1. Ecojustice & Thick Description:
A Practice to Develop Local
Power
Kurt Love, Ph.D.
Central Connecticut State University
2. “THICK DESCRIPTION”
Superficial
Mainstream These two
Message might set up a
Null binary
Message
These two
Relationships generally show a
complexity not
Tensions binary “packaged”
Deep info
3. Thinking
Convergent Thinking -
All paths lead to a single destination. This is rooted in a
belief that there is only one “Truth.”
Traditional Liberal/Progressive
Truth Thought scaf
fold
New
Truth
Thought
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Thought Thought
4. Thinking
Divergent Thinking -
Explore many paths in authentic settings with questions
that have no predetermined answer.
Transformative
New New
Thought Thought Relationship
Critical Communities
Info Questioning
New New
Thought Thought Relationship