Dr Rosamund Portus Rosamund.Portus@uwe.ac.uk
Lecturer in Environmental Management
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 |
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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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