• Common goods and autonomous territorial design”, was edited by the academic from Universidad Católica del Maule, Dr. Fernando de la Cuadra and by researchers Dr. Beatriz Cid from the Universidad Católica de Concepción and Eduardo Letelier from the Universidad Católica del Maule as guest editors.

From the care of ecosystems until the right to access to public services of mental health, cover the articles of “Lens of Approximation” of the new number (57) of POLIS Latin American Journal, the scientific publication edited by the Studies Center of Regional Development and Public Policies (CEDER)

In this opportunity, the issue “Common goods and autonomous territorial design”, was edited by the academic from Universidad Católica del Maule, Dr. Fernando de la Cuadra and by researchers Dr. Beatriz Cid from the Universidad Católica de Concepción and Eduardo Letelier from the Universidad Católica del Maule as guest editors.

Specifically, the articles of the “Lens of Approximation”, with themes of Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, seek to understand and problematize the exercises of communalization around certain specific economic activities such as the collective management of cultural and natural assets from the perspective of their limitations and potentialities to project beyond the local space and constitute the possibility of autonomous territorial designs.

These are: “The recovery of the non-propietary in the austral-south:  Institutional construction of coastal and marine areas of indigenous people” by Florencia Diestre and Francisco Araos (CEDER ULagos): “Plurality of meaning on the common goods: “Mapuche viewpoint towards the defense of waters”. by Martín Llancamán; “Biocultural indicators in projects of environmental control. The case of meliponiculture in Yucatan”, by Mauricio López and Miguel Pinkus; “Comunalization of the control of the socioecologic system of bioma pampa: Collective analisis of traditional breeders of Uruguay”, by Christiane Marques and Alessandra Matte; “Socio-territorial conflict: The artisan fishing as a common good in Península Valdés, Argentina” by Pia Valeria Rius and Lorena V. Álvarez; “Common goods, environmental conservation and rural economy. A case study in the national park cofre de perote, Veracruz, Mexico”, by Janett Vallejo and Juan Carlos Rodríguez; and “Solidary Economy, mental health and art / culture: Promoting the political rationality of the common goods”, by Marilia Verissimo.

For Dr. Fernando de la Cuadra, who also is member of POLIS Editorial Comitee, the issue of the magazine incites a particular interest in the researchers due to how society, in general, is in a period where the environmental threats are most compelling, positioning in serious risk – like never before in the history of planet earth- the very survival of the human species and nature.

“That is why I consider the concern for the care of the ecosystem and the natural goods (to not simply call them resources) is a problematic that intereses increasingly to more academics, scientifics, theologians, pliticians and people in general”. he said.

In this context, he affirmed that “In this moment exist many studies that address the topics asociated to this issue of the POLIS Magazine, which are the result of research programs along with diverse academic entities and of research, as well as the result of individual projects of people who have seen this subject of common goods, the community, the care of the Pachamama, the search of good living, the ecosocialism, the decrease, the praise for simple living, and the conscious consumption”

“All this are collective and individual efforts to save the planet from disaster that is on the horizon of half and even relative near future, as are demostrated due to the evident effects that have on our lives like the climate change, global warming, environmental disasters caused by extractive activities, dryness, cyclons, floods which are more recurrent, the pandemics like Covid-19 which has humanitiy in an agonizing odd”

He adds “This whole terrifying picture, requires urgent and immediate answers and I think that the interest for these topics come to support the fears we actually share as species”.

He also stated that “as we pointed out in the call for this issue, in this opportunity we wished to give account of the recognition of exercises of communalization around various economic activities, ranging from the collective management of cultural goods and mental health as a common good, as well as concern for the care of common goods such as water, watersheds, andean coastal areas, national parks, socio-ecological systems and even toponymy used by certain communities”.

Finally, the researcher highlighted “the extraordinary quality of the selected works, which left us extremely satisfied, in the sense that we can clearly see that intellectual production in our region is of enormous quality and that it is capable of collecting the various knowledge with great relevance-and i would say forceful- the different knowledge, experiences and technologies that communities have been generating to face collectively and collaboratively the challenges posed by the responsible and sustainable use of common goods, in a context in which we are constantly bombarded to make ourselves inclined to build individual exits to the civilizational crisis that is raging us today.”

News

Meanwhile, the assistant editor of POLIS, Carina Saldivia, explained that with this new edition, the magazine began to occupy its new design “and work is being done on updating the new website to be able to apply to the Scopus database.We hope that by October of this year it will be available.”

At the same time, she assured that the efficiency in the processes has been increased, which has led him to “be published in the month that has been imposed as goal; this year we were quite well in the fulfillment of the times committed to Scielo”.

Along with this, she highlighted the high call that the latest numbers have had: “They have applied a much higher number of articles than POLIS received, in general. That makes us very happy because it shows the importance of the journal in the academic world, mainly in the area of social sciences, in Chile and Latin America,” she said.

She added that, therefore, “we are a magazine where researchers want to publish; it is true that we are not yet in the top category as far as magazines in Chile are concerned, but we are on that path, and in spite of this there is a high interest in publishing in the POLIS magazine”.

Regarding the diversity of the origin of the articles, Carina commented that the magazine “has to comply with its Latin American profile; that, in addition, will allow the magazine to expand and also increase its readership both in Chile and in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world in general.”

Coming issues

As for the next editions of POLIS, number 58 entitled “What is a Political Constitution in Latin America for?”, will be edited by Gonzalo Delamaza (Section Ed.) and Claudia Heiss and Yanina Welp (Guest Editors). Will be published in January 2021

Meanwhile, issue 59, “Re-imagining diversity in academia, in times of feminist activism and pandemic”, will be edited by Jael Goldsmith Weil (Section Ed.) and Kelly Bauer (Guest Edition), and will receive articles until October 30, 2020. Will be published in May 2021

It should be noted that articles must be submitted, according to the publication instructions available athttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/revistas/polis/einstruc.htm, to revistapolis@ulagos.cl indicating the call and its issue.