Environmental stressors, such as air and noise pollution or lack of green space, disproportionately affect marginalized communities and worsen mental and physical health outcomes. These stressors do not exist in isolation. They are products of systemic inequalities embedded in capitalist social relations. Drawing on research in Berlin’s inner-city neighborhoods, Debora Darabi’s “Kin City” talk discusses how poverty, environmental injustice, and public health crises intersect, challenging us to rethink the social structures that shape these phenomena. Ellen Gomes responds by drawing attention to racialization as a key principle in organizing social relations under capitalism and producing environmental injustice in Berlin.
The third panel of the conference at the “Kin City” festival, moderated by Ela Kagel, took place on October 17, 2024 at the ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics. You can listen to the recording by clicking on the play button below.
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Debora Darabi’s talk is based on the following article: https://berlinergazette.de/capitalism-climate-and-class-understanding-the-social-roots-of-urban-environmental-injustice/
More information about the “Kin City” festival: https://berlinergazette.de/projects/kin-city