Perspectives of artist–practitioners on the communication of climate change in the Pacific

Capstick, Stuart; Hemstock, Sarah L.; Senikula, Ruci

doi:10.1108/ijccsm-03-2017-0058

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“…Building on the observed connection between people's 'experience' of climate change and their subsequent beliefs, behavioral responses and future risk perceptions (Akerlof et al, 2013;Demski et al, 2017;Myers et al, 2013;Spence et al, 2011), the EU PacTVET project in partnership with the Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region Project (CCCPIR) project have selected and developed a series of teaching resources which reference visual arts in a Pacific community context. This is as a result of lessons learned from this research and similar Eco-Arts projects in the Pacific region (Capstick et al, 2018). In addition, the EU PacTVET project is building on this research in the development of teaching resources and the use of methodologies which aims to explore and use the perceived personal impacts and experiences of learners to climate The extent to which this field can develop is likely to be limited by the practicalities of creating and presenting material by and for a wider public.…”

Section: The Current European Union Pacific Vocational Education and mentioning

confidence: 61%

“…To integrate with a Pacific cultural context it is important to consider capacity building in arts as well as sciences. From the researchers' experience with regional community EcoArts projects (Capstick et al, 2018) and with projects at the University of the South Pacific and the NGO Alofa Tuvalu, it is apparent that traditional/local knowledge/wisdom and artistic/social activities such as drama, visual arts, and dance have been amongst the most successful methods of communicating climate change awareness. However, there has been very little research on the potential for 'the arts' to facilitate public engagement with climate change in the context of the Pacific.…”

Section: Background To the Research And Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Communicating Climate Change: Reactions to Adapt and Survive Exhibition and Visitors’ Thoughts About Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region

Hemstock

Capstick

2018

Climate Change Management

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This paper examines the content and responses to an art installation addressing climate change in the Pacific, collected at the Adapt and Survive exhibition held at the University of the South Pacific Oceania Centre Gallery in 2014. The artist statement on the exhibition emphasised that it sought to explore the causes and effects of climate change, and to raise awareness of its wider impacts for cultural loss and societal change. As well as conducting a series of interviews with the artist, visitors to the exhibition were invited to complete a short survey concerning their thoughts about climate change and reactions to the exhibition, both before and after they viewed the artworks. The artist's perspectives emphasised the significance of climate change for the region, in the context of traditional responses to environmental problems. The audience survey results suggest that there were high levels of agreement among visitors that the place where they live is being affected by climate change. While emphasising both negative and positive emotional reactions to the artworks, people for the most part expressed confidence and hope that climate change can be effectively addressed, although there was uncertainty on whether or not Pacific islands had the resources to do so. Our study is limited by the small sample size available, but points to directions for future research in this underdeveloped field.

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Section: The Current European Union Pacific Vocational Education and mentioning

confidence: 61%

Section: Background To the Research And Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communicating Climate Change: Reactions to Adapt and Survive Exhibition and Visitors’ Thoughts About Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region

Hemstock

Capstick

2018

Climate Change Management

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“…For example, creative practices in the arts and humanities allow climate change to be expressed through new forms of representation and emotive experiences (Aragon et al, 2019). In so doing, art has the capacity to encourage independent thought and engagement with climate-related issues in a personal and immediate manner (Capstick et al, 2018). As such, art may be seen as: "…a process of opening up imaginative spaces where audiences can move freely and reconsider the role of humans as responsible beings with personal agency and stakes in a changing world" (Galafassi et al, 2018: 77).…”

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Climate Stories: Enabling and sustaining arts interventions in climate science communication

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Stott

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Abstract. The climate science community faces a major challenge for communicating the risks associated with climate change within a heavily politicised landscape, characterised by varying degrees of denial, scepticism, distrust in scientific enterprise and an increased prevalence of misinformation (“fake news”). This issue is particularly significant given the reliance on conventional ‘deficit’ communication approaches, which are based on the assumption that scientific information provision will necessarily lead to desired behavioural changes. Indeed, we argue that the constrained orthodoxy of scientific practices in seeking to maintain strict objectivity and political separation imposes very tangible limits on the potential effectiveness of climate scientists for communicating risk in many contemporary settings. To address these challenges, this paper uses insights from a collaboration between UK climate scientists and artist researchers to advocate for a more creative and emotionally attentive approach to climate science engagement and advocacy. In so doing, the paper highlights innovative ways in which climate change communication can be re-imagined through different art forms to enable complex concepts to become knowable, accessible and engaging to wider publics. We demonstrate that in learning to express their work through forms of art, including print-making, theatre and performance, song-writing and creative writing, researchers experienced not only a sense of liberation from the rigid communicative framework operating in their familiar scientific environment, but also a growing self-confidence in their ability and willingness to engage in new ways of expressing their work. As such, we argue that scientific institutions and funding bodies should recognise the potential value of climate scientists engaging in advocacy through art-science collaborations and that these personal investments and contributions to science engagement by individuals should be rewarded and valued alongside conventional scientific outputs.

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“…For example, creative practices in the arts and humanities allow climate change to be expressed through new forms of representation and emotive experiences (Aragón et al, 2019). In so doing, art has the capacity to encourage independent thought and engagement with climate-related issues in a personal and immediate manner (Capstick et al, 2018). As such, art may be seen as ".…”

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Climate Stories: enabling and sustaining arts interventions in climate science communication

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Abstract. The climate science community faces a major challenge with respect to communicating the risks associated with climate change within a heavily politicised landscape that is characterised by varying degrees of denial, scepticism, distrust in scientific enterprise, and an increased prevalence of misinformation (“fake news”). This issue is particularly significant given the reliance on conventional “deficit” communication approaches, which are based on the assumption that scientific information provision will necessarily lead to desired behavioural changes. Indeed, the constrained orthodoxy of scientific practices in seeking to maintain strict objectivity and political separation imposes very tangible limits on the potential effectiveness of climate scientists for communicating risk in many contemporary settings. To address these challenges, this paper uses insights from a collaboration between UK climate scientists and artist researchers to argue for a more creative and emotionally attentive approach to climate science engagement and advocacy. In so doing, the paper highlights innovative ways in which climate change communication can be reimagined through different art forms to enable complex concepts to become knowable. We suggest that in learning to express their work through forms of art, including print-making, theatre and performance, song-writing, and creative writing, researchers experienced not only a sense of liberation from the rigid communicative framework operating in their familiar scientific environment but also a growing self-confidence in their ability and willingness to engage in new ways of expressing their work. As such, we argue that scientific institutions and funding bodies should recognise the potential value of climate scientists engaging in advocacy through art–science collaborations and that these personal investments and contributions to science engagement by individuals should be rewarded and valued alongside conventional scientific outputs.

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Perspectives of artist–practitioners on the communication of climate change in the Pacific

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Communicating Climate Change: Reactions to Adapt and Survive Exhibition and Visitors’ Thoughts About Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region

Communicating Climate Change: Reactions to Adapt and Survive Exhibition and Visitors’ Thoughts About Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region

Climate Stories: Enabling and sustaining arts interventions in climate science communication

Climate Stories: enabling and sustaining arts interventions in climate science communication

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