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Using Subjectivity and Emotion to Reconsider Participatory Natural Resource Management Morales, Margaret del Carmen; Harris, Leila

Abstract

This article examines what attention to subjectivity and emotion can bring to understandings of participatory resource governance. This focus highlights limitations of common participatory governance approaches, as well as possible ways forward. Attention to these dynamics makes it clear that for participatory governance interventions to be equitable and sustainable they must attend simultaneously to structural and institutional dynamics, as well as an individuals’ experience of participation. Moving forward, we offer some suggestions of new tools and approaches (e.g. emotion work, participatory performance, and spatial tools) that emerge from explicit consideration of emotional and subjective dimensions of participatory resource governance.

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Title
Using Subjectivity and Emotion to Reconsider Participatory Natural Resource Management
Creator
Morales, Margaret del Carmen; Harris, Leila
Contributor
EDGES (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2014
Description
This article examines what attention to subjectivity and emotion can bring to understandings of participatory resource governance. This focus highlights limitations of common participatory governance approaches, as well as possible ways forward. Attention to these dynamics makes it clear that for participatory governance interventions to be equitable and sustainable they must attend simultaneously to structural and institutional dynamics, as well as an individuals’ experience of participation. Moving forward, we offer some suggestions of new tools and approaches (e.g. emotion work, participatory performance, and spatial tools) that emerge from explicit consideration of emotional and subjective dimensions of participatory resource governance.
Subject
emotion; subjectivity; participation; empowerment; equity; management
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2018-01-02
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0362444
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/64209
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), Institute for
Citation
M. Morales and L. Harris (2014). Using Subjectivity and Emotion to Reconsider Participatory Natural Resource Management. World Development 64, 703-712.
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.032
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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