Values shift in response to social learning through deliberation about protected areas |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;2. University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;3. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada;4. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, 104 George Huff Hall, 1206 S 4th St, 1206 S 4th St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA;5. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain;6. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen, Germany;7. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Berliner Str. 130, 14467 Potsdam, Germany;8. Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada;9. Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Finland;10. Ecosystems and Environment Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland;11. Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Finland;12. Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Salient, long-term solutions to address global environmental change hinge on management strategies that are inclusive of local voices and that recognize the array of values held by surrounding communities. Group-based participatory processes that involve deliberation of multiple stakeholders with varying perspectives—particularly social learning—hold promise to advance inclusive conservation by identifying and creating a shared understanding of the landscape. However, few studies have empirically investigated how the value basis of stakeholder deliberation changes over time in relation to social learning. This study provided a novel platform for local stakeholders from Interior Alaska to deliberate on landscape change and associated management practices in ways that shifted their value orientations. In particular, we used a pre-test, post-test experimental design involving mixed methods to measure how different types of values changed as a result of social learning through an online discussion forum. We found evidence that social learning: 1) activated shared values that were previously hidden through building a relational understanding of others, and 2) shifted values that spanned three levels of psychological stability. As hypothesized, social values that represented expressed preferences for landscape change were most likely to shift in association with social learning. Conversely, shifts in individual values towards self-transcendence required learning to go beyond the discussion forum and be situated within the participants’ broader communities of practice. Overall, this longitudinal study highlights how social learning facilitated through deliberation presents opportunities to identify shared values and spark value shifts across stakeholder groups, thus incorporating diverse viewpoints into decision-making about global environmental change. |
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| Keywords: | Social learning Values Deliberation Inclusive conservation |
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