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SUMMARY:The trouble with relational values - Rogelio Luque Lora (Universit
 y of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Fleur Nash
DESCRIPTION:By combining geographical and philosophical analysis with ethn
 ographic fieldwork in Wallmapu/Chile\, this talk argues that recent schola
 rship on relational values suffers from several important problems. When d
 efined\, as is common in the literature\, as preferences\, principles and 
 virtues associated with relationships\, relational values cannot be meanin
 gfully contrasted with instrumental\, intrinsic and held values. To be abl
 e to argue that there exists a distinct class of relational values\, those
  who have defended the term have been forced to silence or downplay the re
 lational character of these other kinds of values. By analysing a variety 
 of ways in which Mapuche people think about\, value and behave toward the 
 land\, this paper demonstrates that relationality inheres a multitude of v
 alues\, from broad ideals (held values) to the notions and practices invol
 ved in obtaining instrumental value from living beings. While proponents o
 f the framework (broadly adopted by the IPBES) claim that relational value
 s are the key to decolonial and pluralistic forms of environmental valuati
 on\, in fact the opposite is true: by downplaying and silencing the relati
 onality inherent in other kinds of values\, the relational values framewor
 k risks doing epistemic and political violence to non-Western cultures. Ra
 ther than confining relationality to a distinct class of values\, I recomm
 end an attitude of openness to the relational qualities of all values and\
 , potentially\, all entities.  
LOCATION:Delivered online via Zoom
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