Browsing by Author "Luna, Laura"

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    An international student program in social-ecological systems: sustainable forest management and resilience thinking from local Andean-Patagonian forests to the world
    (2018) Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; Gálvez, Nicolás; Bascopé, Martín; Luna, Laura; Salazar, Gonzalo
    The interconnected challenges of building resilience and generating sustainable forestry practices demand a holistic appreciation of social-ecological systems and requires us to step beyond disciplines to gain a broader understanding of the world. The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (QS Standard ranked #1st in Latin America) offers an academic program consisting of 5 modules where students and lecturers bring together different perspectives in order to generate sound research questions and propose innovative solutions to real-world problems in environmental, forestry, and socio-cultural issues. The main objective of the program is to promote a holistic and critical understanding of forest and culture interactions based on an interdisciplinary methodology with a strong practical-based work. An integrative set of modules fosters greater links between the natural and social sciences, in order to engage with the complex issues of biodiversity conservation, forest management, inter-ethnic relations, and policy-making for sustainable development. The program comprises the following courses: 1. Latin American Conservation; 2. Conservation of Forest Ecosystems and Wildlife; 3. Territory, Interculturality and Education for Sustainability; 4. Interdisciplinary Methods for Inquiring Social-Ecological Systems; and 5. Planning for Sustainability. This program can be adapted for either undergraduate or graduate students, and for a full term or an intensive summer school. It takes place at the southern campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Sede regional de villarrica Campus) and its surroundings, a unique setting in southern Chile characterized by multiple land covers/uses (forests, volcanoes, lakes, rivers, human settlements and protected areas) and cultural backgrounds (indigenous peoples, non-indigenous peasants, immigrants, and long-term settlers). In this presentation we introduce the aims, content and the potential of this program for forestry students from around the world
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    The quest for justice in education: capital and funds of knowledge
    (2023) Gaete, Alfredo; Luna, Laura; Silva-Pena, Ilich; Guerrero, Patricia
    This paper explores the funds of knowledge approach to pedagogy and educational research from a social justice perspective. In response to the suggestion made by some authors that the approach should be integrated with a capital perspective, we argue that this would work only if the concept of capital is understood in a certain way. Also, and more generally, we try to show that redistribution in education should not be thought of in terms of capital redistribution, but in terms of counteracting structural barriers to participatory parity which result in status differences among citizens. Finally, we suggest three concrete ways this can be achieved through pedagogies based on funds of knowledge.