A Green Post-capitalist Alternative to a System of Accumulation: A Bioregional Economy

James, Rhydian Fôn; Cato, Molly Scott

doi:10.1080/10455752.2017.1393093

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“…The ontological tendency has often become an influence that serves to ‘pull’ bioregional movements toward a vision of contemporary societies that conform to pre‐modern landscapes, patterned across the globe at regional scales. In other ways, this has been used to establish the bioregion as the political arena for post‐capitalism, in which ‘the principles of bioregionalism—biocentricity, subsidiarity and extended self‐reliance—form a triple lock on the accumulation of capital’ (James & Cato, 2017, p. 35). In this strand of thought, generating localised bioregional economies is a way of reshaping the relationship between capital, humans and nature (Cato, 2012; James & Cato, 2017).…”

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“…In other ways, this has been used to establish the bioregion as the political arena for post‐capitalism, in which ‘the principles of bioregionalism—biocentricity, subsidiarity and extended self‐reliance—form a triple lock on the accumulation of capital’ (James & Cato, 2017, p. 35). In this strand of thought, generating localised bioregional economies is a way of reshaping the relationship between capital, humans and nature (Cato, 2012; James & Cato, 2017).…”

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Where are you at? Re‐engaging bioregional ideas and what they offer geography

Hubbard,

Wearne,

Jónás

et al. 2023

Geography Compass

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Bioregionalism was popularised in the 1970s back to the land movement. It is distinguished from other forms of environmentalism through the spatial imaginary of a bioregion as the scale for environmental action and regenerative living. Bioregional thought has been widely critiqued by geographers for its potentially deterministic understanding of the relationship between place and culture. This paper argues that bioregionalism is less of a homogenous movement and more of a discursive forum that houses a spectrum of perspectives. We identify three key tendencies within bioregional thought, an ontological tendency, a critical tendency and a processual tendency. Each tendency is rooted in different spatial imaginaries, and generates different axiologies and strategies of change. We argue that contemporary processual tendencies in bioregional thought are productive for geographers considering questions of (1) materiality, agency and place, (2) politics, ethics and place, and (3) acting in place for urgent and ethical change.

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Section: Bioregionalism and Its (Re)interpretationsmentioning

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Where are you at? Re‐engaging bioregional ideas and what they offer geography

Hubbard,

Wearne,

Jónás

et al. 2023

Geography Compass

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Intersectional Emancipation for Biocultural Conservation: An Exploratory Neolocalism Framework

Cavaliere,

Branstrator,

Cheer

2024

Journal of Travel Research

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Ketchikan, Alaska, is a coastal gateway community that has experienced rapid changes, unearthing visceral realizations of biocultural vulnerabilities and bioregional interdependencies. Bordering the Tongass National Forest, the community embodies and endures complicated historicized impacts from neoliberalism, reproduced today by mass cruise tourism. During the COVID-19 global lockdown, remote field work was conducted employing qualitative, in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The rich data illuminated embodied resident perceptions of community changes and bioregional sensoryscapes. Social-ecological reproduction theory is extended by conceptualizing complex interrelationships involving intersectional emancipation, neolocalism, and biocultural conservation. Emerging from the findings, the authors present an exploratory neolocalism framework including the following seven-indicators: resilient governance, diverse economies, biocultural conservation, intersectional engagement, biocultural identity, emancipatory zoning, and decomposition. This framework is intended to support regenerative tourism planning that resists oppression from corporate domination through neolocal resilience. This research articulates issues of community agency, social-ecological reproduction, and intersectional emancipation for biocultural conservation.

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A Green Post-capitalist Alternative to a System of Accumulation: A Bioregional Economy

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Where are you at? Re‐engaging bioregional ideas and what they offer geography

Where are you at? Re‐engaging bioregional ideas and what they offer geography

Intersectional Emancipation for Biocultural Conservation: An Exploratory Neolocalism Framework

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