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Scenario

When family members clash over how to honor traditional knowledge from elders

My brother and I are both trying to learn our grandmother's traditional cooking before she's too old to teach us, but we approach it completely differently — he wants to preserve everything exactly as she does it while I keep asking questions about why certain techniques work and suggesting small adaptations. Our grandmother seems frustrated with both of us and we're starting to argue about who's being more respectful of the tradition.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Siblings are discovering that their different learning styles are creating conflict in a precious and time-limited opportunity to receive ancestral wisdom.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Apprenticeship across traditions?”

Peri

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