Aboriginal knowledge key to fight against bushfires and climate change: Narrm Oration

November 26, 2020

Associate Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher: "Get us on board, we’re there and the knowledge is there." Indigenous knowledge is science - gained by observation, executing a plan, observation, refining your plan, executing a plan, observation. “Fire is integral to the Australian landscape,” he said in his oration, Our country, Our way: How can Indigenous people and knowledge save Australia's environmental and social unravelling? Allow us on country.”The Narrm Oration profiles leading Indigenous thinkers from across the globe at the University of Melbourne and is in its 12th year. The 2020 Narrm Oration premiered online at 6pm (AEDT) Thursday 26 November.

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