Browsing by Author "Salazar, Gonzalo"

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    An international student program in social-ecological systems: sustainable forest management and resilience thinking from local Andean-Patagonian forests to the world
    (2018) Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; Gálvez, Nicolás; Bascopé, Martín; Luna, Laura; Salazar, Gonzalo
    The interconnected challenges of building resilience and generating sustainable forestry practices demand a holistic appreciation of social-ecological systems and requires us to step beyond disciplines to gain a broader understanding of the world. The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (QS Standard ranked #1st in Latin America) offers an academic program consisting of 5 modules where students and lecturers bring together different perspectives in order to generate sound research questions and propose innovative solutions to real-world problems in environmental, forestry, and socio-cultural issues. The main objective of the program is to promote a holistic and critical understanding of forest and culture interactions based on an interdisciplinary methodology with a strong practical-based work. An integrative set of modules fosters greater links between the natural and social sciences, in order to engage with the complex issues of biodiversity conservation, forest management, inter-ethnic relations, and policy-making for sustainable development. The program comprises the following courses: 1. Latin American Conservation; 2. Conservation of Forest Ecosystems and Wildlife; 3. Territory, Interculturality and Education for Sustainability; 4. Interdisciplinary Methods for Inquiring Social-Ecological Systems; and 5. Planning for Sustainability. This program can be adapted for either undergraduate or graduate students, and for a full term or an intensive summer school. It takes place at the southern campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Sede regional de villarrica Campus) and its surroundings, a unique setting in southern Chile characterized by multiple land covers/uses (forests, volcanoes, lakes, rivers, human settlements and protected areas) and cultural backgrounds (indigenous peoples, non-indigenous peasants, immigrants, and long-term settlers). In this presentation we introduce the aims, content and the potential of this program for forestry students from around the world
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    Aproximaciones al desarrollo urbano sustentable en Chile desde la percepción de sus habitantes
    (Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, 2021) Fuentes, Luis; Greene, Margarita; Berríos, Emilio; Flores, Mónica; Henríquez, Cristián; Link, Felipe; Luneke, Alejandra; Navarrete, Pablo; Ramírez, María Inés; Rehner, Johannes; Rodríguez, Sebastián; Ruiz Tagle, Javier; Salazar, Gonzalo; Señoret Swinburn, Andrés; Truffello Robledo, Ricardo Enrique; Valenzuela Levi, Nicolás Darío; CEDEUS (Chile)
    El Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable adquiere cada vez más relevancia dentro de la investigación y planificación de las ciudades. Si bien existen esfuerzos sistemáticos para medir sus diferentes dimensiones (Jordán, Rehner, Samaniego, 2010), son pocos los estudios que proponen un foco a escala de barrio tomando en cuenta la percepción individual de los habitantes. En este documento, se propone una definición de desarrollo urbano sustentable y una metodología para estudiarlo a través de diferentes tipologías de ciudad. Además, se presentan los principales hallazgos de una encuesta de percepción del desarrollo urbano sustentable aplicada en tres dimensiones y en las diferentes tipologías de ciudad del Gran Santiago y Gran Concepción
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    CHALLENGING SUSTAINABILITY: FROM DECONSTRUCTION TO RECONSTRUCTION
    (2020) Valera, Luca; Salazar, Gonzalo; CEDEUS (Chile)
    In recent decades the concept of sustainability has gained great prominence in the public debate and academic research as well. Today, it is a fundamental concept to address the complex crisis we are facing at planetary scales. However, after several decades, its definition is still associated with vague and ambiguous notions that are ultimately decimating its role as a guiding framework for a more sustainable living. There is still an important gap between its theory and its praxis. The article generates a philosophical deconstruction of the sustainability concept as a necessary action to address this difficulty. This examination allows to philosophically reconstruct fundamental characteristics of its content. The article suggests and argues that a relevant component of sustainability is its regulatory function in the sphere of human relations. It suggests that sustainability is a regulative idea that works as a guide - a working concept - in the case of dilemmas that stem from the problem of maintaining responsibility towards future generations and the environment. From this standpoint, the article explores key aspects of sustainability as an ethically grounded concept and finally reflects about some applicative and educational implications.
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    From the Utopia of Sustainable Development to Sustainable Topoi
    (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2023) Salazar, Gonzalo; Acuna, Valentina; Valera, Luca; CEDEUS (Chile)
    The hegemonic discourse of sustainable development adopted as an international alternative solution to the socio-ecological crisis has implied a progression of the modern utopian project and most importantly, an intrinsic contradiction and omission that positions sustainable development as something that is not in any place. To understand, discuss, and transcend this oxymoron, we first review the modern utopian project and analyze its paradigmatic and ontological assumptions about knowledge, time, and space. Second, we show that sustainable development just re-adapted the founding premises of the modern utopias. Third, to transcend the modern utopian facet of sustainable development, we suggest an understanding of sustainability that stems from a topographical way of thinking. We suggest this approach allows us to seek alternatives to the modern epistemology and ontology that have shaped the current dominant vision of sustainable development. Finally, we propose to move from the modern utopia of sustainable development to the praxis of topographical sustainabilities to trigger a more comprehensive and relational praxis of sustainability.
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    New Mobility Paradigm and Indigenous Construction of Places: Physical and Symbolic Mobility of Aymara Groups in the Urbanization Process, Chile
    (2021) Salazar, Gonzalo; Gonzalez, Paloma; CEDEUS (Chile)
    In the current global scenario, in which mobility has been strongly impacted, it is relevant to highlight certain mobility experiences of Indigenous Latin American peoples, in which new cultural and geographical elements justify revisiting this phenomenon. In this context, the mobility of the Aymara ethnic group offers an opportunity for such a second look. Although the subject has been approached from the perspectives of internal migration processes and physical movement, as in other Latin American cases, studies have omitted some important aspects for its analysis, such as the practices, meanings, and political implications associated with mobility. Based on the new mobility paradigm, this article seeks to strengthen the perspective on mobility by researching rural-urban mobility practices and their meaning regarding the experiences of Aymara people who migrated from the rural municipality of Putre to settle in the city of Arica from the 1950s. At the same time, it is shown that these Aymara mobility practices imply spatiotemporal dynamics that are key for the construction of place, and allow for a widening of base elements that should be considered in the new mobility paradigm. This research is based on five years of ethnography, including mobile accompaniment and semi-structured interviews. This methodological approach has allowed researchers to explore how elements related to physical and symbolic mobility have constantly constructed relational spaces within the Arica and Parinacota region over time. This shows that mobility does not only refer to physical movement, but to politics, emotions, culture, and memory as well. From these results, the article examines and discusses key elements related to physical and symbolic mobility, and their implications in political and intercultural terms.
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    Urbanización y Ciudades Medias: Territorios y Espacialidades en Cuestionamiento
    (Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, 2023) Henríquez Ruiz, Cristián Gonzalo; Ribeiro da Silva, William; Aprigliano Fernandes, Vicente; Salazar, Gonzalo; CEDEUS (Chile)
    Cuestionar la urbanización del mundo, sus etapas, sus espacialidades, sus formas y procesos, requiere atención y cuidado a las diferentes formaciones socioespaciales involucradas y, también, a las diferentes posibilidades de lecturas teórico-metodológicas emprendidas. Esta vez, la investigación en red, organizada por la Red de Investigadores en Ciudades Medias (ReCiMe), que reúne a investigadores de diferentes países, apunta a esta mirada plural sobre el proceso de urbanización mundial y busca acercar este debate a través de eventos y publicaciones.