Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene
In the last two decades, the concept of ecological citizenship has become a recurrent theme in both popular and academic discussions. Discussions around the prospects of, and limitations to, ecological citizenship have mostly focused on the idea of political agency and the civic responsibility of in...
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| author | Cagdas Dedeoglu Cansu E. Dedeoglu |
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| description | In the last two decades, the concept of ecological citizenship has become a recurrent theme in both popular and academic discussions. Discussions around the prospects of, and limitations to, ecological citizenship have mostly focused on the idea of political agency and the civic responsibility of individuals in relation to their environments, with an emphasis on environmental justice and sustainability. However, the current scholarship has yet to adequately characterize its conceptual bases and empirical applications from an information perspective. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of citizenship studies and infrastructure studies for developing more nuanced understanding(s) of epistemological models for ecological citizenship in our networked world. Drawing on the literature on information infrastructure, this paper then proposes a conceptual framework to understand ecological citizenship as constituted both discursively and techno-materially through neoliberal, anthropocentric informational infrastructures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46e2f71e0734472b8923a581f495cf182022-12-21T23:54:22ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602020-01-0191310.3390/socsci9010003socsci9010003Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the AnthropoceneCagdas Dedeoglu0Cansu E. Dedeoglu1The Center for Critical Research on Religion, Newton, MA 02458, USAFaculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G6, CanadaIn the last two decades, the concept of ecological citizenship has become a recurrent theme in both popular and academic discussions. Discussions around the prospects of, and limitations to, ecological citizenship have mostly focused on the idea of political agency and the civic responsibility of individuals in relation to their environments, with an emphasis on environmental justice and sustainability. However, the current scholarship has yet to adequately characterize its conceptual bases and empirical applications from an information perspective. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of citizenship studies and infrastructure studies for developing more nuanced understanding(s) of epistemological models for ecological citizenship in our networked world. Drawing on the literature on information infrastructure, this paper then proposes a conceptual framework to understand ecological citizenship as constituted both discursively and techno-materially through neoliberal, anthropocentric informational infrastructures.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/1/3anthropoceneecological citizenshipinformation infrastructureinfrastructural imaginationknowledge productionneoliberalismpauline ideal |
| spellingShingle | Cagdas Dedeoglu Cansu E. Dedeoglu Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene Social Sciences anthropocene ecological citizenship information infrastructure infrastructural imagination knowledge production neoliberalism pauline ideal |
| title | Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene |
| title_full | Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene |
| title_fullStr | Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene |
| title_short | Information Infrastructures and the Future of Ecological Citizenship in the Anthropocene |
| title_sort | information infrastructures and the future of ecological citizenship in the anthropocene |
| topic | anthropocene ecological citizenship information infrastructure infrastructural imagination knowledge production neoliberalism pauline ideal |
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