Essays about: "socio-environmental resistance"

Found 2 essays containing the words socio-environmental resistance.

1. 1. Women’s Resistance Against Extractivism in the Ecuadorian Amazon: A Decolonial Ecofeminist Study of the Collective Mujeres Amazónicas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alejandra Romoleroux Grijalva; [2022]
   Keywords : Amazonian Women; socio-environmental resistance; extractivism; decolonial ecofeminism; territory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In response to the substantial expansion of the extractive frontier in the Ecuadorian Amazon, indigenous women have positioned themselves at the forefront of the struggle. In this context, the grassroots collective Mujeres Amazónicas has become a crucial political actor in the defense of indigenous territories and the multiple forms of life inside the rainforest, using numerous resistance dynamics and practices in private and public spheres. READ MORE

3. 2. Governing for Sustainability: Between Post-political Participation and Apathy in an Argentinian Neighbourhood

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Emilie Rønde Nielsen; [2015]
   Keywords : Urban Sustainability; Critique; Post-political conditions; Governance; Apathy; Participation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite the increased focus on sustainable urban development both within academia and in urban planning practices, authors seem to agree that we are mostly continuing business as usual and are not embarking on different socio-environmental trajectories. On the contrary, such urban sustainability practices can often lead to processes of displacement and gentrification, thus worsening the conditions for the already vulnerable urban residents. READ MORE