Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada

This paper demonstrates how implicit cultural evolution theory (CE) is used in adaptive management of grassroots campaigns of resistance against environmentally destructive industry and government to facilitate sustainable outcomes. For an action to be sustainable, it must be stable against politica...

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Autor: Frost, Karl|||0000-0002-7762-3367
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Grassroots activism
Sustainability
First Nations
Bonding
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spelling Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, CanadaFrost, Karl|||0000-0002-7762-3367Cultural evolutionGrassroots activismSustainabilityFirst NationsBondingThis paper demonstrates how implicit cultural evolution theory (CE) is used in adaptive management of grassroots campaigns of resistance against environmentally destructive industry and government to facilitate sustainable outcomes. For an action to be sustainable, it must be stable against political pressures. By bringing attention to the effects of social transmission-recruitment to a cause, learning across campaigns, and the transmission or cultivation of solidarity sentiments-cultural evolution presents a framework for tracking social dynamics essential for the sustainability of resistance projects. This is illustrated with examples from direct action grassroots activism in First Nations communities in northern British Columbia, Canada in the context of fights against unsustainable industrial projects. Specifically, grassroots activists work with an implicit CE theory of social transmission of values that posits that expansive, large-group organizing can get large numbers moderately committed to cause but that organizing focusing on small groups is more successful at transmitting intense commitment and adherence to First Nations norms. In the case of direct action resistance, such intense commitment is more vital than numbers for success. Further, grassroots activists have self-consciously developed institutions for the rapid transmission of policy innovations, accelerating the constructive evolution of tactics. 22018-01-0120182018-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/227999https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11625-017-0512-7reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2279992026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
title Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
spellingShingle Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
Frost, Karl|||0000-0002-7762-3367
Cultural evolution
Grassroots activism
Sustainability
First Nations
Bonding
title_short Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
title_full Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
title_fullStr Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
title_sort Cultural evolution in adaptive management of grassroots activism in BC, Canada
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Frost, Karl|||0000-0002-7762-3367
author Frost, Karl|||0000-0002-7762-3367
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cultural evolution
Grassroots activism
Sustainability
First Nations
Bonding
topic Cultural evolution
Grassroots activism
Sustainability
First Nations
Bonding
description This paper demonstrates how implicit cultural evolution theory (CE) is used in adaptive management of grassroots campaigns of resistance against environmentally destructive industry and government to facilitate sustainable outcomes. For an action to be sustainable, it must be stable against political pressures. By bringing attention to the effects of social transmission-recruitment to a cause, learning across campaigns, and the transmission or cultivation of solidarity sentiments-cultural evolution presents a framework for tracking social dynamics essential for the sustainability of resistance projects. This is illustrated with examples from direct action grassroots activism in First Nations communities in northern British Columbia, Canada in the context of fights against unsustainable industrial projects. Specifically, grassroots activists work with an implicit CE theory of social transmission of values that posits that expansive, large-group organizing can get large numbers moderately committed to cause but that organizing focusing on small groups is more successful at transmitting intense commitment and adherence to First Nations norms. In the case of direct action resistance, such intense commitment is more vital than numbers for success. Further, grassroots activists have self-consciously developed institutions for the rapid transmission of policy innovations, accelerating the constructive evolution of tactics.
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