Community engagement in National Parks

‘issues of relevance’

Heritage

Environment

Sheffield Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Old

advert displayed in Manager’s room (2012)

What is the Indian story behind this hamlet?

What are the Indian stories in Sheffield?

What are the Indian stories in the countryside around Sheffield?

A project to discover Indian stories in the English countryside

BRITISH RAJ IN THE PEAK DISTRICT

Discovering, Recovering and Sharing Colonial Heritage

www.heritagehindusamaj.wordpress.com

Edward Carpenter workshop (2013)

Edward Carpenter Archive visit (2013)

Carpenter Walk (2013)

CARPENTER’S HINDU WORLDVIEW ON NATURE The Universal Consciousness nature of UC

‘At rest everywhere’ ‘Indifference’ Equality’ [Tilleinathan Swami]

Not in the form of Thought It touches, sees, hears and is all those things which it

perceives- without motion, without change, without effort, without distinction of subject and object, but with a vast and incredible joy.

Nature and Universal Consciousness – You are not to differentiate yourself from Nature – speak of external world as ‘I’. Non-differentiation is the final deliverance

Development of Universal Consciousness – Supress seat of primary Consciousness – Be with Nature From Adam’s Peak to Elephanta (E.Carpenter)

Neglected history of ethnic minorities in the countryside

National amnesia (Cleall) Invisible Empire ( Weymuss) Geographies and Neglect (Seymour & Jones) Eurocentrism ( Hobson)

on the environment

Educate, promote , strengthen culture

– its fun!

Intercultural thinking

Learn a traditional language, art, craft, philosophy

What do we do now?

Method

Links between traditional language/art/craft/philosophy and the environment

- (Convention on Biological Diversity)

Roles & Responsibilities

Positive/proactive – ; parents/adults, students (choose extracurricular wisely), Community centres (choose projects carefully, develop a vision)

Passive/Supportive – international organisations, private enterprise

Interrelated and holistic

Teachers/Gurus

engaged/civic/co-production in

Universities

Why learn these things?

Who am I addressing?

What do I do? I am a traditional dance teacher who re-thinks her teaching methods and practice. I have a responsibility to the art, to the environment and to our society (long-term), not just to students and parents (short-term). See full details of my teaching innovation here http://www.nandavana.org/#!learn-in-style/c1bln

Many Thanks!

Thanks and Acknowledgement Heritage team - PhotosNandagopal – Slide animations HLF- Project Funding Hindu Samaj Trustees – Support and Encouragement Dr. Macer and Dr. Rai – Invitation to present at workshopPeak District National Park Rangers, University of Sheffield and Mosaic colleagues – for their support and enthusiasm To many many others for their support!