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:
Commoning #5: Commoning the Anthropocene
067: Use as Stewardship with Natalie Ban
IJC #2: Overlapping resources and mismatched property rights with Karen Bradshaw
066: Ecosystem services and community-based research with Marta Berbes
Insight #28: Anna-Katharina Hornidge on social constructivism
065: Food systems, communicating science and taking care of yourself in academia with Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz
064: Where does wild catch end and aquaculture begin? with Josh Stoll
Insight #27: Kennith Wallen on science communities
Commoning #4: Fisheries and aquaculture commons with Erik Thulin, Jessica Blythe and Caroline Ferguson
IJC #1: Traditions and Trends in the Study of the Commons, Revisited
Commoning # 3: The Commons in Space with Alice Gorman and Akhil Rao
063: Social network analysis with Ramiro Berardo
062: Ocean governance, unsustainable science and the Stockholm Resilience Center with Henrik Österblom
Insight #26: Emily Darling and Georgina Gurney on inclusion and transdisciplinarity
Insight #25: Ina Möller on constructing governance objects
061: Theory of science and transdisciplinarity with Joerg Niewoehner
060: Sustainability science education and research with Emily Boyd
059: Food and conservation with Brent Loken
Insight #24: Sonya Graci on sustainable hotel certifications
058: Science cooperation and knowledge sociology with Anna-Katharina Hornidge
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