The power of narrative in environmental networks /

For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people to each other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arise around issues of resource and ecological management. This book argues that stories, or narratives, play a key role i...

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Main Authors: Lejano, Raul P., 1961- (Author), Ingram, Mrill (Author), Ingram, Helen M., 1937- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2013]
Series:American and comparative environmental policy
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people to each other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arise around issues of resource and ecological management. This book argues that stories, or narratives, play a key role in these networks - that environmental communities 'narrate themselves into existence'. The book proposes the notion of the narrative-network, and introduces innovative tools to analyse the plots, characters, and events that inform environmental action.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, map.
ISBN:9781461937128
1461937124
9780262315340
0262315343
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262019378.001.0001