| Description |
1 online resource (416 pages : illustrations, maps.) |
| Contents |
Introduction Anthropology and climate change / Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall -- Human agency, climate change, and culture : an archaeological perspective / Fekri A. Hassan -- Climate and weather discourse in anthropology : from determinism to uncertain futures / Nicole Peterson and Kenneth Broad -- Fielding climate change in cultural anthropology / Carla Roncoli, Todd Crane, and Ben Orlove -- Climate change and population displacement : disasters and diasporas in the twenty-first century / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Gone the bull of winter? : contemplating climate change's cultural implications in northeastern Siberia, Russia / Susan A. Crate -- Sea ice : the sociocultural dimensions of a melting environment in the Arctic / Anne Henshaw -- Global models, local risks : responding to climate change in the Swiss Alps / Sarah Strauss -- Storm warnings : the role of anthropology in adapting to sea-level rise in southwestern Bangladesh / Timothy Finan -- Salmon nation : climate change and tribal sovereignty / Benedict J. Colombi -- Global averages, local extremes : the subtleties and complexities of climate change in Papua New Guinea / Jerry Jacka -- Talking and not talking about climate change in northwestern Alaska / Elizabeth Marino and Peter Schweitzer -- Opal waters, rising seas : how sociocultural inequality reduces resilience to climate change among indigenous Australians / Donna Green -- Glaciers of the Andes are melting : indigenous and anthropological knowledge merge in restoring water resources / Inge Bolin -- Governance of vulnerability : climate change and agency in Tuvalu, South Pacific / Heather Lazrus -- From local to global : perceptions and realities of environmental change among Kalahari San / Robert K. Hitchcock -- Consuming ourselves to death : the anthropology of consumer culture and climate change / Richard Wilk -- Global change policymaking from inside the Beltway : engaging anthropology / Shirley J. Fiske -- Living in a world of movement : human resilience to environmental instability in Greenland / Mark Nuttall -- Where managerial and scientific knowledge meet sociocultural systems : local realities, global responsibilities / P.J. Puntenney -- Participatory Action Research : community partnership with social and physical scientists / Gregory V. Button and Kristina Peterson -- Terms of engagement : an Arctic perspective on the narratives and politics of global climate change / Noel D. Broadbent and Patrik Lantto -- Shifting the university : faculty engagement and curriculum change / Peggy F. Bartlett and Benjamin Stewart -- Car culture and decision-making : choice and climate change / Lenora Bohren -- Anthropologists engaging in climate change education and outreach : curating Thin Ice -- Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment / A. Nicole Stuckenberger -- Epilogue Anthropology, science, and climate change policy / Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall |
| Summary |
Comprehensively assessing anthropology's engagement with climate change, this volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to action. Linking sophisticated knowledge to effective actions, 'Anthropology and Climate Change' is essential for students and scholars in anthropology and environmental studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Anthropology.
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Climatic changes.
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Ethnology.
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Anthropology.
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Climatic changes.
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Ethnology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crate, Susan Alexandra.
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Nuttall, Mark.
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| ISBN |
1315434768 |
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9781315434766 |
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