acknowl-ej - academic-activist co-produced knowledge for environmental justice network

Activist-Academic Co-production of Knowledge for Environmental Justice (ACKnowl-EJ)

2015 – 2018

Lines of Action Research in ACKnowl-EJ

1.Comparative & statistical political ecology (EJ Atlas)

2.Regional focus: Middle East / North Africa

3.Co-production of knowledge in case studies (several countries)

4.Understanding & dialoguing alternatives & transformations

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3. Case studies (India, Bolivia, Lebanon, Turkey, Peru/Gautemala/Argentina)

Co-production of knowledge by researchers & communities, academics and activists

EJ mobilisations leading to transformative alternatives: practical and visionary

4. Transformative alternatives

Alternatives Transformation Framework• Ecological resilience /

wisdom • Social well-being & justice• Direct & delegated

democracy• Economic democracy• Cultural & knowledge

diversity

Evolving a Transformations Framework

Dialogue of alternative worldviews

www.worldsocialscience.org/transformations/acknowl_ej/

www.ejatlas.org

leah.temper@gmail.com (Leah Temper)

chikikothari@gmail.com (Ashish Kothari)

Thank you!