A donghak pathway to sustainability?
- Donghak means ‘Eastern Learning’ and it is a philosophical tradition that has been reinterpreted and developed by Hansalim into a contemporary and practical alternative eco-philosophy.
- What possibilities does Hansalim’s philosophy and model offer for pathways of sustainability transformation beyond food systems into other aspects of social-economic life?
- Moving beyond the Western mechanistic model of the world and the associated increasingly popular ‘system’ metaphor of transformative change and innovation. What alternative perspectives and metaphors of interaction and transformation does Hansalim’s philosophy and experience bring to theorizing transformative innovation?
- Conversations with key people in Hansalim, Korean government and other Korean organizations.
- Rethinking the role of multi-stakeholder cooperatives in sustainability transformations.