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Transitional (in)justice in phasing out coal in China: Documentary as visual evidence to unveil the local experiences of coal transitions
- Source: Journal of Environmental Media, Volume 3, Issue Seeing the (In)Justice of Sustainability: Visualizing Inequality at the Centre of Climate Change Communication, Oct 2022, p. 171 - 176
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- 19 May 2022
- 01 Jun 2022
- 01 Oct 2022
Abstract
This article examines how documentary film can be employed as visual evidence to create a thick description of environmental injustice among low-social-economic status communities in China. In particular, this article exemplifies the approach with a case study of a 2022 research project on transitional injustice during China’s phase out coal strategy in the case study of Liupanshui, the largest coal mine in southern China since the 1950s. Drawing upon the author’s environmental documentaries that explored the local struggles and sufferings of environmental injustice in China, the article explores how we can examine environmental injustice via a multidisciplinary approach that combines public policy, environmental studies and documentary filmmaking.
Funding
- Sustainable Futures Prime Sustainable Futures Pump Priming Research