Barbara Kingsolver’ın Flight Behaviour Romanında İklim Değişikliği ve İklim Değişikliği İletişimi

Year 2024, Issue: Ö14, 1146 - 1162, 21.03.2024

Nesrin Yavaş

https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1454574

Abstract

İklim değişikliğinin bugün ve gelecekte insan ve insan olmayan tüm yaşam biçimleri ve ekosistemler için oluşturduğu tehditler objektif bilimin gerçekleri ile ispatlanmış olsa da bilgi ve harekete geçme arasında hala büyük bir uçurum vardır. İklim değişikliği farkındalığı ve iletişimi bağlamında hikayelerin/kurgusal anlatıların önemi ve gerekliliği bugün özellikle Batılı akademi çevrelerinde üzerinde sıklıkla durulan ve tartışılan bir konudur. Bu bağlamda özellikle Anglofon yazınında 2000li yılların başından itibaren yükselişe geçen İngilizce iklim-kurgu edebiyatının da iklim değişikliğini anlatma/anlamlandırma ve farkındalık yaratmada etkin bir rolü olduğu/olabileceği tartışmaları da gündeme gelmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel argümanını Barbara Kingsolver’ın (2012) iklim-kurgu türünde yazılmış Flight Behaviour romanının hem iklim krizini farklı yönleriyle anlatma ve farkındalık oluşturma hem de iklim değişikliği iletişimi bağlamında salt bilim-temelli anlatılara kıyasla çok daha etkin bir rol üstlendiği tezi oluşturur. Başka bir deyişle, Flight Behaviour iklim bilimi gerçeklerini kurgusal bir hikaye ile aktarırken, iklim krizinin etik, kültürel, ekonomik, politik, dini bileşenlerini de gözler önüne serer. Bu nedenle Flight Behaviour salt objektif bilimin rakamlarla, verilerle, modellemelerle anlatmaya çalıştığı zamana ve mekana yayılmış, anlaması/anlamlandırması zor bir “hiper-nesne” yi kurgusal bir hikayenin tüm öğeleri ile-zaman, mekan, karakter, olay örgüsü- ve tüm yönleriyle anlatması, bilimin ve bilim insanının iklim krizi karşısındaki rollerini de sorgulaması açısından İngilizce iklim-kurgu/iklim edebiyatı türünün çarpıcı bir örneğidir.

Keywords

iklim değişikliği, iklim değişikliği iletişimi, iklim değişikliği farkındalığı, iklim bilimi, iklim kurgu

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