Transformations for Communal Sustainability: Pluriversal Thinking

Published on November 6, 2024 – Updated on November 6, 2024

Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires more than a universalized approach to sustainable development—it requires a deep localization of efforts that centers socioecological justice and addresses environmental racism. The principle of “leaving no one behind” challenges us to rethink how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are localized in ways that are context-sensitive and transformative. Taís Sonetti-González, PhD, SONYA , ULB, November 27th, 10.30 am-12:00. Room U.A.0.03 at USquare ULB, Free entrance.

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The Brazilian Savannah, or Cerrado, is facing profound challenges, having lost over 50% of its primary forest and becoming a hub for commodity exportation. What happens in the Cerrado does not stay in the Cerrado—it impacts global grain supplies and the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). This research explores collaborative processes involving IPLCs to integrate their worldviews into sustainability actions for transformative change.

Adopting a decolonial feminist lens and embracing pluriversal thinking, this study strive to develop a humanized and affective approach to sustainability research, recognizing the inherent vulnerabilities and gaps (desconocimientos) in every facilitation process and the perform or the research process itself. Guided by principles of respect, reciprocity, and responsibility , this research aims to inspire respectful and relational methodologies that honour local knowledge systems, rather than imposing “replicable” ideals - embracing an anthropophagic practice, transforming external concepts into locally contextualized realities.

More information on XPaths Project - https://www.xpathsfutures.org/

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on the November 27, 2024