Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame

Sumner, David Thomas; Weidman, Lisa

doi:10.1093/isle/ist086

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“…Even the most precise terms leave out much more than they include. But more importantly, as we select the terms for the debates, we not only select and deflect reality; we also — through our selection — predetermine the possible directions of the debate at hand’ (Sumner and Weidman, , p. 866). Indeed, ‘many of our observations are but implications of the particular terminology in terms of which the observations about “reality” may be, but the spinning out of possibilities implicit in our particular choice of words’ (Burke, , p. 46).…”

Section: A Rhetorical Perspective On Report Writingmentioning

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Constructing the ‘Child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing is a Way of not Seeing

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In the context of the changing relationship between children, parents and the welfare state, professionals have to deal with notions of the "child at risk". In child welfare and protection, the issue of normative judgement in (risk) assessment and documentation is an essential area for exploration for social workers. We examine the practice of report writing in which future professionals exercise power while assessing, documenting, and judging the child as "at risk". We report on a study about a fictional social work case conducted with 152 students in Belgium, in which we developed a rhetorical analysis of the "terministic screens" used in writing reports.

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Section: A Rhetorical Perspective On Report Writingmentioning

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“…Secondly, we are often unaware of the terministic effect our terms create (…). We use language, but at the same time, language uses us’ (Sumner and Weidman, , p. 867).…”

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“…64 However, the broadening of the concept of domestic terrorism by the FBI in 2002, which included attacks on property, and the uncritical acceptance of the term ecoterrorism instead of ecotage, led to the treatment of these environmental activists as terrorists. 65 Other organizations related to the ALEM movement, however, have shown to adopt creeds that are violent. The Justice Department (JD), a group that resonated in 1999 with 14 attacks (Figure 3), was effectively a splinter from the ALF, but different from the central group, it aspired to utilize violence against people.…”

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“…10 Yet, they have been considered terrorists due to the uncritical acceptance of the term ecoterrorism, and its application to these kinds of illegal activities. 11 On the other hand, the rise of organizations with more radical agendas, such as the Individualities Towards the Savagery (ITS), which disregards human life and holds violent ideologies against progress and technologies, may challenge that proposition. 12 As more developed democracies are moving towards considering environmentalists as a security threat, there are concerns about an increased state led oppression of civil liberties against climate change activists.…”

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Climate Change, Environmental Terrorism, Eco-Terrorism and Emerging Threats

Spadaro

2020

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The footprint of human advancement has accelerated a climate variability with no precedents, further driving devastating natural and social events. The decrease in basic resources like water, has already been identified as a driver of violent conflicts, which have given way to the strengthening of terrorist organizations that used the environment as a tool of coercion. The damage caused to the earth’s ecosystem has additionally raised a wave of defensive activism that was initially considered as eco-terrorism. While the original eco-movements had not induced fatalities, recent extremist organizations are showing a more violent anti-progress and pro-environment agenda. Added to these, the response of the states against environmental activism initiatives, has spiked some concerns over the repression of civil liberties, which may have the potential to fuel the angering of extreme individuals, who can be prompted to take radicalized action. Using open source data, this article shows that environmental terrorism represents an increasing security threat, which in the future, might be worsened by the individual radicalization of marginalized environmental extremists.

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“…But more importantly, as we select the terms for the debates, we not only select and deflect reality; we also – through our selection – predetermine the possible directions of the debate at hand. (Sumner & Weidman, 2013, p. 866)…”

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Framing the ‘child at risk’ in social work reports: Truth-telling or storytelling?

Roets

Roose

Wilde

et al. 2016

Journal of Social Work

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In the field of child welfare and protection, the notion of the 'child at risk' implies a central ground and legitimation for intervention yet is extremely ambiguous, since it can be constructed in radically different ways in practice. This construction process might involve challenges to professional assessment and intervention, since dealing with this complex notion is about more than tools, (risk) management and protocols. We focus on the practice of writing reports as an exemplary practice in which social workers exercise their power while assessing and constructing the child as 'at risk'. Two approaches of social workers in interpreting the complexity of situations where children are potentially at risk are considered: truth-telling and storytelling. We report on a qualitative study conducted with 152 social work students in which we explore how they construct reports.Findings: In our analysis, we identify three major issues in the construction of the 'child at risk' when social work students approach report writing as an open-ended and reflexive practice of storytelling: recognisability, comprehensibility and stigmatisation.Applications: The normative judgment processes in social work are complex, determined by the analysis of situations in which the child may potentially be constructed as being at risk. Dealing with this complexity therefore requires reflexivity of social workers regarding their perceptions and interpretations at stake in practice. We argue that normative judgment in risk assessment should be an essential area for exploration in social work education.

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Eco-terrorism or Eco-tage: An Argument for the Proper Frame

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Constructing the ‘Child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing is a Way of not Seeing

Constructing the ‘Child at Risk’ in Social Work Reports: A Way of Seeing is a Way of not Seeing

Climate Change, Environmental Terrorism, Eco-Terrorism and Emerging Threats

Framing the ‘child at risk’ in social work reports: Truth-telling or storytelling?

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