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The ESRC STEPS Centre's Legacy Initiative: Future Natures

ESRC STEPS 中心的遗产计划：未来自然

基本信息

批准号：
ES/W009331/1
负责人：
Amber Huff
金额：
$ 24.04万
依托单位：
Institute of Development Studies
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW009331%2F1
关键词：
ESRC STEPS Centre Legacy Initiative

项目摘要

As an ESRC Legacy Centre, the Future Natures initiative builds on the past 15 years of ESRC STEPS Centre (STEPS) work around the politics and possibilities of pathways to sustainability and takes it in new and exciting directions. The initiative aims to challenge pervasive assumptions about pathways to addressing the effects of climate change, environmental degradation, environmental injustice and deepening inequalities and exclusions. Many people assume that these challenges can only be addressed by powerful leaders and top-down management approaches favoured by dominant international institutions. In contrast, the work of the STEPS Centre has cumulatively shown that there is no single pathway to a sustainable future and no one 'solution' to the global challenges we face. Rather, there are innumerable possibilities for transformation to more just and sustainable society based in diverse experiences, knowledge(s), histories, everyday politics, lived experiences, social creativity and grassroots innovation. The more that stories and learning from these are shared, amplified and brought into debates, the more possibilities expand, and more concrete pathways become visible - many better futures are possible and many already exist in-the-making.The Future Natures initiative brings together an unprecedented international network of researchers and people involved in practical action to build futures beyond the environmental and social crises. Through a coordinated programme of activities, we will work with partners to open up and explore the politics, histories and transformative potentials of 'commoning' for meeting sustainability challenges. Commoning refers to diverse practices that create, reproduce and defend the social values and social wealth of the contemporary commons. A key area of activity for Future Natures is to develop new and engaging ways of communicating about research evidence that are inclusive and useful to a diverse variety of audiences, including researchers, policymakers, civil society and the public. In developing a new online knowledge and learning platform to curate STEPS Centre legacy materials and share stories of change from our network of partners, we aim to build a knowledge community that cuts across academic disciplines, sectors of society and researcher vs. practitioner divides. In doing so, we aim to broaden and open up debates on practical pathways to sustainability, extending the relevance and reach of the STEPS Centre's legacy to new audiences. Small grants will encourage collaboration among partners and benefit both practitioners and early career researchers. A series of online workshops will use storytelling as the starting point to explore practices and challenges of commoning and pathways to sustainability across six themes: Agrarian Landscapes; Urban and Peri-urban Contexts; Municipal Spaces; Economy and Work; Nature and Natural Resources and Technology, Knowledge and Culture. The Future Natures initiative's online platform will host virtual dialogues and an online speaker series, and members of the partnership will be able to use the platform to share blogs and resources that have been created within the broader network. A biannual online magazine with bespoke artwork will collect multimedia stories, essays, blogs, artistic contributions and reflections from Centre events in a publicly accessible, engaging format.Through these activities that engage with the evolving global politics of alternatives, Future Natures will shine a light on how diverse initiatives around the world are responding to escalating socio-ecological crises and shrinking democratic space in ways that dominant institutions and policy approaches cannot, creating, in the language of the STEPS Centre, new pathways to sustainability that are just, equitable and sustainable. Learning from (and across) these initiatives and their challenges is a vital part of creating more sustainable futures.

作为ESRC遗产中心，未来自然计划建立在ESRC STEPS中心（STEPS）过去15年围绕可持续发展途径的政治和可能性的工作基础上，并将其带入新的令人兴奋的方向。该倡议旨在挑战关于如何应对气候变化、环境退化、环境不公正以及不平等和排斥现象加剧的影响的普遍假设。许多人认为，这些挑战只能由强大的领导人和占主导地位的国际机构所青睐的自上而下的管理方法来应对。相比之下，STEPS中心的工作累积表明，没有一条通往可持续未来的单一途径，也没有一个“解决方案”来应对我们面临的全球挑战。相反，在不同的经验、知识、历史、日常政治、生活经验、社会创造力和基层创新的基础上，有无数的可能性可以转变为更公正和可持续的社会。这些故事和经验教训被分享、放大和引入辩论的次数越多，可能性就越多，更具体的途径就越清晰可见--许多更好的未来是可能的，许多已经在形成中。未来自然倡议汇集了一个前所未有的国际研究人员和参与实际行动的人们网络，以建立超越环境和社会危机的未来。通过一个协调的活动计划，我们将与合作伙伴合作，开放和探索“公共”的政治，历史和变革潜力，以应对可持续发展的挑战。公共化是指创造、复制和捍卫当代公共的社会价值和社会财富的各种做法。未来性质的一个关键活动领域是开发新的和有吸引力的方式来传播研究证据，这些证据对各种各样的受众都是包容和有用的，包括研究人员，政策制定者，民间社会和公众。在开发一个新的在线知识和学习平台，以策展STEPS中心的遗产材料，并分享我们的合作伙伴网络的变化故事，我们的目标是建立一个跨越学科，社会部门和研究人员的知识社区。在这样做的过程中，我们的目标是扩大和开放可持续发展的实际途径的辩论，扩大STEPS中心的遗产的相关性和影响力，以新的受众。小额赠款将鼓励合作伙伴之间的合作，并使从业人员和早期职业研究人员受益。一系列在线研讨会将以讲故事为出发点，探讨公共化的实践和挑战以及六个主题的可持续发展途径：农业景观;城市和城郊环境;市政空间;经济与工作;自然和自然资源以及技术，知识和文化。“未来自然”倡议的在线平台将举办虚拟对话和在线演讲系列，伙伴关系成员将能够利用该平台分享在更广泛的网络内创建的博客和资源。一年两次的在线杂志将提供定制的艺术作品，以公众可访问和参与的形式收集中心活动的多媒体故事、文章、博客、艺术贡献和思考。未来的性质将照亮世界各地的各种举措是如何应对不断升级的社会问题，生态危机和民主空间的缩小是主导机构和政策方法所无法做到的，用STEPS中心的语言来说，创造了公正、公平和可持续的可持续发展新途径。从这些举措及其挑战中学习（以及相互学习）是创造更可持续未来的重要组成部分。