TY - JOUR
T1 - Decolonising transitions in the Global South
T2 - Towards more epistemic diversity in transitions research
AU - Ghosh, Bipashyee
AU - Ramos-Mejía, Mónica
AU - Machado, Rafael Carvalho
AU - Yuana, Suci Lestari
AU - Schiller, Katharina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Research on sustainability transitions in the Global South has evolved since its inception a decade ago. Yet, many issues concerning the hegemony of Western knowledge systems and practices continue to impact research on transitions in the Global South. This viewpoint suggests several ways to address these issues through decolonialising transitions research: namely through acknowledging everyday struggles faced in the Global South, explicitly addressing questions of power, informal institutions, inequality and injustice that permeate transitions in the Global South and integrating truly participatory research methods that value research ‘subjects’ and embrace the transformative activities and communities of practices. Drawing on half a decade of formal and informal knowledges exchanges led by “Transitions in the Global South” thematic group of STRN, it is time for our community to embrace a fresh and alternative approach to understanding, mainstreaming and implementing transitions in the Global South.
AB - Research on sustainability transitions in the Global South has evolved since its inception a decade ago. Yet, many issues concerning the hegemony of Western knowledge systems and practices continue to impact research on transitions in the Global South. This viewpoint suggests several ways to address these issues through decolonialising transitions research: namely through acknowledging everyday struggles faced in the Global South, explicitly addressing questions of power, informal institutions, inequality and injustice that permeate transitions in the Global South and integrating truly participatory research methods that value research ‘subjects’ and embrace the transformative activities and communities of practices. Drawing on half a decade of formal and informal knowledges exchanges led by “Transitions in the Global South” thematic group of STRN, it is time for our community to embrace a fresh and alternative approach to understanding, mainstreaming and implementing transitions in the Global South.
KW - Decolonialisation
KW - Epistemic diversity
KW - Global South
KW - Just transitions
KW - Participatory research
KW - Sustainability transitions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119047029&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.029
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119047029
SN - 2210-4224
VL - 41
SP - 106
EP - 109
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
ER -