The Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP) was founded by a group of scholars in the field of environmental philosophy in Asia in 2019.
Our primary goal is to support works related to environmental philosophy within Asian traditions of thoughts broadly conceived or related to grassroots perspectives on environmental issues in Asia. We want to provide a platform to foster communication and exchanges between people working in Asian environmental philosophy. To achieve this goal, we will exchange and collect information about ideas, publications, books, issues, etc. regarding environmental philosophy in Asia.
Between 2019-2024, NAEP’s activities included three online symposiums (on the Diversity of Environmental Philosophies in Asia in 2022, on Plants & animals in 2023, and on Rivers and Mountains in 2024), series of videos, and two collective peer-reviewed papers. Some presentations from past symposiums were published online in a series of videos with the permission of the presenters and the work of Romaric Jannel. The first NAEP’s collective paper was titled “Exploring the diversity of conceptualizations of nature in East and South-East Asia” (2022). The second peer-reviewed collective paper was under the theme of Eco-orientalism and Ecological Nationalisms (2024).
We are welcoming ideas for other activities and research projects, so please feel free to contact us and join us! We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Currently, two network coordinators are in charge of the coordination and website and social media management of the network. The symposium organization is supported by wider organization teams. If you are want to become active, or if you found something in need of improvements, your help is more than welcome! Please get in touch!
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