The technopolitics of the climate movement

This dissertation examines the relationship between the internet and the climate movement through a reconceptualization of 'technopolitics.' The examination is conducted by using autoethnographic methods, reviewing empirical research on the climate movement, engaging with historical and philosophical analyses on the relation between technology and politics, and adopting a Political Ontology approach. The main findings of this dissertation are, first, that the climate movement's politics should be understood as radically plural. The encounter of different experiences, worldviews, and practices within the climate movement can lead to ontological conflicts. Second, the the Internet plays a constitutive role in facilitating the exchange of different positions and approaches among climate activists, weaving what can be conceptualized as different 'threads' in the fabric of a global climate movement. Based on these findings, the dissertation proposes to conceptualize the technopolitics of climate activists engaging with the Internet as a way of worlding, a way of enacting non-hegemonic worlds. Such a proposal is presented with some caveats. To engage with the Internet in non-hegemonic worlding practices, climate activists must address significant challenges, including Big Tech's increasing centralization interdependencies of territory, material resources, and connectivity.