Scholarlink

This chapter employs online digital ethnography and frameworks of digital religion to examine how two Chinese diasporic Buddhist communities in Canada engage in digital environmentalist activities through case studies, including online Buddhist Canteen, Meatless Monday petition and Vegrun, as well as WeChat vegetarian food sales. I argue that diasporic Chinese Buddhist environmentalism and environmental activism should be explored in their lived, everyday experiences, whether collective or individual. I further emphasize the significance of digital technology in shaping their everyday engagement, online/offline, local and transnational Buddhist environmentalism, and in creating a third space of Buddhist environmental practices, which functions as an antidote to problematic online environmental activism.

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Digital Footprints and Vegetarian Food on a Green Path to Enlightenment: Case Studies on Digital Pro-environmental Engagement in Chinese Immigrant Buddhist Communities in Montreal

  • 章节

  • 发表日期：

    2026年

查看全文
  • Xiao Han

摘要

This chapter employs online digital ethnography and frameworks of digital religion to examine how two Chinese diasporic Buddhist communities in Canada engage in digital environmentalist activities through case studies, including online Buddhist Canteen, Meatless Monday petition and Vegrun, as well as WeChat vegetarian food sales. I argue that diasporic Chinese Buddhist environmentalism and environmental activism should be explored in their lived, everyday experiences, whether collective or individual. I further emphasize the significance of digital technology in shaping their everyday engagement, online/offline, local and transnational Buddhist environmentalism, and in creating a third space of Buddhist environmental practices, which functions as an antidote to problematic online environmental activism.