An Eco-Critical Intercultural Communication Framework: Moving Beyond the Anthropocene, the Apocalypse, and Empire Building
Publication Date
12-10-2025
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
Volume
55
Issue
1
DOI
10.1080/17475759.2025.2602029
First Page
97
Last Page
113
Abstract
This essay answers Mendoza and Kinefuchi’s call to reconceptualize our understanding of intercultural communication in meaningful relation to an ecological turn and its urgencies. We do so by mapping pathways and possibilities emerging at the intersection of critical intercultural communication and critical environmental communication to offer an eco-critical intercultural communication framework. Our essay highlights three possibilities for rethinking the relationship among power, culture, and the environment in the spirit of moving “beyond” normative, dominant stances: beyond the Anthropocene, beyond the Apocalypse, and beyond empire building.
Keywords
critical environmental communication, Critical intercultural communication, culture, ecological system, environment, power
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Rona Tamiko Halualani and Anne Marie Todd. "An Eco-Critical Intercultural Communication Framework: Moving Beyond the Anthropocene, the Apocalypse, and Empire Building" Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (2025): 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2025.2602029
