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A grief ritual for a glacier


Type: Testimony

Identifier:
Ein Trauerritual fuer einen gl
Description

During a workshop with Amitav Ghosh, he describes that for him animism, as a relationship to the landscape as living, is a key to dealing with the climate catastrophe. The following question arises: In New Zealand and elsewhere, there have been cases in which a court has granted a river or mountain personality rights. Are there any such examples in Switzerland? No, there aren't. "But there was a ritual for a dying glacier," someone adds...
Source of Description: em_