Sustaining practices and 'progress' over people: Identifying the potential consequences of communicating sustainability to the Global South. Issue 1 (1st October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wallace, Ryan; Staines-Díaz, León
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental media. Volume 3:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 155
• Page End: 161
• Publication Date: 2022-10-01
• Subjects: Digital media -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 302.231
• DOI: 10.1386/jem_00079_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2632-2463

Abstract

Although development is often portrayed through a progressionist lens, the intensification of human activities at a global scale is having significant negative impacts on environments, climate change and human lives around the world. Facing the brunt of these consequences are the most vulnerable communities, which include historically marginalized groups, racial minorities and refugees. This is particularly true in the Global South, where the ideas of modernity and development have been widely adopted under the promises of social and economic 'progress'. This article challenges these existing narratives and calls on scholars and media practitioners to consider different perspectives in their work.