[Commlist] Call for Papers - Framing Nature: discourses past and present of nature and the environment. A sustainability perspective.

A CLAVIER [1] conference to be held at the University of Milan "La
Statale"  on 23-24 November 2023

Among the problems troubling the 21st century, particularly salient are 
those
concerning the environment. In what is commonly referred to as the Age 
of the
Anthropocene, the relationship between human beings and the natural worldis
at the heart not only of extensively debated problems such as climate change
and the depletion of natural resources, (micro-)plastic pollution and the
consequences of nuclear disasters, but also of issues such as the management
of the global economy and the likelihood of the emergence of novel diseases,
of which Covid-19 is only the latest. The very concept of environmental
sustainability – quite possibly one of the defining concepts of 21st
century policy thinking – revolves around this relationship, and it is on
the way we understand it that our approaches to addressing environmental
issues depend.

This understanding is shaped by a broad array of beliefs, assumptions and
convictions which vary, evolve, stratify and cross-fertilize across timesand
cultures, all of which come to bear – at least potentially – on
contemporary environmental discourse. Indeed, the plethora of issues which
fall within such discourse make for a complex scenario riddled with 
tensions,
many of which originate from the different ways in which environmental
problems are framed. Identifying and analysing the frames deployed in
environmental discourse, as well as their historical, cultural and
philosophical roots, is  crucial not only to understand underlying
assumptions about the relationship between human beings and the environment,
but also to explore the way in which the need for behavioural change (or 
lack
thereof) both on a collective and an individual level can be convincingly
argued.

This call for papers invites contributions on the above-mentioned topics.We
are seeking research papers, case studies, and theoretical contributions 
that
address the framings and understandings of nature and the environment across
time, space, media and discourses.

Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2023Notification of Acceptance: June 15th,
2023Registration open: July 1st, 2023Conference dates: November 23rd-24th,
2023

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