Call for papers | Vol. 11, No. 1 |Climate Change: Social and Cultural Challenges | June 15 to November 15, 2023 [Closed]
Editors: Alice Dutra Balbé, Edson Capoano (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal) e Alejandro Barranquero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
The climate emergency challenges are manifold and affect our daily lives. We can feel the consequences of the climate change effects on the economy, politics and health, in changes in food production and safety, forced migrations, the spread of diseases and global vulnerability to a health crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also brought social inequalities to the fore, while prompting a fresh perspective on cultural activities and mental health. As such, this phenomenon has become increasingly relevant in people's lives and public debate.
In the academic debate on how to tackle climate challenges, there is a growing emphasis on the importance of considering cultural and social practices such as environmental activism (Haugestad et al., 2021), climate anxiety (Clayton, 2020), consumption and how new generations relate to media messages about the topic (Ojala & Lakew, 2018). Furthermore, several studies highlight the importance of emotions in fostering engagement in the environmental debate (Costa, Capoano & Balbé, 2022) and consider more resilient lifestyles from the Global South, like the concept of buen vivir in communication studies (Barranquero, 2012). On the other hand, some authors suggest combating climate change through "border epistemologies" (Grosfoguel, 2008) by incorporating knowledge that was previously disregarded by the dominant "enlightened" thinking (Rincón, 2019). Developing strategies and narratives beyond the traditional "logo-media-centric" (Cabrera, 2022) approach is crucial to combat climate change, which can be achieved by incorporating oral communication and dialogical and participatory processes.
This call for papers proposes a reflection on the social and cultural challenges of climate change, adding the perspective of cultural studies to the debate. This issue welcomes proposals that explore the intersection of climate change and the following themes: consumer cultures; cultural and artistic movements; postcolonial and decolonial critique; identities and cultural diversity; power, ideology and class relations; creative and cultural industries; science communication and citizenship; migrations and intercultural relations; art and activisms; communication and resilience; social justice, among others.
References:
Barranquero, A. (2012). De la comunicación para el desarrollo a la justicia ecosocial y el buen vivir. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 17, 63–78. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CIYC.2012.v17.39258
Cabrera, L. P. (2022). En medio de los medios, o la situación de calle como retórica de la marginación. REVISTA CUHSO, 32(2), 138–166. https://doi.org/10.7770/cuhso-v32n2-art2445
Clayton, S. (2020). Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 74, 102263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102263
Costa, P. R., Capoano, E., & Balbé, A. (2022). Alterações climáticas e argumentos morais no Twitter: um estudo comparativo entre Brasil e Portugal. Interações: Sociedade e as novas modernidades, (43), 107–127. https://doi.org/10.31211/interacoes.n43.2022.a5
Grosfoguel, R. (2008). Para descolonizar os estudos de economia política e os estudos pós-coloniais: transmodernidade, pensamento de fronteira e colonialidade global. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, (80), 115–147. https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.697
Haugestad, C. A., Skauge, A. D., Kunst, J. R., & Power, S. A. (2021). Why do youth participate in climate activism? A mixed-methods investigation of the# FridaysForFuture climate protests. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 76, 101647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101647
Ojala, M., & Lakew, Y. (2018). Young people and climate change communication. In M. C. Nisbet et al., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication: Volume III (pp. 609–628). Oxford University Press.
Rincón, O. (2019). Entrevista com Jesús Martín-Barbero. Revista Eletrônica Internacional de Economia Política da Informação, da Comunicação e da Cultura, 21(2), 73-80. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11959/brapci/155354
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of full manuscripts | new date: June 15 to November 15, 2023
Editor's decision on full articles: January 8, 2024
Deadline for submitting the final original and translated versions: February 22, 2024
Issue publication date: June 2024
LANGUAGE
Papers can be submitted in English or Portuguese. The articles selected for publication will be translated into Portuguese or English, respectively, being published in both languages.
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