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Seeing the Quiet Politics in Unquiet Woods: A Different Vantage Point for a Future Forest Agenda

Arora-Jonsson, Seema; Pierce Colfer, Carol J.; Gonzalez-Hidalgo, Marien

Sammanfattning

We address two aspects of forest lives-violence and care-that are central to forest outcomes but often invisible in mainstream discussions on forests. We argue that questions of violence and care work in forests open up debates about what forests are, who defines them, and how. We draw primarily on feminist work on forestry, violence, and care to examine the gendered nature of forest conflicts and the 'quiet politics' of resistance to violence grounded in the everyday work of care that are crucial to understanding forests and their governance. We show how varied practices of resistance to violence and injustice are grounded in cooperative action of care and are an intrinsic part of shaping and regenerating forests. We highlight the importance of close attention to seemingly mundane actions rooted in people's daily lives and experiences that shape forests.

Nyckelord

Forestry; Gender; Care; Violence; Everyday politics; Forest communities

Publicerad i

Human Ecology
2021, Volym: 49, nummer: 3, sidor: 297-308
Utgivare: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS

      SLU författare

    • Associerade SLU-program

      Naturupplevelser och hälsa

      Globala målen

      SDG15 Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald
      SDG5 Uppnå jämställdhet och alla kvinnors och flickors egenmakt
      SDG10 Minska ojämlikheten inom och mellan länder

      UKÄ forskningsämne

      Skogsvetenskap
      Genusstudier
      Globaliseringsstudier

      Publikationens identifierare

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00233-0

      Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

      https://res.slu.se/id/publ/112557