文化背景对可持续性叙事的影响:对印度移民社群的探索性研究

IF 2.5 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Claudia Speidel
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由于对可持续性问题和做法的理解和优先次序各不相同,实现可持续的未来变得复 杂。缺乏共同点的一个原因是,可持续性是一个主要由北方推动的全球项目,而不是一个始终融入地方和文化多样性的项目。研究表明,南方公民社会对可持续性的期望缺乏对重要可持续性框架的考虑。本次调查的重点是一个具有南方文化渊源和身份认同的社区--澳大利亚的印度移民社群--的期望。侨民独特的双文化定位及其对社会文化支架日益增长的影响力,使他们对可持续性的评估具有独特的相关性和洞察力。本次定性调查的目的是探索澳大利亚印度移民社群对可持续发展的理解、他们对各种可持续发展问题的优先考虑,以及这些看法和偏好的文化基础。2022 年 9 月至 10 月,在澳大利亚悉尼开展了七次焦点小组讨论,其中包括扎尔特曼隐喻激发技术(Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique)和个人故事讲述。这项研究表明,两种不同的可持续发展叙事引导着可持续发展的含义--一种是全球应用和环境重点,另一种是本地化的南方应用和社会重点。通过调动相关的文化社会认同并促进其共鸣,文化背景在引导采用其中任何一种叙事方面都至关重要。教育作为一种战略,可以重新构建可持续发展叙事,并创造一种更加平衡的可持续发展论述。
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The impact of cultural settings on sustainability narratives: an explorative study with the Indian diaspora

Achieving sustainable futures is complicated by the diverse understandings and prioritisations of sustainability issues and practices. A reason for the lack of common ground is the fact that sustainability is a global project which is primarily driven by the North, rather than one that consistently integrates local and cultural diversity. Research has shown that sustainability expectancies of Southern civic society are lacking in the considerations of crucial sustainability frameworks. This investigation focuses on the expectancies of a community with Southern cultural origins and identities—the Indian diaspora in Australia. The unique bicultural positioning of diasporas and their growing influence on the cultural scaffolds of societies, make their assessment of sustainability distinctly relevant and insightful. The objective of this qualitative inquiry was to explore the Australian Indian diaspora’s understanding of sustainability, their prioritisation of diverse sustainability concerns, and the cultural underpinnings of these perceptions and preferences. Seven focus groups including components of the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique and personal storytelling, were conducted in Sydney, Australia from September to October 2022. This study demonstrates that two distinct sustainability narratives direct the meaning of sustainability—one has a global application and environmental focus, the other a localised Southern application and social focus. Cultural context is critical in directing the adoption of either narrative by mobilising relevant cultural social identities and promoting their resonance. Education emerges as a strategy to reframe the sustainability narrative and create a more balanced sustainability discourse.

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来源期刊
CiteScore
6.60
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发文量
50
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: The Earth''s biosphere is being transformed by various anthropogenic activities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change addresses a wide range of environment, economic and energy topics and timely issues including global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid deposition, eutrophication of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, species extinction and loss of biological diversity, deforestation and forest degradation, desertification, soil resource degradation, land-use change, sea level rise, destruction of coastal zones, depletion of fresh water and marine fisheries, loss of wetlands and riparian zones and hazardous waste management. Response options to mitigate these threats or to adapt to changing environs are needed to ensure a sustainable biosphere for all forms of life. To that end, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change provides a forum to encourage the conceptualization, critical examination and debate regarding response options. The aim of this journal is to provide a forum to review, analyze and stimulate the development, testing and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies at regional, national and global scales. One of the primary goals of this journal is to contribute to real-time policy analysis and development as national and international policies and agreements are discussed and promulgated.
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