WEAVING WATER

It’s not you trying to do the weaving,
this Country is trying to weave you, this whole continent is you. 
(Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu)

  • Decolonising knowledge 1

    Decolonising knowledge 1

    If we ask ourselves, how do we decolonise, a good place to start is to decolonise knowledge. Essentially, over the last five hundred years, it has been Western academics that constructed the history of ideas.

  • Decolonising knowledge 2

    Decolonising knowledge 2

    The Pacific Ocean became known to Polynesians by exploration. They were not forced to travel due to competition for resources, and didn’t just island hop. There is a sequence that occurs long before settlement, which includes finding an island, sharing knowledge of its location and intergenerational knowledge transfer.

  • Dugong love

    Dugong love

    This recent article from Treecreate explores the ongoing Dugong Love Letters project with recent contributions by Weaving Water @ Yarun participants including a sound walk by Bronwin Patrickson.