A review by micahhortonhallett
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World by Tyson Yunkaporta

5.0

This is an incredible thought (and hopefully action) provoking book. The conceit of "yarning" (collaboritive/story/thought/knowledge sharing- rather than say, making wool) makes the material presented eminently accessible. Yunkaporta writes with an earnest and engaging clarity, and with an acknowledgement of his own prejudices and limitations that makes him a completely endearing narrator. When reading similar books fro m other cultural sources I have often found myself arguing with the text in a way that created a state of binary conflict between myself and the work. In contrast, even when I strongly disagreed with a statement Yunkaporta made in Sand Talk, it was in a way that still allowed the idea space to exist as potential/possibility and kept me open and engaged. Loved this book. One the best and most important things I have read in years.