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2017 Conference

del 21 al 24 de June del 2017

Tuscon, AZ

AESS 2017 Draft Conference Session Schedule

Communicating Themes of Resilience in a Time of Denial: An Integral Approach to Communicating Complex Issues Across Mental Models

jueves, el 22 de junio de 2017 a las 16:00–17:30 MDT
ENR2 S 215
Abstract

Successful efforts to communicate topics as complex as global climate change and ecosystem and economic resilience should use language and imagery that match the mental models of audiences being addressed. Importantly, communication must reflect an awareness of from whom and in what form do disparate audiences customarily receive information they consider important to them? Communication efforts not coming from trusted sources or respected information platforms are unlikely to reach more than a small percentage of people. 

This panel discussion will provide three different approaches that may help build shared core values and expectations. These approaches draw from efforts in both Arizona and Europe which integrate cultural and social constructs together with storytelling and visual perspectives. These approaches are among the new ways we might find common ground on complex scientific, economic and social problem statements, recognizing that not all audiences can be engaged by communicators who are outside the cultural and social construct in which an audience receives, and chooses to believe or act upon new information.  Successful outcomes will also be described.

Primary Contact

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John A. ("Skip") Laitner, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates

Presenters

Co-Authors

Chair, Facilitator, Or Moderators

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John A. ("Skip") Laitner, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates

Discussants

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David Schaller
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Ryan Keller, Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates
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Claire Herrick, MD

Workshop Leaders

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