The Trumpeter (magazine)

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The Trumpeter
Categories Creative writing, environmental philosophy
FrequencyAnnual
Publisher Athabasca University
First issue1983 [1]
CountryCanada
Website trumpeter.athabascau.ca
ISSN 0832-6193
OCLC 47360295

The Trumpeter is a Canadian annual environmental philosophy and creative writing magazine. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

History

The Trumpeter was founded in 1983 at the University of Victoria. [5] [6] In 2001, the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences clarified that The Trumpeter was edited Alan R. Drengson from 1983 to 1997 and that "subsequently, it has continued as an on-line journal, under the editorship of Bruce Morito.” [7] Although the Trumpeter was initially published by the University of Victoria, it is now published by Athabasca University.

Structure

Although the magazine is primarily focused on environmental philosophy, it has also published creative writing such as poetry, provided those writings employ naturalist or ecological imagery. In 1995, Warwick Fox explained that the Trumpeter "began to be numbered consecutively across issues within a volume" beginning in 1988. [8]

Impact

In 1990, the Institute for Research on Public Policy stated that "the academic journal The Trumpeter, published at the University of Victoria with Professor Alan Drengson as editor, offers one Canadian vehicle for continuing dissemination of scholarly work on philosophical foundations underlying environmental issues.” [9] In 1995, Yuichi Inoue wrote that the magazine was established "specifically to disseminate ecosophies in support of the deep ecology movement." [10] In 2006, Donald Edward Davis described the Trumpeter as “the principal voice of the North American Deep Ecology movement for nearly two decades.” [11] The Trumpeter has been cited and discussed extensively in the University of North Texas' peer-reviewed academic journal Environmental Ethics. [12] [lower-alpha 1]

In libraries

Alan Drengson's papers associated with The Trumpeter are housed in the archives of the University of Victoria Libraries. [14] Marti Kheel's commentary on Alan Drengson's work with The Trumpeter is held in the Schlesinger Library (Harvard University). [15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 2021, Environmental Ethics has referenced The Trumpeter 25 times. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Trumpeter". Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. Vol. 37. New Providence, New Jersey: R. R. Bowker. 1998. p. 2782. ISBN   9780835240918. OCLC   41398127.
  2. ↑ Naess, Arne (2005). The Selected Works of Arne Naess (PDF). Springer. pp. 617–618, endnote 2. ISBN   978-1402037276.
  3. ↑ "The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy" (PDF). International Society for Environmental Ethics Newsletter. 22 (2): 52. Spring 2011.
  4. ↑ Mosquin, Ted (2000). "About the Authors and Translators". Ecospheric Ethics.
  5. ↑ Hanson, Philip P. (1980). "Alan R. Drengson". Environmental Ethics . 2: 35. ISBN   9780864910806.
  6. ↑ Todd, Roger (July 8, 1989). "Scholars Looking For Theology of Ecology". Vancouver Sun . p. H13.
  7. ↑ Smelser, Neil J.; Bates, Paul B., eds. (2001). International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Vol. 6. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 4043. ISBN   9780080970875.
  8. ↑ Fox, Warwick (1995). Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism. State University of New York Press. p. 271. ISBN   978-0791427767.
  9. ↑ The Social Challenge of Global Change: A Report. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy. 1990. p. 39. OCLC   1044593542.
  10. ↑ Inoue, Yuichi (1995). "Introduction". The Deep Ecology Movement: An Introductory Anthology. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. pp. xx. ISBN   978-1556431982.
  11. ↑ Davis, Donald Edward (2006). Homeplace Geography: Essays for Appalachia. Mercer University Press. p. 1. ISBN   9780881460148.
  12. ↑ "News and Notes". Environmental Ethics . 7 (2): 98. Summer 1985. doi:10.5840/enviroethics19857220.
  13. ↑ "Search results for "The Trumpeter" in Environmental Ethics".
  14. ↑ Wilson, Lara (2013). "Environmental Studies". Archives Collection Policy. University of Victoria.
  15. ↑ Kheel, Mart i (August 28, 2006). "Nature Ethics, An Ecofeminist Perspective: Comments on Manuscript from Alan Drengson".


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