Descripción del proyecto
Aunar conocimientos científicos y autóctonos sobre el cambio climático para informar las políticas futuras
El objetivo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos COSMOVIS es estudiar cómo serán las iniciativas medioambientales a nivel mundial en el futuro. Plantea dos preguntas principales: cómo pueden colaborar científicos, chamanes, sacerdotes y otros poseedores de conocimientos animistas indígenas en regiones vulnerables al clima, y cuáles son las dimensiones geopolíticas del cambio climático y las políticas relacionadas con este. El proyecto reúne en una misma iniciativa a antropólogos, etnólogos, historiadores y filósofos de la ciencia y la ética, expertos en estudios religiosos, investigadores especializados en el espacio y los satélites, líderes indígenas y científicos medioambientales a fin de estudiar cómo se gestiona el cambio climático en las fronteras étnicas de China y Rusia. La colaboración entre científicos y pueblos indígenas es una de las principales características del proyecto, lo que ayudará a convertir los hallazgos colectivos en perspectivas comunes.
Objetivo
Cosmological Visionaries explores what global environmental initiatives of the future will look like, by asking: (1) How can scientists, shamans, priests, and other indigenous holders of animistic knowledge collaborate in regions of climatic vulnerability and (2) What are the geopolitics of climate change and the policies that surround it? Starting from the position that cosmology often evokes religious ways of knowing or being, the project brings together anthropologists, ethnologists, historians and philosophers of science and ethics, religious studies experts, space and satellite researchers, indigenous leaders and environmental scientists to examine how climate change is managed at the ethnic borderlands of China and Russia. The widespread deforestation undertaken in Siberia to meet Chinese market demands for wood is melting Russia’s vast permafrost, accelerating the release of ancient greenhouse gases, which carbon capture and storage technologies of the future will not manage. Our project is an academic and a practical intervention driven by two research teams – the China Team and the Russia Team – with a fourfold methodology. Firstly, we will uncover the scientific and indigenous views on climate change in Southwest China and Siberia. Secondly, we will mobilise dialogues between scientists and animistic peoples to mutually inform their approaches to climate change. Thirdly, we will explore how collaboration can benefit both parties. Fourthly, we will map the policies and geopolitics of climate change in China and Russia. Scientists who collaborate with indigenous peoples can get more subtle data than when working alone. Indigenous persons who supply scientists with advice and logistical help can source scientific initiatives for managing local climate change. This feedback loop between scientists and indigenous peoples, advocating for each other, can enable religious leaders and scientists to translate shared findings into visions that everyone can commit to.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringcarbon capture engineering
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyphysical cosmology
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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Régimen de financiación
ERC-SyG - Synergy grantInstitución de acogida
WC2R 2LS London
Reino Unido