Tribal cosmologies conceive the world of humans and the world of nature as closely linked. The cosmology emphasizes the inherent value system, indigenous philosophy, social system, morality, myths, rituals, and spirituality. Eco-cosmologies represent shamanic systems which play a major role in the transmission of indigenous knowledge (Silitoe 1998), incorporating sophisticated ethno-botanical and ethno-medicinal taxonomies. Here one notices the centrality of indigenous shamanic worldviews and indigenous knowledge as dialogical eco-cosmology (Lidia Guzy :2021).
This panel urges that cosmovision and knowledge systems of the marginalised tribes need to be linked with the sustainability debate. Today the challenges become manifold under the context of the climate change that further increases the vulnerability of the tribal community.
This panel intends to situate eco-cosmology as local indigenous ecological and spiritual knowledge in the context of global biodiversity and sustainability discourses. Sustainability is a multifaceted notion that reflects on interconnections and interactions across domains and scales, including the global and the local.
