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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1697-1713 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2015 |
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Reframing water governance praxis : does reflection on metaphors have a role? / Ison, Ray; Allan, Catherine; Collins, Kevin.
In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol. 33, No. 6, 12.2015, p. 1697-1713.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Reframing water governance praxis
T2 - does reflection on metaphors have a role?
AU - Ison, Ray
AU - Allan, Catherine
AU - Collins, Kevin
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - Action for adaptation is needed in the face of anthropogenic climate change. The record of adaptation in the field of freshwater governance is poor to date, as it is apparently constrained by operational frameworks. Analyses based on the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor can reveal underlying, often institutionally reified, operational frameworks. We present a desktop metaphor mapping study of one UK and one Australian water management planning document. This mapping demonstrates the potential of metaphor analysis, with further methodological and praxis development, to support the new ways of thinking and acting that are needed to challenge deeply held social and cultural norms of linear, rather than systemic, causality. We suggest that metaphor has the potential to help practitioners expose and examine reified operational frameworks and practices, and to change those that hinder adaptive and systemic praxis.
AB - Action for adaptation is needed in the face of anthropogenic climate change. The record of adaptation in the field of freshwater governance is poor to date, as it is apparently constrained by operational frameworks. Analyses based on the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor can reveal underlying, often institutionally reified, operational frameworks. We present a desktop metaphor mapping study of one UK and one Australian water management planning document. This mapping demonstrates the potential of metaphor analysis, with further methodological and praxis development, to support the new ways of thinking and acting that are needed to challenge deeply held social and cultural norms of linear, rather than systemic, causality. We suggest that metaphor has the potential to help practitioners expose and examine reified operational frameworks and practices, and to change those that hinder adaptive and systemic praxis.
KW - Climate change adaptation
KW - Contemporary Theory of Metaphor
KW - Metaphor
KW - Operational frameworks
KW - Water governance
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U2 - 10.1177/0263774X15614466
DO - 10.1177/0263774X15614466
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 1697
EP - 1713
JO - Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
JF - Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
SN - 0263-774X
IS - 6
ER -