F11 | 016 A cross-cultural approach to representations of nature in the pre-industrial era". A symposium dedicated to the memory of Adama Samassekou.
Tracks
Burns - Theatre 1
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Burns, Theatre 1 |
Overview
Symposium talk
Lead presenting author(s)
Meixuan Hu
College of Humanities and Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University
Exchange and Mutual Learning of GIAHS from the Perspective of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind: Logic, Models, and Pathways
Abstract - Symposia paper
GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) emerged and grew within the historical soil of human agricultural civilization, representing the wisdom and essence of agricultural civilizations that belong to all mankind. Against the backdrop of deepening agro-ecological crises worldwide and increasing external risks and challenges, addressing the "unprecedented changes" by solely relying on spontaneous resistance within individual civilizations against the irreversible intrusion of instrumental rationality on GIAHS is far from sufficient. Instead, it is imperative to break down "boundaries," facilitating the benign interaction of GIAHS elements and the exchange and mutual learning of protection and development experiences. Conducting exchanges and mutual learning of GIAHS globally possesses profound theoretical foundations, historical reasons, practical pain points, and a global perspective, demonstrating the organic unity of logical coupling, historical necessity, practical rationality, and era directivity. In terms of concrete practices, promoting exchanges and mutual learning of GIAHS requires adhering to the concept of cultural integration, enhancing the level of cross-regional cooperation mechanisms, valuing the transmission of Eastern farming wisdom, and actively exploring "natural solutions" for traditional agriculture explained through modern science and technology.
Dr Yuanhe Yang
College of Humanities & Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University
Ancient people's ecological wisdom about tea planting in China
Abstract - Symposia paper
The agricultural production gave birth to the ancient Chinese ecological wisdom, and the worship of nature was the germ of the ancient Chinese ecological concept. This paper studies ancient Chinese tea books and finds that in a long period of historical time and space, the special tea tree planting technology in ancient China formed its own system through local selection, combination and dissemination, forming its own unique cultural structure, containing excellent ecological wisdom and reflecting the traditional ecological practice, which is different from the modern large scale platform tea plantation. The ecological wisdom of Chinese traditional tea planting is of great significance to the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development in the world today.
Dr Zhiwei Wang
College of Humanities and Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University
Knowledge Introduction and Practical Innovation: GIAHS Driving in Comprehensive Rural Revitalization
Abstract - Symposia paper
GIAHS originated in rural areas, and its systematism and versatility provide endogenous basis for driving comprehensive rural revitalization. The GIAHS drive for comprehensive rural revitalization has a profound theoretical foundation, historical reasons, realistic pain points and global vision, demonstrating the organic unity of logical coupling, historical necessity, realistic rationality and time-oriented. Based on the actual regional development, industrial level, resource conditions and other factors, various sites have formed a number of advanced models in the process of promoting GIAHS driven comprehensive rural revitalization, including ecological conservation, industrial stimulation, cultural cultivation, talent drive and organizational empowerment. Based on the internal mechanism and typical model of GIAHS-driven comprehensive rural revitalization, it is necessary to further promote the effectiveness, science and sustainability of GIAHS-driven comprehensive rural revitalization by means of mechanism empowerment, internal training and external introduction, technology enhancement and experience learning.
