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Organic Public Engagement

How Ecological Thinking Transforms Public Engagement with Science

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Authors:
  1. Adam S. Lerner

    1. University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

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  2. Pat J. Gehrke

    1. University of South Carolina, Lexington, USA

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  • Challenges dominant paradigms in public engagement through both a comprehensive competing theory of engagement and specific case studies of public engagement with science
  • Presents a foundational theory of engagement and the practical methodology for implementing that theory
  • Appeals to public engagement scholars, researchers, and students, especially those working in public engagement with science and technology, science communication, public understanding of science, and rhetoric of science and technology

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 1-6

  3. Ecological Thinking in Science and Public

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 7-37

  4. Engaging Public Ecologies

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 39-67

  5. Publics and Counterpublics of Engagement

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 69-95

  6. Scientific Expertise and Engagement Experts

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 97-120

  7. Organic Engagement of Public Ecologies

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 121-146

  8. Generating Outcomes from Organic Engagement Events

    • Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke
    Pages 147-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-184
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About this book

This book advances organic public engagement methods based on ecological thinking. The authors draw on rich multi-disciplinary literature in ecological thinking as well as research from public engagement with science events held over the past several years across the United States. Through this combination of ecology theory and case studies, this book provides both the conceptual foundations and the proven practical applications of public engagement grounded in ecological thinking. It offers engagement scholars an effective and efficient means of carrying out their missions, while simultaneously building a more ecologically valid method for studying actually existing publics. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

    Adam S. Lerner

  • University of South Carolina, Lexington, USA

    Pat J. Gehrke

About the authors

Adam S. Lerner, Research Fellow of Communication and Rhetoric of Science, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA



Pat J. Gehrke, Associate Professor and Director of Speech Communication & Rhetoric, Department of English, University of South Carolina, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organic Public Engagement

  • Book Subtitle: How Ecological Thinking Transforms Public Engagement with Science

  • Authors: Adam S. Lerner, Pat J. Gehrke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64397-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64396-0Published: 18 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87783-9Published: 15 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64397-7Published: 03 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 184

  • Topics: Environmental Sociology, Environmental Communication, Community and Environmental Psychology

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