Towards Communities of Practice in Global Sustainability

Maida, Carl A.; Beck, Sam

doi:10.3167/aia.2016.230101

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“…The authors designed the HD Think Tank so that it was participatory and action-oriented. The authors also saw the HD Think Tank as an opportunity to launch a community of practice -a term which refers to "groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly" [44] -to promote the development, sharing and implementation of knowledge related to the HD of LSMPAs [45,46].…”

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Why people matter in ocean governance: Incorporating human dimensions into large-scale marine protected areas

Christie¹,

Bennett²,

Gray³

et al. 2018

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Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) are rapidly increasing. Due to their sheer size, complex sociopolitical realities, and distinct local cultural perspectives and economic needs, implementing and managing LSMPAs successfully creates a number of human dimensions challenges. It is timely and important to explore the human dimensions of LSMPAs. This paper draws on the results of a global "Think Tank on the Human Dimensions of Large Scale Marine Protected Areas" involving 125 people from 17 countries, including representatives from government agencies, non-governmental organizations, academia, professionals, industry, cultural/indigenous leaders and LSMPA site managers. The overarching goal of this effort was to be proactive in understanding the issues and developing best management practices and a research agenda that address the human dimensions of LSMPAs. Identified best management practices for the human dimensions of LSMPAs included: integration of culture and traditions, effective public and stakeholder engagement, maintenance of livelihoods and wellbeing, promotion of economic sustainability, conflict management and resolution, transparency and matching institutions, legitimate and appropriate governance, and social justice and empowerment. A shared human dimensions research agenda was developed that included priority topics under the themes of scoping human dimensions, governance, politics, social and economic outcomes, and culture and tradition. The authors discuss future directions in researching and incorporating human dimensions into LSMPAs design and management, reflect on this global effort to co-produce knowledge and re-orient practice on the human dimensions of LSMPAs, and invite others to join a nascent community of practice on the human dimensions of large-scale marine conservation.

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Why people matter in ocean governance: Incorporating human dimensions into large-scale marine protected areas

Christie¹,

Bennett²,

Gray³

et al. 2018

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“…A CoP may be a strong actor in the greater engagement in sustainability and can provide, as mentioned above, a framework for understanding social learning [51][52][53]. However, in the ECE setting, the CoP should evolve to include the children to a greater extent, to involve them as part of the real adult world instead of being situated in a childsized artificial play world [54].…”

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I Want to Participate—Communities of Practice in Foraging and Gardening Projects as a Contribution to Social and Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education

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Learning and development in early childhood is highly dependent on social interaction and exploration through continuous encounters with the real world. Foraging and gardening are outdoor pedagogical practices that have relevance to education for sustainability. Previous work suggests that engagement in such activities can be characterized by the concept “community of practice” (CoP). In this paper, we explore how characteristics of the CoP can be recognized in foraging and gardening projects performed in the Arctic region of Norway, and we discuss how these activities can contribute to social and cultural aspects of sustainability. Data collection included focus group interviews with kindergarten staff (teachers and assistants) and videos taken of foraging and gardening activities with the children. Our data indicate that the hallmarks of CoP, domain, community, and practice, are strongly recognized in these projects through increased interest, social interaction, and agency for learning. This mutual engagement and participation in the CoPs for foraging and gardening connect both staff and children to local food heritage and culture for a sustainable future.

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“…Institutional and social learning is realized through ongoing monitoring and evaluation, communication, and reflection on the social and ecological performance of environmental governance (Armitage & Plummer, ). Collective memory, and consequently the ability to effectively manage and adapt to change, is enhanced through practices such as documentation and sharing of lessons learned, knowledge coproduction, and developing communities of practice (Berkes & Turner, ; Maida & Beck, ). The knowledge and capacity to address disturbances can also be improved through the institutionalization of anticipation or foresight, including consideration, analysis, and planning for the consequences of both chronic and acute risks (Boyd et al., ; Tschakert & Dietrich, ).…”

Section: Toward a Comprehensive And Practical Framework For Environmementioning

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Environmental governance: A practical framework to guide design, evaluation, and analysis

Bennett

Satterfield

2018

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Governance is one of the most important factors for ensuring effective environmental management and conservation actions. Yet, there is still a relative paucity of comprehensive and practicable guidance that can be used to frame the evaluation, design, and analysis of systems of environmental governance. This conceptual review and synthesis article seeks to addresses this problem through resituating the broad body of governance literature into a practical framework for environmental governance. Our framework builds on a rich history of governance scholarship to propose that environmental governance has four general aims or objectives -to be effective, to be equitable, to be responsive, and to be robust. Each of these four objectives need to be considered simultaneously across the institutional, structural, and procedural elements of environmental governance. Through a review of the literature, we developed a set of attributes for each of these objectives and relate these to the overall capacity, functioning, and performance of environmental governance. Our aim is to provide a practical and adaptable framework that can be applied to the design, evaluation, and analysis of environmental governance in different social and political contexts, to diverse environmental problems and modes of governance, and at a range of scales. K E Y W O R D Sconservation, effective governance, environmental governance, environmental management, equitable governance, responsive governance, robust governanceThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Towards Communities of Practice in Global Sustainability

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Why people matter in ocean governance: Incorporating human dimensions into large-scale marine protected areas

Why people matter in ocean governance: Incorporating human dimensions into large-scale marine protected areas

I Want to Participate—Communities of Practice in Foraging and Gardening Projects as a Contribution to Social and Cultural Sustainability in Early Childhood Education

Environmental governance: A practical framework to guide design, evaluation, and analysis

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