89 research outputs found
Ggo's dereguleren : slecht voor boer en consument, goed voor enkele multinationals
No full textAbstract: Ggo\u2019s hypothekeren de toekomst van onze landbouw, schrijven Barbara Van Dyck, Anneleen Kenis en Tomaso Ferrando. Ze brengen de veerkracht van ons voedselsysteem in het gedrang
Rethinking environmental justice: capability building, public knowledge and the struggle against traffic-related air pollution
Get PDFsponsorship: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Anneleen Kenis' work was funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). (Research Foundation Flanders (FWO))status: Published onlin
The emperor’s new clothes : COP 26 and the climate struggle
No full textDr. Kenis will share insights and reflections around the process and outcomes of the latest Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which recently concluded in Glasgow
A race against the clock? On the paradoxes of acting ‘now' in the climate struggle.
No full textsponsorship: This research has been funded by the Research Foundation Flanders and was conducted during a visiting scholarship with Professor Mike Hulme at the Department of Geography of the University of Cambridge. I thank the members of the Climate Change Reading Group and the participants of the seminar where I presented a draft version of this paper, for the fruitful discussion. Most thanks go, of course, to the coauthors and editors of this special issue, for the inspiring collaboration while trying not to run out of time. All potential mistakes or other problems with the article are the sole responsibility of the author. (Research Foundation Flanders)status: Publishe
The Modern Slavery-Climate Change Nexus: Resurrecting Environmental Determinism, Reinforcing Saviourism and Absolving the West
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Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.The modern slavery-climate change nexus is emerging as a trendy topic. It combines two powerful consensus narratives, modern slavery and climate change, and has been uncritically embraced by scholars, charities, campaigners and corporations. In this article, we argue that rather than representing an exciting advancement in society–environment scholarship, the modern slavery-climate change nexus resurrects the long-discredited theory of environmental determinism. It absolves the West of its historical responsibilities for labour exploitation and environmental destruction, from which it continues to benefit, while shifting the burden of action to the global majority. By doing that, it provides Western states, corporations and even academics with a convenient storyline which allows them to reinforce neoliberal agendas whilst positioning themselves as saviours, and corporations to continue exploitative practices whilst presenting as ethical
Post-politics contested: Why multiple voices on climate change do not equal politicisation
Get PDF© The Author(s) 2018. Contemporary discourses on climate change have been analysed as profoundly depoliticised. At the same time, this post-political thesis has been challenged for not taking the multiplicity of voices and actually existing forms of contestation into account. In this paper, I investigate the tension between these two positions and show that the existence of diverging voices and environmental struggles does not disprove the post-political thesis as such. I do this both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. Theoretically, the paper presents a rereading of post-foundational theory and its implications for dealing with climate change. Empirically, the paper is based on activist research in the Transition Towns and Climate Justice Action movements, which have variably been depicted as profoundly political and depoliticised. The paper argues that it is often overlooked that it is on the level of discourse or representation that the diagnosis of post-politics should be made. It is not reality as such which is post-political, but the way reality is portrayed and thereby constructed. On this basis, I argue that post-politics is a real problem for climate movements and that the attempt to overcome it is not only a necessity but also a profound challenge for them.status: Published onlin
Virtual Presenting
No full textIn this episode of the BAJ (British Academy of Jewellery) Podcast: Lockdown Series, BAJ discusses creative ways to keep exhibiting and promoting jewellery in times of lockdown, in conversation with Anneleen Swillen, author of the PhD entitled, ‘‘THIS PLAY: An artistic research on the interactions between jewellery and presentation,’ at the PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt and Hasselt University. Sofie Boons hosts.
As professionals in the jewellery industry have been forced to break with their usual routines, BAJ has been looking at the alternative ways in which jewellers can continue working. And what better time than now to discuss them? In our dedicated Lockdown podcast series, BAJ and guests will cover a range of topics providing insights those in the jewellery field navigating this difficult time
Virtual Presenting
No full textIn this episode of the BAJ (British Academy of Jewellery) Podcast: Lockdown Series, BAJ discusses creative ways to keep exhibiting and promoting jewellery in times of lockdown, in conversation with Anneleen Swillen, author of the PhD entitled, ‘‘THIS PLAY: An artistic research on the interactions between jewellery and presentation,’ at the PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt and Hasselt University. Sofie Boons hosts.
As professionals in the jewellery industry have been forced to break with their usual routines, BAJ has been looking at the alternative ways in which jewellers can continue working. And what better time than now to discuss them? In our dedicated Lockdown podcast series, BAJ and guests will cover a range of topics providing insights those in the jewellery field navigating this difficult time
Ecological Citizenship and Democracy: Communitarian versus Agonistic Perspectives
Get PDFGrassroots environmental movements have recently started to question the focus on sustainable consumption as a main strategy to tackle climate change. They prefer to address individuals as citizens rather than as consumers, and focus on collective rather than individual change. Two prominent movements in this regard are Transition Towns and Climate Justice Action. While both movements criticise conventional approaches, they put forward entirely different strategies for what has to happen instead. Based on extensive qualitative research, I analyse how these movements manifest themselves in Flanders (Belgium). The focus is on their different accounts of how and why collective practices have to be built, and the place they attribute to âthe politicalâ in this. The analysis reveals the existence of two different forms of ecological citizenship: one communitarian, the other agonistic.status: Publishe
Just air? Spatial injustices and the politicisation of air pollution
Get PDFsponsorship: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The work of the first author was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). (Research Foundation Flanders (FWO))status: Publishe
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