Notes and Debates on Socio-Ecological Transformations (Sets)
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https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.48.096Keywords:
Socio-ecological transformations, mountain areas, feminist, decolonial, and Latin American perspectives, sustainable development, territoryAbstract
The paper synthesizes the debates from the workshop, "Socio-Ecological Transformations in Mountain Areas: Approaches, Debates, and Perspectives," organized in Innsbruck by the Highlands.3 research project team. The meeting aimed to update conceptual approaches to socio-ecological transitions and transformations by fostering dialogue between perspectives from the Global North and South, emphasizing critical, situated, and multidisciplinary viewpoints. The discussion started with an analysis of two key texts (Köhler et al., 2019; Brand and Wissen, 2017), which introduce the concepts of transition and transformation from the viewpoints of science and technology and political ecology, respectively. These limitations were examined, highlighting the importance of feminist, decolonial, and Latin American perspectives. The central role of environmental conflicts, participation, and community organization in Socio-Ecological Transition processes in Latin America—often not conceptualized under that term—was emphasized. The workshop challenged dominant narratives of sustainable development and revealed how global energy transitions can sustain extractivist practices. Lastly, the workshop encouraged reflection on territory construction through feeling, thinking, and practicing, promoting a relational, critical, and non-anthropocentric approach to socio-ecological transformation.
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