Tales of transformation: The potential of a narrative approach to pro-environmental practices
Tales of transformation: The potential of a narrative approach to pro-environmental practices
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转型故事：叙事方法在环保实践中的潜力
DOI：
10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.01.004
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
S. Hards
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作者：
S. Hards
个人的生活方式和做法在联合王国（DEFRA，2008年）和其他地方改善环境成果的政府战略中发挥着重要作用。这往往涉及促进有意减少环境影响的行动，或促进有利于环境的做法。然而，我们对这些做法的理解存在弱点;特别是关于“价值-行动差距”和促进持久变革的条件。本文探讨如何叙事方法可以进一步我们的亲环境实践的知识。它以采取行动应对气候变化的个人生活中的突变时刻或“变革时刻”为例，说明了这种方法的效用。从正在进行的研究中的三个案例中，它使用叙事工具来探索这些转变的性质，包括背景，信息，情感和与他人的关系的相互关联的作用。讨论强调了这些突变时刻的初步结论，并为未来的研究提供了建议。最后，它评估了实用的叙事方法亲环境的做法，这表明，尽管有一些限制，这种方法有很大的潜力，以解决悬而未决的问题，在该领域。
Individual lifestyles and practices play an important part in governmental strategies to improve environmental outcomes, both in the UK (DEFRA, 2008) and elsewhere. This often involves promoting actions deliberately aimed at reducing one’s environmental impact, or pro-environmental practices. However, our understanding of these practices has weaknesses; notably regarding the “Value-Action Gap” and the conditions promoting enduring change. This article explores how narrative methods could further our knowledge of pro-environmental practice. It illustrates the utility of the approach using the example of moments of sudden change, or “transformative moments”, in the lives of individuals who take action to address climate change. Drawing on three cases from an ongoing study, it uses narrative tools to explore the nature of these transformations, including the inter-related roles of context, information, emotions and relationships with other people. The discussion highlights tentative conclusions regarding these moments of sudden change, and offers suggestions for future research. Finally, it evaluates the utility of narrative approaches to pro-environmental practice, suggesting that despite some limitations, this method has significant potential to address unresolved issues in the field.