The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters In The Modern World

Author: Wade Davis

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Price : $29.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781742580524
Publisher : UWA Publishing
Imprint : UWAP
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Publication date : 01 December 2010
Dimensions : 208mm X 138mm
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Availability date : 01 September 2011
Out of print date : 01 January 2022
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Author : Wade Davis
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This years best selling Massey Lecture The Wayfinders takes readers on a journey through time on a discovery of ancient wisdoms, languages and cultures. Some are already extinct, others are quickly on their way out. It is estimated that 50% of the languages spoken today will disappear in our lifetime. The Wayfinders is an enlightening, awe-inspiring and cautionary look at vanishing cultures and languages from one of the worlds most celebrated and distinguished anthropologists.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.