Shobhit Shakya
Biographic Data
| ID | 1094162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shobhit Shakya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shobhit |
| FAMILY NAME | Shakya |
| SIGNATURE | SHAKYA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6799-2751 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond the attention economy, towards an ecology of attending. A manifesto
We endorse policymakers’ efforts to address the negative consequences of the attention economy’s technology but add that these approaches are often limited in their criticism of the systemic context of human attention. Starting from Buddhist philosophy, we advocate a broader approach: an ‘ecology of attending’ that centers on conceptualizing, designing, and using attention (1) in an embedded way and (2) focused on the alleviating of suffering. Wi…
How can Universities Become Transformative Change Agents? Sustainability Strategizing in European Technological Universities
The paper discusses the challenges universities face in responding to the calls to contribute to sustainability transitions. In these calls, universities are expected to be reflexive and co-creative and act as transformative change agents. Universities also face other expectations to improve the strategic management of their traditional missions of teaching, research, and societal service. We discuss how these latter expectations create especiall…
Buddhist Third Places
This article discusses key historical architectural structures in Cambodia and Nepal—the dharmasālā of King Jayavarman VII (c. 1122–1218 CE) and sattal (also known as sattra) structure from Licchavi-era Nepal (c. 450–750 CE). These structures have served a variety of purposes for their local communities in the past and continue to fulfill similar roles even today. In historical Asian cities, the central role of these structures, which were eviden…
Buddhism, Wealth, and Privilege
This essay compares key essays on Buddhism by B.R. Ambedkar and Jürgen Habermas vis-à-vis the issue of Buddhism, wealth, and privilege, and the respective statements again to what the Buddha taught, from a Theravada perspective. In doing so, it can be seen that Buddhism does not indeed endorse privilege in this world-but what seems to be privilege and inherited wealth are actual merits from a former life. Since these come with their own dangers, …
Heritage Institutions and Digital Transformation
A paradoxical process exists with the transformation of the guthi. At the same time, the traditional institution transformed toward global-Western normative priorities, and ICT has also emboldened vernacular cultural elements which are typically non-Western. This non-linear process of 'non-Westernization' has a complex interplay within three overlapping spheres: 1) ornamental, 2) instrumental, and 3) persistent. This complex interplay calls for a…
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Heritage Institutions and Digital Transformation
A paradoxical process exists with the transformation of the guthi. At the same time, the traditional institution transformed toward global-Western normative priorities, and ICT has also emboldened vernacular cultural elements which are typically non-Western. This non-linear process of 'non-Westernization' has a complex interplay within three overlapping spheres: 1) ornamental, 2) instrumental, and 3) persistent. This complex interplay calls for a…
Buddhism, Wealth, and Privilege
This essay compares key essays on Buddhism by B.R. Ambedkar and Jürgen Habermas vis-à-vis the issue of Buddhism, wealth, and privilege, and the respective statements again to what the Buddha taught, from a Theravada perspective. In doing so, it can be seen that Buddhism does not indeed endorse privilege in this world-but what seems to be privilege and inherited wealth are actual merits from a former life. Since these come with their own dangers, …
Buddhist Third Places
This article discusses key historical architectural structures in Cambodia and Nepal—the dharmasālā of King Jayavarman VII (c. 1122–1218 CE) and sattal (also known as sattra) structure from Licchavi-era Nepal (c. 450–750 CE). These structures have served a variety of purposes for their local communities in the past and continue to fulfill similar roles even today. In historical Asian cities, the central role of these structures, which were eviden…
Beyond the attention economy, towards an ecology of attending. A manifesto
We endorse policymakers’ efforts to address the negative consequences of the attention economy’s technology but add that these approaches are often limited in their criticism of the systemic context of human attention. Starting from Buddhist philosophy, we advocate a broader approach: an ‘ecology of attending’ that centers on conceptualizing, designing, and using attention (1) in an embedded way and (2) focused on the alleviating of suffering. Wi…
How can Universities Become Transformative Change Agents? Sustainability Strategizing in European Technological Universities
The paper discusses the challenges universities face in responding to the calls to contribute to sustainability transitions. In these calls, universities are expected to be reflexive and co-creative and act as transformative change agents. Universities also face other expectations to improve the strategic management of their traditional missions of teaching, research, and societal service. We discuss how these latter expectations create especiall…
Art (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Cambodian History and Society (1 work)