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Short Abstract:
Submissions are invited to explore the potential of contemporary forms of connection -between state/non-state actors, international organisations and multilateral fora, among others- that challenge the colonial framework in which the crisis of the Anthropocene is conceived and solutions formulated.
Long Abstract:
This panel invites submissions that seek to advance decolonial perspectives within the conference theme of rethinking connection and agency for development in the Anthropocene.
While multilateral negotiations under the UNFCCC have been limited in their scope and achievements by North-South divisions, decades of ‘sustainable development’ have left the colonial logics of extraction and exploitation largely intact. Papers are invited to explore the potential of contemporary forms of connection and collaboration - by state and non-state actors, international organisations and multilateral fora, among others - that challenge the colonial frameworks in which the crisis of the Anthropocene is conceived and solutions are formulated.
Addressing the crisis of the Anthropocene also requires addressing an ontological crisis in the colonial and anthropocentric conception of agency that has separated humans from nature and that continues to inform development policies and practices. Papers are also therefore invited to explore the potential of ‘biocentric’ perspectives - such as those articulated by indigenous peoples and in recent attempts to recognise the ‘rights of nature’ - in rethinking and recentring the place of the environment within contemporary theories and practices of development.
Selected papers will be invited to contribute to a journal special issue on the theme of exploring decolonial perspectives on the Anthropocene.