Southern Green Cultural Criminology and Environmental Crime Prevention: Representations of Nature Within Four Colombian Indigenous Communities

• DOI: 10.1007/s10612-021-09582-0
• Publication Date: 2021-07-19T01:02:30Z
• Authors: David Rodríguez G...; Mireya Astroina A...; Pablo Baicué; Angie Cuchimba; Deisy Tatiana Ram...; Ragnhild Sollund; Nigel South; Tanya Wyatt
• Keywords: Anthropocentrism; Environmental Justice; Environmental crime; Green criminology; Exploratory research; Environmental sociology

Abstract This exploratory study develops a “southern green cultural criminology” approach to the prevention of environmental harms and crimes. The main aim is understand differing representations nature, including wildlife, present within four Colombian Indigenous communities evaluate whether they encourage environmentally friendly human interactions with natural world, if so, how. draws on primary data gathered by authors (peer researchers) this article via set interviews representatives these communities. We argue that cosmologies live signal practical ways achieving ecological justice challenging anthropocentrism.