@article{fdi:010079730, title = {{R}egional development in {A}mazonas, {P}eru : science-society interactions for sustainability}, author = {{M}ick, {C}arola and {F}ernandez, {M}. {E}. and {C}huqui, {C}. {A}. and {G}uerra, {C}. {A}. {A}. and {K}leiche {D}ray, {M}ina and {M}inchan, {A}. {P}. {L}. and {L}opez, {J}. {O}. {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}cientific-technological knowledge maintains the anthropocentric power-pattern and exploitive attitude with regard to nature, but sustainability science asks for an integration of territorial and decontextualized knowledge systems. {V}isual participatory methodologies involving diverse local stakeholder facilitate dialogue on environmental and sustainability issues. {I}nspired by visual ethnography and mediated discourse analysis, the present article uses semiological analysis to reconstruct the depicted narratives on the nature-society system in drawings representing "regional development". {T}he drawings were elaborated in a series of participatory workshops involving university faculty and students, regional government and non-governmental organizations and farmers from local communities in the northern {A}mazonian region of {P}eru. {T}he analysis reveals a prevailing anthropo and technology centered, "colonial" conception of the nature-society system, and a marginalization of alternative narratives. {B}eyond confirming the potential for visual participatory methods to enhance multi-stakeholder dialogue, it demonstrates how semiological analysis can be used to deepen an understanding of the cultural, organizational and technological constraints facing critical, trans-disciplinary efforts to decolonize the technology-centered, anthropocentric mainstream worldview of nature and society.}, keywords = {de/coloniality of knowledge ; nature-society system ; participatory methods ; perceptions ; {P}eru ; reflexivity ; semiological analysis ; sustainability science ; {PEROU} ; {AMAZONIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}nthropocene {R}eview}, volume = {8}, numero = {1}, pages = {3--20}, ISSN = {2053-0196}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1177/2053019620951210}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079730}, }