Ecology

Biology

Metamorphic petrology

Geotechnical engineering

Glaciology

Glacier

Hydrogeology

Physical geography

Geology

Oceanography

Climate change

Politics

Geography

Political science

Sociology

Science studies

Social science

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