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    The Words We Use and the Actions We Choose: The Power of Keywords, Naming and Framing in the Transition towards Sustainability. The Story of Waste

    Silva A 2017.pdf (2.922Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Silva, Angie Ines
    Date
    2017
    Supervisor
    Assoc. Prof. Laura Stocker
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    Faculty
    Humanities
    School
    Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59691
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    • Curtin Theses
    Abstract

    The shortcomings of conventional development, such as environmental and social injustice, have created an opportunity for a new narrative: the transition to a sustainable future. Naming sustainability transitions purposefully and effectively has been an overlooked yet crucial variable in an age of media sound bites, hashtags, search engines and rapid communication technologies. The present research contributes to the new narrative by investigating what role keywords, naming and framing play in a major sustainability transition: waste.

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