Collaborative science and knowledge co-production in struggles for territory and life

Insights from Mexico

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6017069
AutoresJosué Federico Pérez Domínguez (0009-0008-9898-2837, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, autor de correspondencia), Jaime Paneque-Gálvez (0000-0002-9926-2742, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Año2025
Volumen8
Número1
Fecha de publicación2025-11-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2572-9861 • E-ISSN: 2572-9861
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/25729861.2025.2570576
OpenAlexW7106503295
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas26

The Mintsïta Gardens Ecological Community (MGEC) in Morelia, Mexico, has strengthened its community and sustainable living project by incorporating and mobilizing concepts, data, and analyses from environmental geography and other scientific fields. Here, we analyze the motivations, achievements, limitations, and tensions experienced by both the MGEC and supportive academics during their collaborative science and knowledge co-production initiatives. Our methodological approach is based on militant ethnography, in-depth interviews, and a review of academic and gray literature concerning the MGEC. Based on our findings, we argue that collaboration aimed at the co-production of knowledges between academics and the community, and the subsequent political mobilization of such knowledges, has played a key role in the community's struggle to defend life and its territory in a context of environmental conflicts. Drawing on political ecology, decolonial theory, and science and technology studies, our analysis offers valuable insights for similar collaborative research endeavors with communities and environmental movements in Latin America and the broader Global South