Fostering Community Engagement: On the Intersection of Climate Science Denialism, Politics, and Epistemic Criteria of Assent
Fostering Community Engagement: On the Intersection of Climate Science Denialism, Politics, and Epistemic Criteria of Assent
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Abstract
This paper reviews and interrogates theories of climate science denialism, and climate science skepticism, from a Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspective, and proceeds as follows: (1) Compare work by Jasanoff & Simmet, and by Collins, Evans & Weinel, on post-truth rhetoric, theories of expertise, and managing climate science denialism. (2) Introduce particular boundary drawing norms that I view as promising in potentially persuading publics to support mitigation responses to climate change. (3) Review work by Jylhä and by MacWilliams on the politics and demographics of climate science denialists. (4) Argue that recent work by Kenner provides a model for effectively engaging local communities in climate science epistemology, which could be fruitfully extended using social science work reviewed in this paper. (5) Conclude that there is plausibly fruitful political negotiation to be done by engaging conservative people to envision desired futures and compare those visions with the emerging climate.
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