About the Journal

**Academic Journal Arjé ** belongs to the Pedagogical Training area of the Pedagogical Training and Educational Technology Center (CFPTE) at the National Technical University of Costa Rica. It is a high-impact, academic electronic journal classified as a diamond open-access mega-journal, non-commercial, characterized by its multi-themed, multidisciplinary, and multi-format approach.

Its thematic coverage includes the following areas: Pedagogy, Educational Technology, Technical Education, Labor Studies, Political Economy, Sociology of Work, Political Ecology, Humanism, Energy Transition, and Environmental Management.

The objective of Academic Journal Arjé  is to promote a culture of research, interaction, artistic expression, and innovation through the publication of various sections, both informative and scientific, to provide knowledge, tools, resources, and strategies for reflection, training, and development of national and international academics.

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Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): Arjé Academic Journal (January to June, 2025)

La piña en Costa Rica – ¿producto sostenible, producción sustentable?

Pineapple production in Costa Rica as a study case for sustainability paradoxes and new approaches for solutions

This issue of the academic journal Arjé, edited by Susanne Schlünder and Dennis Wilke, examines the contradictions of the dominant sustainability paradigm, using pineapple production in Costa Rica as a case study. It brings together interdisciplinary contributions that highlight the paradoxes of sustainability and explore alternative environmental practices, such as those incorporating local knowledge in the spirit of the IPBES framework. The aim is to question the economic orientation of the concept of sustainability and to propose new perspectives and solutions. The authors, from the Universidad Técnica Nacional and the University of Osnabrück, collaborate within the framework of a DAAD-funded project on transformative research in education to protect biodiversity and livelihoods. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the issue shows how Costa Rica’s pineapple industry contradicts the country’s sustainable image, seeking to promote a broader and more critical understanding of sustainability.

Published: 2025-05-29

Editorial

  • Introduction

    Susanne Schlünder, Karoline Schmidt, Dennis Wilke
    1-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47633/d2fwry34

Publicaciones arbitradas (artículos, ensayos, revisiones bibliográficas)

  • Agrochemicals in Costa Rica’s pineapple industry: A review of environmental and human health impacts

    Phillip Gorris, Maynor Alberto Vargas Vargas
    1-26
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47633/29p6qn27

  • Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA

    Susanne Schlünder
    1-23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47633/v8kwtd85

  • Insights into community life from the "Capital of Pineapple"

    Esteban Durán-Delgado
    1-29
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47633/97bajk28

  • Commons vs. Commerce – managing water resources between pineapple production and nature conservation

    Dennis Wilke, Andrés Araya-Araya, María Fernanda Arias-Araya
    1-30
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47633/wp43k007
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