Integrating Indigenous Worldviews & Complex Systems Science | Daniel Henryk Rasolt (2020)

Daniel Henryk Rasolt joins us for Season 1 of Birdsong (2020).

Daniel is an independent researcher and writer and the founder of Unbounded World, an initiative that takes an integrated approach to environmental and cultural preservation. He holds a degree in astrophysics and works in diverse disciplines related to energy, the environment, health and traditional cultures.

Daniel has traveled to more than 85 countries on this beautiful and vulnerable planet, uses his skills of writing and analysis to communicate environmental and social issues through personal experience and research.

He exposes the circumstances of the indigenous communities, and the usurping and degradation of their natural territories, through his writing and through working with indigenous leaders, organizations, universities, researchers and policy makers.

TIMESTAMPS:

[3:30] What does honouring the sacred mean from an astrophysicists point of view?
[5:45] What daily practices does Daniel have to engage with the sacred?
[7:15] How Daniel came to hold his perspectives and ways of seeing the world
[9:30] Astrophysics paving the path to take a more expansive look at things
[12:00] Complex systems science: the ins and the outs
[17:00] Making an effort to realize that everything is interconnected and has a relationship with everything else
[18:30] Misconceptions and reductionism within science
[21:30] Why is complex systems science finding it hard to weave into the general scientific community? [23:50] Scientific specialization and reductionism through the medical system
[25:30] Integrating scientific worldviews with indigenous worldviews
[29:30] Some of the primary issues that our indigenous communities are facing based on Daniel's experiential immersions
[33:20] Building bridges between indigenous communities
[36:30] The threats and resistance that indigenous leaders face when standing for the sacred
[40:00] Cultural risks, in particular, through indigenous plant medicine entho/eco-tourism
[46:30] Finding footing on more fertile soils: cross-cultural pollination and collaboration
[48:30] Western culture needs to stop encroaching on and determining indigenous wants and needs
[52:00] Getting outside of our current systems and structures: we need a massive paradigm shift
[56:00] Taking responsibility as individuals
[59:00] How do we transition from ego-centric to eco-centric?
[1:02:30] The Rights of Nature: The Law of the Land
[1:06:00] As a scientist, what is Daniel's perspective towards animism, soul and spirit?
[1:13:00] Philosophical musings on consciousness
[1:15:30] A framework of moving towards a more resilient interconnected future
[1:28:00] Final remarks to close up the conversation

 

RESOURCES & LINKS:

• The Powerful Alliance Between Integrated Science and Traditional Food Systems - Thrive

• Self-Imposed Isolation of Indigenous Communities Due to COVID-19 Reinforces the Need for Clean Off-Grid Energy Sources - Resilience

• How Rights of Nature victories in Colombia’s rainforests can inform shared knowledge systems globally - Shareable

• Scientists Must Learn How to Interact With Indigenous People - Ensia

• The Koreguaje Tribe: Threatened Guardians of the Northwest Amazon - The Revelator

• "They Cannot Keep Us Silent" - Earth Island Journal

• “Deforestation in Colombia” - The Ecologist

   

• https://unboundedworld.com/

• https://unboundedworld.com/blog/science-society-and-environment/

• https://unboundedworld.com/tribes/

• https://www.facebook.com/UnboundedWorld7/ 

• https://www.instagram.com/unboundedworld7/ 

  
  Twitter: @DHRasolt