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Mori M, Longépée E, Lefer-Sauvage G, Banos A, Becu N, Charpentier P, Claverie T, Jeanson M, Le Duff M, Provitolo D, Stoica G. Climate change by any other name: Social representations and language practices of coastal inhabitants on Mayotte Island in the Indian Ocean. Public Underst Sci 2024:9636625241235375. [PMID: 38555563 DOI: 10.1177/09636625241235375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
As population-related climate change research increases, so does the need to nuance approaches to this complex phenomenon, including issues related to cultural and linguistic translations. To explore how climate change is understood in understudied societies, a case-study approach is taken to address social representations of climate change by inhabitants of a Maore village in the French island of Mayotte. The study explores how local fishers understand the issue when considering observed environmental changes. Based on analyses of 30 interviews, the study found that social representations and related climate change discourses are not well established, except for individuals in close contact with French institutions. Issues regarding local culture and language reveal the importance of understanding the different components of climate change. Climate change communication and awareness-raising on the island are explored, as well as considerations of culturally and linguistically complex settings with a Global North/Global South interface.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miki Mori
- Université de Mayotte, France; CNRS UMR 5267 Praxiling, Université de Montpellier Paul Valéry, France
| | - Esméralda Longépée
- UMR 8586 Prodig, université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, CNRS, IRD, AgroParisTech, France
| | | | - Arnaud Banos
- CNRS UMR 6266 IDEES, Université Le Havre Normandie, Institut Convergences Migrations, France
| | - Nicolas Becu
- CNRS UMR 7266 LIENSs, Université de La Rochelle, France
| | | | - Thomas Claverie
- Université de La Réunion, Université de Mayotte, France; UMR 9190 MARBEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Montpellier, France; UMR 9220 Entropie, Université de La Réunion, IRD, IFREMER, Université Nouvelle-Calédonie, CNRS, Saint Denis, Réunion, France
| | | | - Matthieu Le Duff
- Université de Mayotte, France; UMR 228 Espace-Dev, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Université de Mayotte, Université de Guyane, Université de La Réunion, Université des Antilles, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, France
| | - Damienne Provitolo
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, IRD, UMR 7329 Géoazur, France
| | - Georgeta Stoica
- Université de Mayotte, France; EA 7389 iCARE, Université de La Réunion, France
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