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Bees, extinction and ambient soundscapes: An exploratory environmental communication workshop

Portus, Rosamund; McGinn, Claire

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Claire McGinn



Abstract

As a response to the challenges that visual communication, popularly used in environmental communications, poses for more embodied engagements with climate change, this article focuses upon the neglected role of sound within environmental and climate communication scholarship. Focusing upon the decline of bees as a meaningful topic for the exploration of climate change, this article draws on research conducted with participants of a soundscape workshop to investigate the potential benefits and limitations of using sound-based activities to communicate about a specific climate change topic. This article demonstrates that modes of communicating climate change that encourage people to participate in imaginative, creative and future-based thinking can provide an effective way to engage audiences with the topic of climate change, thus encouraging greater individual and collective action.

Citation

Portus, R., & McGinn, C. (2019). Bees, extinction and ambient soundscapes: An exploratory environmental communication workshop. Humanities, 8(3), Article 153. https://doi.org/10.3390/h8030153

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 15, 2019
Online Publication Date Sep 19, 2019
Publication Date Sep 19, 2019
Deposit Date Mar 11, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 18, 2021
Journal Humanities
Electronic ISSN 2076-0787
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 3
Article Number 153
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/h8030153
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7174949
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities#:~:text=Humanities%20(ISSN%202076%2D0787),published%20quarterly%20online%20by%20MDPI.

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