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What does it mean to ‘live well’? The contentious politics of vivir bien as alternative development

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 436-453, June 2025.
Abstract Vivir bien is widely used by academics, activists, and governments of the Latin American ‘Pink Tide’ to refer to alternatives to conventional economic development based on indigenous worldviews claimed to oppose capitalist modernity. Through ethnography of local politics within a Bolivian Quechua community, this article explores how the term ...
Matthew Doyle
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Grand Challenges Viewed through the Pragmatist Lens of the Economies of Worth: A Multidisciplinary Review and Framework for the Conduct of Moral Work in Pluralistic Settings

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 923-953, March 2025.
Abstract A fast‐growing number of organization and management scholars are responding to calls to conduct research on grand challenges (GCs). Few among these, however, question the core assumptions that underpin their efforts. In this paper we argue that the intractability of GCs stems from a failure to recognize the fundamentally pragmatic, plural ...
Charlotte Cloutier, Francis Desjardins, Linda Rouleau   +2 more
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For an Anarchist Decolonial Agenda: New Perspectives on Anarchism, Marronage, and Indigeneity from Brazil/Pindorama

Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 2112-2135, November 2024.
Abstract This paper proposes new perspectives on anarchism, indigeneity, and Afro‐descendent struggles, by discussing the case of Brazilian anarchists’ commitment to luta afroindígena. They mean by this term the intersection of indigenous and Afro‐descendant resistances for the recognition of land, against the violence of states, agribusiness, and ...
Federico Ferretti
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Antología del pensamiento indigenista ecuatoriano sobre Sumak Kawsay. Sumak Kawsay Yuyay [PDF]

, 2014
El Grupo de Investigación Interdisciplinario en Población y Desarrollo Local Sustentable (PYDLOS) de la Universidad de Cuenca y el Centro de Investigación en Migraciones (CIM) de la Universidad de Huelva, en el marco del proyecto conjunto de ...
Hidalgo Capitán, Antonio Luis, Guillén García, Alejandro   +1 more
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Rights of nature in the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights: Understanding the ecocentric approach to the right to a healthy environment

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 521-535, November 2024.
Abstract The recognition of the right to a healthy environment as an autonomous and justiciable right in Advisory Opinion OC‐23/17 represents the turning point of the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights towards the adoption of an ecocentric approach.
Patricio Trincado Vera
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Neo‐extractivism, (de)growth and resurgent pink tide governments in Latin America

Geography Compass, Volume 18, Issue 6, June 2024.
Abstract The 21st century in Latin America began with a widespread shift to the left politically, a phenomenon called the ‘pink tide’. Following a period of right‐wing re‐ascendancy, left wing governments are again gaining traction across the continent. This article analyses the end of the last pink tide via a dialogue between the post‐extractivism and
Mark Hawkins
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The politics of development in Ecuador: Accounting for plural rationalities

Latin American Policy, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 269-287, June 2024.
Abstract Recent protests and tense elections in Ecuador suggest a strong polarization regarding the development model. The diversity of vindications underscores the plurality of development notions, rendering it a wicked problem, which is characterized by the presence of multiple definitions. Employing sociocultural viability theory, four ideal‐typical
Pablo Garcés‐Velástegui
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Perspectives on Indigenous well‐being and climate change adaptation

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 15, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Cooking a traditional pork meal for a mortuary celebration in Budibudi (Papua New Guinea). Cultural practices that determine the well‐being of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are threatened by climate change. Adaptation actions need to take local psycho‐cultural elements in consideration to ensure the well‐being of Indigenous Peoples and Local
Sergio Jarillo, Carlos Crivelli
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Ensayo interpretativo. El pensamiento indigenista ecuatoriano sobre Sumak Kawsay [PDF]

, 2014
Este ensayo se dedica a analizar la corriente indigenista de pensamiento ecuatoriano sobre el Sumak Kawsay (Buen Vivir). En ella hemos explicado cómo el Sumak Kawsay (Buen Vivir) no ha sido ni inventado, ni descubierto, sino enactuado y, posteriormente ...
Avila Larrea, Javier Alejandro, Hidalgo Capitán, Antonio Luis, Arias Camas, John Alexander   +2 more
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Protecting the Forest Beings that Protect Us: The Cosmo‐Political Challenge Kawsak Sacha Poses to Ecuador's Extraction‐Based Development

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 145-158, April 2024.
Abstract Sarayaku, an Amazonian Kichwa community in Pastaza province, Ecuador, is suspected to be rich in oil reserves. This fact has generated outside interest in the region and in turn pushed Sarayaku Runa (Sarayaku people) to defend their territory against state‐led extractivist projects.
Leonidas Oikonomakis
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