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This extra to episode 93 features more of Margo Neale, co-curator of the extraordinary exhibition Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, and co-author of the best-selling book Songlines: The power and the promise. Margo and I decided to keep rolling with our conversation at some length. I found it to be profound and wonderful stuff, so I wanted to share it all with you.

We start here with the transformative effect the exhibition has had on her. And how it has affected the communities who led it. We go on to chat about how Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Songlines embrace technology – but don’t lose themselves in it. The tech is harnessed to rehumanise, not dehumanise. And this kicks off a whole other conversation about Songlines - involving some incredible stories of wayfinding, Tyson Yunkaporta’s railing against the myth of primitivity, and Margo’s dancing troupe of the 60s.

Title slide: Artwork from the post by Margo, featuring some great photos, on how the communities were central to the success of Songlines.

Music:
By Jeremiah Johnson.

Find more:
You can hear the main episode with Margo, ‘Songlines: Combining the most powerful knowledge systems ever known, Part 2’.

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