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Volume 49, Issue 2
  • ISSN 0155-0640
  • E-ISSN: 1833-7139

Abstract

This paper will reflect on experiences of sharing and learning Yolŋu (words, utterances, language) of East Arnhem Land in university education programs and community-based research. In particular we will attend to the concepts of and — inner feelings that are expressed in how we behave and interact. We elaborate how and are held and practiced by the traditional owners of Yolŋu . Enactment of and can invigorate distinct ways of being and knowing Yolŋu and express care for people and places in celebrating intergenerational knowledge transfer.

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