Climate Change Temporalities: Explorations in Vernacular, Popular, and Scientific Discourse

Climate Change Temporalities explores how different timescales, timespans, intervals, rhythms, cycles, and changes in acceleration are at play in climate change discourses and argues that nuanced, detailed, and specific understandings and concepts are required to handle the challenges of a climatically changed world. The book explores a variety of timescales and temporalities from narratives, experience, popular culture, and everyday life, as well as science and history, and the entanglements between them. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of humanistic climate change research, environmental humanities, studies of temporality and historicity, cultural studies, cultural history, and popular culture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Climate Change Temporalities delves into the intricate interplay of various timescales, timespans, intervals, rhythms, cycles, and changes in acceleration within the realm of climate change discourses. It posits that to effectively navigate the challenges posed by a climatically altered world, a nuanced, detailed, and specific understanding of temporalities is essential, encompassing political, social, and scientific dimensions. This edited collection goes beyond abstract reflections on temporality theories and explores a diverse range of timescales and temporalities from narratives, experiences, popular culture, and everyday life, alongside science and history. The chapters are organized into three main sections, each critically examining how and where climate change understandings are formed. Through a critical examination of genres such as questionnaires, interviews, magazines, news media, television series, aquariums, and popular science books, the book sheds light on the diverse ways in which climate change is conceptualized and communicated. Additionally, it includes chapters that historize notions of climate and temporality by exploring scientific debates and practices.

Climate Change Temporalities holds immense appeal to students and scholars engaged in humanistic climate change research, environmental humanities, studies of temporality and historicity, cultural studies, cultural history, and popular culture. Its comprehensive approach provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of climate change, fostering a deeper understanding of the multifaceted challenges and opportunities that arise in this rapidly evolving field.

Weight: 322g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367696405