Understanding feedback relationships between resources, functionings and well-being: A case study of seaweed farming and artisanal processing in Indonesia.

Autor: Larson S; School of Science, Technology & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Building H1, Sippy Downs, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia. silva.larson@gmail.com., Stoeckl N; College of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Centenary Building, Hobart, Australia., Rimmer MA; School of Science, Technology & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Building H1, Sippy Downs, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia., Paul NA; School of Science, Technology & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Building H1, Sippy Downs, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ambio [Ambio] 2022 Apr; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 914-925. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 04.
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01581-3
Abstrakt: Sen's Capability Approach is one of the most significant theoretical contributions to welfare analysis across a range of disciplines. A part of the literature argues that its conceptual linear flow-from resources to 'functionings', which result in well-being-potentially ignores more complex relations with the feedback loops where a single item could be viewed as having a different role by different people, in different contexts. We explore perceptions of existing feedback relationships in interviews with 74 women from nine seaweed farming villages in Indonesia, engaged in two distinct activities: seaweed farming and artisanal seaweed processing. We find that capability sets required for farming and for processing are distinct and in both cases we observe feedback loops. Several factors, notably social networks and transportation (motorbikes), were mentioned in almost all contexts indicating that not all resources are of equal 'value' and might yield different levels of well-being.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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