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19.12.19, 15:59
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309132515623368
Glaciers, gender, and science: A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research
Mark Carey, M Jackson, Alessandro Antonello and Jaclyn Rushing University of Oregon, USA
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