Activist trust: The diffusion of green expertise in a Brazilian landscape Export

@article{citeulike:5727006, abstract = {MST (Movimento Sem Terra/Landless People's Movement) is the largest rural movement of Latin America. Since the late 1990s, it has taken part in the diffusion of expertise about biodiversity conservation. Using an ethnographic approach, this paper investigates sources and roles of trust within this process. How does trust work when experts and laypeople belong to the same movement? The paper uses and critically discusses the works of Brian Wynne and the Actor Network Theory. It describes the particular ways in which the building of trust takes place within the intimate networks of MST. As ecological expertise becomes a central element within MST's project of liberation, the sources of trust are both affective and effective. Interests, social recognition and identity are intertwined. In the conclusion, I propose the concept of activist trust. 10.1177/0963662508098578}, author = {Delgado, Ana}, citeulike-article-id = {5727006}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662508098578}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pus.sagepub.com/content/0963662508098578v2/.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://pus.sagepub.com/content/0963662508098578v2/.full.pdf}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1177/0963662508098578}, journal = {Public Understanding of Science}, keywords = {ant, epistemology, ethnography, ethnomethodology}, month = {July}, pages = {0963662508098578+}, posted-at = {2009-09-06 03:45:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Activist trust: The diffusion of green expertise in a Brazilian landscape}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662508098578}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5727006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5727006 N2 - MST (Movimento Sem Terra/Landless People's Movement) is the largest rural movement of Latin America. Since the late 1990s, it has taken part in the diffusion of expertise about biodiversity conservation. Using an ethnographic approach, this paper investigates sources and roles of trust within this process. How does trust work when experts and laypeople belong to the same movement? The paper uses and critically discusses the works of Brian Wynne and the Actor Network Theory. It describes the particular ways in which the building of trust takes place within the intimate networks of MST. As ecological expertise becomes a central element within MST's project of liberation, the sources of trust are both affective and effective. Interests, social recognition and identity are intertwined. In the conclusion, I propose the concept of activist trust. 10.1177/0963662508098578 JF - Public Understanding of Science TI - Activist trust: The diffusion of green expertise in a Brazilian landscape SP - 0963662508098578 KW - ant KW - epistemology KW - ethnography KW - ethnomethodology AU - Delgado, Ana PY - 2009/07/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662508098578 ER -