Cultural Perspectives on Ownership: Resonances between Steward Ownership Principles and Indigenous Practices in Latin America

dc.contributor.advisorSurian, Alessio, dir.
dc.contributor.authorVogel, Vanessa
dc.coverage.spatialAMÉRICA LATINA
dc.coverage.spatialCHILEes
dc.coverage.spatialCOLOMBIAes
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-22T15:22:30Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionThis thesis explores how the principles of steward-ownership resonate with ownership models and practices of Indigenous organizations in Latin America. Rather than classifying these organizations as steward-owned, it examines shared orientations and differences through a dialogical and decolonial lens. The analysis follows five dimensions: purpose and the collective good, control and responsibility, profit and surplus logic, relationship with land and nature, and the intergenerational horizon. Using a multiple case study design, the research draws on interviews, field notes, and document analysis from three Indigenous organizations in Chile and Colombia: Küme Mogen, Mapu Lahual, and Seynekun. The findings show that although these cases do not replicate stewardownership structures, their practices resonate with its two core principles of purpose orientation and self-governance and its emphasis on long-term responsibility. The study contributes to debates on alternative ownership by presenting a context-specific, relational framework for understanding ownership, governance, and the commons.en
dc.description.abstractEsta tesis explora cómo los principios del steward-ownership resuenan con los modelos y prácticas de propiedad de organizaciones indígenas en América Latina. En lugar de clasificarlas como steward-owned, analiza orientaciones compartidas y diferencias desde una perspectiva dialógica y decolonial. El análisis sigue cinco dimensiones: propósito y bien colectivo, control y responsabilidad, lógica del excedente y las ganancias, relación con la tierra y la naturaleza, y horizonte intergeneracional. Mediante un diseño de estudio de caso múltiple, la investigación se basa en entrevistas, notas de campo y análisis documental de tres organizaciones indígenas en Chile y Colombia: Küme Mogen, Mapu Lahual y Seynekun. Los hallazgos muestran que, aunque estos casos no replican las estructuras del steward-ownership, sus prácticas resuenan con sus dos principios centrales de orientación al propósito y autogobernanza y su énfasis en la responsabilidad a largo plazo. El estudio contribuye a los debates sobre formas alternativas de propiedad al presentar un marco relacional y situado para comprender la propiedad, la gobernanza y los bienes comunes.
dc.format.extent109 p.
dc.identifier.citationVogel, Vanessa. Cultural Perspectives on Ownership: Resonances between Steward Ownership Principles and Indigenous Practices in Latin America. Padua, 2024-2025, 109 p. Thesis (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Climate Change and Diversity: Sustainable Territorial Development / Maestría en Cambio Climático, Sustentabilidad y Desarrollo). Università Degli Studi Di Padova. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale / Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador. Área de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad.es
dc.identifier.otherTC-0025
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10644/11116
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPadua, IT: Università Degli Studi Di Padova. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectORGANIZACIONES INDÍGENASes
dc.subjectGOBERNANZA COMUNITARIAes
dc.subjectPROPIEDAD DE LA TIERRAes
dc.subjectCOSMOVISIÓN INDÍGENAes
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS OWNERSHIPen
dc.tipo.spaTesis Maestría
dc.titleCultural Perspectives on Ownership: Resonances between Steward Ownership Principles and Indigenous Practices in Latin America
dc.typemasterThesis

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