Hellemons, Phylischa (2024) Jeugklimaataktivisme in Suid-Afrikaanse lande: What literature is available on youth climate activism in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Namibia from 2018-2023. Master thesis, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
Youth climate activism emerged globally as a response to failed global leaders' efforts to address climate change. However, media coverage of campaigns like Fridays for Future lacks information on Global South youth climate activism. This study aims to inventorize what literature is available on youth climate activism in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia between 2018-2023. The question was answered through a systematic literature review. In EBSCO, the databases ERIC, MEDLINE, SocIndex, PsycInfo, GreenFILES, and Academic Search Premier were utilized. A mixed deductive and inductive analysis was conducted. For the initial deductive analysis, text segments were labeled into codes, and then grouped into existing categories. For one of these categories, additional inductive analysis was done. The five studies were by three activist researchers, one journalist and one postgraduate researcher, There we only articles from South Africa, and no findings from Botswana, Lesotho, or Namibia. All authors were from the Global South, except for one UK-affiliated academic. Youth activists were involved in education and raising awareness, protesting and advocacy. Social dynamics played a huge role in all five studies, oftentimes hindering youth from successfully participating in climate change debates and making an actual change. Colonial structures were still embedded in people's everyday lives and impeded youth climate activism in the Global South. This study shows that in order to respect the demands and activism of young people in the Global South, there needs to be a greater acknowledgement of their involvement in global climate change debates. Keywords: youth climate activism, global south, southern african countries, climate change, climate racism
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Lopez Lopez, M. and Gallardo Lastra, G.A. |
| Degree programme: | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Orthopedagogiek [Master Pedagogical and Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2024 12:33 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2024 12:33 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3364 |
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