BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260728T083700EDT-0882w2846u@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260728T123700Z DESCRIPTION:The struggle for the environment\, our perception of\nenvironme ntal crisis and injustice\, and our understanding of how\nand why to act o n environmental issues are largely shaped by\ncompeting discourses reflect ing the interests of diverse social\nactors. In this CSTW research colloqu ium\, experts on environmental\ndiscourse and activism examine these disco urses and invite\nattendees to participate in a discussion of the conseque nces\ndifferent discourses\, ways of deliberating\, and arguing have for\n our understanding of and action on environmental issues.\nGreen fingers? L anguage\, power\, and struggle in writing\nfor ecological and social justi ce\nDrawing on institutional and political activist ethnography as well\na s his own involvement in anti-imperialist activism\, Aziz Choudry\ncritica lly examines discourses employed by non-governmental\norganizations (NGOs) in this struggle\, showing how NGO discourse\noften remains firmly within “acceptable” parameters of dissent\,\nwith NGOs thus operating as Trojan horses for neoliberalism.\nAziz Choudry is Assistant Professor\, Internati onal\nEducation\, in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education\,\n sits on the board of directors of Global Justice Ecology Project\n(www.glo baljusticeecology.org)\, and is involved with\nwww.bilaterals.org and www. fightingftas.org.\nWhat if environmental problems are really educational\n problems?\nDrawing on three case studies of environmental debate (wind pow er\,\nland use\, water quality)\, Bill Karis shows how actors in these\nde bates often search for quantitative answers to technical\nquestions – what Bryan Norton (2005) calls the “myth of a correct\ndecision\,” ignoring th e rhetorical nature of deliberation. The\npresentation demonstrates the po tential of deliberative rhetoric to\nimprove environmental decision making by facilitating the\nintegration of technical knowledge and human values\ , rendering\nenvironmental problems ultimately educational problems.\nBill Karis is Associate Professor and former chair\nof the Department of Commu nication and Media at Clarkson\nUniversity\, New York. His primary researc h interest is in\nenvironmental communication\, an area in which he has pu blished\narticles\, book chapters\, and a co-edited book (with Nancy Coppo la)\ntitled Technical Communication\, Deliberative Rhetoric\, and\nEnviron mental Discourse: Connections and Directions (Ablex\,\n2000).\nThe social construction of argumentation in\norganizational discourses: Representatio ns of science in the\nclimate-change debate\nDrawing on a case study of th e Fourth Assessment Report: Climate\nChange 2007 produced by the Intergove rnmental Panel on Climate\nChange (IPCC) and the responses to this report by a range of\norganizations (environmental NGOs\, political parties\, gov ernment\nagencies\, scientific bodies\, business corporations\, and policy \nthink-tanks)\, Graham Smart analyzes how these organizations\nrepresent science in advancing their arguments regarding the\nreality and implicatio ns of global warming and climate change in\ntheir efforts to influence pub lic opinion and government\npolicy.\nGraham Smart is Associate Professor i n the School\nof Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Carleton Univ ersity.\nHis research interests include writing in workplace\, academic\, and\npublic settings\, areas in which he has published journal articles\, \nbook chapters\, and a book titled Writing the Economy: Activity\,\nGenre and Technology in the World of Banking (Equinox\,\n2007).\n DTSTART:20080422T170000Z DTEND:20080422T200000Z LOCATION:Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3700 rue McTav ish SUMMARY:Writing (and) the Environment: Discourse\, Deliberation\, and Decis ion Making in Times of Crisis URL:/channels/event/writing-and-environment-discourse- deliberation-and-decision-making-times-crisis-100150 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR