Answer the TWO following questions (drawing from “WHO YOU ARE IN THESE PIECES OF PAPER” and “Is My Vulnerability so Different from Yours? A Call for Compassionate Climate Change Research”)
1. Explain what Mariner (2019) means with “paperwork” and how it either creates or ends relationships between the birth parents, the adoptee, and the adoptive parents. Your response may include (but is not limited to) an explanation of how the adoption files are performative and the social worker’s role in this. You may also consider using any of the concepts of kinning, folding (of time), and paper pregnant. If you choose to do so, remember to provide a short definition of these and include proper in-text citations and references.
2. According to Eriksen (2022), what are some of the key reasons behind the disconnect between climate change research and meaningful attempts to address the climate crisis? What role does the “vulnerability concept” play in climate research, and how has this discourse been criticized? Finally, what is “compassionate vulnerability,” and in what ways does the author argue it can help bridge the disconnect between climate change knowledge and action?