Considering time in climate justice

Abstract

Abstract. Time shapes every single human–environment relationship and is inherent in 21st-century global challenges such as climate change and the urgent move towards global sustainability. Nonetheless, the concept of time is still insufficiently addressed in climate justice debates. This paper aims to help fill this gap by presenting empirical results about experiences of climate change in farming communities in Tamil Nadu, South India, and fishing communities on the Lofoten Islands, Norway. With the help of the five dimensions of affectedness, rhythms and rituals, slow motion, care, and health and well-being, it exemplifies how time matters to issues of climate injustices faced by the communities. The paper promotes a qualitative understanding of time and climate change. Thereby, it may stimulate greater relatability to climate change, as well as discussion likely to lead to conceptual advances.

Using the draw and tell method with adolescents as part of an interpretive descriptive study

“…Stemming from the ontology of relativism is the epistemology of interpretivism. The interpretivist recognises that knowledge is socially constructed (Billsberry et al ., 2019; Bopp and Bercht, 2021). It is their role to explore human perspectives and interpret how others view the world; this, according to the interpretivist, is how scientific knowledge is produced (Bopp and Bercht, 2021; Creswell and Poth, 2017).…”

“…The interpretivist recognises that knowledge is socially constructed (Billsberry et al ., 2019; Bopp and Bercht, 2021). It is their role to explore human perspectives and interpret how others view the world; this, according to the interpretivist, is how scientific knowledge is produced (Bopp and Bercht, 2021; Creswell and Poth, 2017). Developing a heightened awareness of the subjective nature of knowledge was beneficial when exploring adolescents' perceptions of mental health services.…”

Umweltgerechtigkeit und sozialökologische Transformation

“…Welche Auswirkungen diese Veränderungen auf Individuen haben, wird wiederum durch deren Lebenstemporalitäten, wie z.B. Rituale, beeinflusst(Bopp/Bercht 2021). Ein maßgebendes Konzept ist in diesem Kontext »slow violence«(Nixon 2011: 2), eine Form von »Gewalt, die allmählich und unbemerkt auftritt, eine Gewalt der verzögerten Zerstörung, die über Zeit und Raum verstreut ist«, und damit über lange und getrennte Zeiträume auftretende Ungerechtigkeiten beschreibbar macht(Nixon 2011: 2).Zeit ist darüber hinaus in Form von Generationengerechtigkeit ein prominentes Element von Klimagerechtigkeitsdiskursen(Walker 2019).…”