Tune in for episode 2 of our brand new series – Let’s Talk Black Culture – hosted by the inimitable Nunukal, Ngugi, and Goenpul (Quandamooka) woman, poet, MC, cultural facilitator, model & public speaker, Elizabeth Walker.
In this week’s show, Elizabeth and Joshua pick up where they left off last week, reflecting on the ways that kinship systems stretch far beyond human relations to encompass every part of the ecosystem. They talk through the importance of understanding kinship as a central relational ethic for First Nations people across the continent: one which creates a robust system of mutual care and accountability that encompasses every part of the ecosystem. Understanding the power and importance of these systems is crucial, they explain, to understanding how Indigenous peoples managed and sustained now-fragile ecosystems for millenia, and why destroying systems of kinship and connection sits at the heart of colonisation. They leave us with the reminder that a relational ethic grounded in kinship lore is profoundly dangerous to the colony because it fundamentally disrupts the extractive, violent and exploitative logics that allow ecosystems to be destroyed, people dispossessed and enslaved, and animals bred for slaughter, all in the name of profit and greed.
So! Grab yourself a cuppa and listen in to this beautiful conversation between Elizabeth and Joshua, the waves and the crows, the casuarinas and the occasional passing speedboat; all the sounds of Country, kin & culture reverberating through the airwaves. And as always, if you’re left with any questions after this episode, send them through to us at Triple A Murri Country and we’ll do our best to answer them in future episodes of Let’s Talk Black Culture.