Buran Nalgarra

The painted trees immediately signal you are on Aboriginal land. The trees form a natural sitting area, and the coffee is heating on the modest fire in the middle. Before we even begin the conversation with Uncle Chris Tobin, we know something significant will come of this…

In our Buran Nalgarra transdisciplinary studies this term, we continue to place at the heart, What could futures look like if indigenous worldviews and knowledges were guiding forces for our individual and collective lives? This article reflects the beginnings of an exploration of how aligning with the Dharug seasonal cycle, can be inspiration for living respectfully in place.

What happens when we think of the future, with the potential of an entire ecosystem of social and spiritual possibilities?

This term, in our transdisciplinary theme Eco – Wisdom, we are exploring the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples and asking, What could futures look like if their worldviews and knowledges were guiding forces?

Be Like Your Place – how can feeling ourselves rooted into the very soil and soul of community, inspire us to lean into these unpredictable times and the inter-connected crises? How can we move away from a sense of identity that essentially serves the individual self, to one that is only sensible in relationship to place and community?

This principle underlies the second module of our Transdisciplinary Themed, What is it we need to think and do to restore and restory our world?

Where did this Story of Separation begin? It has been a pacy and yet slow unpacking of the very complex story of human separation from nature and the consequent arising of human exceptionalism, that has led to the exploitation of nature and the marginalisation of non-dominant cultures/people. We don’t need a definitive answer to that but there is plenty to establish that it goes way beyond 7 generations prior to our own.