Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views
As global climate change shifts seasonal patterns, local and uncertain seasons of Australia have global relevance. Australia’s literature tracks extreme local weather events, exploring ‘slow catastrophes’ and ‘endurance.’ Humanists can change public policy in times when stress is a state of life, by...
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| description | As global climate change shifts seasonal patterns, local and uncertain seasons of Australia have global relevance. Australia’s literature tracks extreme local weather events, exploring ‘slow catastrophes’ and ‘endurance.’ Humanists can change public policy in times when stress is a state of life, by reflecting on the psyches of individuals, rather than the patterns of the state. ‘Probable’ futures, generated by mathematical models that predict nature and economics, have little to say about living with extreme weather. Hope is not easily modelled. The frameworks that enable hopeful futures are qualitatively different. They can explore the unimaginable by offering an ‘interior apprehension.’ |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e51ade2b6eb24de3b6231153c3cc7fd62025-01-02T19:06:09ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57340860-57342019-03-01283719doi.org/10.7311/0860-5734.28.3.02Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global ViewsLibby RobinAs global climate change shifts seasonal patterns, local and uncertain seasons of Australia have global relevance. Australia’s literature tracks extreme local weather events, exploring ‘slow catastrophes’ and ‘endurance.’ Humanists can change public policy in times when stress is a state of life, by reflecting on the psyches of individuals, rather than the patterns of the state. ‘Probable’ futures, generated by mathematical models that predict nature and economics, have little to say about living with extreme weather. Hope is not easily modelled. The frameworks that enable hopeful futures are qualitatively different. They can explore the unimaginable by offering an ‘interior apprehension.’http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/28-3-SI-articles/Anglica-28-3-2-Robin.pdfclimatefutureAustralia |
| spellingShingle | Libby Robin Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies climate future Australia |
| title | Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views |
| title_full | Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views |
| title_fullStr | Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views |
| title_short | Uncertain Seasons in the El Niño Continent: Local and Global Views |
| title_sort | uncertain seasons in the el nino continent local and global views |
| topic | climate future Australia |
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