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Co-creating an ecology of knowledge in the Caribbean: huerto de Capetillo

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Abstract

Learning, restoring, and centering pedagogical approaches from the 'Global South' and specifically the Caribbean is imperative to foster emancipatory learning environments. With a history of exclusion, the last 60 years in Puerto Rico have witnessed a tradition of participation and activism, which despite its successes, has been largely invisible in the global design pedagogy. In this context, both popular knowledge and self-managed spaces are little recognized. This article seeks to make visible participatory action-research and co-creation methodologies from an ecology of knowledge (B. de Sousa Santos), situated in the community garden, nursery, and urban forest of Capetillo. It confirms that the Caribbean is a space where epistemological diversity and plurality of knowledge can be evidenced.

Keywords:

co-creation, ecology of knowledge, community garden, participatory pedagogies

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