2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Beyond Cli-Fi: Exanding the Boundaries of American Climate Literature
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20K00446
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima City University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Climate crisis / Climate fiction (Cli-Fi) / Disposable people / Environmental activism / Environmental justice / Petrocolonialism / Slow violence / Water protectors |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
As the title of this grant suggests, this research project was designed to expand understanding of the climate crisis and cultural representations of this unprecedented environmental threat. This study went beyond constraints of academic discipline, artistic genre, and anthropocentric thought to reflect the magnitude of the climate emergency as well as the interdisciplinary character of the environmental humanities. Despite unexpected challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, I augmented my knowledge of the environmental humanities by attending lectures given by key figures in environmental studies such as Rob Nixon and Stan Temple, deepened my knowledge of climate art by attending exhibits such as “Common Frequencies/Frequencias Communes” at BioBAT Art Space in New York, learned first-hand about the connection between indigenous treaty rights and climate concerns, and attended actions/events hosted by grassroots organizations resisting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.
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| Free Research Field |
American Studies, Environmental Humanities
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This project clarifies the enormity of the climate crisis, the benefit of interdisciplinary approaches to studying the climate emergency, the ways art bridges climate science and human experience, and the critical link between scholarship in the environmental humanities and climate activism.
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