Series of South-North dialogues about Rights of Nature in summer term 2023 and 2024.
Rights of Nature (RoN) are discussed as a legal innovation that denotes nature’s inherent right to exist and flourish. Inspired by indigenous relational ontologies, RoN have seen the recognition of rivers, mountains and forests as living beings from Latin America to former British colonies inspiring a fast-growing global movement. RoN’s transformative promise is a new mind set respecting human as well as non-human living beings as agents.
The Knowledge Dialogues between Latin America and Europe aim to bring together activists, indigenous peoples, practitioners and scientists in a critical dialogue between the advocates and adversaries of RoN. The events will shed light on different topic areas, such as constitutional reforms, forest protection, global political transformation, and moral implications reflecting on the potential and limitations of RoN for sustainable transformations. Further, the workshop should serve as a networking space for scholars, activists, and policy makers working on the challenges posed by the Anthropocene with conceptions of “nature” as a central category beyond disciplinary and geographical boundaries.
The trailer for our first South-North Knowledge Dialogue is now available! Click here for the full video.