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:
048: Indonesian science and the sociology of disaster risk reduction with Irina Rafliana
047: Split incentives, Rentlab and moving from government to the private sector with Jacqui Bauer
046: The sociology of science and interdisciplinarity with John Parker
045: Finding our niche and the importance of threshold concepts with Phil Loring
Insight #14: Fiona Nunan on institutional analysis
044: Policy processes and advocacy coalitions with Chris Weible
043: Team science in academia and resource management practice with Kenneth Wallen
042: Rethinking the monetary system for social and ecological equity with Joseph Ament
041: Antarctic marine conservation with Cassandra Brooks
040: Amplification processes and incorporating local knowledge in sustainability research with David Lam
Insight #13: Barry Ness on defining success in transdisciplinary research
039: Water, waste, Covid, and the invisibility of life support systems with Raul Pacheco-Vega
038: Case studies, polycentricity and governance of the Great Barrier Reef with Tiffany Morrison
037: Pracademics and patchiness with Jessica Cockburn
036: A social anthropological view on conservation and interdisciplinarity with Liana Chua
035: Bacteria, public goods, and Interdisciplinarity with Carey Nadell
034: Reflexivity and the digitalization of academia with Klara Winkler
033: Reflections on COVID19 from a sustainability science perspective with Henrik von Wehrden
032: Food systems, applied research, and open science with Meredith Niles
Insight #12: Jeremy Caradonna on the history of sustainability thinking
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Poetry of Science
Behavioral Grooves Podcast
Hidden Brain
Proxy with Yowei Shaw
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews