Post Development Theory
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The risk concept, meant as hierarchical historical and cultural product, is a social elaboration acquiring different meanings according to the context. Even though it is inevitably characterized by indeterminacy, it is, in its practical... more
El atractivo del Nordeste Brasileño para el turismo forma parte de un discurso reproducido desde la década de 1980 y sirvió como uno de los argumentos para justificar la elección de cuatro sedes de la Copa del Mundo 2014 en la región.... more
This paper is concomitant with our comparative study analysis of the interests and power of the stake-holders involved in Community Forestry (CF) in six countries. The study hypothesises that, “governance processes and outcomes in CF... more
In 2015, artist Brendan Fernandes was invited to interpret ‘African collections’ from the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Textile Museum of Canada. The result, Lost Bodies, critiques racist ideologies that justified presenting... more
The universalist ambition of the 17 Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) and 169 targets as a global plan of action for people, planet, prosperity and peacebuilding deserves analytical scrutiny from multiple angles. While the SDGs are... more
The universalist ambition of the 17 Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) and 169 targets as a global plan of action for people, planet, prosperity and peacebuilding deserves analytical scrutiny from multiple angles. While the SDGs are... more
In the past two decades, the rise of Post-Development theory has witnessed the questioning of the core assumptions of development. Post-Development theorists point to the failures of "development" to create significant decreases in... more
A diversity of place-based community economic practices that enact ethical interdependence has long enabled livelihoods in Monsoon Asia. Managed either democratically or coercively, these culturally inflected practices have survived the... more