Boundary Work, Hybrid Practices, and Portable Representations

An Analysis of Global and National Coproductions of Red Lists

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15445327
AutoresKarin M Gustafsson (0000-0002-1495-8346, autor correspondente), R Lidskog (0000-0001-6735-0011)
Ano2013
Volume8
Fascículo1
Páginas30-52
Data de publicação2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNature and Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468
EditoraBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/nc.2013.080103
OpenAlexW2006943189
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

For many countries, the IUCN Red List of threatened species is a central instrument in their work to counteract loss of biodiversity. This article analyzes the development of the Red List categories and criteria, how these categories and criteria are used in the construction of global, national, and regional red lists, and how the red lists are employed in policy work. A central finding of the article is that this mix of actors implies many different forms of boundary work. This article also finds that the Red List functions as a portable representation, that is, a context-independent instrument to represent nature. A third finding is that the Red List functions as a link between experts and policy makers. Thus, the Red List is best understood as a boundary object and hybrid practice where the credibility of scientific assessment and a specific policy is mutually strengthened

Archaeology · Biology · Boundary (topology · Boundary object · Boundary-work · Context (archaeology · Credibility · IUCN Red List · Object (grammar · Operations research · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Threatened species · Work (physics · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Engineering · Forest Management and Policy · History · Law · Mathematics · Public Administration · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology