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- Bylund, Linus, 1980, et al.
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‘We must urgently learn to live differently’: the biopolitics of ESD for 2030
- 2022
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In: Environmental Education Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1350-4622 .- 1469-5871. ; 28:1, s. 40-55
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Recently, the new global policy framework for implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) – ESD for 2030 – was launched officially. Drawing on Foucauldian theory, this paper explores biopolitical elements in ESD for 2030. The paper contributes to previous research on ESD policy by employing a biopolitical perspective, and by highlighting problematic aspects of the framework’s will to include and to adapt to different contexts. The analysis brings attention to the framework’s notions of life and to how different human populations are separated. Furthermore, the analysis of the framework demonstrates how notions of transformative pedagogy, community, and the individual, assume the functions of biopolitical techniques. The findings point to a biopolitical differentiation where rich and poor populations are assumed to need different educational interventions, adapted to their socio-economic contexts, in the global educational policy quest for sustainable development. Ultimately, we consider the potential of Foucauldian ethics as an affirmative alternative to the current mode of biopolitical differentiation in global ESD policy
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- Hellberg, Sofie, 1979, et al.
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Governmentalities of automobility in times of climate change: competing logics of circulation and imaginaries of the (im)possible
- 2024
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In: Mobilities. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1745-0101 .- 1745-011X.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- If we are to achieve climate change targets, transport systems need to transform. This article is concerned with the prospects of challenging the regime of automobility in urban areas. It employs a governmentality framework, alongside theories of automobility, in order to analyse mobility governmentalities in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg is an interesting case in the context of reducing car use given its identity as a ‘car city.’ Despite this, Gothenburg has high ambitions in terms of reducing car traffic. Reaching these goals are however associated with challenges: prognoses predict a continued increase in car traffic, and political acceptance is viewed as an obstacle. The article’s findings are based on semi-structured interviews with public officials and stakeholders, zooming in on (1) conflicting spatialities and temporalities (2) competing logics of circulation and pace and (3) mobility imaginaries of the (im)possible. We argue that while there are new logics entering urban mobility governmentalities as an effect of the climate transition, their possibilities to affect material change are confined because the movement and circulation of ‘people and things,’ ultimately represented by the private car, are closely tied to the way that freedom is exercised, understood and manifested in contemporary liberal societies.
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- Hellberg, Sofie, 1979, et al.
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Minskad biltrafik – en förutsättning för stadens klimatomställning
- 2024
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In: Fem perspektiv på stadens omställning.
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Dagens förhållningssätt till bilen som transportmedel och rädsla för medborgarnas missnöje gör det svårt att minska biltrafiken i staden. Det visar vår studie av Göteborgs Stad, där omställningen i praktiken går långsamt trots ambitiösa mål. För att nå klimatmålen krävs åtgärder som vågar omordna hierarkier i stadens transportsystem.
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- Knutsson, Beniamin, 1974, et al.
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Ways to go? (Un)sustainable school commuting in Majorna, Gothenburg city
- 2023
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In: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1946-3138 .- 1946-3146. ; 15:1, s. 48-62
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Gothenburg city has bold ambitions of becoming carbon neutral. School commuting is one piece of the puzzle in reducing emissions. While the literature on school transportation is extensive, the issue of climate change has been overlooked. This article explores how parents in the district of Majorna understand mundane choices of school transportation in a context of increasing recognition of climate change. The article shows that school transport is a contentious issue, entangled with subjectivity, emotions, and notions of responsibility. The findings also highlight some complexities: (1) Although most parents are concerned with climate change it is not a significant factor in daily transportation. (2) There is a discourse in favour of active transportation where climate change is explicitly downplayed, on the other hand regular car use merges with deep climate concerns. (3) Informants’ anticipations of future urban traffic conflict with their hopes, yet it seems difficult to imagine something otherwise.
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