Editorial overview: Values and decisions: How can development trajectories transform

van Noordwijk, Meine; Villamor, Grace B; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Speelman, Erika N

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101365

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“…Meanwhile, other, less obvious boundaries exist: people imagine their landscapes differently and maintain different views about how nature or landscape contributes to well-being. These underlying differences correlate to different patterns of behaviors in landscapes (van Noordwijk et al 2023 ). People will inherently assume different causality for diversely or fuzzily defined change aspirations (who should do what and how to solve collectively ill-defined problems?).…”

Section: Boundary Phenomenamentioning

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Making Landscapes Negotiable: Q-methodology as a Boundary-Spanning and Empowering Diagnostic

Langston,

Ros-Tonen,

Reed

2024

Environmental Management

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Landscapes are conceptually fuzzy and rich, and subject to plural framings. They are places of inquiry and intervention for scientists and practitioners, but also concepts bound to peoples’ dynamic identities, knowledge systems, inspiration, and well-being. These varying interpretations change the way landscapes function and evolve. Developed in the 1930s, Q-methodology is increasingly recognized for being useful in documenting and interrogating environmental discourses. Yet its application in the context of how integrated landscape approaches better navigate land-use dilemmas is still in its infancy. Based on our experience and emerging literature, such as the papers in this special collection, this article discusses the value of Q-methodology in addressing landscape sustainability issues. Q-methodology helps unravel and communicate common and contradicting landscape imaginaries and narratives in translational and boundary-spanning ways, thus bridging actors’ different understandings of problems and solutions and revealing common or differentiated entry points for negotiating trade-offs between competing land uses. The methodology can be empowering for marginalized people by uncovering their views and aspirational values to decision-makers and policymakers. We argue that this potential can be further strengthened by using Q to identify counter-hegemonic discourses and alliances that combat injustices regarding whose knowledge and visions count. In this way, applying Q-methodology in integrated landscape approaches can become a key tool for transitioning toward just, inclusive, and sustainable landscapes.

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Section: Boundary Phenomenamentioning

confidence: 99%