Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability

Scientific-technological knowledge maintains the anthropocentric power-pattern and exploitive attitude with regard to nature, but sustainability science asks for an integration of territorial and decontextualized knowledge systems. Visual participatory methodologies involving diverse local stakehold...

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Main Authors: Mick, Carola, Fernández, María E., Alvarado Chuqui, Cástula, Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto, Kleiche Dray, Mina, López Minchán, Ana Paula, Silva López, Jhonsy Omar
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Online Access:https://repositorio.inia.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12955/1141
https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019620951210
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author Mick, Carola
Fernández, María E.
Alvarado Chuqui, Cástula
Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto
Kleiche Dray, Mina
López Minchán, Ana Paula
Silva López, Jhonsy Omar
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Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto
Fernández, María E.
Kleiche Dray, Mina
López Minchán, Ana Paula
Mick, Carola
Silva López, Jhonsy Omar
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Fernández, María E.
Alvarado Chuqui, Cástula
Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto
Kleiche Dray, Mina
López Minchán, Ana Paula
Silva López, Jhonsy Omar
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description Scientific-technological knowledge maintains the anthropocentric power-pattern and exploitive attitude with regard to nature, but sustainability science asks for an integration of territorial and decontextualized knowledge systems. Visual participatory methodologies involving diverse local stakeholder facilitate dialogue on environmental and sustainability issues. Inspired by visual ethnography and mediated discourse analysis, the present article uses semiological analysis to reconstruct the depicted narratives on the nature-society system in drawings representing “regional development”. The drawings were elaborated in a series of participatory workshops involving university faculty and students, regional government and non-governmental organizations and farmers from local communities in the northern Amazonian region of Peru. The analysis reveals a prevailing anthropo and technology centered, “colonial” conception of the nature-society system, and a marginalization of alternative narratives. Beyond confirming the potential for visual participatory methods to enhance multi-stakeholder dialogue, it demonstrates how semiological analysis can be used to deepen an understanding of the cultural, organizational and technological constraints facing critical, trans-disciplinary efforts to decolonize the technology-centered, anthropocentric mainstream worldview of nature and society.
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spelling INIA11412022-11-21T20:33:55Z Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability Mick, Carola Fernández, María E. Alvarado Chuqui, Cástula Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto Kleiche Dray, Mina López Minchán, Ana Paula Silva López, Jhonsy Omar Coloniality of knowledge Nature-society system Participatory methods Perceptions Peru Reflexivity Semiological análisis Sustainability science Otras ciencias agrícolas Scientific-technological knowledge maintains the anthropocentric power-pattern and exploitive attitude with regard to nature, but sustainability science asks for an integration of territorial and decontextualized knowledge systems. Visual participatory methodologies involving diverse local stakeholder facilitate dialogue on environmental and sustainability issues. Inspired by visual ethnography and mediated discourse analysis, the present article uses semiological analysis to reconstruct the depicted narratives on the nature-society system in drawings representing “regional development”. The drawings were elaborated in a series of participatory workshops involving university faculty and students, regional government and non-governmental organizations and farmers from local communities in the northern Amazonian region of Peru. The analysis reveals a prevailing anthropo and technology centered, “colonial” conception of the nature-society system, and a marginalization of alternative narratives. Beyond confirming the potential for visual participatory methods to enhance multi-stakeholder dialogue, it demonstrates how semiological analysis can be used to deepen an understanding of the cultural, organizational and technological constraints facing critical, trans-disciplinary efforts to decolonize the technology-centered, anthropocentric mainstream worldview of nature and society. Abstract. Introduction. Context. Theory. Methods. Results. Interpretation and discussion. Conclusion. Acknowledgements. Notes. References 2020-10-02T16:26:59Z 2020-10-02T16:26:59Z 2020-09-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Mick, C., Fernández, M. E., Alvarado Chuqui, C., Amasifuen Guerra, C. A., Kleiche-Dray, M., López Minchán, A. P., & Silva López, J. O. (2020). Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability. The Anthropocene Review. doi: 10.1177/2053019620951210 https://repositorio.inia.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12955/1141 The Anthropocene Review https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019620951210 eng The Anthropocene Review. September 2020 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053019620951210 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ other Perú SAGE Journals Estados Unidos Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA
spellingShingle Coloniality of knowledge
Nature-society system
Participatory methods
Perceptions
Peru
Reflexivity
Semiological análisis
Sustainability science
Otras ciencias agrícolas
Mick, Carola
Fernández, María E.
Alvarado Chuqui, Cástula
Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto
Kleiche Dray, Mina
López Minchán, Ana Paula
Silva López, Jhonsy Omar
Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title_full Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title_fullStr Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title_short Regional development in Amazonas, Peru: science-society interactions for sustainability
title_sort regional development in amazonas peru science society interactions for sustainability
topic Coloniality of knowledge
Nature-society system
Participatory methods
Perceptions
Peru
Reflexivity
Semiological análisis
Sustainability science
Otras ciencias agrícolas
url https://repositorio.inia.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12955/1141
https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019620951210
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