Telling Stories about Climate Change
Telling Stories about Climate Change
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DOI：
10.1080/00330124.2019.1686996
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发表时间：
2019-12-04
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Harris, Dylan M.
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作者：
Harris, Dylan M.
近年来，许多人呼吁气候科学家成为更好的故事讲述者。讲故事具有直观的吸引力：在一个因气候变化而变得越来越荒谬的世界里，讲故事有助于让世界变得有意义，就像它一直以来的那样。然而，尽管人们呼吁气候科学家更好地讲故事，但对于什么是故事，或者科学家应该如何讲故事，人们并没有达成共识。这篇文章回应了气候科学家成为更好的故事讲述者的呼吁。具体地说，它涉及了从阿巴拉契亚和阿拉斯加的故事讲述者的广泛采访和实地考察中得出的三个教训，在这些采访中，他们回答了关于他们会给那些努力交流他们的研究的科学家什么建议的问题。这三节课的重点是语境和联系的重要性，歧义的运用，以及听和说对目标受众的重要性。关键词：应用地理，气候变化传播，公众拓展，科学传播，讲故事
Recent years have seen many calls for climate scientists to become better storytellers. Storytelling has intuitive appeal: In a world made increasingly nonsensical by climate change, storytelling helps make sense of the world, as it always has. Yet, despite calls for climate scientists to be better storytellers, there is no consensus about what counts as a story or about how scientists should tell stories. This article responds to calls for climate scientists to become better storytellers. Specifically, it relates three lessons drawn from extensive interviews and fieldwork with storytellers in Appalachia and Alaska, in which they responded to questions regarding what advice they would give to scientists struggling to communicate their research. The three lessons center on the importance of context and connection, the utility of ambiguity, and the importance of listening, as well as speaking, to intended audiences. Key Words: applied geography, climate change communication, public outreach, science communication, storytelling.