Climate change and anger: misogyny and the dominant growth paradigm in tourism

ABSTRACT

Emotions provoke change, yet are often discredited at best and demonized at worst in modernity and positivism. We currently face a global climate crisis – one so dangerous that biocultural diversity is at risk of permanent extinction. The reality we now face in the Anthropocene warrants anger. Yet, female-identifying activists, educators, scientists, philosophers, community leaders, and beyond face a litany of macro and microaggressions publicly when they speak out for systemic economic, political, social and scientific change. Anger from women is habitually and publicly discredited and mocked, whereas anger against women is consistently accepted and validated. Tourism is a system that is based on the late-capitalist paradigm of valuating and profiting from the exploitation of biocultural diversity and social inequities in its current market-based, growth-focused structure. This paper explores the intersectionality of anger, climate change and tourism from the perspective of the misogyny of late capitalism.

KEYWORDS:

• Anger
• climate change
• hegemony
• tourism
• late-capitalism
• emotions
• biocultural diversity

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Christina T. Cavaliere

Christina T. Cavaliere, PhD, is a conservation social scientist. Dr. Cavaliere's research involves the human dimensions of socio-ecological systems including tourism impacts and biocultural conservation. Dr. Cavaliere serves as an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University in the department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. She has experience working with universities, communities, businesses, non-governmental organizations and multilateral institutions on 6 continents. She also serves as the Director of the Tourism and Conservation Lab.

Linda J. Ingram

Linda J. Ingram PhD, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Tourism and Event Management at George Mason University. She teaches in the areas of sustainable tourism development/management and global issues in tourism. Dr. Ingram earned her M.S. and PhD. from Texas A&M University. Research interests include tourism, environmental and cultural sustainability, sense of place, and historic preservation. She has published in multiple journals. Her first edited book, Neolocalism and Tourism: Understanding a Global Movement was published in October 2020.