De la Cadena, Marisol: Earth Beings. Ecologies of Practice across Andean Worlds

Andía, Juan Javier Rivera

doi:10.5771/0257-9774-2016-2-683

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“…For example, within languages drawing on becomes difficult because, in the worst case, the underlying conceptual schemes are incompatible. In such a case, we are presented with what de la Cadena (2015) Narratives for change emerge in real time through the dialogue of those involved: through them experimenting together, drawing on the complexities of their concrete experiences, and also shaped by the extraverbal situation. The M&E approach needs to provide complex information to enable conscious choices for outcomes, without losing sight of the system in which the programme operates and the impacts on adjacent systems.…”

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Complexity-Aware Monitoring and Evaluation

2021

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Background: Addressing today’s sustainability challenges requires adopting a systemic approach where social and ecological systems are treated as integrated social-ecological systems. Such systems are complex, and the international development sector increasingly recognises the need to account for the complexity of the systems that they seek to transform. Purpose: This paper sketches out the elements of a complexity-aware monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for international development programmes in the area of sustainable development. Setting: Not applicable. Data Collection and Analysis: The authors draw on existing literature on complexity and evaluation and on their own experience from working in the field of M&E. Findings: An M&E system should not be seen simply as a tool to track compliance against a pre-determined theory of change. Instead, it is most useful as a real-time approach, constantly defining and re-defining narratives for change that help push systems along trajectories of interest. Dealing with complexity involves embracing uncertainty; and this challenges established notions of accountability—something which funders and implementers must begin to redefine together. Keywords: monitoring; evaluation; complexity; social-ecological systems; international development programmes; narratives for change; theory of change

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“…Esta definición refiere a una diversidad de prácticas, performances, movimientos políticos y arreglos institucionales que expresan múltiples formas de cuidar y ser cuidado (Tironi & Rodríguez‐Giralt, 2017). La idea del cuidado surge, principalmente, de los estudios de género y de ciencia y tecnología, y se entrelaza con la cuestión ambiental a partir de la incorporación de una perspectiva ecofeminista, de las ontologías de los pueblos originarios y de los otros‐que‐humanos en las prácticas de cuidado (Haraway, 2020; Ñanculef Huaiquinao, 2016; De la Cadena, 2015; Ulloa, 2021).…”

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Cuidando la Patagonia Azul: Prácticas y estrategias de los pueblos originarios para curar las zonas marinas del sur de Chile

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J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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The Chilean Blue Patagonia is an essential space for marine life and a global center of the aquaculture industry. Over the last few years, several socio‐environmental crises and conflicts have marked its development, highlighting the impacts of salmon farming on marine habitats and the livelihoods of local communities. To face this critical scenario, the indigenous peoples have created the Indigenous Marine Areas (ECMPO), a protection figure which safeguards their livelihoods and preserves the ecosystems that sustain them. Based on ethnographic information, the work analyzes care practices and strategies of indigenous peoples, the vital paths of abundance, health and illness of the livelihoods, the other‐than‐human agencies' roles in the production of care narratives and behaviors, and the territorial dynamics of the ECMPOs.

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“…These names can signify the presence of specific animals in the territory and reference intricate human‐animal relationships that extend beyond subsistence hunting. Can we envision a toponymic policy that acknowledges the naming rights of animals and “earth beings” in the phrase of the anthropologist Marisol de la Cadena (2015)? Such a policy could guide us toward a paradigm shift, moving from a human‐centred perspective to a more inclusive understanding of human‐environment relationships that can be celebrated through place names.…”

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Canada's place names & how to change them By LaurenBeck, Montreal: Concordia University Press. 2022. 251 pages. $34.95 (paperback). ISBN: 9781988111391

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2023

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Canada's place names & how to change them continues a rich North American tradition of research on Indigenous place names. Yet, unlike her predecessors, Lauren Beck sets an ambitious goal to review and revise Canada's settler-colonial place names. In particular, the book discusses the colonial appropriation of Indigenous place names, as well as the problem of systematic misrepresentation and misrecognition of certain marginalized communities and groups of people in Canada's toponymic policy and practice.Each chapter of the book addresses a different aspect of "identity policy" represented and implemented through place names, from Indigenous names to names referring to gender, sex, disabled groups, migrants, ethnic minorities, and racial categories. Through her careful analysis of numerous negative, misspelled, mislocated, or otherwise inappropriate place names on official maps, Beck shows how colonial place naming practices continue to be reproduced, simply because they are rooted in settler traditions that have never been reconsidered. The author emphasizes, "A significant observation about our place emblems is the normativity of problematic representation of marginalized groups alongside representations of abundance and bounty" (p. 198). This work is not limited to a mere linguo-historical study; it proposes tangible solutions for changing Canada's place names "from below" to make the local toponymic landscape more inclusive to all Canadian citizens and newcomers. It also examines related topics such as colonial emblems and problematic symbols to highlight hidden power relations stemming from the colonial past and associated historical violence. This book calls for greater inclusion of all previously marginalized groups into toponymic policies so that their presence would be affirmed through place names.Reading this book has led me to realize the importance of further challenging the applicability of Western place naming practices. From numerous examples provided in the book, it becomes evident that this matter requires more attention. As demonstrated by Reuben Rose-Redwood (2016) through his research in British Columbia, in some cases, the recognition of Indigenous names can unintentionally reinforce state authority through settler-colonial institutions, thus contributing to the development of a neo-colonial geographical imagination. This problem arises because Western naming practices and cartographic techniques often fail to accurately represent Indigenous forms of place knowledge and their unique conceptualizations of space and landscape, which can vary between different communities. For example, Gary Holton (2011) shows how two neighbouring communities, Athabaskan (Na Dene) and Inuit, differently categorize the same landscape, leading to distinct place naming strategies. This further highlights non-universality in the selection and use of landscape terms and concepts in the same environment.Communities and different groups of people can vary not only in the way they name geographic objects, but also in ...

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De la Cadena, Marisol: Earth Beings. Ecologies of Practice across Andean Worlds

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Cuidando la Patagonia Azul: Prácticas y estrategias de los pueblos originarios para curar las zonas marinas del sur de Chile

Canada's place names & how to change them By LaurenBeck, Montreal: Concordia University Press. 2022. 251 pages. $34.95 (paperback). ISBN: 9781988111391

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