Indigenous cosmologies

• This weeks lecture we explored how indigenous cosmologies value listening in such a way of kinship
• In many indigenous communities, listing isn’t just about what you hear, but a deeper relationship with the land, community and the spiritual world
• Listening become a different act when talking about indigenous tribes

Songlines

• Songlines where a type of song used boy many aboriginal people of Australia
• They where originally used to navigate land, and pass on knowledge of the food
• This is a great example of how song and place are woven into one to show that listening can be a form of knowledge moving through the world

• We also looked at the long history of theft in the form colonisation
• This makes it very important to approach the study of indigenous songs and oral cultures with care and responsibility
• In recent times there’s been a growing recognition of Indigenous perspectives across many fields, including art, music, and academia. This renewed interest is helping to expand our collective understanding of what listening can be