Contradictions and lessons from thinking about health and vulnerability through feminist political ecology
Abstract
In this article I reflect on my engagement with Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) when studying health and vulnerability. I highlight the crucial contribution of FPE in bringing the human body into the analysis of socio-environmental systems and conflicts, connecting the scale of personal, embodied experience to broader socio-environmental dynamics. FPE challenges the conventional view of vulnerability as only negative and to be avoided, instead inviting an ‘otherwise’ thinking of it as a common human trait and a potential site for empowerment and resistance. This shift promotes a focus on interdependence and care in socio-ecological transformation.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Feminism
Gender
and Intersectionality
Foucault
Power
and Ethics
Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Space and Polity
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 154–160
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Language
- EN