Critical reflections from South Africa: Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework to place climate-related distress in its socio-political context

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climate

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paper

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GarLouMar

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Bri

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This paper applies the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to a case study on climate-related distress in South Africa. In doing so, the paper critiques the current conceptualisation of climate anxieties for its potential medicalisation and dehistorisation, and illustrates the importance of asymmetrical power dynamics and climate-related distress.

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