Moving Towards (More-Than-)Human Solidarities and Sustainable Futures: On the Critical Urgency of the Ecological Turn in Intercultural Communication

Abstract

This special issue brings together ten pieces that illustrate the state and scope of the Ecological Turn in intercultural communication today, while also pointing to future avenues for research. In this introduction, we emphasize the importance of carving spaces of creativity and resistance within and beyond academia as knowledges and solutions for sustainable futures cannot stem from euro-western-centric and anthropocentric frameworks. We conclude the introduction to this special issue with two recommendations to keep on developing and strengthening the ecological turn in intercultural communication: connecting research and activism, and using creative, embodied and multispecies methodologies.