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</nav> <div id="content" class="site-content"> <div class="wrapper"> <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> <article id="post-1504" class="post-1504 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news">  <div class="entry-container"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Interview with Kjersti Fløttum in AE Cardiff Spotlight Series</h1> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on</span><a href="https://aebergen.w.uib.no/interview-with-kjersti-flottum-in-ae-cardiff-spotlight-series/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-31T12:23:17+00:00">2024-07-31</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-31T12:27:58+00:00">2024-07-31</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author</span><a class="url fn n" href="https://aebergen.w.uib.no/author/nilsolav/">nilsolav</a></span></span></p> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div id="attachment_1505" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1505" class="size-full wp-image-1505" src="https://aebergen.w.uib.no/files/2024/07/Kjersti-Flottum.jpg" alt="Kjersti Fløttum MAE is a Professor Emerita of French Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen. " width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://aebergen.w.uib.no/files/2024/07/Kjersti-Flottum.jpg 1024w, https://aebergen.w.uib.no/files/2024/07/Kjersti-Flottum-300x200.jpg 300w, https://aebergen.w.uib.no/files/2024/07/Kjersti-Flottum-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-1505" class="wp-caption-text">Kjersti Fløttum MAE is a Professor Emerita of French Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen. Photo credit: Eivind Senneset</p></div> <h4>How do the general public experience climate change narratives? In recent studies, MAE and AE-Bergen Knowledge Hub Knowledge Hub steering group member Kjersti Fløttum sees that “the general public is more preoccupied by the tone that characterises climate narratives. They criticize the overwhelming negativity and gloom-and-doom perspectives and request a more positive approach”, our steering group member say. Read the complete interview made by the Academia Europaea Cardiff Hub.</h4> <p> </p> <h3><strong><em>About Kjersti Fløttum</em></strong></h3> <p><a href="https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Fl%C3%B8ttum_Kjersti">Kjersti Fløttum MAE</a> is a Professor Emerita of French Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Languages, <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/rg/lingclim/139228/climlife">University of Bergen</a>. She has had an extensive academic career, serving as Vice-Rector for International Relations from 2005 to 2009 and as a member of the University Board from 2013 to 2021. From 2020 to 2023, she was the Chair of the Board of the <a href="https://holbergprize.org/en/holberg-prize/about-holberg-prize">Holberg Prize</a>. Professor Fløttum has published extensively in international journals and is (co-)author/editor of several books.</p> <p>Professor Fløttum’s research interests encompass text and genre theory, narrative structure, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic polyphony, and discourse analysis. Since 2012, she has led the interdisciplinary research group <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/rg/lingclim">LINGCLIM</a>, which investigates the role of language in climate change discourse. From 2020 to 2023, she led the <a href="https://www.uib.no/en/rg/lingclim/139228/climlife">CLIMLIFE</a> project, which explores motivations for lifestyle changes in the context of climate change, funded by the Research Council of Norway.</p> <p>In recognition of her efforts in promoting bilateral relations between France and Norway, she was honoured with the French Ordre national du Mérite in 2023.</p> <h3><strong><em>Read the interview</em></strong></h3> <p><strong>Your work emphasises the importance of language in shaping climate change discourse. How do you believe narrative structures influence public perception and policymaking on climate change?</strong></p> <p class="wp-block-quote">“Stories’ are made up of narratives, which have different components, of which <em>complication </em>and <em>reaction </em>are the most important. The influence narratives may have is dependent on the focus given to the <em>complication</em> element (climate change itself and its causes) and/or to the <em>reaction</em> component (possible solutions to curb the consequences of climate change). A narrative in which the <em>reaction</em> component is prominent may have a motivating effect, by providing people with suggestions for measures that could be taken at individual, community or societal levels.Conversely, a <em>complication</em>-focused narrative may induce a sense of despondency and fatalism. In addition, narratives may contain different characters (explicitly or implicitly), such as hero, victim and villain, that may display different distributions of responsibility.”</p> <p><strong>The LINGCLIM project has explored the role of language in climate discourse since 2012. What are the most significant findings that have emerged from this research?</strong></p> <p class="wp-block-quote">“We have shown that there is a great variety of climate change narratives, caused by the immensity and complexity of the issue and the interests involved. Climate change refers to a process which manifests itself at scales far beyond those of daily experience, and which can only be understood through knowledge from a broad range of scientific disciplines. If we add to this complexity the fact that climate change is a phenomenon that goes well beyond the geophysical domain, to encompass the social, political, ethical, cultural and communicational, then any discourse on climate change is a simplification.We have also found, through the approach of linguistic polyphony, that climate narratives are particularly multi-voiced, with both explicit and implicit voices. With different voices come different values and interests. It has been particularly interesting to reveal how hidden voices can adopt, refute or concede other narrative voices within the same text.”</p> <p><strong>How do you ensure communication about climate change is both scientifically accurate and accessible to a general audience?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.5rem">“As linguistics researchers, we cannot ensure scientific accuracy, but our cross-disciplinary approach of including climate researchers helps to avoid inaccuracy. With regards to accessibility to the general public, we have to enter into a dialogue with different segments of the population. For example, in a study where we included students from upper-secondary school, they told us that they found the relation between global and local changes particularly difficult.However, what we see in our most recent studies is that the general public is more preoccupied by the tone that characterises climate narratives. They criticise the overwhelming negativity and gloom-and-doom perspectives and request a more positive approach, pointing at possible solutions and where they can contribute.”</span></p> <p><strong>What do you see as the biggest challenges and opportunities for the next generation of researchers in climate linguistics?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.5rem">“It will be important to focus on the importance of individual action and individual voices. There is increasing interest in who should act, as well as in what should be done to avoid or mitigate the most serious consequences. Clearly, international and national agents are needed to develop policies and implement changes, but individuals are also expected to contribute, especially through lifestyle change. A challenge will be to change the excuse of , “What I do will not have any effect” into an understanding that, “You matter more than you think”.We have seen a trend, both in psychological studies and public debates, that preferences are oriented towards more positive language, with an objection to negative and alarming language, which may demotivate people from engaging in climate action. This tendency should encourage communicators to strike a balance between alarming and encouraging people, when the aim is to motivate them towards climate action.As the consequences of climate change manifest globally, it’s also important to study its linguistic representations in relation to phenomena such as technological innovation, energy policies, armed conflicts, hunger, migration, as well as the destruction of nature and wildlife habitats.”</span></p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories</span><a href="https://aebergen.w.uib.no/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span></p> </footer> </div> </article> </main> <aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary widget-area" role="complementary"> <section id="category-posts-2" class="widget cat-post-widget"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title">Upcoming events</h4><ul id="category-posts-2-internal" 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