LINGUIST List 15.1754

Wed Jun 9 2004

FYI: Language and Ecology

Editor for this issue: Anne Clarke <annelinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. C.A. Stibbe, Ecology and Language (Ecolinguistics)...

The recently launched 'Language and Ecology' website
(http://www.ecoling.net) has proved extremely popular, with viewers
from more than 40 countries. This is a living, developing website,
devoted to co-operation among researchers who analyse the impact of
discourses on the health of the planet. Among recent additions are the
following:

a) The summer issue of Language and Ecology Online Magazine is now
out. This issue focuses on the relationship between human health, the
health of the planet, and the discourses which can improve or destroy
both (see http://www.ecoling.net/magazine.html)

b) Full details of a symposium on Language and Ecology to be held in
Madison in July 2005 have been published (see
http://www.ecoling.net/aila2005.html)

c) The bibliography of books and papers on ecolinguistics has been
expanded, and new photographs added to the visual discourses of nature
section.

We are now looking for contributions (articles, brief comments,
queries) for the Autumn 2004 issue of the magazine. Please contact us
if you are interesting in contributing. All contributions are reviewed
by associates of the centre.

Viewing the website and participating in the Centre for Language and
Ecology is entirely free. To view the website please go to
http://www.ecoling.net

C. A. Stibbe

C. A. Stibbe, PhD, MSc, BEng
Senior Lecturer
Chikushi Jogakuen University
Japan


Contents of Summer Edition of Language and Ecology Online magazine


Editorial: Language, health and ecology 
The relationship between human health, the health of the planet, and
the discourses which can improve or destroy both

Article 1: Masculinity, health and ecological destruction 
A look at the emerging concept of men's health and the potential
consequences for health and ecology

Article 2: Real men do shop: Images of masculinity and consumerism in
Men's Health magazine 
The ecological consequences of the newly constructed 'male consumer'

Article 3: Live a little... 
Some comments about the disputed meaning of 'living'