Feminist Glaciology
Mar. 8th, 2016 03:58 pmGlaciers, gender, and science
A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research
University of Oregon, USA
Mark Carey, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Email: carey@uoregon.edu
Abstract
Glaciers are key icons of climate change and global environmental change. However, the relationships among gender, science, and glaciers – particularly related to epistemological questions about the production of glaciological knowledge – remain understudied. This paper thus proposes a feminist glaciology framework with four key components: 1) knowledge producers; (2) gendered science and knowledge; (3) systems of scientific domination; and (4) alternative representations of glaciers. Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions.
http://phg.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/08/0309132515623368.abstract
Glaciers, Karl! "just and equitable science and human-ice interactions", Karl!
A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research
University of Oregon, USA
Mark Carey, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Email: carey@uoregon.edu
Abstract
Glaciers are key icons of climate change and global environmental change. However, the relationships among gender, science, and glaciers – particularly related to epistemological questions about the production of glaciological knowledge – remain understudied. This paper thus proposes a feminist glaciology framework with four key components: 1) knowledge producers; (2) gendered science and knowledge; (3) systems of scientific domination; and (4) alternative representations of glaciers. Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions.
http://phg.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/08/0309132515623368.abstract
Glaciers, Karl! "just and equitable science and human-ice interactions", Karl!