Climate Mobility Justice: Narratives and Visual Politics of the Panicocene - Hardcover

Giacomelli, Elena; Musaṛ, Pierluigi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3032079063 ISBN 13: 9783032079060

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

This book explores how the intertwined challenges of climate change and human (im)mobilities are being narrated, governed, and resisted. From media and policies to art and activism, the book investigates the stories we tell—and the ones we silence—about who moves, who stays, and who tries to govern human mobilities. What emerges is a powerful critique of crisis narratives that legitimize fear, repression, and exclusion, and a call for new imaginaries grounded in justice, care, and planetary belonging. Engaging with voices from the Global South, Indigenous epistemologies, and feminist and decolonial thought, this book offers a bold rethinking of how to confront one of the defining issues of our time. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of climate politics, migration, and global solidarity.

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About the Author

Elena Giacomelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the Marie Curie Global Fellowship “PANICOCENE. Reframing Climate Change-induced Mobilities”, based at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on the themes of mobilities and migration, borders, climate change, ethnography and narratives. She is a founding member of the collective Reimagining Mobilities.

Pierluigi Musaṛ is Full Professor of Sociology, Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is the author of several publications in the fields of media, migration, border politics, human rights, performing arts and active citizenship. He is a founding member of the collective Reimagining Mobilities.

From the Back Cover

“Drawing on theories of mobility justice and climate justice, Giacomelli and Musaṛ show us how to arrive at a comprehensive cosmovision of justice that includes not only the interconnectedness of all beings, across every scale, and our responsibility toward future generations. They unveil other pluriversal knowledges and ways forward, inspired by Indigenous and decolonial thought, by activist artists and by the everyday diverse acts of creative social participation through which people build bridges, open doors, and create solidarity commons.”
- Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA 

This book explores how the intertwined challenges of climate change and human (im)mobilities are being narrated, governed, and resisted. From media and policies to art and activism, the book investigates the stories we tell—and the ones we silence—about who moves, who stays, and who tries to govern human mobilities. What emerges is a powerful critique of crisis narratives that legitimize fear, repression, and exclusion, and a call for new imaginaries grounded in justice, care, and planetary belonging. Engaging with voices from the Global South, Indigenous epistemologies, and feminist and decolonial thought, this book offers a bold rethinking of how to confront one of the defining issues of our time. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of climate politics, migration, and global solidarity.

Elena Giacomelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the Marie Curie Global Fellowship “PANICOCENE. Reframing Climate Change-induced Mobilities”, based at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on the themes of mobilities and migration, borders, climate change, ethnography and narratives. She is a founding member of the collective Reimagining Mobilities.

Pierluigi Musaṛ is Full Professor of Sociology, Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is the author of several publications in the fields of media, migration, border politics, human rights, performing arts and active citizenship. He is a founding member of the collective Reimagining Mobilities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032079063
• ISBN 13: 9783032079060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300