Vocabulario global y divisiones regionales: representaciones de la crisis medioambiental de jóvenes adultos en Irlanda y Uruguay
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Una triple crisis ambiental marca el siglo actual: las emergencias climáticas, de biodiversidad y de contaminación desafían a las sociedades de todo el mundo y requieren un diálogo global. En consecuencia, parece valioso evaluar a través de estratos internacionales si los adultos jóvenes que viven en diferentes regiones comparten representaciones sociales de la crisis ambiental. Basado en hallazgos de 16 grupos de discusión realizados en Irlanda y Uruguay, con un total de 109 participantes, el objetivo principal de este artículo es descubrir y comparar entre países: cuáles son los problemas ambientales que siguen siendo cruciales para los jóvenes ciudadanos de diversos orígenes y afiliaciones; cómo se articulan las preocupaciones ambientales coincidentes en cada país; y cómo se perciben los factores estructurales que estarían siendo la clave de un sistema ambientalmente insostenible. Dejando aparte el caso del cambio climático, los principales hallazgos apuntan a temas compartidos de preocupación, como la generación y disposición de residuos o la producción y el consumo de alimentos, con representaciones sociales contrastantes de sus significados entre las dos regiones, lo que arroja luz sobre cómo el riesgo ambiental se construye socialmente en diálogo con el contexto a pesar de las tendencias discursivas globales, en una era altamente mediatizada y glocal. A diferencia de los estudios centrados en estudiantes universitarios, el artículo ofrece un enfoque cualitativo sobre las percepciones de adultos jóvenes de diversos perfiles en ambos países.
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Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
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Irish Research Council
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