Essays about: "catastrophism"

Found 1 essay containing the word catastrophism.

  1. 1. Climate engineering in the new media landscape: Culture, Power and Climate Control

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Holly Buck; [2011]
    Keywords : geoengineering; climate engineering; discourse analysis; narratives; catastrophism; securitization of climate change; media content analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate engineering, or geoengineering, is large-scale technological intervention in the global climate system. How is this understood within our culture, what power relations are implied in the idea, and what are geoengineering's implications for sustainability? This thesis begins to examine this topic through the lens of culture by presenting a media analysis. READ MORE