After Nature

Escobar, Arturo; Berglund, Eeva; Brosius, J. Peter; Cleveland, Daniel; Hill, Jack; Hodgson, Dorothy L.; Leff, Enrique; Milton, Kay; Rocheleau, Dianne; Stonich, Susan C.

doi:10.1086/515799

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“…Como se trata de problemas ambientales, hay cierto tipo de información que se destaca: la información científica y técnica. Por lo tanto, este trabajo podría ser considerado como parte de una prolífica línea de estudios tales como los de Descola (1996de Descola ( , 2012, Escobar (1999), Ingold (2000), que analizan la manera en que la naturaleza es construida social y culturalmente; Leff (2000) quien enfatiza el lugar de los conocimientos locales de las cuestiones ambientales; Leite Lopes (2006), quien se ocupa de los procesos de ambientalización de los conflictos; Pinto Ribeiro (2012), quien se dedica a analizar los cambios de significados en la expresividad del ambientalismo; Hukkinen (2014), que se ocupa de la producción de conocimiento ambiental poniendo en tensión la teoría del conocimiento incorporado con la perspectiva del conocimiento como procesamiento de información, y muchos otros.…”

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Transformaciones sociales y conocimiento en un contexto de crisis hídrica en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

Koberwein¹

2017

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Transformaciones sociales y conocimiento en un contexto de crisis hídrica en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

Koberwein¹

2017

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“…This set of discourses approximates "the romantic gaze" of environmentalism (Macnaghten & Urry, 1998). Taking Escobar's (1999) point that what we perceive in the environment as "natural" is always cultural and social, the romantic gaze of Indonesian conservationism expresses a middle-class, nationalist perception of nature. It is distinguishable from the pragmatic perceptions of nature among local peasant farmers in the countryside, for example, which are based on the direct experience of subsistence agriculture.…”

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“…Thus different agents of change will imagine and configure this space differently so that certain kinds of engagement and learning follow. Escobar (1999) points out that what we perceive in the environment as "natural" is always also cultural and social. So for example, transnational logging companies understand the Indonesian forests as a natural resource to be exploited, while student nature-lover groupsMahasiswa Pencinta Alam -constitute forests as recreational places to camp and walk in nature.…”

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Discourses of Non-Formal Pedagogy in Two Youth-Oriented Indonesian Environmental NGOs

Nilan¹

2015

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This article compares two youth-oriented ENGOs (Environmental Non-Government Organisations) in Indonesia. Comparative analysis focuses on how the two organisations provide discourses that configure differently the pedagogic space of experiential learning for children and young people. Despite an apparent low level of environmental awareness generally among the Indonesian population there does seem to be some enthusiasm for environmental activities among certain groups of young people. However, it seems different kinds of young people are drawn to different kinds of environmental activities. Conceptually, if we accept that there is an imagined space of the nation (Anderson, 1991) we can logically propose an imagined national space of the physical environment. Thus different agents of change will imagine and configure this space differently so that certain kinds of engagement and learning follow. Escobar (1999) points out that what we perceive in the environment as "natural" is always also cultural and social. So for example, transnational logging companies understand the Indonesian forests as a natural resource to be exploited, while student nature-lover groupsMahasiswa Pencinta Alam -constitute forests as recreational places to camp and walk in nature. This paper examines two ENGOs designed to appeal to young Indonesians: Sahabat Alam -Friends of Nature -founded in 2008 by a 12 year old schoolgirl after Jakarta flooding, and Tanam Untuk Kehidupan -Planting for Life -an arts collective which aims for learning about the environment through creative practices and festivals in Salatiga.

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“…Willems-Braun [7] states that separating the territory from its cultural component displaces discussions of authority from questions of territory, tenure and rights of access. Escobar [8] argues that the notion of nature is, -Always constructed by our meaning-giving and discursive processes, so that what we perceive as natural is also cultural and social.‖ This does not refute the materiality of the environment. Rather, it provides an analytical lens to understand how social processes contribute to changes in landscape, resource fluctuation, contesting claims of access to resources, wealth and prestige.…”

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“…Among the non-western and non-industrialized societies, where cultural practices are in dialogic relationship with nature, there is no separation between the physical, human and supernatural worlds [7,8]. For instance, Bosak [12] bases his argument on the Bhotiya people's (in India) perception of nature as built on a reciprocal relationship through their physical and spiritual connection to their environment.…”

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Contesting Views on a Protected Area Conservation and Development in Ethiopia

Debelo

2012

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This article discusses the contention between the state and local Guji people on issues of development and conservation of a Protected Area-Nech Sar National Park in southern Ethiopia. The park, which covers over 514 square kilometers, is a contested space between different actors, not only for its economic values, but it is also an arena of contestation over development and conservation perspectives. Since its inception as a national park in 1974, it has been administered with strict protectionist conservation approach, and later in 1990s, the ‗modernist' development program was introduced in the form of ecotourism. On the contrary, the Guji people had strong determination for conservation embedded deep in their worldviews and beliefs. By tracing the genesis of the philosophies behind protected areas in Africa, particularly how it was adopted by the Ethiopian state and its implications, I argue that contrasts in environmental cosmologies between the western and indigenous perspectives have ultimately resulted in unsustainable resource management and also disrupted local livelihood conditions. Despite its existence as an independent country, Ethiopia also experienced similar conservation models that were imported to colonial Africa. In this article, I argue that conservation, particularly in the form of protected areas, is a form of hegemonic control over territories, people and their spaces (historical, economic, cultural and political spaces).

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Cited by 713 publications

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Transformaciones sociales y conocimiento en un contexto de crisis hídrica en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

Transformaciones sociales y conocimiento en un contexto de crisis hídrica en la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

Discourses of Non-Formal Pedagogy in Two Youth-Oriented Indonesian Environmental NGOs

Contesting Views on a Protected Area Conservation and Development in Ethiopia

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