{"id":241153,"date":"2026-07-07T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:55:07","slug":"we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We learn off one another and we follow through\u2019: weaving fishing nets with the Aunties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties-286152\">\u2018We learn off one another and we follow through\u2019: weaving fishing nets with the Aunties<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties-286152\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-learn-off-one-another-and-we-follow-through-weaving-fishing-nets-with-the-aunties-286152<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-07 15:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The project \u201cStories Behind the Fishing Net: Sitting with the Aunties\u201d aimed to revive traditional net-making on Widjabal Wia-bal Country in northern New South Wales.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative was rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems and sought to strengthen cultural continuity, reconnect generations, and foster learning from Elders through practical weaving and storytelling.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly two decades ago, Yol\u014bu Elder and master weaver Merrkiyawuy &#8220;Merrki&#8221; Ganambarr-Stubbs began sharing weaving knowledge, which was later adopted and expanded by Bundjalung community members.<\/li>\n<li>The project included traditional practices guided by Elders and involved both women and men in culturally specific roles, emphasising the importance of respect and collective responsibility in gathering natural fibres.<\/li>\n<li>While digitising aspects to preserve Indigenous heritage, the project recognised that only hands-on practice fully conveys the depth of cultural knowledge, including the care and protocols surrounding it.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative contributed to culturally safe spaces, strengthened community relationships, and aimed to continue exploring and comparing the properties of different native fibres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018We learn off one another and we follow through\u2019: weaving fishing nets with the Aunties&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/745280\/original\/file-20260701-87-z9c81l.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C121%2C5000%2C2500&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241155,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241153\/revisions\/241155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}