The concept of sustainable development has become one of the main responses to increasing environmental degradation and inequalities resulting from the modern development model. However, its effectiveness has been questioned in view of the persistence of economic practices that maintain the exploitation of natural reso...
Marcos Antunes Kopstein, Bruno Bataglin Avila, Fábio Dorado Dias et al.· Research, Society and Develo...· 0 citations
The relationship between literature and the environment is one of the latest developments in interdisciplinary studies that respond to increasing environmental challenges, arising from industrial activities, conflicts, violence and other human activities. Ecocriticism, as a critical theory, attempts to incorporate the...
Chinyere Chidimma Chinyere, A. Ebeogu· International Journal of Art...· 0 citations
This article proposes a theoretical reflection on the crisis of extinction as a multidimensional process that transcends the disappearance of biological species, manifesting also in the sociocultural sphere through the erosion of knowledges, artisanal practices, and situated ways of life. The objective is to understand...
Samuel da Silva Miranda, Guilherme Englert Corrêa Meyer· Strategic Design Research Jo...· 0 citations
This paper examines the human–animal relationship in Nepal’s Khumbu region through an examination of pastoral and logistical practices in the Himalaya, where yaks, naks, and jyokpoes (Yak cow hybrid) serve as primary carriers for both local subsistence and the tourism economy. It engages with an ethical paradox: despit...
Shiva Gaire· SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts &a...· 0 citations
Contemporary environmental crises demand a paradigm shift away from purely technocratic solutions toward the integration of time-tested ecological wisdom. This article examines the Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK) of the Bungku community in Central Sulawesi, particularly its agricultural traditions (Mesui, Padungk...