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课程名称：土著宗教与生态学 课程概述：表面上，宗教与生态学似乎是两个不相干的领域，但深入思考后可发现二者实际上有着紧密的联系。宗教认识到人类与自然的统一性和相互依存关系，而生态科学则确认了与自然界的深刻连接。这种合作关系可以激励人们为地球社区的福祉而努力。 本课程是“宗教与生态：恢复地球社区”专业中的第二门课程，专注于全球宗教传统的生态维度，旨在提供对非洲、亚洲、美洲和太平洋地区土著人民对环境理解的重要贡献的深层次认识。由于全球土著社区的多样性，课程将有所选择地覆盖，但共同的复原模式在世界范围内显现。在过去几十年里，传统环境知识的理解取得了显著进展。 课程适合渴望了解世界宗教与生态学的终身学习者、希望深化环境保护和保护话语的环境专业人士、在非营利组织和非政府组织中工作并关注生态公正问题的人士，以及希望参与环境项目跨宗教对话的宗教领袖和信徒。 课程大纲： - 模块1：课程介绍 - 模块2：土著宗教与生态学研究导论 - 模块3：从去殖民化到社区恢复 - 模块4：北美土著人民 - 模块5：中美洲和南美洲的土著人民 - 模块6：非洲土著人民 - 模块7：亚洲土著人民 - 模块8：澳大利亚第一民族 - 模块9：太平洋地区的土著人民 - 模块10：课程总结 通过本课程，学员将探索土著文化中的生态智慧及其在现代环境保护中的应用，反思土著人民如何重新确认其与土地及自然的关系，以应对当今面临的环境挑战。
Name:MODULE 1: Course Introduction
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Name:MODULE 2: Introduction to the Study of Indigenous Religions and Ecology
Description:We explore terms and themes in the study of Indigenous religions and ecology. Terms such as Indigeneity, sovereignty, lifeway, cosmovision and cosmopolitics are examined. Underlying themes such as responsibilities, rights and reciprocities with the Earth are highlighted by Native spokespersons. There is an inherent call for interweaving environmental and social justice often referred to as integral ecology.
Name:MODULE 3: From Decolonization to Restoration in Indigenous Communities
Description: Settlers and nation-states have used stereotypes to demean, subjugate, and exploit Indigenous peoples, communities, and lands. “Decolonization” is the recognition of this historical distortion and the racism that continues into the present. In light of this reality, “Indigeneity” may be seen as a call to self-discovery necessary for restoring Indigenous voices and sovereignty in decision-making.
Name:MODULE 4: Native North Americans
Description:Native worldviews and cultural values were undermined by dominant societies. Yet these losses did not fully erase the resilience that has led to recovery of lifeways and traditional knowledge, as described by a Hopi elder. Native peoples in North America have restored relationships with land and seeds, lakes and rivers, animals and biodiversity. This is expressed in ritual revivals among the Crow and Salish peoples as well as ecosystem restoration by Pacific Northwest peoples. We see resilience among Arctic Inuit peoples struggling with climate emergencies, and Gwich’in peoples resisting oil development in caribou calving grounds.
Name:MODULE 5: Native Peoples in Meso-America and South America
Description:We examine Indigenous peoples from Meso-America through the Amazon Basin and South America. In diverse ways their cosmovisions draw on traditional values and practices providing resilience in the face of present challenges. As Indigenous peoples reintegrate their social and spiritual visions they mount creative modes of resistance to exploitation. These contemporary expressions of environmental activism directly relate to their struggles to establish the rights of nature as expressed in the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
Name:MODULE 6: Native Peoples of Africa
Description:We open with Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winning environmentalist and founder of the Greenbelt Movement for reforestation led by women. Then we explore local Native groups in Africa touching on their environmental challenges after centuries of colonization. Forest conservation and climate challenges provide themes for exploring ways in which traditional African societies bring religious worldviews and ethics to bear on these issues.
Name:MODULE 7: Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Description:We examine regions in Asia where Indigenous peoples continue to experience global and national challenges to their cultural integrity. These include projects such as dams, deforestation, and industrial extraction in which environmental resistance provides rallying points for Indigenous cultural survival. We explore the practices of these Indigenous peoples as they ritually interact with land and biodiversity, which also includes the revival of diverse forms of shamanism.
Name:MODULE 8: First Nations in Australia
Description:We examine diverse groups of Indigenous-Aboriginal peoples who for over 50,000 years have inhabited the land mass now called Australia. Cosmovisions, law, and cultural practices find expressions in Dreaming and Songlines, as well as social and eco-justice movements. We hear elders narrate how mythic stories ground fire regimes that keep forested areas cleared. We see how restoration projects bring traditional knowledge forward for renewal of peoples and ecosystems. Many of these ancient custodial relations are now beginning to inform mainstream societies’ ecological practices.
Name:MODULE 9: Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific
Description: The relations of Indigenous peoples to oceans, islands, rivers, and biodiversity are the focus of this module on the Pacific region. Interactive themes such as cosmovisions, transoceanic voyages, food sovereignty, and climate emergencies frame these discussions. Ancient Māori and Hawaiian aspirations toward ecological wellbeing surfaces in the renewal of Indigenous knowledge and cultural practices leading to responsibility for our planet. This also finds expression in the quest for rights of nature.
Name:MODULE 10: Course Conclusion
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At first glance the fields of religion and ecology may seem and unlikely pairing, but a deeper consideration reveals the two have a great deal to contribute to one another and are indeed inextricably linked. Religions recognize the unity and interdependence of humans with nature. Ecological sciences affirm this deep interconnection with the natural world. This partnership can inspire work for the wellbeing of the Earth community There is a need for broader literacy and deeper knowledge of the world’s religions and their ecological contributions. This specialization, "Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community", contributes such a perspective. Each course celebrates the vitality of religiously-informed action for the Earth and recognizes the longstanding contributions of Indigenous peoples in offering visions and practices for ecological flourishing. This is course 2 of 5 in the "Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community" specialization that focuses on the ecological dimensions of religious traditions throughout the world. The course is designed as a gateway to the significant contributions of Indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Pacific Regions for environmental understanding. The diversity of Indigenous communities around the planet makes selective coverage necessary, but shared patterns of resilience manifest themselves worldwide. So much has emerged in the last several decades in understanding traditional environmental knowledge, as you will see. This course is for lifelong learners curious to know more about world religions and ecology, environmental professionals eager to deepen the discourse of environmental protection and conservation, those working with non-profit organizations and NGOs on issues of ecological justice, and religion leaders and laity who what to know how they can contribute to interreligious dialogue on environmental projects.
