Biocultural approaches to sustainability: A systematic review of the scientific literature

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenÜbersichtsarbeitenForschung

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Current sustainability challenges demand approaches that acknowledge a plurality of human–nature interactions and worldviews, for which biocultural approaches are considered appropriate and timely. This systematic review analyses the application of biocultural approaches to sustainability in scientific journal articles published between 1990 and 2018 through a mixed methods approach combining qualitative content analysis and quantitative multivariate methods. The study identifies seven distinct biocultural lenses, that is, different ways of understanding and applying biocultural approaches, which to different degrees consider the key aspects of sustainability science—inter- and transdisciplinarity, social justice and normativity. The review suggests that biocultural approaches in sustainability science need to move from describing how nature and culture are co-produced to co-producing knowledge for sustainability solutions, and in so doing, better account for questions of power, gender and transformations, which has been largely neglected thus far. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftPeople and Nature
Jahrgang2
Ausgabenummer3
Seiten (von - bis)643-659
Anzahl der Seiten17
ISSN2575-8314
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 09.2020

Bibliographische Notiz

J.H., I.D.‐R. and A.D.‐S. were funded through a social–ecological junior research group grant by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF; 01UU1903). E.O.‐R. has been funded by Juan de la Cierva Incorporation Fellowship of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (IJCI‐2017‐34334).

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  • Biokulturelle Diversität in Agrarlandschaften des Globalen Südens

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