“You feel small in the crisis in a way” - Climate change perceptions and sustainability in everyday life
(2022) SANK03 20221Social Anthropology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis examines how people from the Swedish middle-class experience their role in the climate crisis through their sustainable consumption and lifestyle practices. Today, consumer-fixated solutions are among the most prominent among large institutions, corporations and political unions globally. Simultaneously, policy initiatives to encourage sustainable practices have not effectively corresponded to the magnitude of climate change. Through an anthropological approach I wish to highlight how the people in the Swedish middle-class construct and identify their role in the climate crisis, in which they are both seen as a cause - and solution to climate change. Through a theoretical framework regarding barriers and framing, I argue that... (More)
- This thesis examines how people from the Swedish middle-class experience their role in the climate crisis through their sustainable consumption and lifestyle practices. Today, consumer-fixated solutions are among the most prominent among large institutions, corporations and political unions globally. Simultaneously, policy initiatives to encourage sustainable practices have not effectively corresponded to the magnitude of climate change. Through an anthropological approach I wish to highlight how the people in the Swedish middle-class construct and identify their role in the climate crisis, in which they are both seen as a cause - and solution to climate change. Through a theoretical framework regarding barriers and framing, I argue that the means of the ability for the middle-class to construct a sustainable consumption culture will be impossible. The study shows the informants ability to live sustainably are entangled in perceptions of the self and others, financial and lifestyle limitations, and desires. Furthermore, the study shows that the informant's relation to being set up to save the planet is contested by notions of not personally being at fault for climate change, but also by only participating in environmental acts on an individual level. (Less)
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- author
- Medin, Olivia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANK03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- social anthropology, individualisation, climate change, sustainable consumption, Sweden
- language
- English
- id
- 9087497
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- 2022-06-12 19:38:14
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@misc{9087497, abstract = {{This thesis examines how people from the Swedish middle-class experience their role in the climate crisis through their sustainable consumption and lifestyle practices. Today, consumer-fixated solutions are among the most prominent among large institutions, corporations and political unions globally. Simultaneously, policy initiatives to encourage sustainable practices have not effectively corresponded to the magnitude of climate change. Through an anthropological approach I wish to highlight how the people in the Swedish middle-class construct and identify their role in the climate crisis, in which they are both seen as a cause - and solution to climate change. Through a theoretical framework regarding barriers and framing, I argue that the means of the ability for the middle-class to construct a sustainable consumption culture will be impossible. The study shows the informants ability to live sustainably are entangled in perceptions of the self and others, financial and lifestyle limitations, and desires. Furthermore, the study shows that the informant's relation to being set up to save the planet is contested by notions of not personally being at fault for climate change, but also by only participating in environmental acts on an individual level.}}, author = {{Medin, Olivia}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{“You feel small in the crisis in a way” - Climate change perceptions and sustainability in everyday life}}, year = {{2022}}, }