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Cultural context remains in descriptions. Titles now uniformly use the practice name without prefixing the culture, country, religion, or people. e.g. 'Quaker Meeting for Worship' -> 'Meeting for Worship', 'Moroccan Jmaa Village Assembly' -> 'Jmaa Village Assembly', 'Aboriginal Yarning Circle' -> 'Yarning Circle'. 43 titles updated across the seed library.
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43 lines
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id: aboriginal-yarning
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title: Yarning Circle
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description: >-
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An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practice of unstructured but
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purposeful storytelling and conversation in a circle, used to build
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relationship, share knowledge, and address matters respectfully. Yarning
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is a recognised research and clinical method in Indigenous Australian
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contexts.
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source: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practice / Lowitja Institute
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source_url: https://www.lowitja.org.au/
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tags: [aboriginal, australian, yarning, indigenous, dialogue]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Sit in a circle
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description: >-
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Participants sit in a circle, often outdoors. There is no fixed
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agenda; the yarn follows what needs to be spoken, in its own time.
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- headline: Share story
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description: >-
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Participants share stories — personal, family, country, history —
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that bear on the matter. Story carries knowledge differently from
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argument.
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- headline: Listen without interruption
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description: >-
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Each person is heard without cross-talk. Listeners receive the story
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as a gift, not as material to rebut.
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- headline: Let the yarn find its way
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description: >-
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The yarn moves where it needs to, often circling back. The
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unstructured quality is the point — meaning emerges through
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patient sharing.
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- headline: Close when complete
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description: >-
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The yarn closes when those present feel it is complete, not when a
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clock says. A shared cup of tea or meal often marks the close.
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outcome: >-
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Knowledge and relationship are built through respectful storytelling,
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in a form that honours Indigenous ways of knowing.
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practice: >-
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Do not impose an agenda. The yarn's time is its own. If you are not
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Aboriginal, follow the lead of those who are — yarning is a cultural
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practice, not a meeting technique. |