S.B. Emery
Negotiating river restoration: The role of divergent reframing in environmental decision-making
Emery, S.B.; Perks, M.T.; Bracken, L.J.
Authors
M.T. Perks
L.J. Bracken
Abstract
In this paper we employ rhetoric culture theory, and a case study of upland channel truncation in the UK, to explore the nuanced processes of negotiation associated with environmental decision-making. In contrast to much of the literature on rhetoric in environmental management, which focuses on the means by which decisions are communicated and justified to an external audience, we focus on the dynamics of interaction and persuasion in and amongst a small group of decision-makers, and how, despite initial misgivings and conflict, they arrived at a decision consensus. We reflect on the importance of the rhetorical situation as a determinant of action and demonstrate how antagonisms were caused by competing moral notions of environmental restoration. We show that consensus was finally achieved through a process of divergent reframing, as individuals reframed the problem according to their own prior values. The outcome, therefore, was a consensus of action but a divergence of opinion, which sheds new light on the role of reframing in environmental management. Finally, we argue for a better understanding of how nuanced interactional processes influence not only small-scale interventions, but all environmental decision processes.
Citation
Emery, S., Perks, M., & Bracken, L. (2013). Negotiating river restoration: The role of divergent reframing in environmental decision-making. Geoforum, 47, 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.008
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jun 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Jul 26, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 3, 2015 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Print ISSN | 0016-7185 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 47 |
Pages | 167-177 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.008 |
Keywords | Restoration, River, Framing, Reframing, Rhetoric. |
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Geoforum. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Geoforum, 47, June 2013, 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.008.
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