Conde, MartaOrta-Martínez, Martí2025-05-262025-05-262023Conde M, Orta-Martínez M. Activism mobilizing science revisited. In: Villamayor-Tomas S, Muradian R, editors. The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology: a companion in honour of Joan Martinez-Atelier. Cham: Springer; c2023. p. 261-70. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22566-6_229783031225659http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70484Minority groups and marginalized communities affected by extractive industries are increasingly allying with scientists to coproduce new alternative knowledge in order to challenge the data and narratives produced by the company or some state departments. Under the counter-expertise umbrella this process understood as Activism Mobilizing Science (AMS) is characterized by being driven by activists or local grassroots groups, where local and scientific knowledge are merged to coproduce new scientific knowledge. As we show through three case studies – two of uranium mines in Africa and an oil extraction case in the Peruvian Amazon – the main objective of these groups is to understand what are the negative impacts of extractive industry activities, to challenge the company’s or state’s discourse or data, and to gain legitimacy and visibility. We pose that the empowerment of these groups is as much a result of the newly coproduced knowledge as the dynamics of the AMS process itself.application/pdfengThis chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.Marginació socialMinoriesDefensors dels drets humansinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22566-6_22info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess