"This is the image for pattern-mind, which is about seeing entire systems and the trends and patterns within them, and using these to make accurate predictions and find solutions to complex problems. There are three lines with three sections. Each section represents the line from the kinship-mind symbol, which is two elements linked by a relationship. You can see at each point a new pair begins, linked by a new relationship. It is about truly holistic, contextual reasoning.

Pattern-mind links back to the beginning, to the first symbol of kinship-mind, to the assertion that everything is interconnected. Mastery of Indigenous epistemology (ways of knowing) demands being able to see beyond the object of study, to seek a viewpoint incorporating complex contextual information and group consensus about what is real. This is the difference between oral and print-based cultures....
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....Oral cultures are known as high-context or field-dependent-reasoning cultures. The have no isolated variables : all thinking is dependent on the field or context. Print-based cultures, by contrast, are low-context or field-independent-reasoning cultures. This is because they remain independent of the field or context, focusing on ideas and objects in isolation.”