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.
"Sand Talk unpacks for us something originally genius
about Indigenous thought, which has for too long been dismissed as
archaic folk knowledge from old oral cultures of interest only to
academics and fetishists. This book shows how vital and alive and
essential Indigenous ways of being and thinking are. Yunkaporta is
so smart, funny, and accessible. Everyone needs to read
this."--Tommy Orange, bestselling author of There
There
"An astonishing revelation of ancient Aboriginal wisdom as it
applies to science and modern times. It's one of the best books I
ever read, and I've been reading books for 80 years. There's
nothing like it. It leaves you gasping. If you care about yourself,
the world around you, and where you come from, you'd better read
it. You won't put it down."--Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, New
York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
and Growing Old
"An exhilarating meditation on different ways of knowing and being.
Sand Talk is playful, profound, and fiercely
original."--Billy Griffiths, author of Deep Time
Dreaming
"This is a book of cultural and philosophic intrigue. Read
it."--Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark Emu
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