Polish Flows : An Aqua-Critical Reading of Cultural and Educational Narratives about Rivers / Bernadeta Niesporek-Szamburska, Malgorzata Wójcik-Dudek and Magdalena Ochwat (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niesporek-Szamburska, Bernadeta, editor.

Wójcik-Dudek, Małgorzata, editor.

Ochwat, Magdalena, editor.

Series:

TRANSitions, transdisciplinary, transmedial and transnational cultural studies.

TRANSitions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquatic ecology.

Ecocriticism.

Ecology in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, Germany : V&R Unipress, [2024]

Summary:

The contributors attempt to describe Polish rivers and lakes as a nexus of narratives about nature culture, pointing out those elements of the story around which scientific, political, media, social and ecological narratives are created. All of them influence the shape of reflection on the water ecosystem and its function in Polish education. The authors recreate old and contemporary Polish mythmaking narratives about Polish rivers and lakes and, by proposing a critical reading of them, try to develop new educational practices that would take into account the 21st century conditions related to the climate catastrophe. The context related to the crisis also opens up thinking about rivers to other categories (cooperation, solidarity, activism) than those that have been applicable in Polish education so far (national symbolism, utility).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9783847017127

OCLC:

1472980831