Empirical Ecocriticism
@eecocriticism
A branch of ecocriticism that focuses on the empirically-grounded study of environmental narratives and their influence on audiences.
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https://empiricalecocriticism.com/ 05-08-2021 02:10:42
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A new article to check out. Interesting results from a study on the influence of an interactive climate documentary on viewers. By Renske van Enschot, @KarinFikkers, Judith Prins, and Christian Roth dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…
Ecogames: Playful Perspectives on the Climate Crisis is almost out! It will be published this winter by Amsterdam University Press, kick-starting a new book series on green media. aup.nl/en/book/978946… #ecogames @humanitiesuu Manchester Game Centre The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies Ben Abraham || AfterClimate
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson Matthew Schneider-Mayerson @schneidermayers.bsky..bsky. Alexa Weik v Mossner W.P. Malecki Frank Hakemulder Empirical Ecocriticism U of MN Press Doug Armato Tomas Buitendijk Shazia Rahman Really happy to win a raffle and receive this gem in the mail today. Thanks, @schneidermayers and U of MN Press and authors, this is right up my alley!
This just in the post from Matthew Schneider-Mayerson @schneidermayers.bsky. Alexa Weik v Mossner W.P. Malecki Frank Hakemulder Empirical Ecocriticism - looking forward to diving in! Thanks!
"Perhaps these books aren’t telling us about the future, they’re telling us about us: Writers—the most observant of us—are the record-keepers of a moment in time." Emma Pattee on the false promise of climate fiction. lithub.com/on-the-false-p…
We partnered with potentialenergycoalition to test how we communicate about climate and how that affects our solutions. Read the full report here. potentialenergycoalition.org/global-report/…
For the 3rd international conference organized by the Environmental Humanities Center, Cappadocia University, is inviting scholars to discuss the branches and directions of ecocriticism, including recent theories, emerging topics, and new challenges. ehconference.kapadokya.edu.tr/call-for-paper…
🌐🎓 New year, new job? A couple of days left to apply for a PhD position with the Computational Communication Science Lab (UNIVIE) in Vienna
We are honored to welcome Alexa Weik von Mossner from the University of Klagenfurt as a keynote speaker at the 3rd International EH Conference, 20-22 May 2024. Check the link and don't miss the January 31 deadline for submitting your paper proposal. ehconference.kapadokya.edu.tr/call-for-paper…
we just released our Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) 'Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change & Global Warming in 2023' report here➡️ sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/resear… key finding: while 2023 was the hottest on record, levels of media coverage of climate change/global warming is down from recent years
Brilliant news for #environmentalhums folks everywhere! Regeneration is edited by leading scholars in the field and will be experimental, collaborating with artists, scholars & activists! Fantastic news for #diamond #openaccess Birkbeck, University of London The Open Library of Humanities openlibhums.org/news/682/
Check out Adam Hoffman's review: "Empirical Ecocriticism: Environmental Narratives for Social Change," edited by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson @schneidermayers.bsky., Alexa Weik von Mossner, Wojciech Maecki, Frank Hakemulder; published in 2023 by U of MN Press; review available H-Net Reviews h-net.org/reviews/showpd…
For NB Geography 📚 I talked to Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, W.P. Malecki, and Frank Hakemulder about "Empirical Ecocriticism": newbooksnetwork.com/empirical-ecoc…
Anger, fear, hope, guilt - there’s a wide range of emotional responses to climate change. In our latest article, out today in PLOS Climate, we see how these different emotions are associated with support for different types of climate policy. Read on: journals.plos.org/climate/articl…