21st-Century Climate Imaginaries

Adopting a comparative approach, this book argues that many iconic 21st -century metaphors and images used to communicate climate change and ecological crisis actually conceal the destructive foundations of Anthropocene life. Climate crisis images and narratives produced by the global north have lon...

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מחבר ראשי: Pollard, Natalie
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יצא לאור: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2026
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description Adopting a comparative approach, this book argues that many iconic 21st -century metaphors and images used to communicate climate change and ecological crisis actually conceal the destructive foundations of Anthropocene life. Climate crisis images and narratives produced by the global north have long structured the way environmental change is understood and managed. This open access book examines how apocalyptic 'climate memes' – which are familiar from dominant environmental media, eco-art and science communication – risk invisibilising ecological and social injustices on the ground and perpetuating colonizing and violent planetary responses. The book showcases alternative climate imaginaries emerging from global south, Indigenous-led and anti-colonial movements. Through five case studies in Chile, Greenland, the Pacific Islands, the UK, and Canada, it introduces key contemporary artists, activists and scholars whose creative interventions challenge colonial, extractive, and late capitalist thinking. Among them are the artistic and filmic collaborations, land defence projects, performances and installations of activist artists including Craig Santos Perez, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and Rita Wong. The book advocates for collaborative, transdisciplinary, and grassroots action in reconfiguring ecological relations, shifting from technocratic solutions to culturally and contextually grounded practices. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of Exeter.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1757492026-04-20T08:34:34Z 21st-Century Climate Imaginaries Pollard, Natalie Climate activism New media New media poetry Ecological change Climate change Climate emergency Anthropocene Glacier Ecocriticism Environmental humanities Colonial Environmental violence Science communication Indigenous writing J.R. Carpenter Craig Santos Perez Kathy Jetn¯il-Kijiner Rita Wong Jordan Abel Cecilia Vicuña thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBJ Literary studies: from c 2000 thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSC Literary studies: poetry and poets thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general Adopting a comparative approach, this book argues that many iconic 21st -century metaphors and images used to communicate climate change and ecological crisis actually conceal the destructive foundations of Anthropocene life. Climate crisis images and narratives produced by the global north have long structured the way environmental change is understood and managed. This open access book examines how apocalyptic 'climate memes' – which are familiar from dominant environmental media, eco-art and science communication – risk invisibilising ecological and social injustices on the ground and perpetuating colonizing and violent planetary responses. The book showcases alternative climate imaginaries emerging from global south, Indigenous-led and anti-colonial movements. Through five case studies in Chile, Greenland, the Pacific Islands, the UK, and Canada, it introduces key contemporary artists, activists and scholars whose creative interventions challenge colonial, extractive, and late capitalist thinking. Among them are the artistic and filmic collaborations, land defence projects, performances and installations of activist artists including Craig Santos Perez, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and Rita Wong. The book advocates for collaborative, transdisciplinary, and grassroots action in reconfiguring ecological relations, shifting from technocratic solutions to culturally and contextually grounded practices. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University of Exeter. 2026-04-20T08:34:33Z 2026-04-20T08:34:33Z 2026-04-16T10:01:41Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350401846_48 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112353 9781350401846 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175749 eng Environmental Cultures open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bloomsbury Academic b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350401846 Bloomsbury Academic 256 London open access
spellingShingle Climate activism
New media
New media poetry
Ecological change
Climate change
Climate emergency
Anthropocene
Glacier
Ecocriticism
Environmental humanities
Colonial
Environmental violence
Science communication
Indigenous writing
J.R. Carpenter
Craig Santos Perez
Kathy Jetn¯il-Kijiner
Rita Wong
Jordan Abel
Cecilia Vicuña
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Pollard, Natalie
21st-Century Climate Imaginaries
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topic Climate activism
New media
New media poetry
Ecological change
Climate change
Climate emergency
Anthropocene
Glacier
Ecocriticism
Environmental humanities
Colonial
Environmental violence
Science communication
Indigenous writing
J.R. Carpenter
Craig Santos Perez
Kathy Jetn¯il-Kijiner
Rita Wong
Jordan Abel
Cecilia Vicuña
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thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general
topic_facet Climate activism
New media
New media poetry
Ecological change
Climate change
Climate emergency
Anthropocene
Glacier
Ecocriticism
Environmental humanities
Colonial
Environmental violence
Science communication
Indigenous writing
J.R. Carpenter
Craig Santos Perez
Kathy Jetn¯il-Kijiner
Rita Wong
Jordan Abel
Cecilia Vicuña
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBJ Literary studies: from c 2000
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thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSC Literary studies: poetry and poets
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