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Article published In: Culture of Sustainability and Discourses of Social Change
Edited by Franzisca Weder
[Journal of Language and Politics 22:5] 2023
► pp. 730–749

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Dimensions of time and space in narratives for climate action

ORCiD logo with link | University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Published online: 27 June 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22128.blo
Abstract
Addressing climate change requires engaging with the fluid, dynamic, and amorphous narrative of humanature relationships. I view environmental rhetoric as practices of storytelling that structure reality, guide actions, and shape understanding of the environment. Through rhetorical criticism, I analyzed fragments of climate activist discourse related to the narratives’ temporal and spatial scopes. I argue that reimagining the scope of our climate narratives’ temporal (chronos-kairos) and spatial (chora-topos) dimensions are inventional opportunities to motivate climate action toward more sustainable futures.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Stories across time and space
  • 3.Climate advocacy discourse
    • 3.1Chronos
    • 3.2Chora
    • 3.3Kairos
    • 3.4Topos
  • 4.Calls to action
  • 5.Storytelling and phronesis
  • Note
  • References
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