In this piece of work i write about developing a healing Sahulian perspective when conceptual craftspeople fashion representations of First Peoples. Peoples-and-countries are one.
There needs to be representational justice for First Peoples to ensure an adequate definition of their realities. According i reject the idea that agriculture, as commonly understood, provides the only privileged base from which we can interpret our human story.
I argue here that First Peoples in ‘Australia’ did not move to agriculture as they remain in good faith with an ‘eternal life design’. Moving to horticulture would result in a lower level of Being.
Co-existing forms of knowledge are required in respect to the ‘science’ – ‘traditional knowledge’ debate.
This is especially import so proper understanding of First Peoples Ways can assist in the vital task of moving from a ‘hot’ society’ to, as least, a cooler one by learning from indigenous sources.
The issue of what happened in New Guinea, as part of Sahul, requires another chapter.
Bruce Reyburn – Coledale NSW
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