Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhoven had with Valentina Fonseca Cepeda .
Together with Daniel Castillo-Brieva, Luis Baquero-Bernal, Luz Angela Rodríguez, Eliane Steiner, and John Garcia-Ulloa, Valentina co-authored a recent IJC publication entitled Magical Realism for Water Governance Under Power Asymmetries in the Aracataca River Basin, Colombia, an article on wetlands, water and conflict in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta wetland complex in Colombia.
As many wetlands worldwide, this system is characterized by its high biodiversity and various livelihoods that are closely linked to water. Unfortunately, also as many wetlands worldwide, this system is vulnerable to and affected by many threats and conflict. Valentina and her colleagues unravel and examine this case employing a mix of methods that include a hydrological analysis, semi-structured interviews, and role-playing.
With a background in ecology, Valentina’s work focuses on local communities, more in particular the use of traditional ecological knowledge for the governance of natural resources. Valentina is affiliated with The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, teaching on the governance of socio-ecological systems, among other thing. At the same time, she works with the NGO ONF Andina where she helps designing and implementing participatory methods with institutional actors and community members to analyze ecosystem services and value chains with the purpose of co-creating alternative scenarios.
In case you want to learn more about topics akin to the topic discussed in this episode, we suggest you check out some of the other titles in the International Journal of the Commons that look at water, power and conflict:
81: Ecosystem services with Nejem Raheem
NI#6: Enabling infrastructures of care in academia with Ramya Ravi
80: Analytics of the Commons with Arun Agrawal
79: Fisheries catch shares and indigenous governance with Courtney Carothers
078: Collaboration and sustainability transformation with Guido Caniglia
077: Hyper-managed systems with Derek Kauneckis
NI #5: Opening Pandora’s box with Malini Ranganathan
076: Greening better with Hillary Angelo
NI#4: Building interdisciplinary collaborations with Georgina Cundill Kemp and Praneeta Mudaliar
NI #3: Negotiating interdisciplinary environments with Nanda Wijermans
NI #2: Working with disciplinary traditions with Vanesa Castán Broto and Jennifer Vanos
Introducing: Navigating Interdisciplinarity #1 with Svenja Hippel and Juan Nicolas Hernandez
075: Scale mismatches and theory building with Graeme Cumming
074: Urban resilience and green infrastructure with Sara Meerow
073: Polycentricity with Tomas Koontz and Praneeta Mudaliar
072: Changes on the land with Eduardo Brondizio
Commoning #8: Water Commons with Ruth Meinzen Dick, Tomás Olivier, and Edella Schlager
071: Environmental communication with Bridie McGreavy
070: California water management plans with Nicola Ulibarri
069: Tree planting and panaceas with Forrest Fleischman
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