What makes a yarning circle different from a typical research interview?

Why does it change what we hear?

How do Indigenous research principles transform universities and policy systems?

Larissa Behrendt joins Ashlee Donohue and Jane Wangmann for a powerful conversation about yarning circles, deep listening, and what happens when Aboriginal women lead the research about their own lives.

Ashlee Donohue is the CEO of Mudgin-Gal Women's Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal led and run women's centre in Redfern, Sydney.

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO is the Laureate Fellow at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. She has a LLB and B.Juris from UNSW and a LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School.

Jane Wangmann is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney. Dr Jane Wangmann's research is primarily concerned with legal responses to domestic and family violence. Jane has particular expertise in understanding how law defines, understands and conceives of this harm.

These yarning circles were part of social impact research by Ashley Donohue and Jane Wangmann.

Artwork by Vicki Golding.

Produced by Jane Curtis of UTS Impact Studios.

Sound engineering by John Jacobs.

Impact Studios Executive Producer is Sarah Gilbert.

Our theme music is Intertwined, written by Nardi Simpson and performed by The Stiff Gins.