The unprecedented planetary crises we are facing require deep sustainability transformations, and these require radical shifts in the ways we relate to nature and to each other. There is increasing recognition of the contribution of Indigenous worldviews and knowledge towards this shift.
In this event, Elisa Loncon, Mapuche scholar and activist, will give insights in Mapuche philosophy (Azmapu) and care for Mother Earth. The brownbag also features a dialogue on nature's rights, as an alternative to eurocentric and anthropocentric legal frameworks.
Date and time
Thursday 30 January, 2025; 12h00-13h30
Place
Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Seminar Room 124
Zoom link
Programme
- Introduction by Beat Dietschy, philosopher and member of the editorial team of the magazine 'Neue Wege'
- Presentation by Elisa Loncon, Mapuche activist, linguist and social scientist
- Comments by Fiona Leu (lawyer, research assistant and lecturer at the University of Bern) and Andreas Gutmann (research associate at the Kassel Institute for Sustainability of the University of Kassel)
- Discussion with the audience, moderated by Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel (senior research scientist, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern)
