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Feminist Digital Natures
Topics: Feminist Geographies
, Digital Geographies
, Cultural and Political Ecology
Keywords: gender, feminist political ecology, nature 2.0 Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract Day: Tuesday Session Start / End Time: 3/1/2022 05:20 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 3/1/2022 06:40 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) Room: Virtual 61
Authors:
Roberta Hawkins, University of Guelph
Ingrid L Nelson, The University of Vermont
Leah Govia, University of Guelph
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Abstract
In this presentation we propose a research agenda to elaborate the concept of feminist digital natures (FDN). To demonstrate how we see FDN fitting within existing scholarly efforts, we review key strengths and omissions in three overlapping sub-fields where we see the potential for productive discussions, new questions and empirical work: 1) feminist digital geographies (FDG), digital natures (DN), and feminist political ecology (FPE). We offer specific and grounded examples of topics and questions that scholars might pursue through an FDN approach. We encourage sustained, collaborative and critical attention to the uneven consequences and political terrain of understanding natures as increasingly digitally monitored, managed, manipulated and represented. We can and should take these digital relations seriously, and we might benefit from new creative conversations across our areas of inquiry and action.