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Episode 34 - Arran Stibbe and ecolinguistics


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Show notes for Episode 34

Here are the show notes for Episode 34, in which Dan and Jill talk to Arran Stibbe, professor of Ecological Linguistics, and teacher on the BA English course at the University of Gloucestershire (https://www.glos.ac.uk/enl) about:

  • Ecolinguistics - what it is and why we need it
  • The power of storytelling and the environment
  • Critical language awareness and its role in fighting back against climate catastrophe
  • Challenging ecologically damaging narratives, ‘greenwashing’, economic ‘growth’ metaphors and more…
  • Arran’s university page: Arran Stibbe - Staff Profiles

    Taylor & Francis author interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTiktxHF_pY

    The book: Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By - 2nd Edi

    The Stories We Live By site: Stories We Live By

    And in our regular Lang in the News segment, Lisa, Jacky and Dan talk about how language is used to represent the environment, how it is used in discussions and political campaigns around green issues and how some metaphors for the economy might not be the best ones to use…

    Just Stop Oil: research shows how activists and politicians talk differently about climate change

    Economists question 'black hole' in UK finances - BBC News

    Economists urge BBC to rethink 'inappropriate' reporting of UK economy | IPPR

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    Contributors

    Matthew Butler

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA

    Lisa Casey

    blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

    Dan Clayton

    blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)

    Jacky Glancey

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

    Jill Lavender

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillLavs

    Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys

    Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys

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