Glacier

Physical geography

Glaciology

Oceanography

Geology

Climate change

Sociology

Science studies

Political science

Geotechnical engineering

Ecology

Geography

Metamorphic petrology

Hydrogeology

Social science

Biology

Politics

Progress in Human Geography

Glaciers are key icons of climate change and global environmental change. However, the relationships among gender, science, and glaciers – particularly related to epistemological questions about the production of glaciological knowledge – remain understudied. This paper thus proposes a feminist glaciology framework with four key components: 1) knowledge producers; (2) gendered science and knowledge; (3) systems of scientific domination; and (4) alternative representations of glaciers. Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby leading to more just and equitable science and human-ice interactions.

Glaciers, gender, and science