A Concept of Society-Earth-Centric Narratives

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Martin Bohle
Anna Sibilla
Robert Casals I Graells

Abstract

This essay presents a concept of narratives as powerful means for people to associate themselves with anthropogenic global change. The Ssarting point of our reflection is that people’s awareness is related to their story-telling practices to communicate insights and to induce or inspire behaviour. By analysing traditional and modern settings of "Earth-centric" narratives and their respective societal context, one can sketch the necessary  features of society-earth-centric narratives. These features seem suitable to raise public awareness, in particular of urban people, of the interaction of human activities and the Earth system, and of anthropogenic global change. 

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Bohle, M., Sibilla, A. and Casals I Graells, R. (2017) “A Concept of Society-Earth-Centric Narratives”, Annals of Geophysics, 60. doi: 10.4401/ag-7358.
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Geoethics at the heart of all geoscience
Author Biography

Martin Bohle, European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinbohle/