

First, there is research on the gut in itself, its microbiome, and its conceptualization as a “second brain” that informs the health of the body and is informed by it, contributing to overall well (or un-well) being (Holzer 2017 Mathias and Moore 2018 Ochoa-Repáraz, Ramelow, and Kasper 2020). In the literature, gut feeling is used for two categories of research. The main focus of her research is on the contemporary forms of eco-anxiety and how discourses on climate change and future(s) shape emotions, meaning and practices. Marilyne Carignan Jacob is a first-year student in the Cultural and Social Analysis doctoral program at Concordia University, Montreal. An embodied compass? By Marilyne Carignan
