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SUMMARY:The Cultures of Climate Change: Max Boykoff (ECI\, Oxford) - Speak
 er to be confirmed
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DTEND:20090210T183000Z
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CONTACT:Benjamin Morris
DESCRIPTION:Max Boykoff\, Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Inst
 itute at the University of Oxford\, will give a talk entitled "The Cultura
 l Politics of Climate Change: Focusing on Mass Media". This talk will be f
 ollowed by a discussion and a wine reception.\n\nAbstract:\nMass media ser
 ve vital roles in communication processes between science\, policy and the
  public\, and often stitch together perceptions\, intentions\, considerati
 ons\, and actions regarding climate change. Many dynamic\, non-linear\, co
 ntested and complex factors contribute to how media outlets portray climat
 e change stories. In this seminar presentation\, I will touch on salient a
 nd swirling contextual factors as well as competing journalistic pressures
  and norms that contribute to how issues\, events and information have oft
 en become climate ‘news’. I will more specifically focus my attention 
 on how particular problems and snags in the web of interaction between sci
 ence\, media\, policy and the public have contributed to critical misperce
 ptions\, misleading debates\, and divergent understandings – that are de
 trimental to efforts that seek to enlarge rather than constrict the spectr
 um of possibility for appropriate responses to climate challenges. I will 
 also attempt to highlight the importance of greater mindfulness of using m
 essages\, analogies\, narratives\, metaphors that ‘work’ to more effec
 tively communicate issues linking climate change science\, governance and 
 everyday practices. I’ll work also to situate these dynamics in the cont
 ext of a wider ‘cultural politics of climate change’\, where formal cl
 imate science and governance link with everyday activities in the public s
 phere. Ultimately\, I’ll aim to open up a discussion regarding how these
  cultural politics will have a bearing on UN COP negotiations for the succ
 essor to the Kyoto Protocol.\n\nBiography:\nMaxwell Boykoff is currently a
  Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute and a Departmental 
 Lecturer in the School of Geography at the University of Oxford. During th
 e previous two years he was a James Martin 21st Century School Fellow at t
 he University of Oxford. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Californi
 a-Santa Cruz and Bachelor of Sciences from Ohio State University. Max has 
 explored the cultural politics of climate change in everyday spaces\, as h
 is research has investigated how various non nation-state actors influence
  climate science\, policy and practice. His research includes analyses of 
 media coverage of climate change\, how certain discourses influence enviro
 nmental policy considerations\, the role of celebrity endeavors in climate
  change issues\, and links to ethics\, environmental justice movements\, c
 limate adaptation and public understanding. He is currently working on two
  books: one is called ‘Who Speaks for Climate? Making Sense of Mass Medi
 a Reporting on Climate Change’ for Cambridge University Press\; the seco
 nd is an edited book entitled ‘The Politics of Climate Change’ for Rou
 tledge/Europa.
LOCATION:CRASSH Seminar Room\, 17 Mill Lane
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