{"product_id":"storytelling-and-ecology-empathy-enchantment-and-emergence-in-the-use-of-oral-narratives-paperback","title":"Storytelling and Ecology: Empathy, Enchantment and Emergence in the Use of Oral Narratives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Nanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArran Stibbe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMariana Roccia\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Finalist' in the PROSE Award (2022) for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage \u0026amp; Linguistics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwarded Honors at the Storytelling World Awards 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinking the ongoing ecological crisis with contemporary conditions of alienation and disenchantment in modern society, this book investigates the capacity of oral storytelling to reconnect people to the natural world and enchant and renew their experience of nature, place and their own existence in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anthony Nanson offers an in-depth examination of how a diverse ecosystem of oral stories and the dynamics of storytelling as an activity can catalyse different kinds of conversation and motivation, helping us resist the discourse of powerful vested interests. Detailed analysis of traditional, true-life and fictional stories shows how spoken narrative language can imbue landscapes, creatures and experiences with enchantment and mediate between the inner world of consciousness and outer world of ecology and community. A pioneering ecolinguistic and ecocritical study of oral storytelling in the modern world, \u003ci\u003e Storytelling and Ecology \u003c\/i\u003eoffers insight into the ways that sharing stories in each other's embodied presence can open up spaces for transformation in our relationships with the ecological world around us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Nanson has a PhD in ecological storytelling and storywriting from the University of Gloucestershire, UK. His books include \u003ci\u003eDeep Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eGloucestershire Folk Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eWords of Re-enchantment\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eExotic Excursions\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eStorytelling for Nature Connection\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47475888849074,"sku":"9781350246225","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/14bed794bc92534ed935482a6c6f2dec.webp?v=1779177703","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/storytelling-and-ecology-empathy-enchantment-and-emergence-in-the-use-of-oral-narratives-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}