Ecological Communication and Ecoliteracy: Discourses of Awareness and Action for the Lifescape

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Maria Bortoluzzi (University of Udine, Italy) Elisabetta Zurru (University of Genoa, Italy)

Ecological Communication and Ecoliteracy

Discourses of Awareness and Action for the Lifescape

Maria Bortoluzzi (University of Udine, Italy), Elisabetta Zurru (University of Genoa, Italy)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
30 May 2024

Semantics; Communication studies; Media, information & communication industries; The environment

Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics

This open access volume is a call for ecological awareness and action through communication. It offers perspectives on how we, as humans, posit ourselves in relation to, and as part of, the environment in both verbal and non-verbal discourse. The contributions investigate a variety of situated communicative practices and how they instantiate and potentially influence our actions.

Through the frameworks of ecolinguistics, multimodal studies and ecoliteracy, the book discusses how the environmental crisis is communicated as an urgent global and local issue in a variety of media, texts and events. The contributions present a wide range of case studies (including news articles, institutional websites, artwork installations, promotional texts, signposting, social campaigns and other), and they explore how communicative actions can help meet the challenges of ecologically-oriented change. The focus is on the impact that linguistic and multimodal communication can have on acting in, with and towards the environment seen as living ecosystems, or ‘lifescapes’. The chapters offer a reflection on the way we experience, endorse, reframe and resist value systems in ecological communication, and propose alternative and healthier perspectives to respect and preserve the common and nurturing lifescapes through awareness and action.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Edited by: Maria Bortoluzzi (University of Udine Italy), Elisabetta Zurru (University of Genoa, Italy)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350335820
ISBN 10: 1350335827
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maria Bortoluzzi is Associate Professor of English Language at the University of Udine, Italy. Elisabetta Zurru is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Translation at the University of Genoa, Italy.

Reviews for Ecological Communication and Ecoliteracy: Discourses of Awareness and Action for the Lifescape

"The contributors to this volume promote ecological action through ecological communication and citizenship education. The focus on the interplay between verbal and nonverbal communication adds a fresh perspective to this still underexplored area in the field of ecolinguistics. This book is an important contribution to ecolinguistic research and education for raising ecological awareness. -- Hermine Penz, University of Graz, Austria A groundbreaking exploration of the interconnectedness between communication and ecoliteracy. Emphasizing the concept of ""con-vironment"" and introducing the term ""lifescape,"" this indispensable book proposes a transformative process of ecoliteracy that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, providing readers with theoretical and practical perspectives on fostering positive ecological action through language, multimodality, and critical reflection. -- Antonio Lopez, John Cabot University, Italy"