Cancelled: Lecture Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo: African religion and environmental thought
Update: This lecture has been cancelled because Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo is unfortunately unable to come to the Netherlands.
On Tuesday 24 June, (ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Ghana) will give the public lecture ‘Contemporary environmental thought: what do African religious ecologies have to offer?’. In his lecture, Kwaku Golo will discuss how African religion can infuse current debate on environmentalism.
Indigenous ecologies
Indigenous ecologies have become prominent in contemporary discussions on environmental and climate change. However, the crux of the matter is what these indigenous ecological thoughts offer and how they could be framed into contemporary environmental thought and ethics.
Kwaku Golo will explore the moral standing of the nonhuman world in African indigenous religious ecologies, with a focus on the Akan people of Ghana. He will discuss what these ecologies have to offer for contemporary environmental thought and ethics toward normative claims in human-nonhuman world relationships.
The lecture is made possible by the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Global Engagement Fund and in cooperation with the .
- Start date and time
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- Location
- TBA, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ
- Registration
Please register by sending an email to David Onnekink at D.M.L.Onnekink@uu.nl
There are limited places available.