Feminist and Decolonial Perspectives on Environmental Justice

Abstract

Papers in this panel forward feminist decolonial analyses of environmental (in)justice and the emerging political economies of the climate crises. Decolonial and feminist scholarship has been at the forefront of calls to move away from race and gender-blind analysis of 'mainstream' political economy; whilst (decolonial) Ecofeminists push against the boundaries of Feminist Political Economy approaches, to include not just social reproduction but also our relationships and dependency on the planet. In theoretical and methodological terms, they have also challenged Eurocentric and masculinist epistemologies and temporalities. These approaches yield deeper insights into how current inaction on environmental justice and the climate crisis are maintained. These include highlighting how racial and gender injustices are inscribed into the logics of extractivism which sustain Global North wealth and naturalised in dominant global political institutions. Exploring links between (neo)-colonialism, extraction, displacement, conflicts, gender-based violence, land-grabbing, and accumulation, papers uncover the processes that demarcate sacrifice versus fortress zones, and vulnerable peripheries versus ‘modern’ continental populations in paternalist discourses that serve Global North capitalist interests.

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Greasing the wheels of colonialism: palm oil industry in West Papua	View Paper Details
A Gender Just EU Green Deal?	View Paper Details