Embodied Ecologies: Engaging the World Through Self
Channel: Anthropology of Consciousness
Date: 2021-09-09

Ethnography, use of self, and participant-observation are unique anthropological
approaches that employ subjective experience as a tool for both interpreting a changing world and for changing the world itself. The inner experience is a rich environment that provides interpretive depth and practical cues for how to navigate outer spaces. This panel engages self in different contexts to make sense of and shape outer environments. Topics include embodied wisdom in understanding Tenrikyo religion in a Parisian suburb, personal experiences in navigating teaching “nonempirical phenomena” in a positivist, hegemonic academic environment, and how Deep Ecologies of the self can provide guidance of how to address ecological crisis in the world.