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Tag Archives: Ecological Security
Not your Earth Mama: Ecological security and the gender-minority myth
A quick skim through the syllabus and my eyes went directly to this week’s topic “Ecological Security and Feminist Environmental Security” as issues of gender have always been consciously tied to those of the earth and environment, I was interested … Continue reading
History and Stories in Environmental Security
The Parenti readings for this week showed the importance of history and seemingly-unrelated topics in Environmental Security. In discussing global climate change effects in Africa, much of Part II goes into surprising detail about Kenyan colonial history.In these chapters, while … Continue reading
Challenging and Reframing the Security Discourse
The central idea behind this week’s readings is the reframing of security discourse, including that of environmental security and ecological security. In Environmental Security, Pirages suggests that we must reframe the security paradigm in order to take into account environmental … Continue reading