Dr Rebecca Ford

Institute for Northern Studies
Scott's House
Grainshore Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1FL

email

Biography

Rebecca has completed her PhD at the Institute for Northern Studies with the title “Words and Waves: ecological dialogism as an approach to discourse, community, and marine renewable energy in Orkney”. She previously completed an MLitt in Highlands and Islands Literature at INS, and a BA(Hons) in English Language and Literature with the Open University.

Academic Interests

Rebecca’s research is interdisciplinary and is grounded in a passion for the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and his dialogical approach to language. From this Rebecca has developed ecological dialogism - an approach to understanding language and meaning making as an embodied process, enacted within a physical and cultural environment. Rebecca has a particular interest in the role of narrative in shaping cultural identity in Orkney, and the relationship between local texts and everyday discourse. Her work engages with the Environmental Humanities and feminist approaches to science and technology, energy and environment.