Tyson Yunkaporta

Title

Tyson Yunkaporta

Rights

Image used with author's permission. Photograph credit to Deakin Marketing.

Birthplace

Apalech Australia

Primary Sources

Yunkaporta, T. and Kelleher, K. (2025). Snake carving, How the world’s ancient serpent stories can guide us. Text Publishing. https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/snake-talk-how-the-world-s-ancient-serpent-stories-can-guide-us

Yunkaporta, T. (2023). Right story, wrong story : adventures in indigenous thinking. Text Publishing. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unimelb/detail.action?docID=30648054

Yunkaporta, T., & Moodie, D. (2021). Thought ritual: An Indigenous data analysis method for research. In McKenna, T., Moodie, D. & Onesta, P. (Eds.), Indigenous Knowledges: Privileging Our Voices, 87-96. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004461642_006

Yunkaporta, T. (2020). Sand talk : how Indigenous thinking can save the world. Text Publishing. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unimelb/detail.action?docID=30182381&query=%20Tyson%20Yunkaporta#

Yunkaporta, T., & McGinty, S. (2009). Reclaiming Aboriginal knowledge at the cultural interface. The Australian Educational Researcher, 36(2), 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216899

Secondary Sources

McKnight, L., & Yunkaporta, T. (2024). Yarning and knitting words: a cross-cultural thought experiment on writing beyond school. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 47(3), 351–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44020-024-00066-6

Fletcher, G., Waters, J., Yunkaporta, T., Marshall, C., Davis, J., & Manning Bancroft, J. (2023). Indigenous systems knowledge applied to protocols for governance and inquiry. Systems Research & Behavioral Science, 40(4), 757–760. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2932

Reser, D., Simmons, M., Johns, E., Ghaly, A., Quayle, M., Dordevic, A. L., Tare, M., McArdle, A., Willems, J., & Yunkaporta, T. (2021). Australian Aboriginal techniques for memorization: Translation into a medical and allied health education setting. PLoS ONE, 16(5), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251710

McGinty, S., & Yunkaporta, T. (2009). [Review of Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines, by M. Nakata]. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15(2), 432–433. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20527736

Extra Resources

Yunkaporta, T. & Carnegie, J. (October 11, 2023). "Right Story, Wrong Story" with Tyson Yunkaporta. The Storymakers Institute. Podcast. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://thestorymakersinstitute.substack.com/p/right-story-wrong-story-with-tyson-yunkaporta#details

Singh, I.R. (July 18, 2023). 085: Can Indigenous wisdom save the world? with Tyson Yunkaporta. Political Hope. Podcast. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/085-can-indigenous-wisdom-save-the-world-with/id1575165462?i=1000621440322

Yunkaporta, T. (December 1, 2022). From the Heart: The Voice, the Arts and Australian Identity. Limelight Music, Arts & Culture. Accessed December 10, 2023. https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/from-the-heart-the-voice-the-arts-and-australian-identity/

Collection

Citation

“Tyson Yunkaporta,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed April 26, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/732.

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