That conventional democracy has failed and is insufficient for directing the process, and that a Citizens Assembly would be an effective and just means of effecting change. We drew upon an expanding LL literature of . Such discourses represent environmental problems in terms of a ferocious racialised zero-sum Malthusian battle for survival, a form of social darwinism. It is assumed that the reader will understand why apolitical is important and necessary, and that the term emergency is warranted. Articulating climate justice in Copenhagen: Antagonism, the commons, and solidarity. Great to see youre up and blogging again (or maybe its just me that hasnt spotted you in the blogosphere recently) Ive not got time to read your dissertation at the mo, but Id love it if you would summarize what you learnt in a few essential bullets. OL$~Ba;^u}a|Jr-'4"Y`OXwmqUv^y/4LMOMmuey5)YD=ufNH4.0# r}.^2 +ZFK"j7[_9 (E): a consensus, a normalization and acceptance of differences of power which brackets or suppresses differences of meanings and norms. Conducting the discussion via WhatsApp meant that I avoided some of the potential complications that Dornyei outlines (ibid, p146). under the carpet (Andrew); Yeah that annoyed me while another felt that Brexit is too polarising so they are trying to side-step it (Mary). Ignoring that, Mary: Yeah good point. social and cultural structures. Martinez-Alier, J., Temper, L., Del Bene, D. and Scheidel, A., 2016. Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content on The interview was conducted in the form of a series of emails after first obtaining access via a mutual contact. We can note the presence of deontic modality in the form of must, showing a strong commitment to the assertions, which are presented in a declarative and categorical form. I will first set out an outline of Faircloughs 2003 framework in terms of the linguistic features under the headings of Intertextuality, Genres, Discourses and Styles. The people is evoked as an alternative source of leadership against a corrupt elite. In doing so it also seeks to understand how those discourses are present or absent in the texts. The conservative philosopher Roger Scruton writes of oikophilia, the love of home and family, in arguing that the propensity for settlement and stewardship is at the heart of conservative philosophy (Scruton, 2012). There are roots of this idea in a number of philosophical and literary movements in the 20th century, such as pragmatism and structuralism, yet its impact flourished across disciplines following the introduction of the term intertextuality in 1966, by the Bulgarian literary scholar Julia Kristeva, writing in French. Multimodal Discourse Analysis 10. The article concludes that such groups have been unable to mobilise large numbers of people in visible ways (p1590). The objective here is to contribute towards a sort of 3D perspective on the texts Im analysing by finding out what the writer of the texts had in mind (done) and then investigating the responses of the sort of people who the texts are designed to appeal to ie people concerned about climate change who are not formally part of XR. What did Frankfurt School offer as alternative to rationality? The borders of the community are those of the nation and the duty is to our children. Oouuh, do not tell me about that!. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 2.2: 131172. As we shall see, XR is explicit about trying something new. Political power should not be left to politicians and it shouldn be left simply to experts, We need the voice of the people and people need to understand, everyone should be able to say yes, its going to be difficult, but we are willing to do it because the situation is so desperate.. Therefore, the right is not clinging as tightly as it once did to climate denial. You may also contact my supervisor at Kings College London, Dr Clyde Ancarno, at clyde.ancarno@kcl.ac.uk. The text thus presents a corporate identity on the basis of shared values. It was immediately noticed by participants in the focus group: John: There was something a little incongruous for me in the declaration- the reference to this nation when clearly theyre talking about a global problem. a lot of the challenges that today seem so huge and totally insurmountable. Presence or absence of modality the nature and degree of commitments the speaker or writer makes to representations and statements, which is important in the texturing of personal and social identities. As this paper focuses on the audience's responses to particular . 2019. Discourse and the denial of racism. 7280). I think its a deeply toxic system! texturing (Fairclough, 2000, p.441). but not to defend the interests and needs of ordinary people. Transitivity eg Do the clauses identify something that. If this study has harmed you in any way, or if you wish to make a complaint about the conduct of the study, you can contact Dr Clyde Ancarno at clyde.ancarno@kcl.ac.uk. The recognition of geographic, historical and socioeconomic inequalities, particularly in relation to the legacy of colonialism, is therefore central to the The Bali Principles, which were the product of a huge amount of detailed negotiation between different groups from the Global North and South, with fourteen international organisations endorsing the final document (Corpwatch, 2002). Written texts generally contain statements, but are they statements of fact or evaluations? Narrative in Sociocultural Studies of Language. The text is not a set of commitments potential supporters have to individually and formally sign up to, but rather a set of collective aspirations. Lockwood, M., 2018. eds., 2016. While most research in this line has focused on marketized discourses such as advertisements, little attention has been paid to promotional discourse in public institutions such as the About us texts on . I have informed the researcher of any other research in which I am currently involved or have been involved in during the past 12 months, _________________ __________________ _________________, Name of Participant Date Signature, Hey Rich! Although there is a range of voices and faces present in the video, dialogicality is limited in that we dont hear of other views. Analysis shows that the genre of university annual reports is a hybridity of management discourse, reporting discourse, and public relation discourse. Forchtner and Klvraa (2015) and Wall (2000) both reference the national landscape as one of the foundations of green nationalism in that it is presented as a symbol of belonging, one to be preserved against invasion. Critical discourse analysis considers the relationship between language use and wider The nature of nationalism: Populist radical right parties on countryside and climate. The question is not, What needs to happen? It is particularly problematic in a UK context to evoke national sacrifice in relation to the Second World War, especially in the light of a political transformation in which economic interests of fossil fuel companies have joined forces with political advocates of scapegoating as a means of governance. They based this on their analysis of 323 violent and non-violent resistance campaigns between 1900 and 2006. The text doesnt seek to ground statements in facts. The text also makes clear that XR is not a direct action movement of the type described by North (2011). Title of Study: An interdiscursive critical discourse analysis of genres, discourses and styles in four founding texts from Extinction Rebellion, Kings College Research Ethics Committee Ref: MRS-18/19-14155. The following discourse analysis examines the ways open-ended feedback, defined as dialogic, interpretative, and revisionary, fosters co-regulation and metacognition. There is, for example, no mention of power, or inequality or reparations, and although there is a discourse of intergenerational justice there is no mention of international or historical justice. Intertextuality in critical discourse analysis. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 39, XRs Declaration of Rebellion: Flirting with green nationalism? Semantic relations: In the use of hyponyms, synonyms, and antonyms, are relations of equivalence and difference foregrounded or backgrounded? Social ecology versus deep ecology: A challenge for the ecology movement. They do not exist in isolation but are rather dialectical with the non-discoursal dimensions of social life (p134). The results indicate that the intertextual profile of the texts studied is relatively uniform, whereas the interdiscursive profile tends to vary according to the company and the intended audience. <> (BBC News, 2019a), whose leading personnel and principles and values it has inherited. Elsewhere Fairclough argues that communication is becoming more strategic, in the sense that texts which appear to be informational also have a promotional function. I was interested in investigating what ideologies and discourses underpin its approach, and also in challenging my own superficial assumptions about what it appeared to stand for. The Demands are designed to be transportable and scalable, and so have featured prominently on banners and placards at XR events. Instrumental in its arguments and insights surrounding the study of language as a social phenomenon, of voices and voicing, and of the ways words and texts are in constant conversation with one another. 2. 6. The notion of building a broader coalition which involves coopting narratives that drive the right is not new. Interdiscursivity is the aspect of a discourse that relates it to other discourses. Suggesting otherwise may even be pandering to the notion that Brexit represents an opportunity in terms of climate change action, which the breadth of connections between leading Brexit campaigners and the world of climate denial (Farand, Hope and Collett-White 2019) suggests strongly is not the case. All we hold dear is defined as this nation, its peoples, our ecosystems and the future of generations to come, and first on the list of that which is impacted by ecological crises are this nation, this planet and its wildlife not other countries or peoples. The text contains a number of implicit assumptions, concepts whose meaning in this context is taken as a given: fit, change, necessary, healthy, toxic system, take action, emergency. British National Party (BNP). B: :' This is partly thanks to the use of categorical statements: will and is/are. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Further traces of what might be considered a recovery order of discourse include the schemes of classification, in that there is an opposition between regenerative, healthy, adaptable on one hand and toxic system, hierarchies and avoid[ing] blaming and shaming on the other. Someone else who has tried to engage with conservatives is George Marshall, particularly in Talking climate change with conservatives (YouTube 2015), but it is notable that he did not attempt to frame the issue in nationalist terms. Climate change occupies a particular role within this, as the issue of the fate of the national countryside can be regarded as counterposed to climate change as a transnational issue: Earlier environmental risks, such as destruction of the countryside or the pollution of local rivers, could be handled within a national frame. If we have three years of really bad el nio weather, the food system are fucked. Looking at texts through the lens of discourse means investigating what main themes are represented, and from what perspectives, and also how they lexically structure the world, for example using hyponyms, antonyms and schemes of classification. Krzyanowski, Triandafyllidou and Wodak (2018) reject the term crisis in relation to the 2015 refugee crisis because it makes the causes of the problem and thus possible solutions unclear. With regard to denial of climate change per se, the election of Donald Trump and the coming to power of similarly-minded leaders elsewhere suggests that there is indeed an ideological nexus uniting denial of climate change and denial of racism. Drawing upon critical genre theory and the notion of interdiscursivity, this study examines the annual reports of six universities in Hong Kong from academic year 1994/95 to 2015/16. He also displays what might be seen as a relaxed attitude towards right-wing ideology and how easily it can be co-opted: there are dangers inherent in reclaim[ing] the framings of national pride (p6) and his reference to the British political tradition of avoiding mass bloodshed at such moments of structural change (p64) may display a lack of concern for the history of the British Empire. Uniquely combines historical analysis of noble Mayans ambivalence toward Spanish colonizers and the monarchy by reconstructing letters from the period. There is a strong sense of the ethos of the organisation and the credentials of its representatives. Site design / logo 2022 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under CC BY-SA. There is also a noticeable absence of any discourse regarding inequality. Dinat, D., Echeverri, A., Chapman, M., Karp, D.S. XR is nonetheless a new genre of organisation unlike others I was familiar with, such as Climate Camp or the Campaign Against Climate Change, and as such it has been uniquely effective at galvanising people into not just discussing but also taking action on climate change to an extent that no other organisation has achieved. I identified people who had not been involved with Extinction Rebellion and who were unfamiliar with the four texts, and opened up the discussion by asking them if there was anything they had found incongruous about the texts. Their interests are contrasted with those of lobbyists representing powerful economic interests. Far-Right Climate Acceptance Might Be Scarier, Eric Levitz (2019) argues that climate change will increasingly be seen not in liberal but in nationalist terms. Although some have argued that the growth in right-wing populism, of which climate denial is a central element, is due to the economic interests of those left behind by globalisation (see for example Ford and Goodwin, 2014), Forchtner and Klvraa (2015) argue persuasively that the roots of climate denial should be seen as ideological rather than structural. Therefore among the resources that this dissertation will draw upon is an interview with the producer of one of the main texts under discussion and a focus group with consumers of all of the texts. The type of orientation to difference in the text: Presence of other texts in the form of reported and direct speech; are quotations attributed or non-attributed; which voices are included and excluded; how they are framed and recontextualised, Implicit assumptions/presuppositions: these may be ideologically hegemonic; may have existential, propositional or value assumptions. Grammatical relations: how deep does a text go? 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