TY - JOUR
T1 - Intersectionality & Climate Justice
T2 - A call for synergy in climate change scholarship
AU - Mikulewicz, Michael
AU - Caretta, Martina Angela
AU - Sultana, Farhana
AU - J. W. Crawford, Neil
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In this intervention, we call for extending the critical lens of intersectionality to the field of climate justice. We do so by identifying the theoretical and methodological links through which intersectionality can benefit climate change studies. These include common roots in radical theory, a focus on marginalized populations, challenging dominant epistemologies and ontologies, similar strategies for pursuing social justice, de-emphasizing of positivist methodologies, while at the same time deploying similar research methods, embracing cross-scalar and spatio-temporal analysis, and strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity and cross-sectoral alliances. We conclude with a number of potential questions to inform future research on these linkages and to encourage fellow scholars to consider what we see as an indispensable theoretical and methodological synergy of intersectionality and climate justice for a more equitable present and future.
AB - In this intervention, we call for extending the critical lens of intersectionality to the field of climate justice. We do so by identifying the theoretical and methodological links through which intersectionality can benefit climate change studies. These include common roots in radical theory, a focus on marginalized populations, challenging dominant epistemologies and ontologies, similar strategies for pursuing social justice, de-emphasizing of positivist methodologies, while at the same time deploying similar research methods, embracing cross-scalar and spatio-temporal analysis, and strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity and cross-sectoral alliances. We conclude with a number of potential questions to inform future research on these linkages and to encourage fellow scholars to consider what we see as an indispensable theoretical and methodological synergy of intersectionality and climate justice for a more equitable present and future.
KW - climate activism
KW - climate change
KW - climate justice
KW - climate politics
KW - Intersectionality
KW - social justice
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U2 - 10.1080/09644016.2023.2172869
DO - 10.1080/09644016.2023.2172869
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148449194
SN - 0964-4016
VL - 32
SP - 1275
EP - 1286
JO - Environmental Politics
JF - Environmental Politics
IS - 7
ER -