Cooking the kangaroo: wisdom and connection 

For Wanta Jampijinpa Patrick, ‘Knowledge is like a track - you have to follow it and find where it is going. You have to find the food and feed on that.’ Across Indigenous Australia, ceremonial narratives feed people with wisdom and generate connections between groups. Tracking different cooking practices related to the kangaroo, this conversation between ceremonial leaders from Arnhem Land, the Tanami Desert and NSW, seeks the nourishment of wisdom which comes through difference and responsibility. ‘These things are normal when it comes to cooking, but they are more than that. There is a mystery we don’t know until we start listening to Country, until you listen to the songlines. Why do you cook the kangaroo this way? Let’s see what we can discover about this mystery.’
Participant: Wanta Jampijinpa Patrick
This talk was part of Cooking the kangaroo: Conversations on Indigenous song, spirituality, and connection. For more information: indigenousknow...