Recent publications: transitions, Amazonia, and more
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Dear all,
I'm sharing some information about recent publications that may be of interest:
TRANSITIONS
The use of the word 'transitions' has proliferated with all kinds of content and from very different perspectives.
This is resulting in confusión; the term is used carelessly, sometimes even as a mere slogan.
This situation has been analyzed and discussed at various events in Latin America. As a result, we distinguish between "long transitions" and "short transitions" according to their goals.
An English summary of these ideas was published by Economists for the Future at:
http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/HinderingAlternativesTransitionsEconFuture25.pdf
A more detailed analysis, with examples of short transitions promoted by countries in the Global North that hinder long transitions in the Global South, was published in the Global Report series. In Spanish: download at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/InformeGlobal01GudynasTransiciones2024.pdf
Another striking aspect of many current approaches to transitions is their disregard for history.
In response to this limitation, we are exploring key critical thinking on development that originated in the past in the Global South, and that may be usueful in dealing with present day alternatives.
The first article in this series is a "dialogue" with the ideas of Robert Prebisch, such as center-periphery.
In English: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/GudynasGarciaQueroTransitionsSouthPrebisch25.pdf
AMAZONIA, ALTERNATIVES and TRANSITIONS
Book on the situation at the Amazonian región, the threat of a social and ecological collapse, and the debate on alternatives and transitions to prevent it.
In Spanish.
First edition in Bolivia, with La Libre / CEDIB; information and chapters available at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/AmazoniaAlternativasTransicionesGudynas24Info2y3.pdf
Second edition in Peru, with Cooperacción, adapted for that country; information and additional chapters available at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/GudynasAmazoniaTransicionesAlternativasPeru25w.pdf
Third edition adapted to the case of Colombia, with Desde Abajo. Info at: https://www. desdeabajo.info/fondo-editorial/pensadores-latinoamericanos/item/amazonia-transiciones-y-alternativas-antes-del-colapso.html
POLITICAL ECOLOGY and POLITICS OTHERWAYS
You may also be interested in the series on the Substack platform, both in Spanish:
On political ecology: https://ecologiapolitica.substack.com/
On 'other politics': https://otrapolitica.substack.com/
MORE
All publications can be downloaded from gudynas.com
For more detailed updates, you can subscribe to a newsletter, sent once or twice a year, at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ecologia-politica-al
Thanks !
Eduardo Gudynas
I'm sharing some information about recent publications that may be of interest:
TRANSITIONS
The use of the word 'transitions' has proliferated with all kinds of content and from very different perspectives.
This is resulting in confusión; the term is used carelessly, sometimes even as a mere slogan.
This situation has been analyzed and discussed at various events in Latin America. As a result, we distinguish between "long transitions" and "short transitions" according to their goals.
An English summary of these ideas was published by Economists for the Future at:
http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/HinderingAlternativesTransitionsEconFuture25.pdf
A more detailed analysis, with examples of short transitions promoted by countries in the Global North that hinder long transitions in the Global South, was published in the Global Report series. In Spanish: download at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/InformeGlobal01GudynasTransiciones2024.pdf
Another striking aspect of many current approaches to transitions is their disregard for history.
In response to this limitation, we are exploring key critical thinking on development that originated in the past in the Global South, and that may be usueful in dealing with present day alternatives.
The first article in this series is a "dialogue" with the ideas of Robert Prebisch, such as center-periphery.
In English: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/GudynasGarciaQueroTransitionsSouthPrebisch25.pdf
AMAZONIA, ALTERNATIVES and TRANSITIONS
In Spanish.
First edition in Bolivia, with La Libre / CEDIB; information and chapters available at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/AmazoniaAlternativasTransicionesGudynas24Info2y3.pdf
Second edition in Peru, with Cooperacción, adapted for that country; information and additional chapters available at: http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/GudynasAmazoniaTransicionesAlternativasPeru25w.pdf
Third edition adapted to the case of Colombia, with Desde Abajo. Info at: https://www. desdeabajo.info/fondo-editorial/pensadores-latinoamericanos/item/amazonia-transiciones-y-alternativas-antes-del-colapso.html
POLITICAL ECOLOGY and POLITICS OTHERWAYS
You may also be interested in the series on the Substack platform, both in Spanish:
On political ecology: https://ecologiapolitica.substack.com/
On 'other politics': https://otrapolitica.substack.com/
MORE
All publications can be downloaded from gudynas.com
For more detailed updates, you can subscribe to a newsletter, sent once or twice a year, at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ecologia-politica-al
Thanks !
Eduardo Gudynas
Latin American Center Social Ecology (CLAES)
Documentation & Information Center Bolivia (CEDIB)
Visiting researcher, University Granda, Spain.
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