Exploring a process-relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science

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dc.contributor.author García, María M.
dc.contributor.author Abunge, Caroline
dc.contributor.author Bandeira, Salomão O.
dc.contributor.author Cheupe, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Combane, Dadivo J.
dc.contributor.author Daw, Tim
dc.contributor.author O’Neill, Elizabeth M.D.
dc.contributor.author Hertz, Tilman
dc.contributor.author Mubai, Marlino Eugenio
dc.contributor.author Muthiga, Nyawira
dc.contributor.author González, Taís S.
dc.contributor.author Shauri, Halimu
dc.date.accessioned 2025-04-09T06:33:40Z
dc.date.available 2025-04-09T06:33:40Z
dc.date.issued 2024-08
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: The anonymized interview data on which this article is based as well as details on the development of our coding scheme are freely available through this link: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HTAVZM. en_US
dc.description SUPPORTING INFORMATION S1. Interview guide. en_US
dc.description.abstract As sustainability scientists increasingly put forward the relevance of process-relational approaches to make sense of social-ecological phenomena, an inquiry on which methods would fit a process-relational approach is necessary. This paper discusses how a process-relational approach can be applied to traditional qualitative research methods, namely interviews and coding and the tensions associated with it. Process-relational perspectives share commonalities with interpretative approaches but also present specific characteristics, such as the importance of material aspects and the understanding of the phenomenon as a moment in which different elements become defined respective to each other. The paper uses data and researchers' experiences from an action research project seeking to support collective action among coastal communities affected by environmental changes in Kenya and Mozambique. en_US
dc.description.abstract À medida que os cientistas da sustentabilidade defendem cada vez mais a relevância das abordagens processo-relacionais para compreender fenômenos socioecológicos, torna-se necessário investigar quais métodos seriam adequados para uma abordagem processual-relacional.Este artigo discute como uma abordagem relacional-processual pode ser aplicada aos métodos tradicionais de pesquisa qualitativa, nomeadamente entrevistas e codificação, e as tensões associadas a eles. As perspectivas de processo-relacionais partilham similaridades com abordagens interpretativas, mas também apresentam características específicas, como a importância dos aspectos materiais e a compreensão do fenômeno como um momento no qual diferentes elementos se definem em relação uns aos outros.O artigo utiliza dados e experiências de pesquisadores de um projeto de investigação-ação que busca apoiar a ação coletiva entre comunidades costeiras afetadas por mudanças ambientais no Quênia e em Moçambique. en_US
dc.description.department Historical and Heritage Studies en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-13:Climate action en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-14:Life below water en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Vetenskapsrådet. en_US
dc.description.uri https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25758314 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Mancilla García, M., Abunge, C., Bandeira, S.O., Cheupe, C., Combane, D.J., Daw, T., Drury O’Neill, E.M., Hertz, T., Mubai, M., Muthiga, N., Sonetti González, T., & Shauri, H. (2024). Exploring a process-relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science. People and Nature, 6, 1512–1523. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10667. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2575-8314 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1002/pan3.10667
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101942
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. en_US
dc.subject Action research en_US
dc.subject Apparatus en_US
dc.subject Coding en_US
dc.subject Interviews en_US
dc.subject Process-relational perspectives en_US
dc.subject SDG-13: Climate action en_US
dc.subject SDG-14: Life below water en_US
dc.title Exploring a process-relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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