This article discusses Anthropogenic climate change. Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most prominent and existential challenges of the 21st century. Furthermore ,public discourses typically considers climate change as ‘threat’. Humor and comedy have been increasingly mobilized as culturally-resonant vehicles for effective climate change communications. While everyday forms of resistance and tools of social movements,while providing some levity along the way. The article touches on the fact that the progress is made along key themes of awareness, efficacy, feeling/emotion/affect,engagement/problem solving, learning and new knowledge formation, though many challenges still remain. While science is often privileged as the dominant way. It says "Power flows through comedy to enable movement between‘authorized’ and revealed alternatives and can seed fertile locations for subversion, resistance, liberation as it opens up additional dimensions of understanding of the world". The article is basically saying that comedy gives relief and a new view to climate issues.
I found the article interesting. I never would've thought of the concept of comedy and climate change. its gives a new perspective to the things going on. It provides a different and more entertaining way to see climate change. It also provided insight on how things were reiterated then v now.
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