ImaginedEcologies

These photos, their exhibition and their sale, are in support of a research project aimed at creating a collaborative process through which we (nine Peruvian Amazonian communities and I) can help find a greater audience for the communities’ voice. It draws on more than ten years of collaborative fieldwork investigating community based governance efforts in the Peruvian Amazon. Working with university students from the communities, individual community members, and the communities as a whole, the goal is to co-produce and co-author rigorous scientific analyses of their local efforts. This will contribute much needed information to scientific and general understanding of the Amazon and a rich layered perspective to inform policy-making efforts.

For more information please see the project blog:
http://cuidadoresdelascochas.wordpress.com/