Community forests as heterotopia. The case of the Mu community forest – Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, Vietnam

Autor:	Jan Masschelein, Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Danny Wildemeersch
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Nature reserve Local culture Ecology Geography Planning and Development Sustainable forest management Forest management Environmental ethics Pollution Community forestry Political science Computers in Earth Sciences Waste Management and Disposal Heterotopia (space)
Zdroj:	International Journal of Environmental Studies. 70:877-892
ISSN:	1029-0400 0020-7233
DOI:	10.1080/00207233.2013.849515
Popis:	This paper examines issues of culture and power in regard to the Mu sacred forest, Vietnam, a community forest. The research uses Foucault’s notion of ‘heterotopia’ as a heuristic tool to interpret forest management. It appears that the Mu sacred forest can be understood as a space of ‘self reflective construction’, but also a space that might dissolve, destabilize, interrupt and suspend power. The moment of power suspension frees people from their usual frames. They can escape to some extent from authority and repression. This suggests that sustainable forest management can be promoted through acceptance of local culture and that community forest can be a ‘space of suspension and learning’.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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