Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World

By Tyson Yunkaporta | Publisher: Text Publishing

About the book

This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.

Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?

Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

Most of all it’s about Indigenous thinking, and how it can save the world.

Editions of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World

Paperback
ISBN 9781925773996

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This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.

Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?

Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

Most of all it’s about Indigenous thinking, and how it can save the world.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World about?

This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.

Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?

Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

Most of all it’s about Indigenous thinking, and how it can save the world.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World?

Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology

Where can I read a sample of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781925773996

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World?

Tyson Yunkaporta

Who is the Publisher of the book Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World?

Text Publishing

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World is available as paperback(ISBN 9781925773996)