Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

Publisher

SAGE

School

Centre for People, Place and Planet / School of Science

RAS ID

60150

Funders

Australian Research Council

Grant Number

ARC Number : DP180103700

Grant Link

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180103700

Comments

Tschakert, P., du Coudray, C. B., & Horwitz, P. (2023). Walking journeys into everyday climatic-affective atmospheres: The emotional labour of balancing grief and hope. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486231173202

Abstract

The postapocalypse as a mobilising discourse for climate action operates largely out of anger over experienced and anticipated injustices as well as paradoxical hope that fuses loss and grief with freed-up solidarities in support of liveable futures. However, negotiating this emotional tension can be both draining and isolating. Here, we examine how white settler populations in Western Australia balance grief and hope in places they hold dear and the role emotions such as sadness, worry, disappointment, joy, and pride play in relational place making. Through an innovative in situ and mobile methodology we call Walking Journeys, we trace how participants navigate their climatic-affective atmospheres and make sense of their agency in changing ‘Places of the Heart’. We find evidence for emotional complexities of solastalgia where pessimistic outlooks for the future are wrapped up in prefigurative visions of a better world. By holding the tension between paralysis and restoration, urban and rural residents explore affective co-existence and differential belonging in their homes and the landscapes around them. We highlight the challenge of enfranchising emotions beyond individuals and conclude by endorsing entangled, reflexive, and (re-)generative responsibilities for hopeful postapocalyptic journeying.

DOI

10.1177/25148486231173202

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
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