Sustainable Development: a polyphonic concept in constant disputes and resulting re-significations

• Autor(a) principal: Gregolin, Marcos Roberto
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Gregolin, Graciela Caroline, Wizniewsky, Jose Geraldo, Souza, Renato Santos de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica Competências Digitais para Agricultura Familiar
• Texto Completo: https://owl.tupa.unesp.br/recodaf/index.php/recodaf/article/view/160
• topic: Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Sustentabilidade; Discursos; Sustainable development; Sustainability; Speechs; Desarrollo Sostenible; Sostenibilidad; Discursos

The term "sustainable development" has gained ground in various sectors, including the business sphere; however, its usage often tends to be reductionist and overly simplistic. Therefore, the objective of the article is to problematize different conceptions of sustainable development. Methodologically, this study is characterized as an intentional literature review that starts from the notes of Caporal e Costabeber (2000), Escobar (1995) e Veiga (2006) and in the following, it expands to other authors who complement the discussion on the distinct conceptions and “voices” of sustainable development. From this review, we classify the report 'Our Common Future' as an expression of ecotechnocratic vision, as it is supported by a neoliberal ideology closely linked to capitalism and, although it references the environment, it does so in a peripheral or instrumental manner. Meanwhile, ecosocial thinking highlights the importance of solidarity, culture, ecology, and ethics. We assume that sustainable development is a polyphonic term, and in many of its uses, it reinforces a discourse of domination, exploitation, and subordination to the current socioeconomic model. Therefore, recognizing the different notions and intentions of the term is necessary to avoid its misuse, being able to use it safely and with an understanding of its origin, whatever it may be.