{"product_id":"songlines-the-power-and-promise","title":"Songlines : The Power and Promise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Let this series begin the discussion.'\u003c\/i\u003e - Bruce Pascoe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'An act of intellectual reconciliation.'\u003c\/i\u003e - Lynette Russell\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, \u003ci\u003eSonglines: The Power and Promise\u003c\/i\u003e offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future. This book invites readers to understand a remarkable way for storing knowledge in memory by adapting song, art, and most importantly, Country, into their lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the series:\u003c\/b\u003e Each book is a collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors; the series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of Australia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eForthcoming titles include:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDesign\u003c\/i\u003e by Alison Page \u0026amp; Paul Memmott (2021); \u003ci\u003eCountry\u003c\/i\u003e by Bill Gammage \u0026amp; Bruce Pascoe (2021); Medicine \u0026amp; Plants (2022); Astronomy (2022); Law (2023).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*Ebook available through all major etailers*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43919614247109,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/First_20Knowledges_20Songlines.jpg?v=1722816742","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/songlines-the-power-and-promise","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}