2022 South South Dialogue on Sustainability

Experiences with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas: Cosmovision and Sustainability

Organizers:

Global University for Sustainability

CCRD, Lingnan University

Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives

Description:

Javier Vargas Mendoza and Kathryn Seib Vargas currently work in ‘Educating Transform Us’. They were deeply involved in the local organizing of the indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960-80s. Inspired by liberation theology, and working with Bishop Samuel Ruiz, they had interacted with and learned from the indigenous communities while working with them to respond to the adversities and keep nurturing hope. This series of 7 lectures, divided into 13 parts according to the Mayan cosmic vision, will present the speakers’ personal trajectories, affections, and reflections, of their prime years living with the indigenous communities. The presentations will come with images and songs.

Speakers: Javier Vargas Mendoza (Mexico) and Kathryn Seib Vargas (Mexico)

Dates: Thursdays (20 Jan, 24 Feb, 24 March, 28 April, 26 May, 23 June, and 28 July 2022)

Time: Querétaro 08:00-10:00; China 21:00–23:00; UTC 13:00–15:00

Languages: Spanish (with English and Chinese simultaneous interpreting)

ZOOM Registration:

https://lingnan.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KktqhBeHSXCEMiH-Yg2lew

Video recordings on the Global U websites (English/Spanish/Chinese(simplified):

https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/en/ssds-experiences-with-indigenous-communities-in-chiapas/

https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/es/ssds-experiencias-con-comunidades-indigenas-en-chiapas/

https://our-global-u.org/oguorg/zhs/南南大讲堂-与玛雅人同行【简体】