Talks on Goa

Farming as if Nature Mattered

On natural learning:

Learning and Farming (Indore, MP) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O84KGmAvBcU

Nature as the Mother of Learning (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, Karnataka.) Watch Video

Teacher Training Workshop (III WE ASC World Education Culture Congress, Habitat Centre, New Delhi) Watch Video

School of Tomorrow – Fostering Creativity in Classrooms (Karachi, Pakistan)
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At the Bhoomi International Conference held in Bengaluru in 2019:

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On Science, Match and Culture

Interviews with CK Raju

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TV Multiversity is proud to present this five part video interview series featuring Professor C. K. Raju interviewed by Claude Alvares. Professor Raju brings to bear his immense knowledge of mathematics, history, and philosophy in providing a systematic deconstruction of the Eurocentrism of mathematics as currently conceived and taught. Beginning with a discussion of why mathematics has become so difficult to learn, the interviews proceed through the myths surrounding the ‘heroes’ of Western science, from Euclid to Einstein. They also cover the transmission of mathematical knowledge from India through the Islamic world into Europe, where it was initially misunderstood but then coopted and corrupted by the Holy Roman Empire. One of his most startling conclusions is that mathematics has become essentially religious in nature, and he offers a way to think about and practice mathematics shorn of its theological assumptions and historical accretions. Professor Raju has developed this material over a series of books, ranging from ‘Time: A Consistent Theory’ (1994) to his latest work, ‘Euclid and Jesus’ (2012). Conducted in Penang, Malaysia, during June 2013 and totalling over nine hours of material, these exclusive new interviews were produced and distributed on behalf of the Multiversity Project for the Multiworld Network and are presented here for the first time.

In Part One, Prof. Raju discusses why mathematics has become difficult to learn, the myths surrounding Euclid and ‘The Elements,’ and the Greek origins of science and mathematics.

In 2010 C. K. Raju was awarded the Telesio-Galilei Gold Medal in Hungary for correcting a mistake made by Einstein in the theory of relativity. Prof. Raju presently teaches at AlBukhary International University in Malaysia, where he has designed a course on ‘decolonized’ history and philosophy of science The course demonstrates that science and mathematics originated universally, and not with the Greeks as claimed in the myth propagated by Western historians. His most recent work is ‘Euclid and Jesus’ (2012), and he has written several other books on these topics, including ‘Cultural Foundations of Mathematics’ (2007) and ‘Time: Towards a Consistent Theory’ (1994). Prof. Raju is firmly committed to a non-Eurocentric view of the world and to the regeneration of ‘decolonized’ minds. More information is available on his homepage.

On Universities:

Academic Imperialism (International Conference on Academic Imperialism held at Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran, on 1-2 May 2010) Watch Video

Decolonising Universities (Penang, Malaysia) Watch Video

On Dharampal, Gandhi:

Thoughts on Swaraj (Bir, Himachal; interview by Manish Jain on cell phone) Watch Video

Introduction to Dharampal’s work (Indore, MP) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27IBNotwpE

On Personal Life and Work:

Spring of Wisdom – Tehran

In cooperation with the Iran-based Center for International Studies and Collaboration, Multiversity held a conference in Tehran, Iran, on the topic ‘The Spring of Wisdom.’ The conference ran from 22-24 May 2012 and was a followup to previous conferences in 2010 and 2011. Claude and Norma Alvares addressed one of the sessions.
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After reflecting on misperceptions about Iran and its people, Norma and Claude Alvares then move to discussing their decision to move to the countryside in Goa, India, getting in touch with nature and local village culture, and observing the impact of humans on nature and efforts to regenerate local ecosystems. They turn next to government policies in favour of modern technology at the expense of traditional ways of living in harmony with nature. Their message is let nature be. In English, with alternating Farsi translation.