Environmental Communication and Conciliation
Exploring Arts-Based and Indigenous Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 13. November 2025
240 pages
978-1-9787-7156-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores methods of bringing environmentalist, art-based and Indigenous ways of knowing and being into dialogue to improve relationships with the Earth and Her First Peoples.
Geo Takach argues that two of the greatest crimes committed by humanity - environmental devastation and the continued dishonour, dispossession and attempted eradication of Indigenous peoples - are entwined and need to be addressed together. Rooted in communication and cultural studies, this book explores ways to bring environmental, arts-based, and Indigenous ways of knowing and being into dialogue towards improving relationships with the Earth and Her First Peoples.
Through this multimodal exploration, the book builds an analytical foundation for that alliance by considering causes and challenges common to ecological and human colonization. Joined by a generous array of Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge-keepers, artists, scholars and citizens, Takach then demonstrates how we can interweave environmental, arts-based and Indigenous perspectives and collaborative meaning-making in our communications to inspire what he calls environmental conciliation.
Geo Takach argues that two of the greatest crimes committed by humanity - environmental devastation and the continued dishonour, dispossession and attempted eradication of Indigenous peoples - are entwined and need to be addressed together. Rooted in communication and cultural studies, this book explores ways to bring environmental, arts-based, and Indigenous ways of knowing and being into dialogue towards improving relationships with the Earth and Her First Peoples.
Through this multimodal exploration, the book builds an analytical foundation for that alliance by considering causes and challenges common to ecological and human colonization. Joined by a generous array of Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge-keepers, artists, scholars and citizens, Takach then demonstrates how we can interweave environmental, arts-based and Indigenous perspectives and collaborative meaning-making in our communications to inspire what he calls environmental conciliation.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
6 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-7156-7 (9781978771567)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Geo Takach
Environmental Communication and Conciliation
Exploring Arts-Based and Indigenous Approaches
Book
approx. 02/2026
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€121.30
Not yet published
Person
Geo Takach is Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University, and an uninvited visitor to the lands of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, on so-called Vancouver Island, Canada.
Content
Acknowledging My Giants
Introduction: Towards Togetherness in Environmental Relations
1. The Calamitous Coin of Colonization
2. Environmental, Arts-Based and Indigenous Approaches in Dialogue
3. Environmental Conciliation
4. Conversations on Environmental Conciliation
5. Reflections and Aspirations
About Your Narrator
Index
Introduction: Towards Togetherness in Environmental Relations
1. The Calamitous Coin of Colonization
2. Environmental, Arts-Based and Indigenous Approaches in Dialogue
3. Environmental Conciliation
4. Conversations on Environmental Conciliation
5. Reflections and Aspirations
About Your Narrator
Index
