Pronouns for an apocalyptic future
Asymmetrical Terms for a New Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4448014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juno Salazar Parreñas (0000-0003-1367-6491, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2572-9861 • E-ISSN: 2572-9861 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/25729861.2021.1989849 |
| OpenAlex | W3216575986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Pronouns, particularly gendered pronouns, convey how apocalyptic futures are understood for differently positioned subjects. The “we” is not always about embracing a commons but can also be about extending exclusions. Drawing from social linguistics and the concept of shifters, science and technology studies and the ideas of symmetry, asymmetry, as well as the author’s ethnographic research at two orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo in present day Malaysia, this paper highlights the power of pronouns in imagining whose lives are at risk or endangered in a pending apocalypse, including the present Sixth Age of Extinction and popular fears about the end of the world
Ethnography · Futures contract · Linguistics · Personal pronoun · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |