Amended animation: negotiating with the 'more-than-human' topographies of belief systems as a platform to approach climate change in the Himalayas

修改后的动画：与“超越人类”的信仰体系地形进行谈判，作为应对喜马拉雅山气候变化的平台

• 批准号: 2273342
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2273342
• 关键词: Amended; animation; negotiating; more; than

Across the Himalayan region (predominantly, although not exclusively, within culturally Buddhist areas), there exists a shared outlook that the landscape is animated by a pantheon of sentient supernatural beings. This animated landscape is integrally linked to human actions through the notion of a 'moral climate' - the idea that the provocation of landscape deities by humans engenders retaliation in the form of crop failure, hail and/or unfavourable weather. These convictions have decisively framed indigenous environmental knowledges, and often persist (and coexist) even when imported "scientific/materialistic" knowledge systems are acknowledged within the general population. The Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable to imminent and ongoing climatic changes; under this backdrop, perceptions and belief systems which undergird frameworks for environmental action may attain heightened significance. This project seeks to gain a clearer understanding of the indigenous worldview concerning the perceived sentience of the physical environment, and its imputed connection with human behaviour, and questions how these views might inflect perceptions of - and actions taken towards - a changing climate.The research asks, firstly, how a shared belief in a 'sentient' or 'more-than-human' landscape can inform perceptions of threats, opportunities, or actions taken towards climate change (which may include historical climate change). Secondly, I will consider if this worldview encourages practical action, fatalism or passivity [which includes a sole recourse to ritual and prayer] towards climate change. This may impart useful information on indigenous efforts towards climate change mitigation, which could be applied elsewhere. Finally, the role geopolitical structures and sensitivities across this region will be considered: namely, how they might inhibit or enhance how the relationship between humans and a 'more-than-human' landscape is expressed, and thus what actions might be taken towards climate change mitigation on this basis. Future pathways for climate change are inherently connected with local people's preferences and decision-making, which are often situated in traditional and indigenous knowledge systems; as such, these findings may prove significant to pitching future climate policies and interventions. A specific field site for this project has yet to be finalised, but is likely to fall within Northern India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

在整个喜马拉雅地区(主要是，尽管不只是在佛教文化地区)，存在着一种共同的观点，即风景是由有知觉的超自然生物的万神殿创造出来的。这幅生动的风景画与人类的行为紧密相连，通过“道德气候”的概念--即人类对山水神灵的挑衅会招致农作物歉收、冰雹和/或不利天气的报复。这些信念果断地构成了土著环境知识的框架，即使引进的“科学/物质主义”知识体系在普通民众中得到承认，这些信念往往仍然存在(并共存)。喜马拉雅地区极易受到迫在眉睫和正在发生的气候变化的影响；在这种背景下，支撑环境行动框架的观念和信念体系可能会变得更加重要。这个项目试图更清楚地了解土著对物理环境感知的世界观，以及它与人类行为的联系，并质疑这些观点如何影响对气候变化的看法-以及对气候变化采取的行动。首先，研究询问，对“有感觉的”或“比人类更多的”景观的共同信念如何影响对气候变化的威胁、机会或采取的行动的感知(可能包括历史上的气候变化)。其次，我将考虑这种世界观是否鼓励应对气候变化的实际行动、宿命论或被动(包括唯一诉诸仪式和祈祷)。这可能会提供有关土著努力缓解气候变化的有用信息，可应用于其他地方。最后，将考虑整个区域的地缘政治结构和敏感性所起的作用：即它们可能如何抑制或加强人类与“多于人类”的景观之间的关系，从而在此基础上可能采取哪些行动来缓解气候变化。气候变化的未来路径与当地人民的偏好和决策有着内在的联系，这些偏好和决策往往位于传统和本土知识系统中；因此，这些发现可能被证明对宣传未来的气候政策和干预措施具有重要意义。该项目的具体现场选址尚未敲定，但很可能属于印度北部、尼泊尔或不丹。