Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais / Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies (e-ISSN: 2183-0886 | ISSN: 2184-0458) is a thematic journal of the area of Cultural Studies. Published since 2013 in the OJS system, this journal has a rigorous scientific arbitration system and is published in Portuguese and English twice a year. From 2013 to 2016, was published by the University of Minho and Aveiro, in conjunction with the Doctoral Program in Cultural Studies. From 2017 onwards it is published exclusively by the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho. The editorial board of Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais / Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies integrates renowned specialists in Cultural Studies from all over the world.
Alice Balbé, Edson Capoano & Alejandro Barranquero
11(1) | 2024 | CECS
ISSN:2184-0458
Climate change is one of the foremost global challenges. It is global because shifts in climate patterns impact people differently, but ultimately, everyone will be affected. Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including the sixth assessment (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023), underscore the interplay between geographical location and economic, political, and socio-cultural factors. That means that factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, gender and age, which are associated with different levels of social vulnerability, influence the likelihood of suffering from the impacts of the phenomenon and complicate the ability to cope with them, highlighting the social challenges related to climate action and climate justice.
This intersection between the climate emergency and other contemporary social issues makes it ever more important to bring social and cultural challenges into public debate. Historian Dipesh Chakrabarty, a leading figure in post-colonial studies, has highlighted the distinctions and dichotomies between ‘natural’, ‘human’, planetary, and global history. He argues that for many years, the environmental issue has been largely absent from historical discourse, particularly regarding human impact on Earth’s history. In Chakrabarty’s (2021) view, these concepts are interconnected; the human condition has evolved to become increasingly planetary. According to the author, ‘planetary’ refers to the connection between the Earth’s system, species, and human society on the planet, while ‘global’ pertains to interactions, consumption, capitalism, and extractivism.
©Universidade do Minho. Todos os direitos reservados. Com apoio do FCT.
