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What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.
Plants are the foundation of life on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always known this to be true.
For millennia, reciprocal relationships with plants have provided both sustenance to Indigenous communities and many of the materials needed to produce a complex array of technologies. Managed through fire and selective harvesting and replanting, the longevity and intricacy of these partnerships are testament to the ingenuity and depth of Indigenous first knowledges. Plants: Past, Present and Future celebrates the deep cultural significance of plants and shows how engaging with this heritage could be the key to a healthier, more sustainable future.
'Plants: Past, Present and Future calls for new ways of understanding and engaging with Country, and reveals the power and possibility of Indigenous ecological expertise.'
- BILLY GRIFFITHS
'An enlightening read on the power of plants and the management practices of Indigenous people.'
- TERRI JANKE
Author: Zena Cumpston, Michael Fletcher and Lesley Head
ISBN: 9781760761875
Type: Paperback
Pages: 234
Dimensions: 131x197mm
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd
Published Date: September 2022
Plants are the foundation of life on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always known this to be true.
For millennia, reciprocal relationships with plants have provided both sustenance to Indigenous communities and many of the materials needed to produce a complex array of technologies. Managed through fire and selective harvesting and replanting, the longevity and intricacy of these partnerships are testament to the ingenuity and depth of Indigenous first knowledges. Plants: Past, Present and Future celebrates the deep cultural significance of plants and shows how engaging with this heritage could be the key to a healthier, more sustainable future.
'Plants: Past, Present and Future calls for new ways of understanding and engaging with Country, and reveals the power and possibility of Indigenous ecological expertise.'
- BILLY GRIFFITHS
'An enlightening read on the power of plants and the management practices of Indigenous people.'
- TERRI JANKE
Author: Zena Cumpston, Michael Fletcher and Lesley Head
ISBN: 9781760761875
Type: Paperback
Pages: 234
Dimensions: 131x197mm
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd
Published Date: September 2022