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[ecrea] Popular Culture and Environmental Politics

Wed Jan 05 16:56:19 GMT 2011



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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