"The religions are engaging: tick, well done": the invisibilization and instrumentalization of Muslim climate intermediaries
"The religions are engaging: tick, well done": the invisibilization and instrumentalization of Muslim climate intermediaries
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“宗教很有吸引力：勾选，干得好”：穆斯林气候中介机构的隐形化和工具化
DOI：
10.1080/01442872.2023.2186385
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Tobin P
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Tobin P
“气候中介机构”是“中间人”，在各级治理之间和/或不同类型的行为者之间运作。基于信仰的行为者是一种人口众多但被忽视的潜在气候中介类型。在英国，穆斯林是第二大宗教信徒群体，但他们是“其他人”，面临着广泛的伊斯兰恐惧症，以及其他多种交叉的不平等现象。从21次访谈中，我们分析了自认为是穆斯林的个人的数据，以及他们与国家和非国家行为者的中介经验，以了解这些角色是如何表现的。我们发现，穆斯林FBAs是无形的和/或工具化的气候中介人与国家行为者和“主流”ENESTRUCTURE参与时，但可以有效地承担这样的角色时，与其他人从共同的信仰或在信仰间的背景下行事。这种行动受阻的结果是，在“主流”论坛内缺乏具有代表性或变革性的气候行动战略，导致主观疲劳，政策设计不良，穆斯林社区转而选择通过跨信仰渠道和其他穆斯林之间进行调解。通过这篇文章，我们试图纠正穆斯林气候中介的无形化，并提出关于如何理解气候中介的关键问题，无论是在政策文献中，还是在决策圈。
“Climate intermediaries” are “go-betweens”, operating between levels of governance and/or between different types of actors. Faith-based actors (FBAs) are one populous yet neglected type of potential climate intermediary. In the UK, Muslims are the second largest group of religious adherents, yet are “othered”, and face widespread Islamophobia, alongside multiple other intersecting inequalities. Drawing from 21 interviews, we analyse data from individuals self-identifying as Muslim and their experiences of intermediation with state and non-state actors, to understand how such roles manifest. We find that Muslim FBAs are invisibilized and/or instrumentalized as climate intermediaries when engaging with state actors and “mainstream” ENGOs, but can assume such roles effectively when liaising with others from the shared faith or acting in interfaith contexts. The outcome of this obstructed action is a lack of representative or transformative strategies for climate action within “mainstream” fora, leading to subjective fatigue, poor policy design, and Muslim communities instead electing to intermediate through interfaith channels and between other Muslims. Through this article, we seek to redress the invisibilization of Muslim climate intermediaries, and raise critical questions about how climate intermediaries are understood, both within the policy literature, and in policy-making circles.