Tyson Yunkaporta
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Tyson Yunkaporta

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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.

Books by Tyson Yunkaporta

Sand Talk

What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world?

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Snake Talk

By the renowned author of Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story, and First Nations researcher Megan Kelleher, comes this fascinating investigation into the symbol of the serpent.

‘I love this book. Every page is an illumination.’ Bronwyn Bancroft

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Right Story, Wrong Story

The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe.

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