Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective
This article reviews the historical and theoretical foundations of communication for development and, in particular, communication for social change, a recently coined concept that remains anchored to an anthropocentric and unsustainable perspective of development. Based on the review of literature,...
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doaj-9e6dc0649340443bbad239946f8566d52020-11-25T00:20:52ZengLatin American Studies AssociationLatin American Research Review0023-87911542-42782017-09-0152343144510.25222/larr.5936Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living PerspectiveAlejandro Barranquero Carretero0Chiara Sáez Baeza1Universidad Carlos III, MadridUniversidad de ChileThis article reviews the historical and theoretical foundations of communication for development and, in particular, communication for social change, a recently coined concept that remains anchored to an anthropocentric and unsustainable perspective of development. Based on the review of literature, we would like to open a dialogue between the field and Latin American contemporary debates, with a special focus on a number of theoretical frameworks that share a radical critique of modernity and stand for a biocentric turn in social sciences: the so-called modernity/coloniality research program, critical ecology, and indigenous epistemologies. We propose approaching communication theories from the indigenous worldview of “good living” ('buen' 'vivir')' 'and quote several inspiring participatory projects that apply the new epistemologies to the field. Resumen El artículo revisa los fundamentos históricos y teóricos de la comunicación para el desarrollo y, en particular, del nuevo paradigma de la comunicación para el cambio social, un concepto acuñado recientemente que permanece anclado a una visión en exceso antropocéntrica e insostenible del desarrollo. Basado en la revisión de bibliografía de referencia, se invita a abrir un diálogo entre el campo y los debates latinoamericanos contemporáneos, en especial con un conjunto de perspectivas teóricas que comparten su crítica radical a la modernidad e invitan a establecer un giro biocéntrico en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales: el programa de investigación modernidad/colonialidad, la ecología crítica y las epistemologías indígenas. Finalmente se propone una aproximación a la teoría comunicacional desde la cosmovisión del buen vivir y se citan un conjunto de proyectos participativos inspiradores que ponen en práctica las nuevas epistemologías sobre el terreno.https://larrlasa.org/articles/59 |
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Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective |
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Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective |
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Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective |
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Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective |
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Latin American Critical Epistemologies toward a Biocentric Turn in Communication for Social Change: Communication from a Good Living Perspective |
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latin american critical epistemologies toward a biocentric turn in communication for social change: communication from a good living perspective |
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Latin American Research Review |
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This article reviews the historical and theoretical foundations of communication for development and, in particular, communication for social change, a recently coined concept that remains anchored to an anthropocentric and unsustainable perspective of development. Based on the review of literature, we would like to open a dialogue between the field and Latin American contemporary debates, with a special focus on a number of theoretical frameworks that share a radical critique of modernity and stand for a biocentric turn in social sciences: the so-called modernity/coloniality research program, critical ecology, and indigenous epistemologies. We propose approaching communication theories from the indigenous worldview of “good living” ('buen' 'vivir')' 'and quote several inspiring participatory projects that apply the new epistemologies to the field. Resumen El artículo revisa los fundamentos históricos y teóricos de la comunicación para el desarrollo y, en particular, del nuevo paradigma de la comunicación para el cambio social, un concepto acuñado recientemente que permanece anclado a una visión en exceso antropocéntrica e insostenible del desarrollo. Basado en la revisión de bibliografía de referencia, se invita a abrir un diálogo entre el campo y los debates latinoamericanos contemporáneos, en especial con un conjunto de perspectivas teóricas que comparten su crítica radical a la modernidad e invitan a establecer un giro biocéntrico en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales: el programa de investigación modernidad/colonialidad, la ecología crítica y las epistemologías indígenas. Finalmente se propone una aproximación a la teoría comunicacional desde la cosmovisión del buen vivir y se citan un conjunto de proyectos participativos inspiradores que ponen en práctica las nuevas epistemologías sobre el terreno. |
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