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

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

• Arora Jonsson, Seema

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• González Hidalgo, Marien

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

Naturupplevelser och hälsa

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG5 Jämställdhet
SDG10 Minska ojämlikhet
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald

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