Knitting for conservation: a social practice perspective on a social and behaviour change communication intervention

Maria Cristina Gallegos (), Marleen Buizer, Stephanie Ketterer Hobbis and Graham Wise
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Maria Cristina Gallegos: Wageningen University
Marleen Buizer: Wageningen University
Stephanie Ketterer Hobbis: Wageningen University
Graham Wise: University of Southern Queensland

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 4, No 21, 8687-8707

Abstract: Abstract We critically reflect on a conservation project in the Ecuadorian Amazon that was designed to promote biodiversity conservation among lowland indigenous communities involved in eco-tourism initiatives by teaching them how to knit a particular set of local animals. We use interpretive qualitative research and draw on social practice theory to examine the ways that participants’ engagement with new knitting in participatory knitting workshops changed the understanding of environmental conservation and social entrepreneurship within an eco-tourism context. Eventually, the intervention pushed participants to adopt new and difficult-to-sustain conservation and entrepreneurial practices. The introduction of these new practices and a focus on a specific list of local species turned animals into commodities and created unsustainable connections with new materials and a disconnect between local and traditional know-how.

Keywords: Social practice theory; Social and behaviour change communication; Neoliberal conservation; Eco-tourism; Indigenous communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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