Jasper Wubs
I am an ecologist focussing on plant-soil interactions in natural and agro-ecosystems.
Location Uster, Switzerland
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in what sense was the agenda sophisticated? How as that organized?
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I think the concept of health is nomadic. Coming from human and veterinary medicine, it is now applied as healthy ecosystems, healthy soils, healthy organizations, etc.
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Jasper Wubs replied to Franziska Marfurt
I am wondering this too - wasn't it argued in philosophy of science that all observation (facts) are value-laden? Does that not invalidate the pure scientist position?
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Jasper Wubs replied to Francesca Gallego
I like the 'good crisis' aspect you mention! I have had this too - it seems this is when group members really confront the pros and cons of the positions brought forward and get to a tentative but workable road forward (if the crisis is a good crisis, if not nothing happens).
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I guess it depends on the problem/topic, and I have played all four roles (version 2) at some point.
Thinking back, at various points I have come into discussions with other scientists where they argued that they want to be independent and just present the facts (pure scientists), but I think this was when I had strong(ish) opinions on a topic (issue...
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Jasper Wubs replied to Jasper Wubs
Clear, thanks!
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In the transcript you mention "You’ll find a PDF with this complex process attached below" - which document is that?
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Problem: using fungicides as 'yield-insurance' by apple farmers in standard management.
There is a variety of stakeholders involved (labelled for power (P), expertise (E), interest (I)):
Farmers who want a stable income (P,E), policy makers who can change the laws/rules (P, E), environmental agencies worried about the impact of fungicides (I, E), public... -
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Thanks - looking forward to looking deeper into the TDR process!
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Jasper Wubs replied to Jasper Wubs
Thanks - Habermas, another great author that has to go on my reading list! So in practical terms for a TDR project, how do you decide if the social learning has led you to an 'working-definition' of what the common good is in the context of the projects subject matter?
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Jasper Wubs replied to Jasper Wubs
@StephanRist thank you! I fully agree, the default ought to be state orientation towards to public good and I think it often is that way in practise too, but clearly not always. A follow up question, I see you have argued here and elsewhere against the ills of capitalist societies as we see them today. As a private citizen I agree with you, but I wonder is...
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Thanks for the feedback! I think he was referring to NGOs in general the (he joked there was a 1:1 NGO:people ratio there). Ah status I hadn't thought off, but yes we have it here too provided we migrate to cool location like Switzerland... ;)
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A question based on an observation. I recently talked to a colleague who has briefly worked in west Nepal in the early 2000s, and he mentioned that he met many people who dont farm anymore. He says they claimed that they have 'lost the knowledge' to farm. He found that questionable since some basic farming is not that hard (in terms of knowledge) and he...
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The emancipatory TDR approach with a long term focus on the common good seems valuable. Two questions however. 1) who is competent to evaluate the common good when perspectives (among countries, groups of people) clash? 2) you say the state (policies) are by defninition grared towards maximizing the common good. This may be true in principle, but de facto I...
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The current debate in Europe about multifunctional land use (for agriculture and nature/biodiversity) comes is a good example. There are widely different perspectives on the extend to which these land use goals should be mixed across landscapes (land sharing vs land sparing), processes operating at different spatio-temporal scales (production, dispersal,...
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Thanks, very interesting! - following that distinction my initial intuition would be to classify antimicrobials as a commons, as overuse leads effectively to the destruction of this resource (i.e. in the limit the microbes become resistant and the drug has become useless). What makes you say antimicrobials could also be a public good that cannot be overused?...
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What is SCP? Do you mean AMR?
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I would argue the 'clash of different perspectives' is most important, as many of the other traits contribute to this phenomenon. e.g. issues that play out globally are more likely to involve people with different backgrounds, values and perspectives that may clash. If solutions to new/changing issues are needed fast, different people will come up with...
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To me this is a highly interesting global case. I am wondering, however, has it already been established that the dynamics in fact play out as a tragedy of the commons? I haven't yet read the book (Governing the Commons), but I understood that Elinor Ostrom set out a list of criteria that determine whether or not a common resource is likely to be exploited in...
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I joined this course to better understand what TDR means. I was trained rather disciplinary (plant & soil ecologist), but have for a long time realized the need to engage with other disciplines and actors to arrive at research to address difficult societal problems. This is far from easy, partly due to the different goals and languages these groups have, I...
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Problem: planned use of pesticides in agriculture to insure yield/income. Various diseases do not pose problems in every year, or only on some farms and several key pesticides are suspected of large negative impacts on human and environmental health. Some consider current testing procedures for agrochemicals insufficient (e.g. due to interactive effects among...
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Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to interacting!
