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Chapter 12 - Transformative Agency by Double Stimulation in an Ecological Agroforestry Association from Brazil

Reflections from a Change Laboratory Intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2023

By
Osni Arturo Francisco Junior ,
Manoel Flores Lesama  and
Marco Antonio Pereira Querol
Edited by
Nick Hopwood  and
Annalisa Sannino
Nick Hopwood
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney
Annalisa Sannino
Affiliation:
Tampere University, Finland
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Summary

This chapter expands discussion of how to promote transformative agency by double stimulation during a Change Laboratory intervention. The intervention was conducted in an agroecological association, geared toward environmental preservation and social inclusion by strengthening family farming and developing agroforestry systems. The chapter analyzes how motives, movement, and mediation interact in the formation of transformative agency. The results show that through double stimulation, participants transformed the way they understood the origin of their problems. The intervention created a space for reflection in which, with the support of auxiliary instruments, the participants were able to produce a transformative movement, analyzing and understanding the structure of their activity, identifying conflicts of motives, and building a new orientation for the future of the activity. This intervention led to a novel concept of the coordination of the association based on the principle of shared responsibilities, as well as to the construction of a proposal to develop the organization.

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agroforestry associationtransformative agency by double stimulationChange Laboratorycultural-historical activity theorymediation
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Agency and Transformation
Motives, Mediation, and Motion
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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