Indigenous and local knowledge in biocultural approaches to sustainability: a review of the literature in Spanish

Burke, Leonie; Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel; Lam, David P. M.; Hanspach, Jan

doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2157490

Cited by 9 publications

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“…In a context of indigenous communities, cultural differences and conceptions of territoriality and land use (change) add complexity and fuel tensions in the design of policies geared toward indigenous communities (Bauer, 2016). Such is the case even if indigenous territorial conceptions are incorporated in contemporary policy frameworks (Burke et al, 2023;Chen & Gilmore, 2015;Figuereido & McDonald, 2019;Hanspach et al, 2020;Macpherson et al, 2020;Sajeva, 2015), such as the agency of IP when designing the mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) (Schroeder & González, 2019;Schroeder, 2010). Mixed results of such participatory mechanisms have been reported worldwide.…”

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Investment projects and the protection of indigenous peoples and territories in Colombia

Lizarazo‐Rodríguez,

De Lombaerde,

Lizarazo Carrera

et al. 2024

Latin American Policy

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This article addresses the protection of indigenous peoples and their natural habitats in Colombia when investment projects are planned or implemented. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms of prior informed consultation; and free, prior, and informed consent. The Colombian case is relevant because it is at the vanguard of protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and their territories, and it is home to tough policy choices, balancing indigenous rights, the environment (as a megadiverse country), and the economy (highly dependent on mining exports). From a law and sustainable development perspective, this article analyzes a novel combination of various statistical data sets and case law and includes tests of the outcomes of prior informed consultation processes and their interaction with environmental licensing based on regression analyses. The conclusions point to the scale of the use of the protection mechanisms, the patterns in the behavior of indigenous peoples and in the outcomes of the mechanisms, the need to reinterpret transaction costs, and the crucial role of the constitutional court.

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Investment projects and the protection of indigenous peoples and territories in Colombia

Lizarazo‐Rodríguez,

De Lombaerde,

Lizarazo Carrera

et al. 2024

Latin American Policy

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“…The geographical distribution of case studies in the articles reviewed shows that studies were undertaken in countries with a relatively high to medium biocultural diversity rank, most of them in the global South (see Supporting Information B). Biocultural studies that considered gender and social difference have predominantly taken place in Mexico and India, most likely because of long-standing research that focuses on ethnobiology and biocultural thinking (see Burke et al, 2023).…”

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“…Advancing theoretical underpinnings of equity issues can support more critical reflections on how inequalities are influenced by broader power relations, social norms and symbolic representations, in both research ontologies and epistemologies, allowing for more contextualized and inclusive biocultural approaches (Nightingale, 2011;Spivak & Riach, 2020). Current biocultural literature gives special attention to Indigenous and local knowledge systems (Burke et al, 2023) and focuses heavily on describing knowledge and management practices, overlooking power and gender relations issues concerning access and control over resources.…”

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Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches

Díaz‐Reviriego,

Torralba,

Vizuete

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Advancing research and practice that recognize diverse worldviews, knowledge systems, and value orientations is essential to enable transformative change towards sustainability. Biocultural approaches recognize the diverse ways in which people relate to nature, offering a potential pathway for sustainability transformations. However, recent scholarship on biocultural approaches to sustainability has highlighted that social aspects such as equity and justice have not been substantively addressed, whereby gender issues have been overlooked to a great extent. Through qualitative content analysis, this review synthesizes the conceptualizations of gender and social difference within the literature on biocultural approaches to sustainability published in English and Spanish. The biocultural literature predominantly focuses on describing knowledge and management practices, neglecting power and gender relations that affect access and control over resources, and how different axes of social difference matter across different social‐ecological contexts. Overall, we found that gender considerations within the literature reviewed do not build upon feminist and gender theories. Based on these findings, we provide insights into how more nuanced engagements, especially in relation to feminist theories and tools as intersectionality and decolonial perspectives, can allow for more just scholarly efforts to address biocultural relations. Finally, we draw attention to responsible and engaged praxis towards promoting biocultural approaches that include the diverse perspectives of those who can contribute to transformative change, and which prevent the reinforcement of gender‐based power relations. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Examining (in)justice, environmental activism and indigenous knowledge systems in the Indian film Kantara (Mystical Forest)

Karmakar,

Pal

2024

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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The acquisition of knowledge encompasses various dimensions that should be consolidated to facilitate a comprehensive and holistic advancement of its trajectory. In this context, the article explores the film Kantara: A Legend (Shetty in Kantara: a legend [film], Hombale Films, 2022), a Kannada-language production from India and its significance in highlighting the importance of indigenous knowledge systems, local customs, demigods and the sacredness attributed to the forest. The article explicates the marginalization of these knowledge systems and the community’s vulnerability to epistemic and environmental injustices. Additionally, the article highlights the importance of the sacredness of their land and the community’s engagement in activism. The study concludes by examining how a film such as Kantara serves as a means to disseminate the notion of environmental activism to a wide audience.

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Indigenous and local knowledge in biocultural approaches to sustainability: a review of the literature in Spanish

Cited by 9 publications

References 89 publications

Investment projects and the protection of indigenous peoples and territories in Colombia

Investment projects and the protection of indigenous peoples and territories in Colombia

Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches

Examining (in)justice, environmental activism and indigenous knowledge systems in the Indian film Kantara (Mystical Forest)

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