Organic Public Engagement: How Ecological Thinking Transforms Public Engagement with Science

ISBN-13: 9783319877839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 184 str.

Adam S. Lerner; Pat J. Gehrke

Spis treści

1 Ecological Thinking in Science and Public.- 2. Engaging Public Ecologies.- 3. Publics and Counter-Publics of Engagement.- 4. Scientific Expertise and Engagement Experts.- 5. Organic Engagement of Public Ecologies.- 6. Generating Outcomes from Organic Engagement Events.

O autorze

Adam S. Lerner, Research Fellow of Communication and Rhetoric of Science, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA

Pat J. Gehrke, Associate Professor and Director of Speech Communication & Rhetoric, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA

Blurb

This book advances organic public engagement methods based on ecological thinking. The authors draw on rich multi-disciplinary literature in ecological thinking as well as research from public engagement with science events held over the past several years across the United States. Through this combination of ecology theory and case studies, this book provides both the conceptual foundations and the proven practical applications of public engagement grounded in ecological thinking. It offers engagement scholars an effective and efficient means of carrying out their missions, while simultaneously building a more ecologically valid method for studying actually existing publics.