Communicating a World-in-Crisis

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2025; Peter Lang Group AG
• Series: Global Crises and the Media
• Subjects: Art & Politics; arts; Communicating; Communication Studies; communications; Cottle; creative practices; Crisis; Cultural and media studies; cultural fields; Earth sciences; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Film, television, radio and performing arts genres; Films, cinema; global crises; Interdisciplinary studies; JBCT4 Media studies: journalism; Language Arts & Disciplines; Library and information sciences / Museology; media; Media studies; Meteorology and climatology; Museology and heritage studies; Performing arts; Photography and photographs; Photojournalism and documentary photography; planetary emergency; Political activism / Political engagement; Politics and government; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Simon; Social and ethical issues; Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made); Social Science; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; The Arts; World-in-crisis
• ISBN: 9781636671864; 1636671861; 9781636671888; 9781636671871; 3034354096; 9783034354097; 1636671888; 163667187X
• DOI: 10.3726/b22368

We live in a world increasingly defined by systemic, deepening and compounding crises. They threaten not only future human existence but also the planetary web-of-life. With the help of academics, creative practitioners and activists, this book explores some of the innovative ways in which different media, communicative fields, and creative practices are seeking to make a difference. From different forms of journalism and participative documentary to climate photography and ecosophical film; from radical theatre, eco-literature and eco-art to green festivals, popular music and immersive museums; and from journalism training in the climate emergency and sustainability education to communicating with ‘whole intelligence’ and ‘integrated intelligence’ beyond AI (artificial intelligence). This panoramic approach enables us to see how diverse communicative fields are engaging with some of the most critical concerns of our times – and what can be learned, shared and developed further in the challenging years ahead.