Genevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate Silence and affiliate faculty at The New School, where she sits on the board of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. While writing the End Climate Silence newsletter, Dr. Guenther advises NGOs, corporations, and policymakers on fossil-fuel disinformation and climate communication, and she serves as an Expert Reviewer for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her research has appeared in both scholarly journals and media outlets such as Scientific American, The New Republic, and MSNBC, and she has been invited to speak about climate and language to audiences at Duke, Columbia, and Harvard, among other universities. She lives in New York City with her family.

Links _______________________ Genevieve Guenther: ⁠https://genevieveguenther.com/

The Book: The Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Language-Climate-Politics-Fossil-Fuel-Propaganda/dp/0197642233

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Timestamps ____________________

0:00 - Intro

2:40 - How words construct our political imaginations

6:21 - Language is used and abused to influence how we think about the climate crisis

12:27 - Everything we experience is shaped by language

16:29 - The Language of Climate Politics

19:01 - A quick word game - How is the term ‘alarm-ism' being misused?

32:22 - Facing the climate crisis with courage

35:20 - What language should we use to fight the climate crisis?

40:45 - Closing words

Dr Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist focusing on the anthropology of development. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Environment from the University of London (SOAS/Birkbeck) and is an Associate Senior Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology examining the socio-environmental effects of shipbreaking in Bangladesh. Dr Dewan is the author of Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh (University of Washington Press, 2021). Links _______________________ Camelia Dewan: https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-orga...

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Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - What does it mean to be an anthropologist? 5:25 - Climate discourse about Bangladesh 13:29 - Climate victimisation and Bangladesh’s environmental history 26:25 - Climate reductionisms in Bangladesh 36:15 - The politics of climate change 47:35 - Parting thoughts 52:22- Key takeaways Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X #anthropology #climatechange #bangladesh

Hello All,

In this episode, I have a candid chat about where I have been and what you can expect going forward.

Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Hello 1:08 - Where have I been? 9:59 - An update on the podcast

Links _______________________ Contact me: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com

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