From “Communicating” to “Engagement”: Afro-Relationality as a Conceptual Framework for Climate Change Communication in Africa

Okoliko, Dominic Ayegba; M, de Wit

doi:10.1080/23736992.2020.1856666

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“…It also values people's relationships based on their relationships and responsibilities to society and the broader environment, which are increasingly recognized as deeply important to human understanding of what is acceptable (Datta, 2018; Pelling et al, 2008). A relational approach is also helpful in understanding the multiple dimensions of climate change, its intersectional impact (Kustatscher et al, 2015) and effective communication for advancing climate action goals (Okoliko & de Wit, 2021).…”

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Perspectives of racialized immigrant communities on adaptability to climate disasters following the UN Roadmap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030

Subroto,

Datta

2023

Sustainable Development

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Climate Change‐induced risk events intensify vulnerability and disproportionately affect regions and racialized immigrant communities. Understanding the multiple dimensions of disaster and risk, especially how these are embedded in a broader social‐political context, and translated into risk management strategies, have now been identified as priority areas under Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 and UN Research Roadmap for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. Drawing on a relational intersectional approach, this study explores the meanings of climate change disasters and risk reduction strategies from a racialized immigrant community's (i.e., Bangladeshi‐Canadian) lived experiences in Calgary, Canada. From our relational research, we learned that extreme climate events (such as forest fires/wildfires, heat waves, flash floods, severe colds, hailstorms, etc.) are the most common stressors unevenly impacting the household economy, physical health, and mental and psychological wellbeing of the racialized immigrant community in Calgary. The community's compounded vulnerability to disaster risks is further aggravated due to their intersectional positionality and structural inequality (systematic marginalization) rooted in the lack of explicit anti‐racist policy guidelines in Canada. The community members adapt diverse strategies (mostly reactive) based on their family income, severity and frequency of the exposure to risks, social support system, geographic location (residence), cultural practices, and involvement with community networks. While proposing solutions, they suggested that community‐engaged tailored disaster intervention strategy could play an instrumental role in addressing social vulnerability (determinants) and enhancing adaptive capacity at the local level. Moreover, this study calls for a more holistic account of the differential vulnerability context to better understand the structural root causes and emphasizes that upscaling land‐based practices and knowledge transmission, ensuring deliberate participation of visible minorities, fostering collective action and integrating local community associations into all stages of disaster management should be the priority for the state agencies to support long‐term resilience.

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Perspectives of racialized immigrant communities on adaptability to climate disasters following the UN Roadmap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030

Subroto,

Datta

2023

Sustainable Development

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“…For instance, even on a highly personal topic such as reproductive health, research has shown that many women in developing countries, largely in communalistic contexts, prefer to involve their partners in making decisions regarding involvement in the research, 51 which is at odds (but accommodated as an exception) with international health research ethics. In a similar fashion, communication about important topics, such as climate change, may need to adopt participatory methods, 52 a consideration that can be extended to communications about drone usage. Recognizing that such a principle may not have universal relevance, ''caring for the whole person'' would require not treating diversions from an individualistic conception and valuing of autonomy as a rule with exceptions, at risk of ostracizing alternative cultural values.…”

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Fairness and accountability of AI in disaster risk management: Opportunities and challenges

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Climate Change, the Journalists and “the Engaged”: Reflections from South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya

Okoliko

2023

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From “Communicating” to “Engagement”: Afro-Relationality as a Conceptual Framework for Climate Change Communication in Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 70 publications

Perspectives of racialized immigrant communities on adaptability to climate disasters following the UN Roadmap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030

Perspectives of racialized immigrant communities on adaptability to climate disasters following the UN Roadmap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030

Fairness and accountability of AI in disaster risk management: Opportunities and challenges

Climate Change, the Journalists and “the Engaged”: Reflections from South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya

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