College
Arts and Sciences
Major
Psychology and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Faculty Mentor
Natalie Cisneros
Abstract
Climate destruction is projected to occur sooner than we would like to entertain. As people operating in a late-stage capitalist world, we are preoccupied with material concerns such as income and consumerism. Without proper recognition of the future that is soon upon us, we remain complicit in the neglect of millions of lives threatened by climate collapse. Climate induced migration will displace at least half as many people as the population of the United States. About 200 million people will experience displacement from their homes and families (Myers 168). These 200 million people will be disproportionately people of color located in the Global South. What will happen to these people? In a practice of collaboration and citation, I aim to analyze projections for climate induced migration through the writings and activism of queer scholars, such as Michel Foucault, Achille Mbembe, Riley Snorton, and Jin Haritaworn.
Recommended Citation
Nosacka, Kit P. G.
(2024)
"Left for Dead: The Necropolitical Landscape of Climate Induced Migration,"
SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 8, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/suurj/vol8/iss1/11