Multi-sited resilience: The mutual construction of “local” and “global” understandings and practices of adaptation and innovation

Olwig, Mette Fog

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.007

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“…Resilience recognizes that people are not passive objects but capable agents (Olwig, 2012). Applied to farm (household) and rural systems, it acknowledges that natural and economic systems are continuously changing and that farm households (and rural communities) need to have the ability to absorb disturbance and retain basic functions and structures (Berkes et al, 2000).…”

Section: Modernization the Orienting Principle Of Our Timementioning

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“…Linked with that is the ability to maintain the integrity and functioning of natural systems, and to restore degraded ecosystem services. Related studies have mainly focussed on farm household, farming and rural systems and their functioning in variable environments (Rodriguez et al, 2011), the stability of agroecosystems, particularly as they are threatened by global environmental change (Olwig, 2012;IAASTD, 2009), and the multifunctionality of rural regions (Bryden et al, 2011;Knickel et al, 2004;Wilson, 2010).…”

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Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Knickel

2016

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different future-oriented understanding of the term 'modernization' explored. The basis for the analysis are case studies in 14 countries (including Turkey and Israel). The key question asked is how actors are connecting economic, social and natural systems in the different cases and how the connections made (or not) point to different ideas about modernization. The conclusions focus on some current information needs of policy-makers: the links between different forms of farm modernization, rural development and resilience, and the implications for agricul- Knickel, Zemeckis and Tisenkopfs (2014).

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Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Knickel

2016

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“…It was part of a larger project on development and climate change conducted from 2009 to 2012 involving fieldwork among 'donors' in Washington DC, New York City and Copenhagen and 'recipients' and 'practitioners' in the Upper East Region (Olwig, 2009(Olwig, , 2012.…”

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Beyond Translation: Reconceptualizing the Role of Local Practitioners and the Development ‘Interface’

Olwig

2013

Eur J Dev Res

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This article contributes to the growing scholarship on local development practitioners by re-examining conceptualizations of practitioners as 'brokers' strategically translating between 'travelling' (development institution) rationalities and 'placed' (recipient area) rationalities in relation to the development 'interface'. It argues that local development practitioners, as a result of unconscious dispositions linked to a growing 'development legacy', habitually employ a simultaneity of rationalities. Based on fieldwork in northern Ghana conducted in the context of changing development discourse, policy and practice spurred by new challenges deriving from climate change anxiety, the study shows how local practitioners often make local activities fit into travelling development rationalities as a matter of habit, rather than as a conscious strategy. They may therefore cease to 'translate' between different rationalities. This is shown to have important implications for theory, research and practice concerning disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in which such translation is often expected.Cet article contribue a`la recherche croissante sur les professionnels du de´veloppement local en mettant en question les conceptualisations de ces praticiens en tant que ) courtiers * ope´rant une traduction strate´gique entre les rationalite´s ) mobiles * de de´veloppement et les rationalite´s ) fixes * des be´ne´ficiaires, en rapport avec l')interface* de de´veloppement. Il soutient qu'en raison de tendances inconscientes lie´es a`l'essor d'une tradition de de´veloppement, les praticiens du de´veloppe-ment local ont pris l'habitude de mobiliser plusieurs rationalite´s a`la fois. Sur la base d'un travail de terrain effectue´dans le nord du Ghana, dans le contexte de l'e´volution du discours, de la politique et de la pratique de de´veloppement devant les nouveaux de´fis de´coulant des inquie´tudes lie´es au changement climatique, l'e´tude montre comment les praticiens locaux font souvent correspondre les activite´s locales a`des rationalite´s de de´veloppement mobiles plus par habitude que dans le cadre d'une strate´gie consciente. Il est par conse´quent possible qu'ils cessent de jouer leur roˆle de traducteurs entre des rationalite´s diffe´rentes. Cela a des implications importantes pour la the´orie, la recherche et la pratique en matie`re de re´duction des risques de catastrophe et d'adaptation au changement climatique, dans lesquelles cette traduction est souvent attendue.

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“…The importance of building resilience at the local level has been increasingly emphasised in the DRR literature (IFRC, 2004;Tanner et al, 2010;Rose et al, 2006;Cutter et al, 2008;Mette, 2012). Capacity and capability of local actors can increase due to improved availability of resources (e.g.…”

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Review Article: "Adaptive governance and resilience: the role of multi-stakeholder platforms in disaster risk reduction"

Djalante

2012

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Disaster impacts are more frequent, deadly and costly. The social and environmental consequences are increasingly complex and intertwined. Systematic as well as innovated strategies are needed to manage the impacts. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to manage disaster risks while adaptive governance (AG) is suggested as an alternative approach for governing complex problems such as disasters. The author proposes that the AG can be practicalised through a mechanism of multistakeholder platforms (MSPs), interpreted as multiplicity of organisations at different scales of governance working towards more coordinated and integrated actions in DRR. Ten MSPs are selected at the global, regional, national and local level, focussing on the Indonesian MSPs. The literature reviews and in-depth interviews with key respondents in Indonesia show that the international and regional MSPs tend to have more human, technical and financial capacity than national and local MSPs. The author finds that most MSP roles focus on the coordination amongst multitudes of organisations. Only those MSPs that are able to generate new funding have the capacity to implement direct risk reduction activities. The development of the MSP is highly influenced by the UNISDR system operating at different levels. Particularly in Indonesia, MSP are also influenced by the operations of various UN and international organisations. Finally, the paper suggests the need for more provision of technical supports to local MSPs, more linkages with established networks in DRR and broader stakeholders involvement within the MSPs.

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Multi-sited resilience: The mutual construction of “local” and “global” understandings and practices of adaptation and innovation

Cited by 59 publications

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Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Beyond Translation: Reconceptualizing the Role of Local Practitioners and the Development ‘Interface’

Review Article: "Adaptive governance and resilience: the role of multi-stakeholder platforms in disaster risk reduction"

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Multi-sited resilience: The mutual construction of “local” and “global” understandings and practices of adaptation and innovation

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Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Trajectories of agricultural modernization and rural resilience: some first insights derived from case studies in 14 countries

Beyond Translation: Reconceptualizing the Role of Local Practitioners and the Development ‘Interface’

Review Article: &quot;Adaptive governance and resilience: the role of multi-stakeholder platforms in disaster risk reduction&quot;

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