[ecrea] Popular Culture and Environmental Politics

> 10th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS 2011)
> Power landscapes ­ histories and futures
> Workshop: Popular Culture and Environmental Politics
>
> 14-16 June 2011 at Aula Magna, Stockholm University
>
> www.stockholmresilience.su.se/ness2011
>
>
> Chairs: Sanna Inthorn (Media Studies, University 
> of East Anglia, (S.Inthorn /at/ uea.ac.uk)), Michele 
> Micheletti (Political Science, Stockholm 
> University, (Michele.micheletti /at/ statsvet.su.se))
>
>
> We invite scholars to critically reflect on the 
> role of popular culture in representing and 
> shaping the nature of environmental politics. It 
> welcomes, but is not limited, to the following themes:
>
> - The representation of the human/nature 
> relationship in specific genres, such as 
> science-fiction, comedy, or documentary.
>
> - The role of popular culture for civic 
> participation, including the use of popular 
> culture by environmental activists, but also the 
> representation of the environmental 
> responsibility of citizens in popular culture.
>
> - The institutional forces shaping 
> representations of the environment in popular 
> culture, such as codes of practice, technology, and funding.
>
> - The social, cultural, textual, and 
> psychological conditions through which audiences 
> engage with, and attach meaning to 
> representations of the environment in popular culture.
>
> -The role of humour as compared to factual 
> knowledge and scientific expertise for environmental politics.
>
>
> Send your abstract to the relevant workshop (via 
> (matilda.valman /at/ stockholmresilience.su.se)) before 1 February 2011.
>
> Registration will open mid February 2011. 
> Information on registration fees etc. is now posted on the home page.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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