food security discourses: fao-jcu workshop
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Food Security Discourses
Discourse is the way people talk a bout
something
PoliticsProfessionsWorkplaces
Social groupsCultures
Examples:
MetaphorsTropes
SynecdocheMetonymy
Allegory
Discourses consist of “short cuts”:
Metaphor: “Understandingand explaining one kind of thingin terms of another”
Lakoff and Johnson, MetaphorsWe Live By
“Metaphors open doors”
Trope: “Storytelling devices andconventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience member’sminds and expectations.” Tvtropes.com
A
B
C
Synecdoche: “Part stands for the whole”
Metonymy: “Figure of speechwhen an object replaces theother that is closely associatedwith it.” i.e. “Wall St.” “Hollywood”
Allegory: “A story, poem, orpicture that can be interpretedto reveal hidden meanings, Typically a moral or political one.”
Some environmental discourses…
“Earth”
“Pastoral”
“Wild”/“Wilderness”
“Pollution””
“Eco-Apocalypse”
“Eco-Utopia”
“Progress”
“Economy”
“People Power”
“Civilization”
“Hunger”?
“Food Security?”