Strains in Sustainability Debates
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science through the Lens of Extension Agents in a Pastoral Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2291298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcos H Easdale (0000-0003-1097-5242, Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche, Desarrollo Rural), Natalia Pérez León (Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche, Desarrollo Rural), Martín R Aguiar (0000-0002-1213-4028, Cátedra de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía Universidad de Buenos Aires and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-84 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ruso.12268 |
| OpenAlex | W2913389648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 44 |
Those involved in sustainability debates on developmental pathways concur in the synergistic potential of integrating traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and Western scientific approaches. Transhumant pastoralism is a livelihood strategy adapted to spatiotemporal environmental variability in many mountainous and arid regions worldwide. This form of livelihood is based on a mobile logic that is increasingly threatened by novel lifestyles promoted from a Western mind-set and by climate change. The aim of this article is to identify and characterize the different perspectives of environmental and social issues in a pastoral region and their association with labor collaboration among extension agents, framed in an institutional action. We tackled the inquiry about viewpoints with Q methodology and related it to regional problems, alternative solutions, and future development pathways for transhumant pastoralism and landscape management in northwest Patagonia. We identified six perspectives and characterized them with their topological position in the social network. Mediating positions registered the highest network centrality of labor collaborations among agents, whereas more dominant perspectives emphasizing TEK or scientific knowledge registered intermediate centrality. There was consensus on the need for sustainable developmental options, but the emphasis on combining knowledge still needs convergent solutions
Agriculture · Biology · Centrality · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Livelihood · Pastoralism · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Traditional knowledge · Transdisciplinarity · Viewpoints · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |