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Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice

The Standpoint of the Vulnerable

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Tina Sikka

    1. Media and Cultural Studies, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  • Studies Geoengineering from a uniquely feminist perspective
  • Focuses on Climate Change at a pivotal point in ecological history
  • Examines the social justice element of renewable energy

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 1-13

  3. Geoengineering

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 15-44

  4. FCE and Empirical Adequacy

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 45-69

  5. Ontological Heterogeneity

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 71-87

  6. Novelty

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 89-99

  7. Mutuality of Interaction

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 101-111

  8. Diffusion of Power

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 113-126

  9. Applicability to Human Needs

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 127-143

  10. Conclusion

    • Tina Sikka
    Pages 145-155
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About this book

This book is the first to undertake a gendered analysis of geoengineering and alternative energy sources. Are either of these technologies sufficiently attendant to gender issues? Do they incorporate feminist values as articulated by the renowned social philosopher Helen Longino, such as empirical adequacy, novelty, heterogeneity, complexity and applicability to human needs? The overarching argument in this book contends that, while mitigation strategies like solar and wind energy go much further to meet feminist objectives and virtues, geoengineering is not consistent with the values of justice as articulated in Longino's feminist approach to science. This book provides a novel, feminist argument in support of pursuing alternative energy in the place of geoengineering. It provides an invaluable contribution for academics and students working in the areas of gender, science and climate change as well as policy makers interested in innovative ways of taking up climate change mitigation and gender.

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“Science, even the physical sciences, is value-laden. This feminist insight epitomizes the approach to examining geoengineering discourse in this brief volume. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals.” (S. E. Wiegand, Choice, Vol. 56 (11), July, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Media and Cultural Studies, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Tina Sikka

About the author

Dr. Tina Sikka is currently a Lecturer in Media and Culture at Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Sikka received her MA in Mass Communication from Carleton University in 2004 and her PhD. in Communication and Culture from York University in 2008. In 2012, she completed a 2-year SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University. In this position, Dr. Sikka worked on an interdisciplinary project applying feminist, critical STS, social justice and risk communication approaches to the study of climate change and climate engineering technologies. She has published extensively on the importance of democratizing technological design as it relates to sustainable energy and climate mitigating technologies in such noted journals as Technology in Society, Communication Review and Critical Discourse Studies.  Dr. Sikka has also published extensively on the subjects of Continental social and political philosophy, political discourse analysis, network neutrality and is currently working on several projects that examine  science and politics of food.

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