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Welcome to the Anthropocene: Gregory Bateson, disaster porn, Swamp Thing, and ‘The Green’
Globalizations ( IF 2.407 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 , DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1859761
Kyle D. Killian 1
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ABSTRACT

A recurring narrative in popular culture is imminent global catastrophe. Contextualizing the cultural phenomenon of disaster porn, I discuss the Anthropocene and explore Gregory Bateson’s ecosystemic theoretical lens and how errors in epistemology precipitate and perpetuate global climate problems. Next I discuss the pros and cons, and intended and unintended consequences, of disaster porn’s propagation in its three main forms. I then apply themes and concepts of ecosystemic theory and disaster porn to an analysis of the 2019 TV series Swamp Thing, sifting the algae-filled waters for explicit and implicit messaging about the current ecological crisis. I conclude with reflections about cultural consciousness regarding climate change, and how the urgency and gravity of this global crisis is subverted, commodified and neutralized as audiences sit back and watch it all happen, consuming apocalyptic ‘entertainment’.



中文翻译:

欢迎来到人类世:格雷戈里·贝特森、灾难色情片、沼泽事件和“绿色”

摘要

流行文化中反复出现的叙述是迫在眉睫的全球灾难。将灾难色情的文化现象置于语境中,我讨论了人类世并探讨了格雷戈里贝特森的生态系统理论视角以及认识论中的错误如何促成和延续全球气候问题。接下来,我将讨论灾难色情以三种主要形式传播的利弊,以及有意和无意的后果。然后,我将生态系统理论和灾难色情的主题和概念应用于 2019 年电视剧《沼泽之物》的分析,筛选充满藻类的水域,以获取有关当前生态危机的显式和隐式信息。最后,我反思了有关气候变化的文化意识,以及这场全球危机的紧迫性和严重性如何在观众坐下来观看这一切发生、消费世界末日的“娱乐”时被颠覆、商品化和中和。

更新日期:2021-01-22
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