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Caring Communities for Radical Change: What Can Feminist Political Ecology Bring to Degrowth?

In: Contours of Feminist Political Ecology

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  • Stefania Barca

    (University of Santiago de Compostela)

  • Giovanna Chiro

    (Swarthmore College)

  • Wendy Harcourt

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Ilenia Iengo

    (University of Santiago de Compostela)

  • Panagiota Kotsila

    (University of Santiago de Compostela)

  • Seema Kulkarni

    (SOPPECOM)

  • Irene Leonardelli

    (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education)

  • Chizu Sato

    (Wageningen University)

Abstract

In this chapter, we share the insights of feminist political ecology (FPE) for degrowth, building from the debates on “caring communities for radical change” at the 8th International Degrowth Conference in August 2021. We discuss how FPE links to the principles of degrowth as an academic and activist movement and why it is necessary to take feminist political ecology perspectives on care and caring communities in resisting, questioning, and counteracting the structural racial, gender, and wider social inequalities that uphold and are perpetuated by growth-dependent economic systems. As we critically reflect on the experiences of paid versus unpaid, collectivised versus feminised care work, we argue that care is crucial to social and ecological reproduction in order to build just, sustainable and convivial societies.

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  • Stefania Barca & Giovanna Chiro & Wendy Harcourt & Ilenia Iengo & Panagiota Kotsila & Seema Kulkarni & Irene Leonardelli & Chizu Sato, 2023. "Caring Communities for Radical Change: What Can Feminist Political Ecology Bring to Degrowth?," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Wendy Harcourt & Ana Agostino & Rebecca Elmhirst & Marlene Gómez & Panagiota Kotsila (ed.), Contours of Feminist Political Ecology, chapter 0, pages 177-206, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-3-031-20928-4_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20928-4_8
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