Synergizing Folklore and Urban Values for Sustainable Liveability

Shagufta Munir Trishna and Xiumei Guo
Additional contact information
Shagufta Munir Trishna: Curtin University, Australia
Xiumei Guo: Curtin University, Australia

International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), 2021, vol. 12, issue 4, 16-26

Abstract: The synergy between rural and urban values is depicted as the source for local and global sustainability. This paper asserts that the folklore tradition of the rural people of Bangladesh promotes sustainability through their respect for nature, spiritual education, and the common future of generations. Such values are embedded in the country's economy, schools, media, and other institutions where these messages are taught, articulated, and promoted. The positive spiritual dispositions of rural people in Bangladesh towards natural calamities allow them to interpret such events as nature's tools for managing sustainable liveability. Bangladeshi rural communities also enjoy self-reliant living without destroying the country's base of natural resources in contrast to the city dwellers. Thus, the paper aims to establish that the implements for achieving global sustainability could be embedded in “rural modernization” – a way of blending rural values and folklore in city life.

Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJISSC.287830 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:12:y:2021:i:4:p:16-26

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) is currently edited by John Wang

More articles in International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().