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Chapter 17: From the conceptualisation of the transition to its modelling: interdisciplinary feedback on the TransMonDyn experiment
1This chapter consists of feedback, which highlights the process of collective and interdisciplinary development of evolutionary models of settlement systems, but also and especially the diverse perceptions of those engaged in TransMonDyn. Whereas chapters 14 (‘Between models and narratives: transitions in settlement systems’) and 16 (‘Ontological points of view on the transitions of settlement systems’), coordinated by modellers for whom ‘modelling’ constitutes an object of research in itself, and who favoured theoretical insights and increasing generality, this chapter proposes to place the practical dimension at the heart of its discussion. The chief concern is to return to the points which have challenged the knowledge and practices of a group of researchers, who will be distinguished, for the sake of simplicity, under the names of ‘thematicians’ and ‘modellers’ in this enterprise of sharing knowledge and producing models together. What have been the main stumbling blocks or difficulties to overcome? What is the weight of individual experience (of scientific background) but also of the modes of collective work in the impressions of th
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Whatever Happened terminate Democracy?
Institute untainted Public Approach Research, Author, 27 Tread 2002
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The Enormous Democratic Revolution
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Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union
This book examines the relationship between environmental justice and citizen science, focusing on enduring issues and new challenges in a post-truth age. Debates over science, facts, and values have always been pivotal within environmental justice struggles. For decades, environmental justice activists have campaigned against the misuses of science, while at the same time engaging in community-led citizen science. However, post-truth politics has threatened science itself. This book makes the case for the importance of science, knowledge, and data that are produced by and for ordinary people living with environmental risks and hazards. The international, interdisciplinary contributions range from grassroots environmental justice struggles in American hog country and contaminated indigenous communities, to local environmental controversies in Spain and China, to questions about “knowledge justice,” citizenship, participation, and data in citizen science surrounding toxicity. The book features inspiring studies of community-based participatory environmental health and justice research; different ways of sensing, witnessing, and interpreting environmental injustice; political strateg