Geoethical futures: A call for more-than-human physical geography

Abstract

This paper aims to foster an explicit geoethical orientation in physical geography. Using examples from Aotearoa New Zealand, we approach the work of physical geography with a set of ethical coordinates derived from our research, arguing that they allow for greater sensitivity in considering what is more-than-human in our research relationships. Working with these ethical co-ordinates lays the political groundwork for thinking and doing physical geography differently in the pursuit of less exploitative social and ecological relations. Our proposition offers new potentials for the practice of geography more generally: opportunities for enactive research encounters, those that perform generative change for a decolonised, post-productivist, physical geography.