Abstract
This study engages with key scholarship from geography, philosophy, and the environmental humanities to explore the shifting discussions on ontological politics across various humanities disciplines. Drawing upon research within the field of Communication, this poster works to question how geographic conceptions of space and place work to inform theories of political organizing working across ontological divides. This work is driven by the following questions: How have theoretical discussions of ontological politics understood a political ‘body’ and what are the implications of this understanding? How can geographical notions of ontology better account for space and place in political organizing? Lastly, how might the environmental humanities better articulate agentic capacity to account for these ontologies? In working to answer these questions, this session aims to inform research within the environmental humanities as we extend scholarship beyond disciplinary boundaries of thought.
Presenters
Taylor JacksonPhD student, Dept. of Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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KEYWORDS
Space, Place, Ontology, Political Organizing
