The Dark Side of Transformation: Latent Risks in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse
The Dark Side of Transformation: Latent Risks in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse
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DOI：
10.1111/anti.12405
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发表时间：
2018-11-01
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影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Brown, Katrina
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作者：
Blythe, Jessica;Silver, Jennifer;Brown, Katrina
转型的概念在当代可持续性辩论中越来越受到关注。理论化和支持变革的新方法正在出现，因此，这种观点认为，为（重新）想象和（重新）构建完全不同的未来开辟了令人兴奋的空间。然而，问题仍然是如何将这个术语从一个学术概念转化为规范性政策和实践的集合，以及这个过程如何塑造社会，政治和环境变化。受这些问题的启发，我们确定了与将转型框定为非政治性和/或不可避免的话语相关的五个潜在风险。我们将这些风险称为转型的黑暗面。虽然我们无法预测可持续发展的激进转型的未来，但我们建议科学家，政策制定者和实践者需要以更内在的多元和政治方式考虑这种变化。
The notion of transformation is gaining traction in contemporary sustainability debates. New ways of theorising and supporting transformations are emerging and, so the argument goes, opening exciting spaces to (re)imagine and (re)structure radically different futures. Yet, questions remain about how the term is being translated from an academic concept into an assemblage of normative policies and practices, and how this process might shape social, political, and environmental change. Motivated by these questions, we identify five latent risks associated with discourse that frames transformation as apolitical and/or inevitable. We refer to these risks as the dark side of transformation. While we cannot predict the future of radical transformations towards sustainability, we suggest that scientists, policymakers, and practitioners need to consider such change in more inherently plural and political ways.