Understanding feedback relationships between resources, functionings and well-being: a case study of seaweed farming and artisanal processing in Indonesia

Silva Larson; Natalie Stoeckl; Michael A Rimmer; Nicholas A Paul

doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01581-3

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Understanding feedback relationships between resources, functionings and well-being: a case study of seaweed farming and artisanal processing in Indonesia

Silva Larson, Natalie Stoeckl, Michael A Rimmer and Nicholas A Paul

Ambio, Vol.51, pp.914-925

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01581-3

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Sen’s Capability Approach is one of the most significant theoretical contributions to welfare analysis across a range of disciplines. A part of the literature argues that its conceptual linear flow—from resources to ‘functionings’, which result in well-being—potentially ignores more complex relations with the feedback loops where a single item could be viewed as having a different role by different people, in different contexts. We explore perceptions of existing feedback relationships in interviews with 74 women from nine seaweed farming villages in Indonesia, engaged in two distinct activities: seaweed farming and artisanal seaweed processing. We find that capability sets required for farming and for processing are distinct and in both cases we observe feedback loops. Several factors, notably social networks and transportation (motorbikes), were mentioned in almost all contexts indicating that not all resources are of equal ‘value’ and might yield different levels of well-being.

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Title: Understanding feedback relationships between resources, functionings and well-being: a case study of seaweed farming and artisanal processing in Indonesia
Authors: Silva Larson (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Natalie Stoeckl (Author) - University of Tasmania
Michael A Rimmer (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Nicholas A Paul (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Publication details: Ambio, Vol.51, pp.914-925
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01581-3
ISSN: 1654-7209; 0044-7447
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99533606202621
Output Type: Journal article

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