Abstract

Instead of disjointed public policies, teaching and research reduced formats, tendentious advocacy and communication, an ecosystemic approach addresses the general phenomenon; problems are defined considering the paradigms of development, growth, power, wealth, work and freedom embedded into the institutional, cultural, economic and political systems, with its boundaries, techno-economic-political structures, support groups, rules of legitimation, and coherence. An ecosystemic framework reconceptualises roles and drives, combining all dimensions of being in the world (intimate, interactive, social and biophysical, nowadays collapsing, drifting apart and chocking one another, instead of backing each other), promoting its mutual support, in view of its complementarity and dynamic equilibrium, and as they interact to induce the events (deficits/assets), cope with consequences (desired/undesired), and contribute for changes (potential outputs). Challenges are conceptual, more civic and political than technical: in the socio-cultural leaning niches, individuality, diversity, interconnectedness, and collaboration are developed in view of a moral and cultural meaning of the existence, of socio-ecological, aesthetic and ethical values, as essential aspects of an ecosystemic model of culture, considering institutional capacity, judicial neutrality, informational transparency and social spaces for civic engagement. The proposal focus on the development of healthy societies, that invest in each other rather than in the mega-projects fostered by the power and threatening behavior of dominant political and economic groups; the equilibrium between environmental conditions, quality of life and the state of the world are dealt with in view of the dynamics that create and sustain lock-ins and the barriers to change.

Presenters

André Francisco Pilon
Associate Professor, Departamento de Gestão e Política de Saúde, University of São Paulo / International Academy of Science, Health and Ecology, São Paulo, Brazil

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context

KEYWORDS

Public Policies, Communication, Education, Environment, Ecosystems

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