Point of view – nature in not a resource

Authors

  • Alvair Silveira Torres Junior Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v8i1p74-80

Keywords:

Nature, Environment, Control, Resources

Abstract

The paper argues the need to review the use of technical words in professional, secondary and university education, whose signs are loaded with historical weight and the instrumental sense of domination and control over Nature and the Human Being. The author uses the case of the word “resource” as a key to understanding how imaginaries are constructed and professional actions of exploitation and degradation are carried out based on expressions “natural resources” and “human resources” used technically and, in the end, proposes its replacement by a new word, whose meaning aligns with the sense of protagonism, agreement, agent or agency, more favorable to the new imaginary in dealing with Nature and Humanity.

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Author Biography

  • Alvair Silveira Torres Junior, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária
    Possui graduação em Tecnologia em Processos de Produção pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1985), mestrado em Administração pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1990) e doutorado em Comunicação Organizacional pela Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (2000).

Published

2024-10-21

Issue

Section

Point of view articles

How to Cite

TORRES JUNIOR, Alvair Silveira. Point of view – nature in not a resource. Revista de Graduação USP, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 8, n. 1, p. 74–80, 2024. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v8i1p74-80. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/gradmais/article/view/216542.. Acesso em: 3 dec. 2024.