scholarly journals “Everywhere you go always take the weather with you”: Phenomenology and the pedagogy of climate change education

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Howard
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human History ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Living World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Imminent Threat ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regional Programs

In no other time in human history has the relationship between human beings, and the biosphere on which we depend, been fraught with such a sense of urgency. Responding to the imminent threat of climate change has focussed our attention on education. There has been a proliferation of international, national and regional programs designed to change attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs associated with the causes of climate change. This paper will look to phenomenology and pedagogy to attempt describe the experience of climate and to help us consider how we may allow the young to live in a time of inevitable climate disruption while  nurturing what seems to come to them naturally, an embodied integration into the wonder and awe of the places they live.  Also, this paper explores two dominant approaches to climate change education and asks how these approaches articulate an understanding of the essential relationship between humans and the larger living world as reflected through changing climatic conditions. 

‘If You Want to Be Green Hold Your Breath’: Climate Change in British Theatre

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
An Inconvenient Truth ◽  
Dramatic Form ◽  
Crown Prince ◽  
The Relationship

With a rich mix of theatrical material to bring to the table, the climate-change debate playing out in the public domain would seem well adapted to the stage, and has often been presented in docu-dramatic form, as in Al Gore's well-known film An Inconvenient Truth. But until relatively recently climate change and the science relating to it have been conspicuous by their absence from the stage. Early movers on the climate-change theatre scene included Caryl Churchill's 2006 climate-change libretto for the London Proms, We Turned on the Light, and John Godber's 2007 play Crown Prince. Since then, interest has steadily increased. In 2009 came Steve Waters's double bill The Contingency Plan (On the Beach and Resilience). This was quickly followed by Earthquakes in London by Mike Bartlett in 2010, and by three further plays in the spring of 2011: Greenland, the collaborative work of Moira Buffini, Matt Charman, Penelope Skinner, and Jack Thorne; The Heretic by Richard Bean; and Wastwater by Simon Stephens. In this article Julie Hudson focuses on three of these works to explore how the plays engage with the debate through the medium of climate-change science. As her article suggests, these British climate-change plays make an important and occasionally subversive contribution to the long-running discourse on the relationship between science, the ecosystem, and human beings. In performance, they succeed in turning a subject that has been overplayed for effect in the public domain into compelling theatre. Julie Hudson is currently a visiting fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University.

Can design inquiry advance edusemiotics? Rethinking factual information and imaginative interpretation

Semiotica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (212) ◽  
pp. 219-238
Author(s):  
Farouk Y. Seif
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The Core ◽  
Theoretical Investigations ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

AbstractWhile edusemiotics emerges as a fresh field of inquiry in the core of semiotic enterprise, the relationship between factual information and imaginative interpretation remains problematic and dualistic. This article proposes a theoretical framework that utilizes design inquiry for advancing edusemiotics. In a Transmodern world, human beings are able to cross over diaphanous boundaries among the real, the true, and the imaginary, transforming what has been in existence by making new representations of that which is yet-to-come. Augmenting edusemiotics with design thinking transcends our assumptions about the ephemeral phenomena of reality and reveals the hidden connection between factual information and imaginative interpretation. Introducing design inquiry into edusemiotics not only encourages scholars to bridge the gap between theoretical investigations and practical applications but, more significantly, also turns their attention to the development of their capacity to becoming andragogical agents of change.

scholarly journals Climate change and variability perceptions in Ga-Dikgale community in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-405
Author(s):  
Enerst Shingai Chikosi ◽  
Shingirai Stanley Mugambiwa ◽  
Happy Mathew Tirivangasi ◽  
Sejabaledi Agnes Rankoana
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Climate Change And Variability ◽  
Rainfall Patterns

Purpose Perceptions of climate change and its threats to rural communities are among major challenges faced by scientists around the world. A few studies prove that these communities are aware of change in climatic conditions and their impacts on people’s livelihoods. Climate change is usually perceived as increasing warming days, erratic rainfall patterns, ecological variability, biological change and their adverse effects on human beings. This study aims to assess Ga-Dikgale community’s perceptions on climate change and variability. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research method was adopted and community members of age 60 and above in GaDikgale community were purposively selected as participants in the study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, and thematic content analysis was used to analyse data. Findings The study found that the community perceives climate change and climate variability based on changes in temperature patterns, erratic rainfall patterns, seasonal change, depletion of biodiversity, decline in subsistence crop production, change in water quality and cessation of cultural activities. Originality/value The study concludes that community’s perceptions of climate change are largely centred on variations in temperature and rainfall patterns. It has been established that knowledge of climate change in rural communities is of paramount importance in as far as adaptation to climate hazards is concerned.

Geographical Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Its Relationship With Climate Change in Southeastern Morocco

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Abdelkrim Ben Salem ◽  
Ahmed Karmaoui ◽  
Souad Ben Salem ◽  
Ali Ait Boughrous
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Interpolation Space ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
The Relationship

The current chapter deals with one of the most neglected tropical diseases in Morocco, the cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is based on 10-year research (2010-2017) on the evolution of leishmaniasis taking climate change into account. Epidemiological and climatological data were collected from different administrations. The Geographic Information System (GIS) is chosen for interpolation, space-time analysis of climate data and map creation. The SPSS software was used for statistical analysis and to establish the relationship between Leishmaniasis and climatic conditions. Results show that the maximum number of cases is recorded in 2010 with 4,407 people affected while the low number is recorded in 2014 with 18 cases. Results also show a clear link between climatic factors and the incidence of the disease. The distribution of the disease in the province is influenced by maximum temperature, aridity, and vegetation cover. Additionally, anthropogenic factors play a significant role in explaining the emergence or re-emergence of leishmaniasis in the region.

Digital media, political affect, and a youth to come: rethinking climate change education through Deleuzian dramatisation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
David Rousell ◽  
Thilinika Wijesinghe ◽  
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles ◽  
Maia Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
To Come

scholarly journals Women's role in adapting to climate change and variability

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 277-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Carvajal-Escobar ◽  
M. Quintero-Angel ◽  
M. García-Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Climate Change And Variability ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Change Climate ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Given that women are engaged in more climate-related change activities than what is recognized and valued in the community, this article highlights their important role in the adaptation and search for safer communities, which leads them to understand better the causes and consequences of changes in climatic conditions. It is concluded that women have important knowledge and skills for orienting the adaptation processes, a product of their roles in society (productive, reproductive and community); and the importance of gender equity in these processes is recognized. The relationship among climate change, climate variability and the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals is considered.

scholarly journals Form and perception of nature in Elizabeth bishop’s “questions of travel”.

2021 ◽  
pp. 281-296
Author(s):  
Yazdanmehr Gordanpour ◽  
Tahereh Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Formal Features

Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry is acutely form-conscious and human perception informs its descriptions of nature; critics who study Bishop’s poetry refer to her use of poetic artifice and note in passing the ethics of restraint and impersonality in her poetry. However, Bishop’s poetry is rarely discussed in the sphere of ecocriticism; and the formal significance of human perception infused with the descriptions of nature in her poetry is conveniently overlooked. Likewise, anthropogenic climate change is underrepresented in traditional ecocriticism which insists on removing form—and with it, any trace of the human—from the text. This article proposes that a study of Bishop’s travel writing and exploring the significance of concern for nature in conjunction with form-consciousness can contribute to a more profound understanding of both human-nature relationship and Bishop’s ecopoetic sensitivities. “Questions of Travel” is one of Bishop’s poems that directly grapples with the ethics of human presence in nature. The article explicates the textual and formal features of this poem to elucidate the function of form in its ecopoetic descriptions. The article shows how Bishop accepts the inevitability of human perception of nature and its literary corollary in ecopoetry as form-consciousness, and, thus, by implication, points to the importance of such poetry for a deeper understanding of the relationship between human beings and nature in the context of climate change.

Archetypes of Knowledge

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-179
Author(s):  
H.A.E. (Hub) Zwart
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
The Self ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper substantiates why Jung’s psychology is still highly relevant for understanding science today. I explore how his methods and insights allow us to come to terms with the phenomenon of scientific discovery. After outlining core Jungian concepts and insights concerning science, I will focus on the relationship between alchemy and modern science. Also, I will highlight Jung’s understanding of scientific research as a practice of the self, directed at individuation (the integration of various aspects of the self into a coherent whole). Finally, I discuss the role of archetypes in the context of discovery of modern science. Whereas archetypal ideas may function as sources of insight and inspiration, the task for researchers is to come to terms with them, instead of being overwhelmed by them. Besides case studies discussed by Jung himself, I also present more recent examples, taken from molecular life sciences research and climate change research.

scholarly journals Applicability of Inspirations from Nature and Wisdom from Vernacular Architecture in Synergy with AI for Design of Sustainable Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 971-977
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Climatic Zones

The climate change is there and its adverse effects are being experienced world over. This is not a new phenomenon and has been happening for many ages. Nature provides a large number of examples where species living in different climatic zones have learned to modify themselves with the frequent and cyclic climatic changes and have survived for millions of years. Human beings have also learned, through experience of ages, to live in different climatic conditions by modifying their habitat. The paper proposes to take lessons from nature and the vernacular wisdom in order to use the same in the modern architecture, through the application of the Artificial Intelligence in process of making sustainable modern architecture compatible with environment and capable of adapting to the changes.

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