Terrestrial bodies

Clare, Nick; Habermehl, Victoria

Abstract

As socio-ecological crises deepen, it is increasingly important that analyses of territory consider the other-than-human. Through a detailed engagement with a range of territorial currents, Gonin et al. do just this, introducing the idea of ‘terrestrial territories’ as a way forward, shifting the focus of analysis from the ‘Globe’ to ‘Gaia’. While we welcome the diverse engagement with non-Anglophone understandings of territory, in this commentary, we suggest that decolonial feminist work on Cuerpo-Territorio (body territory) may offer a more grounded, praxis-focused way forward. In particular, we argue that this focus on embodiment over the terrestrial is potentially better placed to address powerful feminist critiques of the Gaia hypothesis.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 24, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 15, 2024
• Publication Date: May 15, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 20, 2024
• Journal: Dialogues in Human Geography
• Print ISSN: 2043-8206
• Electronic ISSN: 2043-8214
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206241253584
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34874331
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20438206241253584