Marc Craps
Biographic Data
| ID | 1399262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marc Craps |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marc |
| FAMILY NAME | Craps |
| SIGNATURE | CRAPS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6835-5287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Navigating ambiguous waters: A relational approach to nested conflicts in the Katari River Basin, Bolivia
The Katari River Basin, the most densely populated basin in Bolivia, discharges into Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake and a crucial water resource in the Andes. Despite its significance, the basin suffers from severe water contamination because of anthropogenic activities. This pollution adversely affects water quality, distribution, and availability, exacerbating the region’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change at hig…
A sensemaking perspective on the roll-out of transdisciplinary learning communities in an academic environment from Bolivia
Through a sensemaking lens, this article investigates the concrete appropriation of the so-called transdisciplinary learning communities-approach (TLC for short) as part of a Flemish–Bolivian university cooperation project for development. The article has its empirical basis in ethnographic research conducted between 2017 and 2020 on four campuses of the Bolivian university UCB. The primary data is the so-called organisational talk, gathered thro…
Including indigenous peoples in climate change mitigation: Addressing issues of scale, knowledge and power
The importance of social learning and culture for sustainable water management
Social Learning and Water Resources Management
Natural resources management in general, and water resources management in particular, are currently undergoing a major paradigm shift. Management practices have largely been developed and implemented by experts using technical means based on designing systems that can be predicted and controlled. In recent years, stakeholder involvement has gained increasing importance. Collaborative governance is considered to be more appropriate for integrated…
Integrated management of natural resources: Dealing with ambiguous issues, multiple actors and diverging frames
Uncertainty is an increasingly important concern when trying to manage complex systems of interrelated natural resources. Scientific knowledge or necessary information may be lacking or incomplete. Additionally, the multiple and interdependent users of those resources may diverge in defining what really is at stake. When they frame issues in very different ways, ambiguity results, i.e., the existence of two or more equally plausible interpretatio…
How indigenous farmers and university engineers create actionable knowledge for sustainable irrigation
In this article we explore how actionable knowledge was created among substantially different communities of practice in a process with enduring consequences. Analysing an irrigation technology case from southern Ecuador, we illustrate how an indigenous irrigation organization, an intermediary NGO, and a university engineering center together produced actionable knowledge. The project’s original expert approach to designing generally applicable s…
Constructing common ground and re‐creating differences between professional and indigenous communities in the Andes
Multi‐actor initiatives aiming at environmental sustainability and social equity, face complex tensions between institutionalized decision‐makers, backed up by expert knowledge, and communities with locally embedded knowledge and interests. Despite the importance given to community participation, successful experiences are limited in number, scope and duration. Experts are confronted with the paradox that they exclude local communities with the s…
How issues get framed and reframed when different communities meet: A multi‐level analysis of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in the Ecuadorian Andes
Drawing on qualitative data from a longitudinal case study of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in southern Ecuador, we study how multiple actors, including university experts, development organizations and local communities, make sense of the issues from different perspectives through the process of issue framing. Starting from an analysis of the actors' usual issue frames, we point out their differences in selecting aspects, connecti…
Social Learning and Water Resources Management
Natural resources management in general, and water resources management in particular, are currently undergoing a major paradigm shift. Management practices have largely been developed and implemented by experts using technical means based on designing systems that can be predicted and controlled. In recent years, stakeholder involvement has gained increasing importance. Collaborative governance is considered to be more appropriate for integrated…
How issues get framed and reframed when different communities meet: A multi‐level analysis of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in the Ecuadorian Andes
Drawing on qualitative data from a longitudinal case study of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in southern Ecuador, we study how multiple actors, including university experts, development organizations and local communities, make sense of the issues from different perspectives through the process of issue framing. Starting from an analysis of the actors' usual issue frames, we point out their differences in selecting aspects, connecti…
How indigenous farmers and university engineers create actionable knowledge for sustainable irrigation
In this article we explore how actionable knowledge was created among substantially different communities of practice in a process with enduring consequences. Analysing an irrigation technology case from southern Ecuador, we illustrate how an indigenous irrigation organization, an intermediary NGO, and a university engineering center together produced actionable knowledge. The project’s original expert approach to designing generally applicable s…
Constructing common ground and re‐creating differences between professional and indigenous communities in the Andes
Multi‐actor initiatives aiming at environmental sustainability and social equity, face complex tensions between institutionalized decision‐makers, backed up by expert knowledge, and communities with locally embedded knowledge and interests. Despite the importance given to community participation, successful experiences are limited in number, scope and duration. Experts are confronted with the paradox that they exclude local communities with the s…
Constructing common ground and re‐creating differences between professional and indigenous communities in the Andes
Multi‐actor initiatives aiming at environmental sustainability and social equity, face complex tensions between institutionalized decision‐makers, backed up by expert knowledge, and communities with locally embedded knowledge and interests. Despite the importance given to community participation, successful experiences are limited in number, scope and duration. Experts are confronted with the paradox that they exclude local communities with the s…
How issues get framed and reframed when different communities meet: A multi‐level analysis of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in the Ecuadorian Andes
Drawing on qualitative data from a longitudinal case study of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in southern Ecuador, we study how multiple actors, including university experts, development organizations and local communities, make sense of the issues from different perspectives through the process of issue framing. Starting from an analysis of the actors' usual issue frames, we point out their differences in selecting aspects, connecti…
Integrated management of natural resources: Dealing with ambiguous issues, multiple actors and diverging frames
Uncertainty is an increasingly important concern when trying to manage complex systems of interrelated natural resources. Scientific knowledge or necessary information may be lacking or incomplete. Additionally, the multiple and interdependent users of those resources may diverge in defining what really is at stake. When they frame issues in very different ways, ambiguity results, i.e., the existence of two or more equally plausible interpretatio…
How indigenous farmers and university engineers create actionable knowledge for sustainable irrigation
In this article we explore how actionable knowledge was created among substantially different communities of practice in a process with enduring consequences. Analysing an irrigation technology case from southern Ecuador, we illustrate how an indigenous irrigation organization, an intermediary NGO, and a university engineering center together produced actionable knowledge. The project’s original expert approach to designing generally applicable s…
Social Learning and Water Resources Management
Natural resources management in general, and water resources management in particular, are currently undergoing a major paradigm shift. Management practices have largely been developed and implemented by experts using technical means based on designing systems that can be predicted and controlled. In recent years, stakeholder involvement has gained increasing importance. Collaborative governance is considered to be more appropriate for integrated…
The importance of social learning and culture for sustainable water management
Including indigenous peoples in climate change mitigation: Addressing issues of scale, knowledge and power
A sensemaking perspective on the roll-out of transdisciplinary learning communities in an academic environment from Bolivia
Through a sensemaking lens, this article investigates the concrete appropriation of the so-called transdisciplinary learning communities-approach (TLC for short) as part of a Flemish–Bolivian university cooperation project for development. The article has its empirical basis in ethnographic research conducted between 2017 and 2020 on four campuses of the Bolivian university UCB. The primary data is the so-called organisational talk, gathered thro…
Navigating ambiguous waters: A relational approach to nested conflicts in the Katari River Basin, Bolivia
The Katari River Basin, the most densely populated basin in Bolivia, discharges into Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake and a crucial water resource in the Andes. Despite its significance, the basin suffers from severe water contamination because of anthropogenic activities. This pollution adversely affects water quality, distribution, and availability, exacerbating the region’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change at hig…
Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Knowledge management (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Environmental planning (3 works)