Young people at a crossroads: Negotiations of environmental knowledges, practices and subjectivities in immigrant homes at a time of climate crisis

处于十字路口的年轻人：气候危机时期移民家庭中环境知识、实践和主观性的谈判

• 批准号: ES/T015594/1
• 负责人: Catherine Walker
• 金额: $ 32万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT015594%2F1
• 关键词: Young; people; crossroads; Negotiations; environmental

As youth climate activism grows around the world, this project will generate unique understandings into how families composed of first and second generation immigrants from the Global South (GS) are responding to lived experiences of climate crisis in two ethnically diverse cities: Manchester and Melbourne. As well as growing up at a historic crossroads in terms of political and societal responses to the climate crisis, second generation immigrants are at an additional crossroads in their family life, between sets of political and cultural values, economic possibilities and environmental characteristics that have roots in (at least) two countries. This pioneering project will be the first of its kind to conduct research with this often overlooked group of young people, generating insights from two cities, with young people from a range of ethnic backgrounds. The question at the heart of the project is how second generation immigrants - part of the most 'climate change-aware' generation alive today - discuss and negotiate responses to the climate crisis with parents who may have first-hand experience of living with resource and climate uncertainty, yet whose knowledge is often not valued in Global North (GN) contexts. This area of research is both timely and important because at a time when deep-rooted adaptations are urgently needed in societies already feeling the effects of climate change, GS immigrants hold valuable knowledges that are often not known to or fully appreciated by the public and by policy makers in the GN contexts where they are living. Existing research with adult immigrants in the GN has found that immigrants show a higher disposition towards 'sustainable' practices such as reducing household waste, using water sparingly, and walking or cycling over driving. As cities seek to meet ambitious sustainability agendas and as city residents increasingly feel the effects of climate change, the knowledge and experience of GS immigrants can offer insights into how to respond to drought, extreme weather and other effects of climate change. The role of young people in carrying environmental education messages from schools to homes is well researched and documented (including by the PI). However, an important but largely unexplored area is how second generation immigrants respond to and make parents' knowledge of living with climate uncertainty known in schools, where such knowledge can enrich and diversify existing climate change education. The project will employ an action research methodology that will support young people's participation by training them to carry out research in their homes and work with parents, peers, teachers and researchers. The action research will result in a toolkit documenting resources for diversifying education on climate change (among other outputs). This has the potential to benefit students, teachers, policy-makers and environmental NGOS, and in particular second generation immigrants and their families as the valuable knowledge they hold is recognised, debated and applied in Manchester, Melbourne and beyond. Concurrently, the project will make important academic contributions to the fields of environmental politics, political geography and critical environmental education through publications in leading social scientific journals, the PI's first monograph and presentations at international conferences. These academic outputs will position the PI as a leading researcher who is uniquely positioned at the intersection of these fields. The research will furthermore strengthen international networks that the PI and mentors have begun to build through their existing research into environment, sustainability and migration. At a time when knowledge on how to respond to the 'wicked challenge' of climate change in diverse societies is more needed than ever, the research has significant potential to lead to further international collaborations to advance this important and unique area.

随着青年气候行动主义在世界各地的发展，该项目将产生独特的理解，了解来自全球南方（GS）的第一代和第二代移民组成的家庭如何应对两个种族多元化城市的气候危机生活经历：曼彻斯特和墨尔本。除了在应对气候危机的政治和社会反应方面处于历史性的十字路口之外，第二代移民在家庭生活中也处于另一个十字路口，在（至少）两个国家的政治和文化价值观、经济可能性和环境特征之间。这个开创性的项目将是第一个与这一经常被忽视的年轻人群体进行研究的项目，从两个城市产生见解，与来自不同种族背景的年轻人一起。该项目的核心问题是，第二代移民-今天活着的最“气候变化意识”的一代的一部分-如何与父母讨论和谈判应对气候危机，他们可能有资源和气候不确定性生活的第一手经验，但他们的知识在全球北方（GN）背景下往往不受重视。这一研究领域既及时又重要，因为在已经感受到气候变化影响的社会迫切需要根深蒂固的适应措施的时候，GS移民拥有宝贵的知识，这些知识往往不为公众和他们生活的GN环境中的政策制定者所知或充分欣赏。现有的研究与成年移民在GN发现，移民显示出更高的倾向于“可持续”的做法，如减少家庭废物，节约用水，步行或骑自行车驾驶。随着城市寻求实现雄心勃勃的可持续发展议程，随着城市居民越来越感受到气候变化的影响，GS移民的知识和经验可以为如何应对干旱，极端天气和气候变化的其他影响提供见解。青年人在将环境教育信息从学校带到家庭方面的作用得到了充分的研究和记录（包括PI）。然而，一个重要但基本上尚未探索的领域是第二代移民如何应对并让学校了解父母在气候不确定性下生活的知识，这些知识可以丰富和多样化现有的气候变化教育。该项目将采用行动研究方法，通过培训青年人在家中开展研究并与父母、同龄人、教师和研究人员合作，支持青年人的参与。行动研究将产生一个工具包，记录气候变化教育多样化的资源（以及其他产出）。这有可能使学生，教师，政策制定者和环境非政府组织受益，特别是第二代移民及其家庭，因为他们拥有的宝贵知识在曼彻斯特，墨尔本和其他地方得到认可，辩论和应用。与此同时，该项目将通过在主要社会科学期刊上发表文章、PI的第一本专著和在国际会议上发表演讲，对环境政治、政治地理学和批判性环境教育领域作出重要的学术贡献。这些学术成果将PI定位为领先的研究人员，他们独特地定位于这些领域的交叉点。这项研究将进一步加强国际网络，PI和导师已经开始通过他们对环境，可持续性和移民的现有研究建立。在如何应对气候变化的“邪恶挑战”的知识比以往任何时候都更需要的时候，这项研究具有重大的潜力，导致进一步的国际合作，以推进这一重要而独特的领域。

项目成果

Storytelling towards Solidarity: Representing diverse experiences of living with a changing climate

讲故事以实现团结：代表气候变化下生活的不同经历

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Walker C

Young people at a crossroads: Cross-cultural and intergenerational conversations about the climate crisis

处于十字路口的年轻人：关于气候危机的跨文化和代际对话

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Walker, C

Distributed environmental responsibility: Intergenerational deliberations on good and bad citizenship in a climate changing world

分散的环境责任：气候变化世界中好公民和坏公民的代际审议

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Van Holstein E

Migrant households at a crossroads: Applying the lenses of migration and generation to sustainability transitions in Manchester and Melbourne

处于十字路口的移民家庭：将移民和一代的视角应用于曼彻斯特和墨尔本的可持续转型

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Walker C

Young people at a crossroads: The challenges of designing and implementing a democratic project with young people

处于十字路口的年轻人：与年轻人一起设计和实施民主项目的挑战

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Walker, C