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Why is Carbon Free Island Jeju not so carbon-free?: Exploring masculinities in discourse and material reality of a decarbonisation experiment in South Korea

Savoy, Brooke Aurora LU (2024) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20241
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Despite almost 9 years of pushing for sustainable development in the global environmental politics sphere, societies worldwide remain stuck in unsustainable energy cultures. Critical feminist analyses of gendered norms in energy systems offer a path to bring to light the structures of power that keep us stuck. Carbon Free Island Jeju 2030 was a policy experiment announced in 2012 aiming to transition to carbon-free energy and transport sectors by 2030, however, the island has not been able to reach its goals. Through a critical policy ethnography of the CFI 2030 policy, I examine masculinities embedded in it and how they have emerged in the implementation. Although both ecological and ecomodern masculinities were present, ecomodern... (More)
Despite almost 9 years of pushing for sustainable development in the global environmental politics sphere, societies worldwide remain stuck in unsustainable energy cultures. Critical feminist analyses of gendered norms in energy systems offer a path to bring to light the structures of power that keep us stuck. Carbon Free Island Jeju 2030 was a policy experiment announced in 2012 aiming to transition to carbon-free energy and transport sectors by 2030, however, the island has not been able to reach its goals. Through a critical policy ethnography of the CFI 2030 policy, I examine masculinities embedded in it and how they have emerged in the implementation. Although both ecological and ecomodern masculinities were present, ecomodern dominated. It seems a focus towards green industry growth and reliance on technological solutions has not been enough to overcome the existing dominant structures based on fossil fuels and centralised governance. (Less)
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author
Savoy, Brooke Aurora LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sustainability Science, energy, ecomodernism, feminism, East Asia
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2024:036
language
English
additional info
The fieldwork for this thesis was funded by the Right Livelihood Foundation and the Crafoord Foundation.
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9155985
date added to LUP
2024-05-31 14:35:54
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2024-05-31 14:35:54
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  abstract     = {{Despite almost 9 years of pushing for sustainable development in the global environmental politics sphere, societies worldwide remain stuck in unsustainable energy cultures. Critical feminist analyses of gendered norms in energy systems offer a path to bring to light the structures of power that keep us stuck. Carbon Free Island Jeju 2030 was a policy experiment announced in 2012 aiming to transition to carbon-free energy and transport sectors by 2030, however, the island has not been able to reach its goals. Through a critical policy ethnography of the CFI 2030 policy, I examine masculinities embedded in it and how they have emerged in the implementation. Although both ecological and ecomodern masculinities were present, ecomodern dominated. It seems a focus towards green industry growth and reliance on technological solutions has not been enough to overcome the existing dominant structures based on fossil fuels and centralised governance.}},
  author       = {{Savoy, Brooke Aurora}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Why is Carbon Free Island Jeju not so carbon-free?: Exploring masculinities in discourse and material reality of a decarbonisation experiment in South Korea}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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