Emancipatory Political Ecology Pedagogy In and Out of the Classroom

Batterbury, Simon and Rodríguez, Denisse (2023) Emancipatory Political Ecology Pedagogy In and Out of the Classroom. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 6 (2). pp. 113-120.

Abstract

In this brief commentary, we reflect on two aspects of contemporary political ecology scholarship: The first is a reflexive assessment of socio-political relational positionalities as a necessary condition, not only to challenge but also to act upon socio-ecological injustices. Second, we examine the effective delivery of cross-cultural pedagogies of care that inform the development of self-reliant political ecology (PE) scholars and/or activists within the constraints of neoliberal education. We argue that both issues are relevant to position PE as an emancipatory pedagogy and praxis in a decolonizing world.