Response to Commentary: Probing the Politics of Plurality, Inclusion, and Diversity in the Earth System Governance Project

Abstract

This short response replies to critiques of my Annals article on decolonizing the Anthropocene (Jackson 2021). My response to my critical interlocutors locates differences in the politics of inclusion, plurality, and diversity between perspectives aligning themselves with decoloniality and earth systems governance. I argue that there are, in fact, constitutive differences between our respective positions. These do not preclude bridges to dialogue and understanding.

我发表于本刊的关于人类世去殖民化的文章（Jackson, 2021）, 引发了批评。本文旨在对此做简短回复。我试图在去殖民化和地球系统治理的观点之间, 寻求包容、多元性和多样性的政治性差异。事实上, 我们的立场存在着结构性差异。这些差异并不排斥对话和理解。

Esta corta respuesta atiende las críticas de mi artículo en Annals, que examina el tema de descolonizar el Antropoceno (Jackson 2021). Mi respuesta a mis interlocutores críticos localiza las diferencias en las políticas de inclusión, pluralidad y diversidad entre las perspectivas que se alinean con la descolonialidad y la gobernanza de los sistemas terrestres. Arguyo que, en efecto, hay diferencias constitutivas entre nuestras respectivas posiciones. Éstas no precluyen tender puentes para el diálogo y el entendimiento.

Key Words:

• decolonial
• diversity
• earth system governance
• inclusion
• pluriverse

关键词:

• 去殖民化
• 多样性
• 地球系统治理
• 包容
• 多元世界。

Palabras clave:

• descolonial
• diversidad
• gobernanza de los sistemas terrestres
• inclusión
• pluriverso

This article refers to:

On Decolonizing the Anthropocene: Disobedience via Plural Constitutions

This article responds to:

Pluralizing Debates on the Anthropocene Requires Engaging with the Diversity of Existing Scholarship

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Notes on contributors

Mark Jackson

MARK JACKSON is an Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include how decolonial, anticolonial, and postcolonial thought and practices shape ethical and political responses to the ecological present.