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Human Rights in Eastern Civilisations
by Ashish Kothari 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

Colleagues, this book, promoted as an attempt to decolonise the curriculum, may be of interest, ashish -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Feel free to circulate among your groups. Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:38:27 +0530 From: amrisha pandey <amrisha8(a)gmail.com> To: rights-of-rivers-south-asia(a)googlegroups.com, Dr. Deevanshu Shrivastava <deevanshu.shrivastava(a)jlu.edu.in>, Faizan Mustafa <mustafa.faizan(a)gmail.com>, Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar <vc(a)gnlu.ac.in>, Prof. Saroj Bohra [Professor & Director-ALS] <sbohra(a)jpr.amity.edu>, XU Alison <alisonxu(a)aoni.waseda.jp>, mohananer nuals.ac.in <mohananer(a)nuals.ac.in>, Prof. Amit Jain [Pro-President, Dean - Faculty of Management and Director-ABS] <ajain4(a)jpr.amity.edu>, manu gautam <professorzx(a)gmail.com>, Hiroshi Fukurai <hfukurai(a)ucsc.edu> Dear Colleagues and Respected Professors, Greetings of the day!. Please find the details of the book from my PhD supervisor. It is a fantastic topic and would interest many of you. This has been one of his dream projects and a magnificent contribution by Prof Surya P. Subedi to the field of Human Rights *_Professor Surya Subedi’s contribution to human rights and to decolonising _**_the curriculum_* There has been a great deal of debate in the recent past about decolonising the curriculum in universities around the globe and a call for the use of more inclusive and diverse literature for teaching. The values of Western civilisations and their contribution to the development of human rights, the rule of law and democracy have been asserted in a wide range of literature. In contrast, few studies have been conducted on the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of human rights in the wider sense of the term. Western scholars are not usually familiar with the vast body of scholarship in Eastern civilisations; nor do many of them go far back in history to understand and appreciate the contribution of Eastern civilisations. This intellectual gap renders the work of such scholars limited in scope. It is in this context that this new book examines the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the United Nations Human Rights agenda. Professor Surya P. Subedi QC, OBE, DCL of the School of Law at the University of Leeds has demonstrated in his recent publication entitled “Human Rights in Eastern Civilisations” published by a major British publishing house, Edward Elgar, how cross-fertilisation of values between the Eastern and Western civilisations has taken place and how the notion of the universality of human rights has been enriched by the values of different civilisations. In his book, Professor Subedi has analysed the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the UN human rights agenda. The book focuses on the norms underpinning Eastern philosophies to assess the extent to which the ancient Eastern civilisations already had human rights values embedded in them. Various chapters in the book explore the expression of values in the scriptures and practices of the Eastern philosophies, assessing their influence on the contemporary understanding of human rights. Rejecting the argument based on the so-called “Asian Values” that is often used to undermine the universality of human rights, the book argues that secularism, personal liberty, tolerance, and universalism are at the heart of the main scriptures of Eastern civilisations. When discussing human rights, this study is not only referring to human rights in the modern sense of the term – that is, the human rights developed mainly after the establishment of the United Nations and within the framework of Western political thought. Rather, this study is considering human rights in a wider sense and in a much earlier historical context. The following is the link to this new book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-9781… <https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/human-rights-in-eastern-civilisations-9781…> The flyer is attached for your reference. Best Wishes, Dr Amrisha Pandey Assistant Professor of Law in School of Maritime Law, Policy and Administration Gujarat Maritime University. Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Email: amrisha8@ <mailto:[email protected]>gmail.com <http://gmail.com>; Twitter: @PandeyAmrisha8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Rights of Rivers South Asia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rights-of-rivers-south-asia+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rights-of-rivers-south-asia/CAFMvZyUoZ8cP… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rights-of-rivers-south-asia/CAFMvZyUoZ8cP…>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.

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You’re invited to Third Webinar of Re-imagining ‘Quality of Life’ Webinar Series
by S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

FYI. And please help circulate among your networks. From: Common Alternatives <donotreply(a)wordpress.com<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, 24 August 2021 3:40 PM To: S. A. Hamed Hosseini Faradonbeh <hamed.hosseini(a)newcastle.edu.au<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [New post] You’re invited to Third Webinar of Re-imagining ‘Quality of Life’ Webinar Series commonism posted: "Free Tickets from here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…>" New post on Common Alternatives [https://i2.wp.com/thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Demo…] [http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/a650098e38856ec326159d7535275bac?s=50&d=http%3…]<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> You’re invited to Third Webinar of Re-imagining ‘Quality of Life’ Webinar Series<http://thecommonalts.com/webinar3/> by commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> Free Tickets from here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…> (please help us promote the event) [http://thecommonalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Webinar-3.jpg] Please join us on 27 August (11.30 am AEST) for the third in the 'Reimagining Quality of Life' workshop series run by the Alternative Futures Research Network of the University of Newcastle and New Economy Network Australia<https://www.neweconomy.org.au/>. Funded by the UON College of Human and Social Future<https://www.newcastle.edu.au/college/human-and-social-futures>. Please join us on 27 August for the third in the 'Reimagining Quality of Life' workshop series run by the University of Newcastle and NENA. About this event From June to October 2021, UoN-AFRHub<https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/alternative-futures-regional-p…> (a UON’s community partnered research hub) has been hosting monthly online workshops that invite guest speakers and participants to explore, challenge and re-define the concepts of ‘quality of life’ and ‘social wellbeing’ in Australia. You are invited to join one or more of our workshops, listen to thought-provoking guest speakers, join the discussions and share your views. This webinar series is part of the UoN research project: “Reimagining Quality of Life Post-COVID”, funded by the UON College of Human and Social Futures and hosted by the Alternative Futures Research Hub (AFRHub) WEBINAR 3: 27 AUGUST 2021, 11.30 am – 1 pm AEST This session's topic: "PLURIVERSAL VISIONS OF QUALITY OF LIFE" GUEST SPEAKERS · Adjunct Professor Victoria-Grieve Williams - "Everywhen: Autonomy, Altruism and Living Well" · A/Prof. Sara Motta - “Democracy (M)otherwise: Enfleshments from the Margins of Modernity” · Prof . Ashish Kothari - “Ecoswaraj: a Radical Ecological Democracy Towards Justice and Sustainability” Chaired by Dr Chris Krogh and Dr Michelle Maloney **For speaker bios, please scroll down** About Alternative Futures Research Hub: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/alternative-futures-regional-p… About the Well-living Lab: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/alternative-futures-regional-p… ABOUT THE WORKSHOP SERIES **To read about the whole series and watch the recordings from previous webinars, please visit this webpage: https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-online/quality-of-life-webinar-series/<https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-online/quality-of-life-webinar-series/> Watch the whole series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcsh9Y5F4G4&list=PLqmNr-LTaqGOnH9Nlcw-Ro6JH…<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcsh9Y5F4G4&list=PLqmNr-LTaqGOnH9Nlcw-Ro6JH…> People have been thinking about, describing, and striving for ‘the good life’ or ‘quality of life’ for millennia. Since the 1950s, the concept of gross domestic product (GDP) has dominated discussions about economic progress and economic growth by nation-states, and narrow concepts around income and financial value have come to dominate individual notions of worth and wealth. However, the past few decades have seen a rising movement of people trying to describe and define ‘wellbeing’ and ‘quality of life’ in alternative ways – challenging the dominant capitalist and financial growth mode of thinking and building policy. This workshop series seeks to share information about different perspectives and stimulate discussion on these topics. The workshops are part of a larger project that invites individuals and organisations within the NENA network to share their ideas about how to define ‘quality of life’ and wellbeing in 21st Century Australia. WORKSHOP FORMAT: In each online workshop, guest speakers will present their views on how quality of life and social wellbeing can be defined and then offer provocations on the subject, to stimulate thinking and discussions. Participants will then be invited in real-time, to share their ideas and experiences. GUEST SPEAKERS - ADJUNCT PROFESSOR VICTORIA GRIEVE-WILLIAMS - Victoria Grieve-Williams is Warraimaay and a historian engaged with Aboriginal philosophy, truth-telling, decolonisation and its ramifications, in a world hurtling toward an uncertain future. -A/PROF. SARA MOTTA - Sara C. Motta is of Colombia-Chibcha, Eastern-European Jewish and Celtic lineages currently living, loving and resisting on Awabakal and Worimi peoples’ unceded lands. She is a mother, poet, political theorist, popular educator, and Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle. Sara has worked for over two decades with communities in resistances/re-existencias against and beyond heteronormative capitalist-coloniality in Europe, Latin America and Australia. Her latest book (2018) Liminal Subjects: Weaving (Our) Liberation (Rowman and Littlefield) won 2020 best Feminist Book, International Studies Association. - PROF. ASHISH KOTHARI - Founder-member of Kalpavriksh; member of many people’s movements. Prof. Ashish Kothari has taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan, as well as served on boards of Greenpeace International & India and ICCA Consortium. He helps coordinate Vikalp Sangam (www.vikalpsangam.org<http://www.vikalpsangam.org>), Global Tapestry of Alternatives (www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org<http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org>), & Radical Ecological Democracy (www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org<http://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org>). Co-author/co-editor of Churning the Earth, Alternative Futures, and Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. FOR MORE INFORMATION: events(a)neweconomy.org.au<mailto:[email protected]> ** Please join NENA's mailing list, to stay up to date with our workshops and exciting guest speakers - you can sign up to our mailing list on our website: https://www.neweconomy.org.au/<https://www.neweconomy.org.au/> (scroll down to the bottom of the homepage) ** Please join the AFRN email list by subscribing to http://thecommonalts.com/<http://thecommonalts.com/> OUR NEXT SESSION IN SEPT, WITH LEGENDARY INTELLECTUAL, NOAM CHOMSKY: FRIDAY 10 Sept, 9.30 am AEST<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210909T233000&p…> Chaired by Dr S A Hamed Hosseini<https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/hamed-hosseini> and Dr Michelle Maloney Please join us on 10 September for a special workshop on Re-imagining ‘quality of life’ post-COVID Free event but registration is required at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-imagining-quality-of-life-and-social-wel…> [cid:[email protected]] commonism<http://thecommonalts.com/?author=1> | August 24, 2021 at 5:39 am | Categories: Alternative Futures Research Hub<http://thecommonalts.com/?taxonomy=category&term=alternative-futures-resear…> | URL: https://wp.me/s8cAhr-webinar3<https://wp.me/s8cAhr-webinar3> Trouble clicking? 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Invitation to Prof. Henry A. Giroux's lecture (Distinguished Lecture Series)
by Nadarajah Manickam 26 Aug '21

26 Aug '21

The Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, would like to invite you to its Distinguished Lecture Series, under the aegis of which Prof. Henry A. Giroux, McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest & The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy, will deliver a

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INdigenous land based education
by Ashish Kothari 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

Friends, this may be of interest: https://en.ccunesco.ca/idealab/indigenous-land-based-education <https://en.ccunesco.ca/idealab/indigenous-land-based-education> Ashish

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