Dams and Flows
Immersing in Western Meaning Systems in Search of Ecocultural Reflexivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8091116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tema Milstein (0000-0002-4954-7045, University of New Mexico, corresponding author), Mariko Oyama Thomas, Mariko Thomas (University of New Mexico), Jeff Hoffmann (University of New Mexico) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-117 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17524032.2018.1423626 |
| OpenAlex | W2789943832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this unprecedented era of anthropogenic ecological destruction, this study illustrates inadequacies in conceptual language available in Western settings to think deeply and holistically about “nature.” At the same time, the study illustrates transformative potential of moments of ecocultural reflexivity. Using free write methodology, we examine ways participants in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia articulate what they mean when they say “nature.” We interpret participant streams of consciousness as representative of a wider Western river-way, a channel of dominant, multiple, and contradictory meanings in continuous movement. We identify conceptual obstructions that provide glimpses into ways Western ecological relations are bounded and dammed by binary, fragmented, and unconsidered meanings. Yet reflexivity in the face of such obstructions, and in potent ecocultural side streams of childhood remembering and ecocentric cosmology, provides some participants a lucid flow of regenerative narratives at a time such shared stories are urgently needed
Aesthetics · Consciousness · Epistemology · Identity (music · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Philosophy
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Otherworldly conversations; terran topics; local terms
Communicating a “New” Environmental Vernacular
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The Performer Metaphor
"When Whales "Speak for Themselves
Acclimatizing the World
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |