Emergence Magazine Podcast

The Inward Migration in Apocalyptic Times – Alexis Wright

May 2, 2023

42:41

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Swan Book

3min

The Inward Migration

3min

The Last Aboriginal Person Standing in Australia

3min

The Post-Apocalyptic World of Climate Refugees

3min

The Swan Book: How Australia Survives Climate Change

3min

The Power of Being Alive

4min

Rainbow Serpent Country

2min

The History of the Morning Glory

3min

10.

The Resilience of Country and Self

3min

11.

Oblivia on the Other Side of Apocalypse

4min

12.

The Power of One Voice

2min

13.

The Importance of Aesthetics

4min

14.

Emergence Magazine: The Unimagined and the Unimaginable

2min

With native ecosystems and Indigenous lifeways perpetually under threat, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal author Alexis Wright considers how her enduring culture has responded to ongoing destruction. She turns inward to the dwelling place of ancestral story, to a space where the sovereignty of mind and imagination carry forward systems of knowledge that ensure the survival of her people. Understanding the intrinsic link between resilience and stories that regenerate the world we live in, Alexis looks towards the future and calls upon storytellers to help usher in the creation of a new world.

Read the essay: https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-inward-migration-in-apocalyptic-times/

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