Miriam Lang works as an associate professor for Environmental and Sustainability Studies at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador. Her research focuses on development critique, systemic alternatives and the territorial implementation of Buen Vivir. She holds a PhD in sociology and a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the Free University in Berlin. She combines decolonial and feminist perspectives with political economy and political ecology. She collaborates with the Latin American Permanent Working Group on Alternatives to Development and with internationalist, feminist, ecologist and anti-racist social movements. The book “Beyond Development – Alternative visions from Latin America” which she co-edited (2013) has been translated into nine languages.
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Publicado no/na: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movementIn a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Publicado no/na: democraciaAbiertaO Equador volta a colocar a natureza acima dos interesses capitalistasOs equatorianos mostraram que querem uma política econômica que coloque a vida acima dos imperativos do mercado global.
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Publicado no/na: democraciaAbiertaEcuador vuelve a poner en primer plano los derechos de la naturaleza
Tras los resultados electorales en Ecuador, es urgente un cambio de fondo en la política económica, que sitúe los...
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Publicado no/na: democraciaAbiertaLa necesaria audacia en tiempos de coronavirusUna visión ecuatoriana sobre el capitalismo, el coronavirus y los caminos para evitar el colapso.
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Publicado no/na: democraciaAbiertaAudacity is necessary in Ecuador
In Ecuador the time has come to undertake audacious changes, collectively, amid grief, uncertainty and fear brought...