Description
This manuscript offers, by working with footnoted subjugated knowledges of feminist thinking (see e.g. Sylvester 2007) on interconnections between ecology and interstructural oppressions, a conceptual framework for theorising care and social reproductive futures as entanglements of care and violence. Our starting point are the two widely used definitions of feminist ethics of care by Fisher and Tronto (1990) and Tronto (1993) but our focus is on their less visited footnotes focusing on ecology and caring of the environment. By conducting archival analysis of the lesser known sources we wish to engage with the 1970’s and 1980’s thinking of the interconnections between care, social reproduction, and overcoming “interstructuring oppressions of race, class, sex, and ecology. (King 1981, Ynestra 1981, Ruether 1975, Collins 1974, Collins 1990/2000). Rereading of feminist subjugated knowledges and connecting them to their feminist contemporaries, we aim to build bridge between the diverse Ethics of Care and Social Reproduction scholarship and contribute to discussions centering on anthropocentrism, whiteness, and intersecting inequalities in care and social reproduction. The manuscript is part of the Envirocare project funded by the Research Council of Finland (2023-27).
