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Frontiers in Communication, 2023 This study examines how the climate action group Extinction Rebellion represents scientific knowledge in the public presentations used to recruit new members.
Aaron Thierry
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Spreading rebellion?: The rise of extinction rebellion chapters across the world [PDF]
Environmental Sociology, 2022 This article offers an analysis of social movement transnationalisation, using Extinction Rebellion as its case study. In order to investigate the temporal and geographical dynamics of Extinction Rebellion’s transnational diffusion, and the interaction of these dynamics with protest events, we draw on two primary datasets: one describing where and when
Gardner, Peter Robert +2 more
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PROFILE: Extinction rebellion in the Gambia [PDF]
Social Movement Studies, 2023 The emergence of Extinction Rebellion (XR) in 2018 as a global movement led to the establishment of chapters all around the world. Much existing work has focused on cases located in the UK, Western Europe and the Anglosphere. This profile presents a case study of the formation of XR in The Gambia as an example of further diffusion of the movement.
Peter Gardner +3 more
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Responses to Apocalypse: Early Christianity and Extinction Rebellion [PDF]
Religions, 2020 The Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement has grown rapidly in the past two years. In popular media, XR has sometimes been described using religious terminology.
Cullan Joyce
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Extinction Rebellion’s disobedient environmental citizenism
Environmental PoliticsThis is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record ; We examine the public protest of Extinction Rebellion (XR) in the UK as a specific political practice. We do so through our observation of the plea hearings of activists charged with public order offences during the April 2019 London ‘Rebellion’, focusing on
Steven Cammiss +2 more
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Fashion Activism of Extinction Rebellion and Fashion Act Now
Fashion TheoryThis article examines the fashion activism of Extinction Rebellion (XR) through a comparative analysis of literature, media, and interviews with activists. We argue that their decentralized organizational structure allows the individual local chapters and action groups to function and organize independently, quickly, and more efficiently than many ...
Katrina Sark
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‘Biodiversity’ in Extinction Rebellion’s words: an ecostylistic examination of a beneficial text
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThis article refers to the ecological rhetorical terms ‘marker word’ and ‘environet’ and to the ecolinguistic terms ‘beneficial discourse’ and ‘ecosophy’, and applies the stylistic theories of foregrounding, point of view, and metaphor to explore two ...
Daniela Francesca Virdis
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Viewpoint: Doctors and Extinction Rebellion. [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2019 Three of us retired GPs were arrested at the Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Edinburgh in April. We had the preliminary hearing in the Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty in order to have the opportunity to explain in court why we believe that it is part of a doctor’s responsibility to speak out about the climate crisis.
Morrison L.
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Do protests influence environmental attitudes? Evidence from Extinction Rebellion
Environmental Research Communications, 2023 Protests are frequently used to raise public awareness of environmental challenges and increase support for pro-environmental behavior and policy. In this paper we examine the influence of protests on environmental attitudes, focusing on Extinction ...
Yiannis Kountouris, Eleri Williams
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Viewpoint: Extinction Rebellion: radical or rational? [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2019 The UK government has declared a climate change emergency.1 Respected fellow GPs have been arrested on actions with Extinction Rebellion. Initially I was perplexed by this and wondered how they came to take this course of action. Although I have friends who have tried to fly less and become vegan for environmental purposes, I had never really given ...
Shah D.
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