Source
doi:10.5751/ES-08048-200439 — original publication (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Context: thesis · permaculture movement demographics (traces the LIT_012 claim)
Summary
A peer-reviewed survey of participation in the international permaculture movement. It is the primary study behind the “predominantly White, higher-income, higher-education” demographics claim the corpus previously carried only via LIT_012 (a Masters thesis). It resolves permaculture-lineage question 4: the demographics claim is traceable and holds.
Key claims
- claim: "In the international permaculture movement sampled, participation by race showed a 'white supermajority (96%)', while participation of women was at or above parity ('53%'). Race, gender, and socioeconomic status each shape participation in distinct ways and interact with structural factors (national inequality, ecosystem vitality). [verified verbatim against the retrieved full text]"
source_location: "Abstract + Results (multivariate regression on socio-demographic factors)."Thesis use
- Q4 verdict: CONFIRMED and TRACEABLE. LIT_012’s “predominantly White/Caucasian, moderate-high income, high education” is a faithful summary of this peer-reviewed OA survey (96% white supermajority). The thesis can now cite the demographics to its primary (LIT_134) rather than via the Masters thesis.
- Important distinction (the crux of the lineage question): this is the demographics of the organised Western permaculture movement, NOT a statement about the knowledge lineage. The knowledge is indigenous-derived (LIT_133); the modern movement that practises it in organised form is predominantly white. The two are not contradictory, and conflating them would be a misreading.
Research targets
No new research targets.
Connections
Links to
Sources (1): LIT_133
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