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Académicos como Activistas: Construyendo puentesy defendiendo los derechos humanos y de la naturaleza

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doi:10.32719/29536782.2026.9.4

Authors

Leo Ziegel · María Fernanda Solíz Torres

Reported year

2026

Reported language

en · und

Source type

journal-article

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2026-11-09T19:04:47.500421+00:00

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2026-11-10T02:04:14.607633+00:00

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Institutions reported by the source

Karolinska Institutet · Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador

Reported affiliation countries

EC · SE

Documentary abstract — original language

Este artículo explora el papel de la academia como activista en la defensa de los derechos humanos y los derechos de la naturaleza. Analiza cómo la investigación comprometida puede contribuir a las luchas territoriales y la justicia ecológica, a partir de tres estudios de caso en Ecuador: la incineración de residuos en Llano Grande, las familias de recicladores informales en Portoviejo y el conflicto por la extracción de petróleo en la Amazonía. Mediante metodologías basadas en la epidemiología participativa y la sistematización a largo plazo de colaboraciones entre la comunidad y la academia, el análisis muestra cómo los proyectos extractivistas generan daños físicos y devastación ecológica. A su vez, los estudios de caso ilustran cómo el activismo académico puede fortalecer la resistencia, generar evidencia para la justicia y coproducir estrategias de protección con las comunidades. La discusión sitúa estos hallazgos dentro de la investigación crítica latinoamericana sobre la determinación social de la salud, los derechos de la naturaleza y las epistemologías de la praxis. Concluimos que la defensa de la salud es inseparable de la defensa del territorio, y que el activismo académico no es opcional, sino un imperativo ético para las universidades en tiempos de crisis planetaria. This article explores the role of academics as activists in defending human rights and the rights of nature. It asks how engaged scholarship can contribute to territorial struggles and ecological justice, drawing on three case studies from Ecuador: waste incineration in Llano Grande, waste-picker families in Portoviejo, and the Amazon oil extraction conflict. Using methodologies rooted in participatory epidemiology and long-term systematizations of community–academic collaborations, the analysis shows how extractivist projects generate embodied harm and ecological devastation. At the same time, the case studies illustrate how academic activism can strengthen resistance, generate evidence for justice, and co-produce protective strategies with communities. The discussion situates these findings within Latin American critical scholarship on the social determination of health, rights of nature, and epistemologies of praxis. We conclude that defending health is inseparable from defending territory, and that academic activism is not optional but an ethical imperative for universities in times of planetary crisis.

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DOI

10.32719/29536782.2026.9.4

OPENALEX

W7118160668

HANDLE

10644/10871

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OAI

oai:repositorio.uasb.edu.ec:10644/10871

ISSN

2953-6782

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Scholarship

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Article · article · journal-article

Source jurisdiction labels

Ecuador

Publishers

Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar

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• DOI · https://doi.org/10.32719/29536782.2026.9.4
• Handle · https://hdl.handle.net/10644/10871
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