Indigenous Sundanese Leadership: Eco-Systemic Lessons on Zero Emissions

Ida Widianingsih (), Janet Judy McIntyre (), Ugi Sugriana Rakasiwi (), Gustaff Harriman Iskandar () and Rudolf Wirawan ()
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Ida Widianingsih: Universitas Padjadjaran
Janet Judy McIntyre: University of South Africa
Ugi Sugriana Rakasiwi: Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Community
Gustaff Harriman Iskandar: Universitas Padjadjaran and Common Room Neworks
Rudolf Wirawan: Adelaide University

Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2023, vol. 36, issue 2, No 7, 353 pages

Abstract: Abstract ‘Ecology of mind’ (Bateson, 1972) is a key concept applied to this project engaged in by a social anthropologist, a policy researcher, and a Sundanese Chief. Together we explore how the agendas for COP 26 could be attained and to what extent the Nobel economist Elinor Ostrom’s (2018) eight principles are relevant for managing the commons and key learnings that can be shared more broadly.The paper details the Sundanese forest community’s organisational systems to support living in ways that re-generate and sustain the forest and the way that the community has connected with Universitas Padjadjaran and an NGO called the Common Room Networks (common room.id), in order to support and extend their learning with nature program within and beyond Indonesia. Decolonising and learning from Indigenous leadership can be fostered through forming communities of practice between universities and indigenous leaders. The paper discusses how the Ciptagelar community demonstrates low carbon living and how they have organised agriculture in terms of a seasonal calendar. It makes the case that sharing their agricultural methods and community lifestyle to lower emissions could help to inspire others to follow their re-generative approach to governance and their organisational strategies. The paper demonstrates the relevance of Ostrom’s principles which are considered in relation to the case study. On the basis of a series of conversations held via zoom and email we make a case for learning from the leadership rooted in the Sundanese culture and demonstrated in West Java First Nations. It can be read as a twin paper with the paper on the Venda forest, titled ‘Eco-centric living: a way forward towards zero carbon’.

Keywords: West Java; Indigenous knowledge systems; Systemic balance with nature; Re-generation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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