Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights: Sacred Equilibria and the Consequences of Disrespect

Ekern, Stener

doi:10.1080/18918131.2016.1248060

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“…This notion stresses respect, gratitude, and protection for all and is considered to play a significant role in avoiding destruction of the forest by logging companies (Atleo 2004). Similar ideas can be found elsewhere, including nimanik (human-nature mutual respect and care to minimize pain) in K'iche Maya (Ekern 2016), tekó porã (reciprocity, cooperation, learning in coexistence with nature) in Guaraní (Fleuri and Fleuri 2017), miyo-pimatisiwin (equality and harmony in all relationships from individual to family to community, natural to spiritual spheres) in Cree (LaBoucane-Benson et al 2012), and hózhó (to live striving for beauty/harmony, care and peace in all situations, with reverence and respect for nature and others) in Diné (Werito 2014). Living in harmony with all that exist and maintaining goodness in the heart are cardinal values of the Hopi-way (Lovern and Locust 2013) as well as the Cherokee duyukdv (harmony, balance) (Dozzo 2012).…”

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Love Sustains Life:Jkyo jkwainïand Allied Strategies in Caring for the Earth

Zent

2022

Journal of Ethnobiology

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This essay is an impassioned epitaph conveying the teachings of Jotï wise persons from the Venezuelan Amazon who passed away recently. It honors their wish to spread the philosophy of jkyo jkwainï, which holds that loving-caring for everyone and everything around us is an essential human trait that holds the key to sustaining all life. If this innate faculty is nurtured, it gives people the power to maintain or even enhance the living world; if suppressed, its absence will inevitably lead to the degeneration and demise of the world. Their essential message urges everyone to use the dynamism of love already present within us to reverse the dominant trend of exploiting nature selfishly. An environmental ethic of loving-caring can actually be found in disparate cultural traditions, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. (Re)establishing loving-caring as a central guiding principle for organizing human ecological dynamics is already taking place in different urban and rural settings globally. Vital connections between ancient eco-philosophies and contemporary ecosocial movements are highlighted in order to show that real possibilities exist for building ecotopias moving forward. These arguments are attuned to postulates for biocultural conservation endorsed by ethnobiologists, Indigenous rights advocates, and environmental activists. Case studies are mentioned to stress the common ground shared by a diverse assortment of stakeholders.

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Love Sustains Life:Jkyo jkwainïand Allied Strategies in Caring for the Earth

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2022

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Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights: Sacred Equilibria and the Consequences of Disrespect

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