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Worldview

Concept Social science Synonym

Osprey Orielle Lake

“Worldviews express the fundamental nature of a particular culture—how it operates and constructs perceptions and relationships.

They provide an all-embracing assemblage of the world around us, including the greater cosmos, and how the world came into being.

Worldviews influence who we are, how we behave, our dreams, imaginings, and our relationship to the very web of life.

A worldview is a composition of principles, narratives, codes of conduct, and foundational assumptions about reality, which inform our scientific discourse, cultural norms, political and social ideologies, and all aspects of our lived experiences.”

“Some of the most damaging and pervasive worldviews are human dominion over nature, separation from a living Earth, and structural patriarchy and white supremacy.”

Also see Future Narratives Lab:

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