Sustainability and Spirituality: a Transdisciplinary Perspective
Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science 2011 DOI: 10.22545/2011/00013 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 17 |
| Key points | Argues that spirituality, understood as a dimension of human beings and natural systems, should be integrated into sustainability efforts, and that transdisciplinarity serves as a transformative experience for this inclusion. Contends that dialogue with popular traditions and ancient Mesoamerican philosophy and cosmology is central to linking spirituality and transdisciplinarity, as illustrated by a process at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico. |
Abstract
This paper addresses some issues that describe the experience of a transdisciplinary process and the place of spirituality within the aim of sustainability at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico. Spirituality as a dimension of human beings and natural systems, sustainability through the consciousness of general ecology and transdisciplinary as a transformative experience that allows the inclusion of spiritual dimension in our aim for creating sustainable futures. Our dialogue with the popular traditions and cosmology of ancient Mesoamerican Philosophy is a core in the relationship between spirituality and transdisciplinary.