Kyrre Kverndokk
Biographic Data
| ID | 250555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyrre Kverndokk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyrre |
| FAMILY NAME | Kverndokk |
| SIGNATURE | KVERNDOKK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Climate Change Temporalities
In 1804, Christen Pram was sent by the Danish-Norwegian government in Copenhagen to investigate the rumours that ash from the burning of kelp along the north-western coast of Norway was causing the climate to change. The chapter follows Pram’s journey and analyses his efforts to understand what was going on. His initial determination was to rely solely on systematic observation and scientific method, but he gradually came to acknowledge the value…
The Age of Climate Change
This article elaborates the multiple temporalities of climate change discourses and practises and discusses some possible common denominators in the timescales and time structures related to global warming. It first examines some of the key concepts in climate research, before discussing vernacular notions of time. Finally, some expressions and tropes that have impacted a trans-national popular climate discourse are examined. The timescales and t…
Talking about your Generation
This article examines the rhetorical figuration of “our children” in climate change discourse. Based on an analysis of James Hansen’s book, Storms of my Grandchildren (2009), Barack Obama’s speech at the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015, and a newspaper article about the Norwegian environmental organization, The Grandparents’ Climate Campaign , it argues that the uses of “our children” reflect a notion of a family-timed future. The trope implies a …
Risk Perception through Exemplarity
This article explores how hurricanes are used in news media to exemplify the consequences of climate change. This is done by a close reading of Norwegian newspaper articles on the hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012), Harvey and Irma (both 2017). The geographical distance between the disaster areas and the media audience enables an exploration of how these weather events are made meaningful across long distances, as global concerns. The articl…
Introduction
No abstract available
The Past as a Mirror
During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered deep time climate changes triggered by large scale and natural release of CO2. As the understanding of past climatic changes improved, they were used to envision what might happen in the near future. This article explores the…
Mediating the Morals of Disasters
The Norwegian media responses to Hurricane Katrina were structured around three well-established sets of motifs in a globalized late modern disaster discourse: 1) The collapse of civil society, 2) Social vulnerability 2) Extreme weather and global warming. These sets of motifs portray relationships or non-relationships between natural evil and moral evil. Starting with Voltaire’s description of Candide’s arrival in Lisbon after the earthquake I d…
Introduction
No abstract available
Talking about your Generation
This article examines the rhetorical figuration of “our children” in climate change discourse. Based on an analysis of James Hansen’s book, Storms of my Grandchildren (2009), Barack Obama’s speech at the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015, and a newspaper article about the Norwegian environmental organization, The Grandparents’ Climate Campaign , it argues that the uses of “our children” reflect a notion of a family-timed future. The trope implies a …
The Past as a Mirror
During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered deep time climate changes triggered by large scale and natural release of CO2. As the understanding of past climatic changes improved, they were used to envision what might happen in the near future. This article explores the…
Introduction
No abstract available
Introduction
No abstract available
Mediating the Morals of Disasters
The Norwegian media responses to Hurricane Katrina were structured around three well-established sets of motifs in a globalized late modern disaster discourse: 1) The collapse of civil society, 2) Social vulnerability 2) Extreme weather and global warming. These sets of motifs portray relationships or non-relationships between natural evil and moral evil. Starting with Voltaire’s description of Candide’s arrival in Lisbon after the earthquake I d…
Talking about your Generation
This article examines the rhetorical figuration of “our children” in climate change discourse. Based on an analysis of James Hansen’s book, Storms of my Grandchildren (2009), Barack Obama’s speech at the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015, and a newspaper article about the Norwegian environmental organization, The Grandparents’ Climate Campaign , it argues that the uses of “our children” reflect a notion of a family-timed future. The trope implies a …
Risk Perception through Exemplarity
This article explores how hurricanes are used in news media to exemplify the consequences of climate change. This is done by a close reading of Norwegian newspaper articles on the hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012), Harvey and Irma (both 2017). The geographical distance between the disaster areas and the media audience enables an exploration of how these weather events are made meaningful across long distances, as global concerns. The articl…
Introduction
No abstract available
The Past as a Mirror
During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered deep time climate changes triggered by large scale and natural release of CO2. As the understanding of past climatic changes improved, they were used to envision what might happen in the near future. This article explores the…
Climate Change Temporalities
In 1804, Christen Pram was sent by the Danish-Norwegian government in Copenhagen to investigate the rumours that ash from the burning of kelp along the north-western coast of Norway was causing the climate to change. The chapter follows Pram’s journey and analyses his efforts to understand what was going on. His initial determination was to rely solely on systematic observation and scientific method, but he gradually came to acknowledge the value…
The Age of Climate Change
This article elaborates the multiple temporalities of climate change discourses and practises and discusses some possible common denominators in the timescales and time structures related to global warming. It first examines some of the key concepts in climate research, before discussing vernacular notions of time. Finally, some expressions and tropes that have impacted a trans-national popular climate discourse are examined. The timescales and t…
Climate change (5 works) · History (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Climatology (2 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works)