"This bookmark gauges the depths of the human": how poetry can help to personalise climate change

Sam Illingworth

doi:10.5194/gc-3-35-2020

"This bookmark gauges the depths of the human": how poetry can help to personalise climate change

Sam Illingworth

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By conducting a qualitative content analysis of 72 poems written about climate change by poets from across the world, this study demonstrates how these poets have interpreted the, at times, esoteric principles of climate change. The results of this study indicate that these interpretations highlight the need to re-position humans at the epicentre of the debate so that a meaningful dialogue around the subject might be established, especially amongst non-specialists.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-47
Number of pages	13
Journal	Geoscience Communication
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-35-2020
Publication status	Published - 6 Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes

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"This bookmark gauges the depths of the human": how poetry can help to personalise climate change

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