I think this communication framework you have established is a very good idea and it can even develop and take root. It is not easy to overcome communication problems experienced in the academic world. For example, I was warned by my professor not to use the word "personality" when I wanted to talk about the personalities of animals. Also, in none of the zoology courses I took for a year did we talk about animals' "thoughts," "decisions," "strategies," "plans." These words referred to consciousness and we did not even talk about animals' consciousness. It should not be this difficult to talk about animals' consciousness when we call our phones "smart."
Love everything about this! Too often, I feel like activists use language that's aggressively provocative, excluding and othering the very people we're trying to reach.
I think this communication framework you have established is a very good idea and it can even develop and take root. It is not easy to overcome communication problems experienced in the academic world. For example, I was warned by my professor not to use the word "personality" when I wanted to talk about the personalities of animals. Also, in none of the zoology courses I took for a year did we talk about animals' "thoughts," "decisions," "strategies," "plans." These words referred to consciousness and we did not even talk about animals' consciousness. It should not be this difficult to talk about animals' consciousness when we call our phones "smart."
Love everything about this! Too often, I feel like activists use language that's aggressively provocative, excluding and othering the very people we're trying to reach.