobook.Support the showDiscover how to communicate with the Universe, your guides and angels. Rev. Ali makes it easy.Everyone who is excited to stop hurting - physically, emotionally, or spiritually contact Rev. Ali to eliminate the grief and hurt. Struggle, in ANY form, is optional. It is science! Click Rev. Ali's link for a FREE audiobook of your choice and a 30 Day trial to explore Audible's vast adventures you will not find any place else.Need someone to talk to about your spirituality who won't think you're nutsy? Join our Facebook group Watch or listen to any episode and leave a review on our show siteSome of the links may earn a small amount for Rev. Ali without adding to your costs.
In Principle of Charity on the Couch, Lloyd has an unfiltered conversation with the guests, throws them curveballs, and gets into the personal side of Principle of Charity.BIOSTyson 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.John Humphreys is the Chief Economist at The Australian Taxpayers' Alliance. He has worked previously as a policy analyst for the Australian Treasury. John was the founder of the Australian Libertarian Society, the Liberal Democratic Party (now called "Libertarian Party"), and the Friedman Conference. He also ran a research centre and education charity in Cambodia for many years, for which he was awarded a knighthood in 2016. CREDITSYour hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman This podcast is proud to partner with The Ethics CentreFind Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked inFind Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and XThis podcast is produced by Jonah Primo and Danielle HarveyFind Jonah at jonahprimo.com or @JonahPrimo on Instagram Find Danielle at danielleharvey.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we contrast two very different ways of seeing the world — Libertarianism and Indigenous Ways, to consider which model is better for society. Libertarianism, with a focus on the version of this political philosophy that came about in the second half of the 20th century, usually associated with the centre right, does in fact cut across traditional left /right lines. It sees our individual liberty, our freedom as the most important political value. It's a political philosophy that values civil liberties, competitive markets, private property and free speech. It sees the government as a poor substitute for voluntary community and dislikes government intervention. Not just because governments may be corrupt or inefficient, but because of the real threat of force that lies at the base of all laws to coerce us to do what we may not want to do. Libertarianism sits on the extreme, but still well within a general Western enlightenment worldview with other pillars like capitalism and free functioning markets. One could say that the purpose that sits behind this entire worldview is the flourishing of the individual. In contrast to libertarianism we consider Indigenous Australian knowledge systems, which echo many First Nations' ways of seeing the world. Here the individual is just one node in a hugely complex system of relationships that extend to the family, to community, to ancestors, to future generations, to animals and to the land — which is also seen to be alive and sentient — and to the creation stories themselves. While this system recognises we have individual desires and we should honour our individuality, it is driven by prioritising our relationships and obligations to all those groups mentioned above with an overarching sense of custodianship for a story that started in creation and will continue long after we are gone. There are some interesting crossovers between the two worldviews, such as a distrust of centralised top-down systems of control and a belief in the power of emergent systems that come from the web of human interactions, however these are two very different ways of seeing the role of the individual and their relationships and responsibilities in and to society. This episode contains some coarse language.BIOSTyson 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.John Humphreys is the Chief Economist at The Australian Taxpayers' Alliance. He has worked previously as a policy analyst for the Australian Treasury. John was the founder of the Australian Libertarian Society, the Liberal Democratic Party (now called "Libertarian Party"), and the Friedman Conference. He also ran a research centre and education charity in Cambodia for many years, for which he was awarded a knighthood in 2016. CREDITSYour hosts are Lloyd Vogelman and Emile Sherman This podcast is proud to partner with The Ethics CentreFind Lloyd @LloydVogelman on Linked inFind Emile @EmileSherman on Linked In and XThis podcast is produced by Jonah Primo and Danielle HarveyFind Jonah at jonahprimo.com or @JonahPrimo on Instagram Find Danielle at danielleharvey.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What beckons us, calls to us from beyond? Tuning into a magic that flows from the universe, not from an individualized self, Tyson Yunkaporta offers lucid insight into the current state of the world in this week's episode. In maddening times of dissonance and disconnection, Tyson speaks to the need for the Right Story, for LORE. As he dives into his new book Right Story, Wrong Story, Tyson discusses rampant disinformation, the stories that prop up empire, and the need for lore that cuts through such propagandistic drivel. This convivial and expansive conversation is a brilliant exploration and critique of the current cultural fabric, and it invites crucial questions of how we can disrupt cycles of violence, power, and greed. Throughout the conversation, Tyson contemplates how we may open ourselves up to being beckoned outside of the ego, and how we may resist the individualizing neoliberal urge. Decolonization is not just about poetry, or word, or aesthetics, and Tyson strikes at the heart of how we (the collective we) must be materially and fiscally decolonial for the real work to be done. Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Music by Leo James generously provided by Patience Records. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show
To end this season, I would like to share with you something that touched me deeply, a dream walk that was originally exhibited as a sound installation in an art exhibition called Revealed, in Melbourne in 2017. You can find it in Tyson Yunkaporta brilliant book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. Tyson recently published his new book ‘Right Story, Wrong Story', and if you haven't had a chance to check out his work, I highly recommend it. I invite you to sit or lie down in a comfortable position, close your eyes and simply follow my voice. For show notes & links visit TNM official website
Ep. 103 (Part 2 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta, author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that's what matters most.In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023.“Everything you are is a web of relations – you are a relational net.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21)Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50)How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57)Tyson's new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20)Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51)Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante's Inferno (13:14)The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11)Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10)Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western medicine and other Western institutions (17:55)The capacity to laugh is what gets you through (22:16)The neurological capacity of an echidna (22:58)How secular gurus, influencers, are nudging people in horrible directions like fascism, autocracy, exclusionary politics (24:31) People get...
Ep. 102 (Part 1 of 2) | “What if I lean into the pain and come out the other side and survive it—and what if I take you with me, as the reader, and together we deal with our pain?” asks Tyson Yunkaporta, author, senior research fellow, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. Tyson embodies this era of metacrisis, actively working with the global issues of our time in his work and in his personal life. His books are paradigm rattling and his whole life is a contribution—bringing forth ways in which Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge can help us, stating the need to find a collective narrative we can all agree on in order to survive, expressing himself with utter authenticity, and pointing out emphatically that each one of us is a web of relations, and that's what matters most.In his own uniquely raw, unguarded, authentic (and funny) way, Tyson describes his personal challenges with mental health and bipolar disorder and the states of mind he was in when he wrote his two books. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, was written in just weeks while manic. In dramatic contrast, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking was written while wrestling with depression. Tyson talks about disinformation and how we collectively need to get to the “right story;” about Aboriginal culture and what it means to be living in a colony; the amazing psycho-technologies Aboriginals have to deal with grief; the radicalization and polarization exacerbated by COVID lockdowns in Australia; the similarity between Indigenous knowledge and the scientific method; the sacredness of magic and how this cannot be scaled. Tyson is a window into Aboriginal Indigenous knowledge and a brilliant translator of that wisdom for the rest of us. Recorded September 21, 2023.“If you can get a fellow like me to line up and share a narrative with everybody else and an agreement on what is real and what is not in the world, then I guess there's going to be hope for everybody.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1Introducing artist, academic, author, podcast host, and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab, Tyson Yunkaporta (01:21)Aboriginal & white Australia is really just one world, with Australia squatting on top: living in the overlap space of the Venn diagram (02:50)How we survive: Aboriginal culture has amazing psychotechnologies of mourning and excels at cultivating humor to effectively heal the grief from facing death so often (05:45) How the Aboriginals were indirectly responsible for the first corporation after spearing Dutchmen 500 years ago (06:57)Tyson's new book, Right Story, Wrong Story spends a lot of time refuting his first book, Sand Talk (09:20)Sand Talk was written in a bipolar/manic episode in 2 weeks flat—it includes a lot of solid Indigenous wisdom as well as propaganda about Western institutions (09:51)Right Story/Wrong Story was written in a state of suicidal depression modeled on Dante's Inferno (13:14)The effects of COVID and the harshest lockdowns on the planet on Aboriginal Australia & on Tyson (14:11)Right Story/Wrong Story looks at disinformation: how can we collectively get to the right story? (16:10)Tyson explains his mental health challenges and the paradox of being dependent on Western...
In today's episode I chat with one of my favourite thinkers and writers: Jamie Wheal. I got to know Jamie through our mutual interest in, well, the hot mess that our civilization seems to be going through, and I knew he'd make a great guest for Win-Win because he's one of those rare folks who can combine both intellectual rigor and a deep love for physicality and nature. So as well as discussing game theory and the meaning crisis and all that good stuff, we also get into his discoveries studying human "flow states" - he's the co-founder of the Flow Genome Project, as well as the author of the bestselling books Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture. If you enjoy this episode, I highly recommend you check out his blog linked below. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Childhood Games 00:03:23 - Flow States 00:18:24 - Flow Genome Project 00:23:27 - The Meaning Crisis 00:32:00 - Moloch 00:36:12 - Seeking Win-Win Games 00:48:51 - AI Concerns and Risks 00:53:24 - Protecting oneself from cynicism 01:12:51 - Fostering Community 01:15:16 - Book Recommendations 01:19:40 - The Goal of the Cosmic Game Links ♾️ Jamie Wheal's Substack https://jamiewheal.substack.com/ ♾️ Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal https://www.harpercollins.com/products/stealing-fire-steven-kotlerjamie-wheal?variant=32121993101346 ♾️ Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal https://www.recapturetherapture.com/ ♾️ Flow Genome Project https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ ♾️ Group Flow https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312318/ ♾️ Bob Kegan https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/robert-kegan ♾️ Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/189989 ♾️ Problems with Externalities and Capitalism - Substack ♾️ Bittersweet by Susan Cain https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ ♾️ Dawn of Everything by David Graeber https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything ♾️ Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta?variant=32280908103714 ♾️ John Lilly Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Credits Hosted by Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt
Are you ready for a thought-provoking conversation that delves into ancient wisdom and self-help guru dynamics? In this episode, "Sand Talk Author Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta reveals what he has learned from his studies of the Pitfalls of Self-Helpy Gurus. It is a wild ride and not your standard conversation. In this episode, Tyson discusses his book, Sand Talk, which explores ancient wisdom and the potentially destructive aspects of cult dynamics. Get ready to dive deep into the idea of being a guru-like figure without resorting to manipulative tactics. Lorraine, our host, emphasizes the importance of being honest and making conscious decisions in life. But that's not all! Tyson shares his insights on the success that comes from avoiding influencer tricks and manipulative tactics. Lorraine, on the other hand, opens up about the value of true exploration and learning, rather than relying on sales-boosting strategies. Throughout the episode, Tyson warns against falling into the trap of becoming addicted to popular beliefs. He also discusses using frameworks and indigenous methodology to analyze information without sidelining native voices. Prepare to gain valuable insights on what growth confusion, and cognitive dissonance, can bring. Lorraine brings up the concept of creating narratives and excuses that align with our beliefs, highlighting the need to get real and honest with ourselves and the world. Tyson adds that having a metaphysical understanding helps us ground ourselves in reality and trust others and their knowledge. The conversation then delves into the mythos of exploration, shedding light on how explorers were often guided by established paths or faced danger when going astray. Discover how understanding oneself involves navigating indoctrinated belief systems and finding resonance within them. As the episode progresses, we explore the importance of authenticity in relationships and the danger of fake connections. Tyson and Lorraine discuss how quickly people turn on each other without listening or engaging in meaningful discussions. But wait, there's more! In this episode, you'll uncover the impact of abuse stories and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals by certain self-help gurus. We challenge the popular belief that truth is the enemy and emphasize the need for ego-less understanding. So, whether you're fascinated by ancient wisdom, interested in self-help dynamics, or simply looking for a thought-provoking conversation, this episode is for you. DR TYSON YUNKAPORTA'S BOOK: Sand Talk https://geni.us/sandtalk Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your spiritual horizons and gain a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you.
Do you want to keep your projects on track? Find out the secret to your success! In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - The benefits of a project goal/success statement. - Tools and resources to help you to design a document. - Insights from the book Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta. Here are the resources mentioned: - Human-centred Design Course: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/human-centred-design - Slidesgo: https://slidesgo.com/ - Behance: https://www.behance.net/ - Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shots - ABC Story Lab: https://www.abc.net.au/news/interactives - Canva: https://www.canva.com/ - Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta: https://www.booktopia.com.au/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta/book/9781925773996.html Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios.
Join us on this deep journey with Rosie Cooper, a grassroots herbalist, herbal facilitator and teacher from Dja Dja Warrung country in Victoria. Rosie is passionate about assisting people to foster deeper relationships with plants, letting the plants themselves guide the process. Rosie runs wilderness rites of passage, nature quests, plant connection courses, herbal first aid workshops and medicine making workshops. She makes and sells her beautiful seasonal medicines and works a lot with wild medicines in her bio region. Hear about Rosie's meandering experience into herbal medicine, beginning with being in USA and being inspired by their grassroots herbal medicine movement, then returning home to Australia and feeling isolated and lonely without having any accessible face to face herbal medicine teachers. Often these experiences can drive people to action, as has been the case with Rosie. She loves to move with the plants in a slow way, facilitating embodies spaces which invoke deeper listening in a non academic way. In this episode we explore the importance of rites of passage for our youth coming into adulthood. About discovering what memory remains in our bones from our ancestors, combined with what is emerging in the here and now. Rosie shares her dreams for the future about herbalism coming back into common sense and seeing more people growing herbs, celebrating diversity and creating more accessibility for herbal medicine. She shares her dreams as an "introduced" person to this land, finding a deep relationship with the "introduced" plants in this land- the plants of her ancestry. Sit back with a nice cup of herbal tea and enjoy this beautiful conversation. Rosie's website:kinbotanica.com.au Instagramwww.instagram.com/kin.botanica/ Join Rosie's mailing list : https://tinyletter.com/kin_botanica Shownotes: Jim McDonald:https://www.herbcraft.org/index.htm John Gallagher/Herb Mentorhttps://learningherbs.com/herbmentor/ Kiva Rose:https://enchantersgreen.com/ Kiva Rose's online magazine 'Plant Healer'https://planthealer.org/ Join us on this :https://planthealer.org/ Rebecca Altman:https://wonderbotanica.com/ Claire Dunn:https://www.naturesapprentice.com.au/ Tyson Yunkaporta's book 'Sand Talk':https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk Listen as an audiobook (recommended as Tyson is the narrator):https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Sand-Talk-Audiobook/B09DQ4F7PW Donna Raymond's book 'Maiden':https://www.booktopia.com.au/maiden--donna-raymond/book/9780645096811.html To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can join our Patreon here and gain a deeper connection to our podcast. Pay a small amount per month to have access to these resources- thanks so much for your support! You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at: asktheeldertree@gmail.com The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins. You can find Chad's music here and here.
In the weeks ahead, I invite you to revisit some past episodes. Taking this time to reflect allows us to gauge their relevance in today's world.One of these episodes, from Episode 18 of The B-side, features a captivating conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta—an academic, art critic, researcher, and author from the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. Tyson delves into indigenous wisdom and knowledge systems as shared in his book "Sand Talk."While this episode doesn't explicitly address Australia's "Voice to Parliament," it intriguingly offers a unique opportunity to delve into indigenous culture and knowledge systems, shedding light on their lasting significance. It underlines the value of sitting alongside others, truly listening to their stories, and showing respect for differing opinions and thoughts—regardless of whether we agree. At its core, this mindset highlights the idea that every one of us contributes to this narrative, thus enriching its tapestry.As Australians continue to engage in ongoing discussions that will inevitably shape our culture and collective future, some may find this episode to be a thought-provoking reminder of the depth of indigenous wisdom. By drawing from indigenous perspectives, we may contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse range of viewpoints that exist.Join me in rediscovering the treasures within Tyson's book "Sand Talk" and gain new insights and respect for diverse perspectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tyson Yunkaporta (Indigenous knowledge expert and renegade) is an Aboriginal scholar and founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Melbourne's Deakin University. His prize-winning book Sand Talk explains how Indigenous methods are best calibrated for resolving the complex global crises we face today and it's attracted fawning attention in sensemaking, complexity and integral circles globally. Tyson's wild approach tips a stack of Western thinking on its head. He challenges…not just with ideas, but with the way, the how, of his knowledge sharing. We talk the IDW, wokism and red-pilling, but mostly how we in the West have forgotten how to read the patterns of the universe, which has seen Emu energy (narcissism) flourish, which then renders us unable to navigate complexity in an increasingly complex, multi-crisis world. This chat is big and challenging…so you know.You can buy Sand Talk here and Tyson's new book Right Story Wrong Story is out in October.Discover more about the IK Systems Lab.Listen to the Douglas Rushkoff interview I reference.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join me as I interview Dr. James Duffy, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in: Acupuncture, Body-Mind Therapy, Brain Health, Burnout, Herbs & Supplements Guidance, Huntington's Disease, Integrated Care, Movement Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders, Parkinson's Disease. Multi-faceted, Dr. Duffy guides doctors in returning the healer to their work. He currently focuses on working with individuals (including healthcare professionals) to remediate burnout. He transformed the Institute of Spirituality & Health in Texas – to foster the powerful connection between spirituality and health. He is a student of Tibetan Buddhism and speaks regularly about healing as contemplative practice – a unique opportunity to serve others while expanding one's own heart. In this interview, Dr. Duffy touches upon:The issue of burnout and how it impacts physicians and other medical professionals; how burnout is impacting our collective consciousness. The significance of Christine Longaker's book, Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying. The significance of Kirsten DeLeo's book, Being Present through the End. Kirsten helped to pioneer Authentic Presence, one of the first contemplative-based programs in end-of-life care in the United States. The impact of the Dalai Lama's response to the question of what constituted the essence of Tibetan Medicine: "To have a good heart," accelerated his professional work and commitment to align with the authentic heart of compassion. How contemplative practice opens us to the realization that "People do not have ideas, ideas have people," a quote by Carl Jung. It is challenging to wake up to the truth of this and not fall victim to an idea that does not uphold how we aspire to live our lives. The book he is currently writing tentatively titled: "The Practice: The Contemplative Heart of Healing." How the pervasiveness of burnout in our culture is surfacing as "the inner climate crisis." That the healer's job is to identify the shadow of our community and find ways to transcend it through contemplative practice and action. How burnout results from the belief that "I am not enough," which in turn results from shame which in turn results from trauma. If shame remains in the shadows, it is impossible to be vulnerable, authentic. How his workshop series (7 sessions) titled The Yoga of Medicine is designed to cultivate enlightened healers. The first session is titled Asana is like the physical asanas in yoga practice, clarity and specificity result from intention. When faced with a choice, intention should be the starting point -- if choices and actions are aligned with intention, everything falls into place. How modern cultures regularly farm out entropy (including the sick and dying) and indigenous thinking can encourage more holistic and compassionate paradigms. See book by Tyson Yunkaporta titled Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. His talk on the regenerative mind and its connection to other regenerative mediums: regenerative agriculture, regenerative economies. How Chinese Medicine nourishes the inner in light of the outer. Books by Lonny Jarrett including Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine. And his website: nourishingdestiny.com -- encouraging healers to awaken the living heart of medicine.
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Join me as I interview Dr. James Duffy, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in: Acupuncture, Body-Mind Therapy, Brain Health, Burnout, Herbs & Supplements Guidance, Huntington's Disease, Integrated Care, Movement Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders, Parkinson's Disease. Multi-faceted, Dr. Duffy guides doctors in returning the healer to their work. He currently focuses on working with individuals (including healthcare professionals) to remediate burnout. He transformed the Institute of Spirituality & Health in Texas – to foster the powerful connection between spirituality and health. He is a student of Tibetan Buddhism and speaks regularly about healing as contemplative practice – a unique opportunity to serve others while expanding one's own heart. In this interview, Dr. Duffy touches upon:The issue of burnout and how it impacts physicians and other medical professionals; how burnout is impacting our collective consciousness. The significance of Christine Longaker's book, Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying. The significance of Kirsten DeLeo's book, Being Present through the End. Kirsten helped to pioneer Authentic Presence, one of the first contemplative-based programs in end-of-life care in the United States. The impact of the Dalai Lama's response to the question of what constituted the essence of Tibetan Medicine: "To have a good heart," accelerated his professional work and commitment to align with the authentic heart of compassion. How contemplative practice opens us to the realization that "People do not have ideas, ideas have people," a quote by Carl Jung. It is challenging to wake up to the truth of this and not fall victim to an idea that does not uphold how we aspire to live our lives. The book he is currently writing tentatively titled: "The Practice: The Contemplative Heart of Healing." How the pervasiveness of burnout in our culture is surfacing as "the inner climate crisis." That the healer's job is to identify the shadow of our community and find ways to transcend it through contemplative practice and action. How burnout results from the belief that "I am not enough," which in turn results from shame which in turn results from trauma. If shame remains in the shadows, it is impossible to be vulnerable, authentic. How his workshop series (7 sessions) titled The Yoga of Medicine is designed to cultivate enlightened healers. The first session is titled Asana is like the physical asanas in yoga practice, clarity and specificity result from intention. When faced with a choice, intention should be the starting point -- if choices and actions are aligned with intention, everything falls into place. How modern cultures regularly farm out entropy (including the sick and dying) and indigenous thinking can encourage more holistic and compassionate paradigms. See book by Tyson Yunkaporta titled Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. His talk on the regenerative mind and its connection to other regenerative mediums: regenerative agriculture, regenerative economies. How Chinese Medicine nourishes the inner in light of the outer. Books by Lonny Jarrett including Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine. And his website: nourishingdestiny.com -- encouraging healers to awaken the living heart of medicine.
Kane's ex-wife Natasha and I are joined by special guest Heather Sand. Heather and Natasha are in recovery together. Heather discusses how she was so into mommy wine culture she lived in a home in Baltimore that was within walking distance to the bars. She talks, recovery, relapses, and setting boundaries. Show is sponsored by: Carawayhome.com use code TSFS for 10% OFF your order at check out Dameproducts.com use code TSFS for 15% off your order Dwhittenlaw.com mention The Sarah Fraser get 50% off your consultation Financialgym.com/TSFS use code TSFS to get 20% your first year of membership Horizonfibroids.com - Get rid of those nasty fibroids! Nutrafol.com: use code TSFS for FREE shipping and $15 off Smartnews App: Download breaking local and national news for FREE Tanasi.com use code TSFS at checkout for 50% off your order Zocdoc.com/tsfs - Download the Zocdoc App for FREE Advertise on The Sarah Fraser Show: Contact Laila Kalantari at True Native Media campaigns@truenativemedia.com Got at TIP on 90 Day Fiance, a TLC Show, Welcome To Plathville? Email: thesarahfrasershow@gmail.com Follow me on Tiktok: @thesarahfrasershow Book me on Cameo: cameo.com/sarahfraser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Douglas Rushkoff discusses his book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires. Tyson Yunkaporta talks about Indigenous thinking. His book is Sand Talk. The post Douglas Rushkoff, SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST & Tyson Yunkaporta, SAND TALK appeared first on Writer's Voice.
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On today's podcast I share insights from recent materials I've been reading and enjoying to creativity inspire my writing, teaching and business coaching. Pulling on a variety of books, podcasts and lessons from the wisdom of First Nations people, the laws and lesson of nature and new commentary on time and our finite amount of it. Books & resources I mentioned on the episode: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben The Choice by Edith Ever Happy Money by Ken Honda
A delightful yarn with Tyson Yunkporta, Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. Tyson is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, Australia. On this episode we discuss: How their systems lab aggregates data and knowledge through indigenous sense-making protocols “Avatar Depression” syndrome and how the West may begin to remember its own aboriginal knowledge How giving names to nature can either kill, or create kinship The role of ceremony in maintaining energy flows.. And why ceremony isn't always such an enjoyable matter! Why baramundi is not the correct name for a saltwater fish, and why biomimicry doesn't work quite as well as we may think How land seen as capital becomes a dying land And finally, what happens when the dress rehearsal for an epic ceremony actually becomes the real thing! Episode Website Link: lifeworld.earth/episodes/indigenousviewtysonyunkaporta Show Links: Deakin University Indigenous Knowledges Systems LabSand Talk bookIndigenous AI LabThe Other Others podcast Look out for meditations, poems, readings, and other snippets of inspiration in between episodes. Music Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With Tyson Yunkaporta & Joe Martin (Tutakwisnapšiƛ). Today we're joined by two master indigenous scholars and artists, who will be laying down clues from their ancestral cultures on how to interpret and read the laws of the land. Our first conversation is what he likes to call a yarn, with Tyson Yunkporta, Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland, Australia. Tyson is the author of the book Sand Talk which was wildly successful, and I reckon part of its popularity is the way that Tyson is able to pack in such punchy wisdom along with his sharp-witted, trickster humor. We discuss how their lab collects data and knowledge through a very special indigenous sense-making protocol, and then applies it to issues like economic reform, broken landscapes, cyber safety and neuroscience. We delve into the importance of engaging with place, why a real ceremony is not all fun and games, and how the west can quit longing and start acting in rediscovering its own indigeneity. We'll then visit wisdom holder and elder Joe Martin, who will be speaking to us from British Columbia. Joe is a member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and is a master canoe and totem pole carver, with over seventy canoes having been whittled and chiselled away by his hands. Just earlier this July, he and his community raised a new totem pole in ceremony at the ancient village of Opitsaht which depicts his family's teachings of natural law. I've uploaded videos of the totem poles in the show notes, where you can see how each pole carries millennia old myths, stories and teachings about the human relationship with forces like the bear, wolf, raven, sun, moon and stars. I hope that both of these conversations will entice you to uncover and excavate your own family lineage, all the brimming folk tales and myths and lifeworlds held by your people and the land where your blood and cosmologies sprouted from. Episode Website Link: lifeworld.earth/episodes/indigenousview Show Links: Deakin University Indigenous Knowledges Systems LabSand Talk bookIndigenous AI LabThe Other Others podcastFilm: The Canoe MakerBook: Making a Chaputs, The Teachings and Responsibilities of a Canoe MakerBC Achievement Award, Joe MartinJoe's Facebook page Look out for meditations, poems, readings, and other snippets of inspiration in between episodes. Music: Electric Ethnicity by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd & The Rising by Tryad CCPL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With Tyson Yunkaporta, Daniel Robert, Chay Beriault, Jessie White, and John Wolfstone.In part two of Community, we get into the path toward community, a zigzag and emergent pathway that can be confusing and extremely challenging. Which is why the alternate name for this episode is Community is a Pain in the Ass. It's not easy to be building community while dealing with ancestral grief and despair over living in a fragmented, partial society.And yet people make this effort, with goodwill and humor, and I doff my patchy hat to them.We get into communication, communion working through conflict,and we also get into nomadic community, which may well be the oldest form of community for humans, and is less about just roaming through the landscape and more about cyclically tending the land. We'll be hearing from Tyson Yunkaporta about this from the Apalach band in Australia, who is working in the indigenous knowledge lab in deacon university working on bringing in functional nomadic communities in the modern world. And we'll also touch on the wonders and terrors of online community.To learn more about Tyson Yunkaporta excellent book, Sand Talk, you can go here.In this episode Daniel Robert tells the story of the founding of the School of Mythopoetics. To hear more about this you can listen to this episode of the Mythic Masculine Podcast.Jessie's beautiful art is here. John Wolfstone's site, about rites of passage, is here. Hear you in there!To support the podcast, and receive additional artwork and stories related to its theme, go on over to Patreon.The podcast Instragram is here. To be notified about upcoming creative writing and art workshops, sign up for the Story Paths mailing list here. There were many songs and sound effects in this episode. Thanks especialy to all who offered these up freely on Freesound.org and dig.ccmixter.org.I couldn't put them all in the show notes here, but you'll find them in the transcript.Music creditfrom ccmixter:romancito_-_San_Geronimo_Feast_DayFrom freesound.org165864__ananth-pattabi__traditional-folk-drums-hyderabad-india.mp3
Combining an indigenous life with that of acadamia, TYSON YUNKAPORTA , has managed to embody and then write Sand Talk; an adventurous real life story of shifting an unsustainable present with metaphor and ancient ways. https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/tyson-yunkaporta
Der australische indigene Wissenschaftler Tyson Yunkaporta stellt das vernetzte Denken seiner Kultur vor als eine Möglichkeit zur Bewältigung der Krisen in der modernen Welt. Rezension von Margrit Irgang Aus dem Englischen von Dirk Höfer Matthes & Seitz Verlag, 287 Seiten, 28 Euro ISBN 978-3-7518-0339-7
Welcome back for another episode of Nick's Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz! As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. Subscribe, Share, Mobile links & Time-stamps below! 0:00 Introduction 4:45 About the Author 7:14 Ch1: The Porcupine & The Paleo Mind 14:20 Ch2: Albino Boy 20:00 Ch3: The First Law 26:20 Ch4: Lines in the Sand 33:10 Ch5: Romanticizing the Stone Age 37:30 Ch6: Lemonade for Headaches 46:10 Ch7: Immovable Meets Irresistible 50:45 Ch8: Which Way 58:25 Next Time & Goodbye! YouTube: https://youtu.be/ndQDkepKcBQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44297973
Lessons from the past is a theme I've been exploring for quite a while now. How these lessons inform our future is a really exciting concept. In this Healthy Bite, let's talk about Tyson Yunkaporta's book, Sand Talk. Through the eyes of an Indigenous person, he attempts to convey a picture of the modern world to his readers. I also recommend two other books that you could read about Indigenous culture. Listen to the full episode to find out! ---- You can also watch this episode at https://drronehrlich.com/ ----- TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH? Join me in my online health programs. ----- CONNECT WITH ME You can ask questions via social media using my Instagram or Facebook or TikTok or YouTube page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How much more could we discover if we listened more intently and made a deeper connection with the land from an indigenous perspective? My guest today is Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is an academic, an art critic, and a researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at Deakin University in Melbourne. We explored indigenous economics, systems reform, colonization, accountability, healing, ritual, and a variety of other topics with one another. A must listen! You can get Tyson Yunkaporta's book here: https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk ---- CREDITS: Host: Dr Ron Ehrlich Guest: Tyson Yunkaporta Producer: Amelia Navascues ---- You can also watch this episode at https://drronehrlich.com/ ----- TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH? Join me in my online health programs. ----- CONNECT WITH ME You can ask questions via social media using my Instagram or Facebook or TikTok or YouTube page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
En esta edición especial de Sand Talk - The Beach Soccer Podcast, Matt se pone al día con el recientemente nombrado entrenador de fútbol playa de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Ramiro Amarelle. La leyenda de La Roja y ex-jugador del Barcelona habla sobre su mudanza a Dubái y también de sus viejos amigos de los días en que el deporte estaba en sus inicios.
In this Special Edition of Sand Talk - The Beach Soccer Podcast, Matt catches up with recently-named UAE beach soccer head coach, Ramiro Amarelle. The La Roja legend and ex-Barcelona player Ramiro Amarelle discusses his move to Dubai and also talks about his old friends from the days of when the sport was in its infancy. Amarelle also names the players at the top of his list to win the Best Player award in 2022.
Llorenc reflects on a much-storied career that has taken in playing in 40 countries for over 30 clubs as well as his hugely successful time with the national team. He looks back at an incredible playing career and his future coaching Beach Soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matt Mills speaks to World Player of the Year, Ozu. He discusses how a Brazilian ends up playing for Japan, how the country took him to heart, and how it felt to win the best player prize in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tyson Yunkaporta is an Apalech man who is an academic, researcher arts critic & father. He is also the author of Sand Talk, an extraordinary reading experience. Like many of Australia's First Peoples, he has a complex identity and history but it's this that gives him authority to write and speak in a way which connects the wisdom of the past to the needs of the future. The way he thinks demands a longer term perspective. He is both philosophical and practical, compassionate yet realistic. He is filled with an other-worldly understanding of humanity. In this conversation he urges us to consider the non linear complexity of the world. He challenges our expectations, points out cultural shortcomings and invites us to recognise indigenous concepts and their history. Importantly he shows how these patterns have the potential to be incorporated into our non indigenous thinking which builds hope and possibility to benefit us all.“I don't have answers but I know that stories connect us to country. Country knows the answers. Notice it and be a custodian".Episode SummaryMinimising abstractions between lore and landThe illusion of the environment which is hidden by siloed systemsLet's look like dickheads for a minute while we work out the path forwardLooking for seasonal signs and responding to themLore carries recipes for how to live our lives with story and patternComing back into rhythm with the natural worldRunning out of time - the time to reconnect with country is nowThe dominating authoritarianism in the western world demands people are disconnected from the landscapeMutual aid activism - not about throwing bombs but making sure everyone is fed.Self determination being thwarted by authoritarianismStop looking at things and look at structures, systems and patterns insteadQuietly getting on with it - syndicate your neighbourhood with the next neighbourhoodThe bullshit of nation building is key in the decimation of connection to country.Activism is an industry Positive and negative feedback loops to understand how symbioses interlock with othersStory, ceremony and ritual for real thinking and real meaning makingUntil art became capital it was something that every human did every day to understand their place in the worldHow do we find a way of storytelling without reducing it to words"Image, dance, song - can all portray story but they have no depth of meaning if they don't have place"The lore is in the land "Leave those who are pecking over the carcass of the earth to their dying beliefs and the rest of us can get on with rebuilding relationships, stories, knowledge and place. Quietly and with people"Why we need to stop self flagellating acknowledgments of country and start building relationshipsReferencesViktor Stefanson - fire country managementSand Talk - Tyson YunkaportaThe other others - podcast.Thanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof AustraliaNutrisoilBuy the BookFuturesteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersShout out to the rockstars who smooth the sound Open Door StudiosSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)
Tyson Yunkaporta is the author of Sand Talk - a book which examines the modern would through an indigenous lens, weaving together traditional knowledge systems, complex systems theory, dreaming narratives, art and philosophy. In our second yarn we discuss Matariki and the universality of narratives surrounding the Pleiades star cluster; high context vs low context cultures; distribution of violence within civilisation; Tyson's views on transhumanism; cultural synthesis; sentience in land + more. This conversation is preceded by an excerpt from Sand Talk read by Tyson - something between a Dreaming Story and a meditation - best experienced in a quiet place with intention and focus. The regular discussion begins at 30:52. Follow us for future episodes. To support the podcast, shownotes and more visit thegoodtimeline.com/podcast
Join me and co-host Fil Tkaczyk for a “proper yarn” with Tyson Yunkaporta about:· The idea of what it means to live within and through multiple associations, ideals, and ways of thinking.· Tyson's indigenous and cultural roots.· How everything that is real about who we are is not necessarily only within ourselves, but within the connections of our relations.· What a “proper yarn” is and means.· Developing a relationship with place and society's ideas of who should have a voice based on perceived identities and social fragmentation.· The idea of emergence for cultural change and tracking patterns.· How everything in the world is surrounded by sex and death.Connect with Tyson:Deakin University Faculty ProfileBook Recommendations:Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by: Tyson YunkaportaConnect with Fil:Pathwithaheart@hotmail.comAnimism: Listening to the Land Podcast on AppleAnimism: Listening to the Land Podcast Facebook PageAnimism: Listening to the Land Podcast Instagram Page
To what extent do we each view the world through rose-coloured glasses? How much of our ecosystems have a 'darker' side that we might benefit from accepting and powerfully protest in place? In this episode; Tyson Yunkaporta offers a valuable indigenous inspired perspective on education, including the more concerning problems faced by communities around the world. His unique perspective gives insight into areas and problems that are often hidden in plain sight, and his awareness of the causes and consequences of these guide his strategy in teaching, academia, and life.Tyson is an Indigenous thinker, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University, and author of Sand Talk.Tyson is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne.
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. Drawing on his Aboriginal heritage, Tyson looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. Find more information about him at: https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tyson-yunkaporta# And more about host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://www.dawsongift.com/ #mindtomatter #sandtalk #blissbrain #eft #eftuniverse #indigenous
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Welcome to another episode of the DNA Of Purpose Podcast.A few weeks ago a friend of mine sent me a book saying that I just had to have today's guest on the podcast. After having a read through his book I wholeheartedly agreed, as did the rest of our team at Future Crunch. The guest is Dr Tyson Yunkaporta and the book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.As someone who has spent 15 years mastering the art of business influence, when I picked up the book I was excited about this interview for two reasons. Firstly, of all of the incredible people I have spoken to throughout this podcast, I was yet to interview a voice representing the innate wisdom and knowledge of Australia's Indigenous people.The other reason is personal. As someone who has spent the last 15 years decoding what makes a personal message influential, I always find it interesting to talk to people who have found a niche area of specialisation that somehow bridges the gap between two completely different worlds to create new stories and perspectives. And in this case, a perspective that has the power to provide the solutions that humankind needs at this point in history more so than ever before.Tyson Yukanporta has done just that, and yet at the same time having read his book and now spoken to him in person - despite today being a thought-provoking change-maker - He is humble, authentic and his approach is grounded and pragmatic.So who is this wise sage? Tyson belongs to the Apalech Clan from Western Cape York and is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge 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.In his book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, he covers everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science. The book explores how lines, symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world - and yes we explore how that works today.We also chatted about the feasibility of Indigenous thinking as the solution to modern world problems like climate change.We discussed the chasm between ancient indigenous ways of life and the contemporary world. We explore why as Australians some of us look to Indigenous peoples as cultural confetti at events, as opposed to wise mentors and advisors who can ultimately help us save the planet.We explore the power of story as the bedrock of indigenous thinking and so much more.So as always, kick back and get ready to dive into the application of ancient wisdom with a future focus with Dr Tyson Yukanporta. Welcome to the podcast.
Conversations with Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, from Deakin University in Australia, who conducts research in Indigenous Knowledge Systems applied to language, cognition, consciousness, governance, and economics. His book Sand Talk is paradigm-shifting because it brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living.Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling! Find @credko on Twitter. See alivepodcast.netThank you,Cristina Redko, PhDKey Sources:Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: Can Indigenous Thinking Save the World, Harper Collins, 2020The Other Others, a podcast by Tyson YunkaportaDeep Relaxation by Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimovpod inboxSupport the show
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Australian academic, arts critic, researcher, and member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He recently started the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, which is focused on applying Indigenous thinking to issues that complexity scientists and technologists are currently working on across domains including economics, governance, evolutionary dynamics, cognition, and the environment. Tyson is also the author of the world-view reconfiguring book 'Sand Talk' which served as the basis of our conversation. In the book, Tyson explores our global systems from an Aboriginal perspective and how this viewpoint could help us resolve some of the complex sustainability issues facing our world.In our conversation we cover:The indigenous notion of story and the problem with the narrative at the heart of Western civilisationThe value in true diversity, identity, and placeViolence and the need for its integration in societyWhy instead of pursuing growth we should seek 'increase'The need for humanity to retake our place as custodians of the land we're connected to.EPISODE LINKSTyson's Deakin University pageBook: Sand TalkTyson's Podcast: The Other OthersVideo: Why the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab mattersSUPPORT:Contribute to coffee fundBack me on IdeamarketRate Talk of Today on Apple PodcastsPODCAST INFOPodcast WebsiteFollow Sam on TwitterSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/talk-of-today/donations
Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk discusses his page turner in light of beer pong and nudie runs, complexity theory and strange attractors. We touch on aspects of steady state economics, futurism, the neo-liberal subject and challenging the wellness industry to delve further into structural analysis. Show notes
The Conversation Factory book club is an experiment I've been running for a few months now. I'm experimenting with deeper conversations and collaborations with the subscribers of the Conversation Factory Insiders group as well as working to go deeper with some of the ideas that have been shared on the Podcast. This is the first prototype, that I ran a few months back with two Alums of the Facilitation Masterclass, Meredith England and Jenn Hayslett. I won't say more about them - they introduce themselves at the *end* of the episode... I like the idea of them just being trusted friends to you, because they are trusted friends to me! If you haven't listened to the episode where I interview Tyson Yunkaporta, the author of Sand Talk, about how Indigenous thinking can (and will!) save the world, I think you can still enjoy this episode...even if you haven't read the book...although I think you should! As Tyson says in his book: “There are a lot of opportunities for sustainable innovation through the dialogue of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of living...the problem with this communication so far has been asymmetry - when power relations are so skewed that most communication is one way, there is not much opportunity for the brackish waters of hybridity to stew up something exciting.” This is a powerful image, to have a real, two-way conversation, as equals, between modern and indigenous ways of thinking, and to allow something new to emerge from the turbid, brackish waters…This conversation is hopefully another positive step in that direction. This conversation is a Yarn, in the Aboriginal sense of the word. As Tyson taught me, Yarning is the sharing of anecdotes, stories, and experiences from the lived reality of the participants. It's the way that Aboriginal communities connect, learn and decide together. And actual Sand Talk is a part of Yarning. Sand Talk, the book, is grounded in a series of drawings, drawn, literally, on the ground, in the Sand. Sand Talk, in another, more literal interpretation, is visual thinking as a grounding for a conversation. This kind of talk is something that I think is missing in nearly every kind of meeting...saying, "Can I draw this for you? This is what I am seeing. This is the way I am seeing what you are talking about right now.” ...and looking at those pictures of the world, together. Most meetings are just a bunch of air talk instead of Sand Talk, and I would literally love more Sand Talk in more meetings. That's my rant for now. I hope you enjoy this conversation. If you're interested in supporting the podcast and potentially joining us for one of these book club conversations, subscribe to the Conversation Factory insider! In September we're gathering to read and connect with past podcast guest Adam Kahane, to talk about his new book, Facilitating Breakthrough. It's going to be awesome. LINKS Sand Talk, by Tyson Yunkaporta Tyson Yunkaporta on The Conversation Factory
We yarn with Tyson Yunkaporta, systems thinker, head of the indigenous knowledge labs at Deakin university and author of Sand Talk - how indigenous thinking can save the world. We talk about time, pseudo science, story, progress, relationships, pattern thinking, rigour and generative ways of scaling. This conversation is a wonderful weaving of complexity, indigenous knowledge and systems thinking. Host: Amit Paul
"So every pair that you form with humans, non-humans with places all is there is there is a space in between you that's that binds you together and you, our task is to sort of beautify and increase that space." Dr Tyson Yunkaporta's book Sand Talk is a favourite Julian's, and in this podcast Tyson takes us on a tour of indigenous knowledge, looking at how we would have lived in the past, to where we are now, and point at spots in the transition which we are anaesthetised to, but which make little to no sense for helping us to live better, fuller, more responsible lives with less health &c, and general world problems. From Tyson's perspective - one that is hard to disagree with - our use of shame, of division, of punishment, etcetera, is creating spaces for narcissists to lead over people who care, for lies to go unchecked over truth and reason, and unless we learn how to deal with people's mistakes without piling on shame and guilt in unreasonable amounts, this is only going to continue. We can do this through learning how to have boundaries, through stories, through reconnecting with a language which reflects the land rather than one which continues to bifurcate itself into abstraction. There is so much to learn and Sand Talk should be on the reading list of all SotK listeners. Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta The Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake Peter Macfayden Survival of the Kindest episode Yothi Yindi band Semiotics: signs and signifiers, how language exists in abstraction from everything else (also see Derrida and Baudrillard if you want to learn more!) Follow Survival of the Kindest on Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you like to listen to get our episodes as they are released. Email us on sotk@compassionate-communitiesuk.co.uk
Dr Tyson Yunkaporta's book Sand Talk is a favourite Julian's, and in this podcast Tyson takes us on a tour of indigenous knowledge, looking at how we would have lived in the past, to where we are now, and point at spots in the transition which we are anaesthetised to, but which make little to no sense for helping us to live better, fuller, more responsible lives with less health &c, and general world problems. From Tyson's perspective - one that is hard to disagree with - our use of shame, of division, of punishment, etcetera, is creating spaces for narcissists to lead over people who care, for lies to go unchecked over truth and reason, and unless we learn how to deal with people's mistakes without piling on shame and guilt in unreasonable amounts, this is only going to continue. We can do this through learning how to have boundaries, through stories, through reconnecting with a language which reflects the land rather than one which continues to bifurcate itself into abstraction. There is so much to learn and Sand Talk should be on the reading list of all SotK listeners. Sand Talk by Tyson YunkaportaThe Entangled Life by Merlin SheldrakePeter Macfayden Survival of the Kindest episodeYothi Yindi bandSemiotics: signs and signifiers, how language exists in abstraction from everything else (also see Derrida and Baudrillard if you want to learn more!)Follow Survival of the Kindest on Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you like to listen to get our episodes as they are released. Email us compassion.pod@gmail.com
In this episode of Masters of Community, we speak with Venessa Paech, Australia's leading online communities specialist and Founder and Chief Consultant at PeerSense. Venessa is a seasoned online community strategist, manager, researcher, and educator with over twenty years of experience building community online. She's also the Co-founder and Director of Australian Community Managers (ACM), a network organization for community building professionals in Australia. In this episode, Venessa and I dive deep into what community governance looks like and what your MVP governance program should look like. We also talk about AI and how these tools are helping us build, understand, and moderate our communities more efficiently. You're going to really enjoy some of the more advanced-level community focused topics that we have in this discussion. We ask a really interesting question of “Is there going to be a day soon where a community can be entirely built by robots with no human facilitation?” You'll find out what her answer is in this episode. Who is this episode for? Community managers and moderators who are also curious about the role of AI in community building and management. Three key takeaways: 1. Are tools enough to build a high-engagement community?: Without a solid social infrastructure, tools cannot engage the people in a community. Why are you better together as a community than apart? Asking such strategic questions will help discover the true value that your community brings. 2. Community governance isn't as boring as it sounds: Laws to prevent online harassment help hold community managers and creators accountable to protecting basic public decency online - just the way they would in person. Proactive governance includes rules, rewards, and recognition around behavior that demonstrates the character of your community. It also includes any reprimands against behavior that goes against your community's goals and values. Risk planning for community values will find its way into Community Operations over time. Planning for governance starts conversations that help examine the creator's vision for the community's culture and character. 3. AI-driven moderation: Governance automation should be more nuanced and include specific actions and behaviors, rather than being binary. Personalization can create “hand-rails” to help guide a member's journey, but looks very different from one community to another. Community strategists can use AI to find new patterns and discover new ways members discover relationships, but these tools need large data sets for accurate predictions. There's always a risk of bias coming from existing data sets into AI-driven moderation. AI-moderated communities can be used to advance both good and bad causes. Notable Quotes: 1. “Governance...It's really about how we make decisions that define who we are and where we assign value: Is that a valuable activity? Is that not a valuable activity? Where do we draw our lines? What is crossing the line?” 2. “..potentially using that data as a predictive tool to say, look, these are the trends, this is what's been happening in the last few years around content, around behavior, around topics that are discussed.. and therefore extrapolating, this is what might be happening in the future. It's not a hundred percent reliable of course, but when you've got big data sets, which machine learning loves, then you can do some really interesting things in terms of uncovering hidden gems.” 3. “If you label something as toxic, well, it's toxic perhaps to wider society. You know, our norms, our ethics might say, that's not cool. We don't like that. That's not acting. But within that community, it's not at all toxic, it's who we are, what we value, what we believe.” Answers to rapid-fire questions: 1. If you could only eat one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Noodles in any form, particularly Laksa - a Malaysian coconut curry noodle soup. 2. What's your favorite book to give as a gift to others? “Sand Talk” by Tyson Yunkaporta. 3. Wildest Community Story? X-Files Anonymous, her first true online community where she met and dated her now-husband. 4. A go-to community engagement tactic, or conversation starter? Sharing pictures of pets. 5. Have you ever worn socks with sandals? No, but she won't stop others from wearing them. 6. Who in the world of the community would you most like to take for lunch? Jane Jacobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and John Cote. 7. The weirdest community you've ever been a part of? All the FITA communities. 8. What's a community product or technology that you wish existed? To be able to have a conversation with your community as an avatar would be incredibly interesting. 9. What's a question I didn't ask you that I should have? Similarities between working in theater and working in community. 10. Twitter-sized piece of advice from her deathbed? Truly accepting yourself for who you are and having a relationship with an animal.
Meet Sally Hill Sally is the Head of Engagement at NSW Circular and an experienced leader in the "for purpose" space. We talked about the importance of making space for purpose centred conversations, the power of small business and entrepreneurship when it comes to making the world a better place, and how the circular economy will help us all. Here are some links to some of the resources we discussed: The NSW Circular website The website of the Purpose Conference (RIP) William McDonnagh's Cradle to Cradle (book) Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce (book) Tyson Yunkaporta's Sand Talk (book)
This week's guest is one of my favorite discoveries of the last few years, and someone I'm honored and delighted to know. I can hardly express how strange and exciting it was when I reached out to Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk and Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University, and found out he was already a fan of my podcasting…so this episode is a seriously chummy session of mutual discovery by too people perhaps already a little bit TOO familiar with one another's work. Tyson inhabits an awesome position at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge systems, complexity science, cultural criticism, multimedia art and design, and dreaming and scheming on applications for ancient wisdom in the digital and post-digital eras.If you value this show and would like to see it thrive, support Future Fossils on Patreon and/or please leave a good review on Apple Podcasts! As a patron you get extra episodes each month, invites to our book club, and new writing, art, and music.• Meet great people and have equally great conversations in the Discord Server & Facebook Group• Buy the books we talk about from the Future Fossils shop at Bookshop.org• For when you'd rather listen to music, follow me and my listening recommendations on Spotify.• Thanks to Naomi Most for helping edit most of this episode! It isn't easy work.✨ Short Reads• “Building The Ark” - Tyson at e-flux architecture on GameB• Tyson's feature for Melbourne Design Week 2021• “Transformational Festivals Are A Symptom of Dissociation” - Michael Garfield• “Australian Aboriginal techniques for memorization: Translation into a medical and allied health education setting” – David Reser et al. (Tyson is last author)• The Weirdest People in The World — Joseph Henrich• William Irwin Thompson on “The Ghost Dance of the Rednecks”• “The Information Theory of Individuality” - David Krakauer et al.• “Unchained: A Story of Love, Loss, and Blockchain” - Hannu Rajaniemi✨ Podcasts• Future Fossils Book Club Discussion Recording: Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta• “What Can I Do?” on The Other Others• “Maori MAGA” on The Other Others• “Queering Dignitas” on The Other Others• FF 100: The Teafaerie on DMT, Transhumanism, and What To Do with All of God's Attention• FF 86, 87: Onyx Ashanti on Surfing Exponential Change (Part 1, Part 2)✨ Books• Sand Talk - Tyson Yunkaporta• Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Jaron Lanier• Scale - Geoffrey West• Count to a Trillion - John C. Wright• Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut✨ Music• Intro Music: Live at The Chillout Gardens, Boom Festival 2016• New Release: House Ship On A Hill (2021)✨ Notes• “The bourgeousie is always plundering the margins for menu options.”• eating peacocks: diverse diets for biodiversity vs. for dominion• how to restore the lost topsoil of Settler culture without stepping on others to do it• culpability (and the role of intent) in the West versus in Indigenous communities• COVID trauma, climate change, and Indigenous postapocalyptic insights for Settler cultures• critiquing the Myth of Primitivism and the Myth of Progress• the destruction of the clan by marriage law and papal decree• sanguinal, geographic, and noetic polities• showing up in society not just as individuals, but as members of family groups• why Indigenous people fall for conspiracy disinformation• getting a smartphone as an adult and how it changes you — firsthand recollections• Marshall McLuhan, neotribalism, banishment, and cancel culture• fractal sovereignty & continental commonlaw• genderqueerness as ontological revolution• decolonizing language and sexuality vs. transhumanist escapism/linguistic reterritorialization• guerrilla weddings in the Age of COVID• trust, smart contracts, and the unsustainability of economies of scale• Megan Kelleher, Holochain, Jim Rutt, Ben Goertzel• liquid democracy• How do you prevent an autonomous zone from being subsumed by colonial forces?• being happy to not have final answers, to be one step in an age of transition• “Land is your smart room [except] it's reciprocal. One of you isn't ‘The User.' … Most of the affordances you're seeking through technology and sci-fi: these are pre-existing things. You find them through a relation and an interspecies communication with your bioregion.”✨ Support the countless hours of research and production that go into Future Fossils• Venmo: @futurefossils• PayPal.me/michaelgarfield• Patreon: patreon.com//michaelgarfield• BTC: 1At2LQbkQmgDugkchkP6QkDJCvJ5rv3Jm• ETH: 0xfD2BC66586FA4FBA189992E9B0037CD5cb9673EF• NFTs: Rarible | Foundation Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne where he currently lives. His book Sand Talk was published in 2019 to resounding acclaim. The paradigm-shifting book brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability - and offers a new template for living. As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. Yunkaporta's writing process begins with images. Honoring indigenous traditions, he makes carvings of what he wants to say, channeling his thoughts through symbols and diagrams rather than words. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. In Sand Talk , he provides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains 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 everyone and listening carefully. It's about finding different ways to look at things. Most of all it's about a very special way of thinking, of learning to see from a native perspective, one that is spiritually and physically tied to the earth around us, and how it can save our world.
On today's episode we're talking with Tyson Yunkaporta, author of “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.” Tyson is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne and is a member of the Apalech clan in Queensland, Australia. "Sand Talk" explains how the teachings of aboriginal culture can help us imagine a way to a sustainable future by emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation, and by cultivating respect for the land. In this episode, we talk about how even when Western cultures seek out indigenous knowledges, they lack a framework to be able to understand what they're being offered. Indigenous thinking, according to Tyson, is relational. It requires long term connection and commitment to the community and the land. It's not just about using didgeridoos, or smudge sticks, (or wands and cauldrons as the case may be), it's about engaging with a larger matrix of connectivity that is the TRUE essence of indigenous thinking and way of life.. We're really excited to share this episode with you! Thanks for tuning in! References in this episode include:Tyson Yunkaporta, "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World."Tucker Carlson Had A Witch On His Show, It Did Not Go As Planned, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-witch-interview_n_59c1c14ce4b0186c2206b97fMichael M Hughes, "A Spell To Bind Donald Trump and All Those That Aid And Abet Him." *********************************REGISTER FOR AMANDA'S MOON RITUAL ON FRIDAY 7/23/21 6:30pm PSTThis Aquarius Full Moon in Leo Season is the Visionary Moon, the Claiming Moon, and the Herb Moon. Leo season asks us to show up with a heart full of courage. Aquarius is the sign of the visionary. This full moon is the time to show up with courage and envision the life you want; not just for yourself, but for all beings.Ritual is on Zoom and by donation - 7/23/21 6:30pm PST. To register CLICK HERE. *********************************CURRENT WORKSHOPS TEMPERANCE: Potions, Offerings, & Rituals of Transformation : In this workshop you will learn to use ordinary substances to make big magic in your everyday life. Cooking magic, cleaning magic, love magic, and more. You'll learn how to whip up a spell using the things you have in your kitchen, create offerings for your ancestors, and a clearing bath that will restore your soul. Click here to find out more. To become a Between the Worlds Weird Circle Subscriber, click here. **********************************Learn More About Our Guest Tyson YunkaportaTyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne and his book "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World," is out now via Harper Collins.Buy his book "Sand Talk" via his publisher page: https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tyson-yunkaporta **********************************Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates GarciaTo sign up for Amanda's next ritual, click here: FULL MOON IN AQUARIUSTo sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's FacebookTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com **********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker RiggsCheck out Mind Your Practice - Carolyn's new podcast with arts consultant and author of Make Your Art No Matter What, Beth Pickens.Mind Your Practice is geared towards artists and writers looking for strategies and support to build their projects and practices (plus loving pep talks). There's even a club - “Homework Club” - which offers creative people a framework for keeping their projects and practices a priority with *actual homework* and optional accountability groups made up of other artists and writers!You can visit MindYourPractice.com for more details or listen wherever you stream Between the Worlds. **********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.**CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes.
This month we celebrate the works of First Nations authors in honour of NAIDOC Week 2021. In this Episode Tim speaks with debut YA author and Yuin man Gary Lonesborough about his novel The Boy From the Mish, a coming of age story about love, family and culture. Janine reviews Anita Heiss new novel Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams a gripping tale of the Murrumbidgee River flooding of 1852, Sam reflects on Bruce Pasco's Loving Country as well as Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta and we hear about the exciting life of Jack Charles in Born again Black Fella, his biography.
Here's a preview of this week's bonus episode: Sand Talk author Tyson Yunkaporta joins Douglas Rushkoff in Team Human's High Fidelity spatial audio room for a special salon. Team Human teammates were granted a special opportunity to join live. Originally recorded on May 8, 2021. You can gain full access to this conversation by becoming a supporter today at: patreon.com/teamhuman Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Although it is not described as such anywhere in the book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (HarperOne, 2021) is indeed a systems-thinking book—one that offers a much-needed fresh perspective. Tyson Yunkaporta stands on the shoulders of who we should consider the original systems thinkers: Indigenous elders—the keepers & teachers of ancient knowledge—to show us that by “emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation—and by cultivating respect for the land—we can address the urgent challenges we face”. Readers of systems literature will notice familiar themes such as non-linearity, complexity, cause-and-effect and the role of the observer in a system. Each chapter of this paradigm-shifting book starts with some yarning and 'sand talk'— invoking an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. The table of contents is a beautiful compilation of Yunkaporta's sand talk carving illustrations. Tyson Yunkaporta offers that there is much to be learned from Indigenous 'knowledge systems', but expressses worry about borrowed ideas getting "tangled and twisted in marketplace of civilization"—and suggests that "symbiotic dances" must instead occur between Indigenous and non-Indigenous systems. The result of such an "interaction of multitude of agents in a sustainable system of emergent entities" could be positive and productive. Tyson Yunkaporta is an arts critic, and researcher—and a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. This is his first book. Kevin Lindsay is a 25+ year Silicon Valley software product strategist and marketer, and graduate student at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Kevin is interested in complexity and paradox, and the power of systems thinking to help us understand and tackle the big messes humanity created and is now dealing with. Kevin has been an NBN host since July 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Although it is not described as such anywhere in the book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (HarperOne, 2021) is indeed a systems-thinking book—one that offers a much-needed fresh perspective. Tyson Yunkaporta stands on the shoulders of who we should consider the original systems thinkers: Indigenous elders—the keepers & teachers of ancient knowledge—to show us that by “emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation—and by cultivating respect for the land—we can address the urgent challenges we face”. Readers of systems literature will notice familiar themes such as non-linearity, complexity, cause-and-effect and the role of the observer in a system. Each chapter of this paradigm-shifting book starts with some yarning and 'sand talk'— invoking an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. The table of contents is a beautiful compilation of Yunkaporta's sand talk carving illustrations. Tyson Yunkaporta offers that there is much to be learned from Indigenous 'knowledge systems', but expressses worry about borrowed ideas getting "tangled and twisted in marketplace of civilization"—and suggests that "symbiotic dances" must instead occur between Indigenous and non-Indigenous systems. The result of such an "interaction of multitude of agents in a sustainable system of emergent entities" could be positive and productive. Tyson Yunkaporta is an arts critic, and researcher—and a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. This is his first book. Kevin Lindsay is a 25+ year Silicon Valley software product strategist and marketer, and graduate student at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Kevin is interested in complexity and paradox, and the power of systems thinking to help us understand and tackle the big messes humanity created and is now dealing with. Kevin has been an NBN host since July 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies
Although it is not described as such anywhere in the book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (HarperOne, 2021) is indeed a systems-thinking book—one that offers a much-needed fresh perspective. Tyson Yunkaporta stands on the shoulders of who we should consider the original systems thinkers: Indigenous elders—the keepers & teachers of ancient knowledge—to show us that by “emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation—and by cultivating respect for the land—we can address the urgent challenges we face”. Readers of systems literature will notice familiar themes such as non-linearity, complexity, cause-and-effect and the role of the observer in a system. Each chapter of this paradigm-shifting book starts with some yarning and 'sand talk'— invoking an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. The table of contents is a beautiful compilation of Yunkaporta's sand talk carving illustrations. Tyson Yunkaporta offers that there is much to be learned from Indigenous 'knowledge systems', but expressses worry about borrowed ideas getting "tangled and twisted in marketplace of civilization"—and suggests that "symbiotic dances" must instead occur between Indigenous and non-Indigenous systems. The result of such an "interaction of multitude of agents in a sustainable system of emergent entities" could be positive and productive. Tyson Yunkaporta is an arts critic, and researcher—and a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. This is his first book. Kevin Lindsay is a 25+ year Silicon Valley software product strategist and marketer, and graduate student at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Kevin is interested in complexity and paradox, and the power of systems thinking to help us understand and tackle the big messes humanity created and is now dealing with. Kevin has been an NBN host since July 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
Although it is not described as such anywhere in the book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (HarperOne, 2021) is indeed a systems-thinking book—one that offers a much-needed fresh perspective. Tyson Yunkaporta stands on the shoulders of who we should consider the original systems thinkers: Indigenous elders—the keepers & teachers of ancient knowledge—to show us that by “emphasizing community and connection over individualism and fragmentation—and by cultivating respect for the land—we can address the urgent challenges we face”. Readers of systems literature will notice familiar themes such as non-linearity, complexity, cause-and-effect and the role of the observer in a system. Each chapter of this paradigm-shifting book starts with some yarning and 'sand talk'— invoking an Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. The table of contents is a beautiful compilation of Yunkaporta's sand talk carving illustrations. Tyson Yunkaporta offers that there is much to be learned from Indigenous 'knowledge systems', but expressses worry about borrowed ideas getting "tangled and twisted in marketplace of civilization"—and suggests that "symbiotic dances" must instead occur between Indigenous and non-Indigenous systems. The result of such an "interaction of multitude of agents in a sustainable system of emergent entities" could be positive and productive. Tyson Yunkaporta is an arts critic, and researcher—and a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. This is his first book. Kevin Lindsay is a 25+ year Silicon Valley software product strategist and marketer, and graduate student at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Kevin is interested in complexity and paradox, and the power of systems thinking to help us understand and tackle the big messes humanity created and is now dealing with. Kevin has been an NBN host since July 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne. In this conversation, Tyson and I talk about: how indigenous thinking can change the world relationship and regeneration belonging to place - and how we can do so even when we move around trusting in co-creation - yarning and sand talk the shortcomings of the education system and so much more. Buy the book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta/book/9781925773996.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAjw8cCGBhB6EiwAgORey6eJi420_QE8-h8F-haHKVHhsfcO2KgCPdlsEyiXFUIUSm2-xITAZBoCgogQAvD_BwE Enrol in the Regenerative Ways Retreat: www.megberryman.com/events
It was my pleasure to yarn with Sand Talk author Tyson Yunkaporta on permaculture and much else. Tyson's perspective complements and contrasts with that of Leah Penniman in the last episode. Please do tell me what you got from the chat in the comments below! Tyson Yunkaporta Permaculture isn't a form of gardening - it's a method of inquiry about relationships - that's all it is. And it's awesome and in that way it's similar to traditional ecological knowledge from all over the planet and it's a constantly shifting evolving body of knowledge too, that's never the same in the same place twice. Love it!Tyson Yunkaporta The above quote comes from this talk between Tyson and my friends at the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance: https://youtu.be/61XN9_uILpU?t=3543 Also a big shout out to my my three friends Woody, Meg and Patrick who make up Artist as Family who Tyson speaks about in the yarn. Coincidentally Woody is to appear in our upcoming documentary film about reading landscape. To learn more about that project visit the website www.ReadingLandscape.org and either subscribe to the newsletter or donate to get invited to a free project zoom call on July 15, 2021, with David Holmgren, filmmaker Dave Meagher, and myself.
This week, a mind-expanding walkabout through the realms of body, mind, and spirit, with Indigenous Australian author, scholar, arts critic, and martial artist Tyson Yunkaporta. Tyson is a Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at Deakin University, and author of the extraordinary book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Knowledge Can Save the World. Originally aired on Tyson's own podcast, The Other Others, this episode delves into the confluence of Systema and Indigenous thinking, including: Physical practices to enhance thinking and awareness Blurring the boundaries between self and other Distributed cognition, and how we can use it Reconnecting with place, finding right story, and living a relational existence Mind-blowing stuff, for those interested in such things. For a better context and understanding of half the stuff we "yarn" about here, be sure to purchase Sand Talk in hardcopy or audiobook format (narrated by the author). For more mind-expanding (and unapologetically triggering) yarns, check out Tyson's own podcast, The Other Others, on Spotify.
This week we talk about Western Society with the writer of Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta. https://www.theimperfectallies.com/ (Theimperfectallies.com) Come join the conversation. If you can, please consider supporting the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/imperfectallies and/or leaving us reviews on iTunes! Sand Talk book https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Talk-Indigenous-Thinking-World/dp/0062975641 (https://www.amazon.com/Sand-Talk-Indigenous-Thinking-World/dp/0062975641) Eddie Murphy Texas Sketch https://youtu.be/vMpHqC5RyR8 (https://youtu.be/vMpHqC5RyR8) Whats the Rugged Individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism) Eddie Murphy Stevie Wonder & Sinatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2jZtuRuic&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLiveSaturdayNightLive (https://youtu.be/LOLbW2EWcl8) Coming To America https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/) Nordic Animism with Rune Hjarno Rasmussen https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkP7Gfs5rNgBu8zPyM7MbHQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkP7Gfs5rNgBu8zPyM7MbHQ)
“Somewhere between action and reaction there is an interaction, and that's where all the magic and fun lies” So says author Tyson Yunkaporta, in his book Sand Talk, How Indigenous Thinking can save the World, my guest for this conversation. Towards the end of the book, Tyson is explaining the meaning of Ngak Lokath, an Aboriginal word for the brackish water that forms in the wet season when fresh water floods into the sea...an example of what the Yolngu Tribe calls Ganma, a phenomenon of dynamic interaction when opposite forces meet and create something new… ...many pages later he picks up this thread saying: “There are a lot of opportunities for sustainable innovation through the dialogue of Indiginous and non-Indiginous ways of living...the problem with this communication so far has been asymmetry - when power relations are so skewed that most communication is one way, there is not much opportunity for the brackish waters of hybridity to stew up something exciting.” This is a powerful image, to have a real, two-way conversation, as equals, between modern and indigenous ways of thinking, and to allow something new to emerge from the turbid, brackish waters… I see all conversations in this way, too: as flowing, tidal forces. We can push and pull the waters, like the moon, to exert force on it, but the conversation still sloshes around with it's own inertia. Power can form, transform or deform conversations, and the historical power disparity between so-called mainstream culture and indigenous cultures has prevented a great deal of potential insight and transformation, the opportunity to live and work in accordance with a natural order, rather than against it. Tyson's book does an extraordinary job of grounding ideas in physical reality. Tyson offers us a thought experiment: Risk, viewed through an indigenous lens. If you cross a river once, there's a risk of being taken by a crocodile. The first time, the risk is minimal, but if you do it twice, the risk is greater. Non-Aborginal statistics and risk calculation would take the risk and multiply it - It assumes that the risk is random each time. But it's not. As Tyson says “The crocodile is not an abstract factor in an algorithm, but a sentient being who observed you the first time and will be waiting for you the second time” (emphasis mine). The risk goes up exponentially. So what? Tyson asks us to think about the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, when non-Aboriginal thinkers insured bets against losses, and then bet on the outcomes of those insurance bets. As he says, “In a cross--cultural dialogue, we might see that the problem with this model is that every time you create a new layer of derivatives...you double the size of the system, you do not merely double the risk...you multiply it exponentially” I learned a lot from Tyson's book, most notably, about Yarning, the Aboriginal approach to group dialogue, knowledge creation, sharing and decision making. Also: Yarning about Yarning is fun, informative and oh-so-meta! Yarning, in Aboriginal culture, is based on sharing stories and coming to decisions through mutual respect, active listening and humor. There is no talking stick in Australian Aboriginal Yarning (That's something the iroquois created), just an organic back-and-forth and the creation of a space without a stage to share experiences, to draw on the ground and sketch ideas out to illustrate a point. Yarning is a rich and powerful tradition for anyone to transform their gatherings to be more deeply human. Sand Talk, the drawings on the ground that are a natural part of these conversations - roots the dialog in the land and makes the complex clear, if not simple. Tyson's book suggests that Indigenous thinking can save the world, and I agree. Our meetings and gatherings could use some more Sand Talk: More listening, more visuals, more mutual respect, more conversation. In the opening quote, Tyson points to the idea that human cognition is rooted in navigation, spatial thinking and relatedness...all bound up in a place and a story. Modern living and modern work have resulted in a deep sense of disorientation and disconnection...and working online, remotely, has only made this sense even more acute. Indigenous thinking, grounded in relatedness, rooted in and within a specific landscape, is deeply orientating and connecting. I believe it is a leader's job to create a sense of orientation where there is disorientation, and connection where there is disconnection, always pointing towards the north star, or your southern cross. Especially when leading through a transformation. Change is disorientating. Moving to a new place, a new land is strange and painful. For more on that, it's worth checking out my conversation with Bree Groff about the 6 types of grief and loss in organizational change. My conversation with Tyson is non-linear and complex...like any good yarn, it wanders a fair bit...so, I hope you'll take the time to read his book and absorb the fullness of his message directly and understand all of the ways in which a conversation with Indigenous thinking can save the world! In fact, Tyson's whole approach is to be complexity-conscious. The world and all of its interactions are complex - the alligator sees you coming the next time, and together, a system is formed. There are no simple solutions to complex problems, and Tyson isn't selling a simple approach...he's offering an embrace of complexity. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Tyson at Deakin University Beer with Bella: Tyson Yunkaporta Tyson Yunkaporta looking at the world through an indigenous lens Head over to theconversationfactory.com/listen for full episode transcripts, links, show notes and more key quotes and ideas. 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How contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? A new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains 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 everyone and listening carefully. It's about finding different ways to look at things. How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World "Sand Talk" by Tyson Yunkaporta - Book Review Book of the Week - BOTW - Season 3 Book 40 Buy the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/31hoJ9B GET IT. READ :) #savetheplanet #indigenouspeople FIND OUT which HUMAN NEED is driving all of your behavior http://6-human-needs.sfwalker.com/ Human Needs Psychology + Emotional Intelligence + Universal Laws of Nature = MASTER OF LIFE AWARENESS https://www.sfwalker.com/master-life-awareness --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sfwalker/message
The best contemporary agricultural and pastoral practices meet the best of Traditional Indigenous land management systems in an approach that looks at landscape and ecosystems as a whole. Tyson Yunkaporta has a few ideas about how two cultures could work together, for the enrichment of both.
Of all the 17 episodes of this podcast so far, this is the one that I had to go off somewhere quiet afterwards for a while to digest. It is a very powerful and fascinating discussion. My two guests are extraordinary, and I feel so blessed that they could make the time to join me in this wonderful What If exploration. Sherri Mitchell (Weh'na Ha'mu' Kwasset (She Who Brings the Light)) is an attorney, an activist, an advisor, a speaker and so so so much more, including author of ‘Sacred Instructions: indigenous wisdom for living spirit-based change'. She was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian Reservation. Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. His recent book, Sand Talk: how indigenous thinking can save the world, is deeply wonderful and I am very much enjoying it right now. Our discussion focused around the question ‘what if indigenous wisdom could save the world?', and I hope it blows your mind as much as it did mine. I would recommend taking some time after you've listened to it to go for a walk and digest it. It worked for me. Please consider supporting the podcast by visiting www.patreon.com/fromwhatiftowhatnext and becoming a patron.
Meet Anna Moergerlein Anna is the deputy CEO at The Difference Incubator, affectionately known as TDi, a "Do good & make money" consultancy based in Melbourne We covered using business as a vehicle to not only make money but also to do good in the world, the impact COVID-19 has had on (particularly women) entrepreneurs and the power of economic development for First Nations Communities here in Aus. Here's some links to some of the resources we discussed: TDi's Website and Instagram Tara Brach's podcast and youtube channel Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta (Book)
Author, academic, and artist Tyson Yunkaporta offers an Indigenous perspective on some of the core beliefs that have guided my life. Some, like veganism, survive in a different form. Others, like the Hero's Journey, lie in tatters. And some, like exercise, get transformed and deepened.
My guest today is Tyson Yunkaporta, an academic, poet, and carver of traditional tools and weapons. He is a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of the book ‘Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World'. Since its release, Sand Talk has received many glowing reviews, and offered a crucial indigenous perspective on the areas of history, education, money, power and sustainability - using traditional wisdom for a livable future. I first learned of Tyson from the Melbourne based men's group Warrior Within, and with the surprising success of his book, have observed Tyson being ushered into a growing spotlight. For our conversation, I was excited to explore his take on masculinity - and he offered a raw and personal dive that touched some deep places in us both. We speak about the importance of relationship as the truth of our being, where the term “toxic masculinity” came from and why it's a bad story, how a man's relationship with the land mirrors his intimate relationships to others, and why tracking the mystery of emergence invites us to look to the wisdom of the outliers. Support this podcast http://patreon.com/ianmack Join the Conversation http://themythicmasculine.com/network
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Australian Aboriginal artist, philosopher, and researcher who lectures on Indigenous Knowledge at Deakin University in Melbourne. He's also the author of Sand Talk, a book that has influenced my thinking more profoundly than any other. Yunkaporta turns the lens of anthropology around and puts Western civilization under the microscope, showing us how insane and unsustainable the entire project is.
There are so many terrific parts of this episode with Tyson Yunkaporta that, true to the title of this extract, really invite you to come sit with us for the hour and a bit of the main episode (and the extra if you'd like more). But having said that, there is another little extract I did want to highlight. It's our foundational exchange early in the piece on long-form podcasting being the new camp fire. Particularly in the absence of being around a real fire for much of this year, I like Tyson's articulation of this frame. And his subsequent reflection on what this says about our allegedly shrinking attention spans. So thanks for joining us by this fire, and the many others being lit. Title slide pic: Tyson with his daughter at the launch of Sand Talk (supplied – full pic is on the web page of the main episode, below). You can hear the rest of our conversation on the main episode 70, ‘Sand Talk: Indigenous thinking, saving the world & living creation' – https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/070-sand-talk You'll find a series of links in the show notes of the main episode too, including to an extra with Tyson. There are a series of photos on the main episode page too. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.
This is an extract of my conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta from the end of episode 70, ‘Sand Talk: Indigenous thinking, saving the world & living creation'. It starts with me suggesting to Tyson, in the wake of our conversation to this point, that a particular tale in his book might offer us a touchstone for our yarn. It turns out he'd never been asked about this part of his book before, but I'd noted it's something he thinks about every day. The minutes that ensued have stayed with me – and Tyson too, I've been humbled to learn since. And they run here into an awesome story surrounding his choice of music. While, in a way, it's tough to take this out of the ‘camp fire' context of our conversation, this sequence might not just offer a touchstone for this yarn, but in many ways for the podcast as a whole. Title slide pic: Oldman Juma, in a photo from the launch of Sand Talk. Tyson and his young daughter also appear in this photo, which you can find in full on the main episode page below (pic supplied by Tyson). You can hear the rest of our conversation on the main episode 70, ‘Sand Talk: Indigenous thinking, saving the world & living creation' – https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/070-sand-talk You'll find a series of links in the show notes of the main episode too, including to an extra with Tyson. There are a series of photos on the main episode page too. Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.
Tyson Yunkaporta is the author of award-winning book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, and a Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He's also a poet and artist carving traditional tools and weapons, processes that were central to writing the book. Tyson belongs to the Apalech Clan from Western Cape York in far north Queensland, with community/cultural ties all over Australia. Fellow Indigenous writer, last year's Miles Franklin Award winner Melissa Lucashenko, called Sand Talk ‘An extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming'. Tommy Orange, best-selling author of ‘There There', said ‘This book shows how vital and alive and essential Indigenous ways of being and thinking are.' Tyson's Australian publisher Text describes the book as looking at global systems from an Indigenous perspective, asking how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, and how we can do things differently. A few months ago, Sand Talk was published internationally by Harper Collins, with this statement: A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living. Well, it'll be wonderfully new to many, and of course profoundly old to others. Either way, it's rich and essential terrain to be travelling together. Especially with the spirit of generosity and trust that Tyson embodies here. I'm still feeling deeply moved by this one. And frankly, changed again. This conversation was recorded Thursday 13 August. Title slide pic: Tyson Yunkaporta from Australian publisher Text's promotional video for the book (see our website for more pics). Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZMGYPqs0Q Music: Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp. Get more: You can hear more of my conversation with Tyson in the extra to this episode, This Galactic Executive Function - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/070-extra-this-galactic-executive-function Original Australian version of ‘Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World', published by Text - https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk International version of the book, published by Harper Collins - https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062975645/sand-talk/ Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, and have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them by heading to our website at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch any time by text or audio at https://www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.
Can indigenous thinking save the world?In episode 18 of The B-side I speak to Tyson Yunkaporta. An academic, art critic, researcher, and author who belongs to the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland.Tyson and I discuss his new book 'Sand Talk'. A truly, remarkable, mind-bending, two-way, learning experience, that provides a template for living, and how patterns and symbolism can help us make sense of the world.It is a fun and fascinating read, filled with big, challenging ideas, covering just about everything from echidnas to evolution, the economy to evolution, Schrodinger's cat, to spirituality all through the lens of indigenous thinking.We chat about what happens when our accepted societal, economic, and global systems are viewed from this perspective, and how we could shape our future for the better by applying its wisdom. Wisdom that acknowledges the complexity of our world; where our modern societies have diverged from these complex patterns of creation seen in nature.Tyson Yunkaporta is perhaps one of Australia's most interesting and exciting thinkers. He truly sees things from a unique, universal, big picture perspective, and manages to unpack it all, in a way that is fun, and accessible to all of us, wherever we're from.We cover lots of ground, from politics, to coronavirus. So it gets pretty deep, raw and a little provocative. But I know you'll love it. So settle in, ready your mind, and enjoy.Cheers.Tyson Yunkaporta can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyson-yunkaporta-04a9b969/Learn more about 'Sand Talk' here: https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/sand-talk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tyson Yunkaporta belongs to the Apalech Clan from Western Cape York and is the author of the award winning book “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World”. He is also a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges, a published poet and exhibited artist. On this episode Tyson talks about his book and the great value of indigenous knowledge that goes way beyond environmental and conservational topics and is often overlooked when it comes to finding solutions to complex issues such as history, education, money or power. This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Angela Heathcote (Digital Producer at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak (www.beachshackpodcasts.com). You can also follow us on Instagram @australiangeographic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today's episode features Tyson Yunkaporta: academic, author, arts critic, researcher, and member of the Apalech Clan with community and cultural ties all over the country. Tyson is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World - an incredible book that shares indigenous ways of thinking that respect the complexity of the world we live in and finds ways to communicate this knowledge through pictures, carvings and stories. Tyson uses Sand Talk - which honours the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to bring clarity to complexity, and asks: what would happen if we applied indigenous thinking to the immense social and environmental problems our world faces today. Tyson also carves traditional tools and weapons, and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Find out more about Tyson here. Tyson is reading: The Song of Mavin Manyshaped, by Sheri Tepper Tyson is listening to: The Douglas Rushkoff Podcast and the Jim Rutt Show This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners and true sovereigns of the land. Despite the impact of European Invasion we acknowledge their deep understanding and connection to country and rich cultural knowledge. We acknowledge and pay respect to their elders and elders of indigenous communities across the world.
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland Australia. He's the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. Sand Talk looks deeply at the basic pattern of nature and how that pattern reflects through all of creation, informing not only how natural systems operate, but reflecting into systems of law, harmonious conduct, and relational communication. Join Tyson and me as we take a journey through the pattern — stopping along the way to talk about ancestral mind, native corn, Game of Thrones, and the best way to approach rocks. Talking about the basic pattern of nature is a rich topic, one which ultimately begs the question, that Old Man Juma in the book keeps getting at, if all this is pattern, then is even the current destructive paradigm part of some greater pattern too? Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/theemeraldpodcast)
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Indigenous Australian philosopher who has written an intriguing book, Sand Talk. As a preface to a 'yarn' or conversation about how to solve world issues, Tyson isolates a few problems with the current economic paradigm for modern societies. Tyson's presentation at the conference included some Indigenous perspectives on how a just transition might proceed in Australia. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Tyson has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) we caught with him to discuss his book and ideas surrounding the conference. If you have any thoughts, questions, or want to present your argument, contact us and send us an audio clip at timwhiffen@auscastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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