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Author Kassam, Karim-Aly S., 1964- author.

Title Biocultural diversity and indigenous ways of knowing : human ecology in the Arctic / Karim-Aly S. Kassam
Published Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2009]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
Series Northern lights series, 1701-0004 ; no. 12
Northern lights series (Calgary, Alta.) ; no. 12.
Contents Relations between culture and nature: a critical consideration -- Human ecology reconceptualized: a lens for relations between biological and cultural diversity -- "Man and his friends" -- an illustrative case of human ecology in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada -- "The weather is going under" -- human ecology, phronesis, and climate change in Wainwright, Alaska, USA -- Mapping human ecology: a transformative act -- Implications of a human ecological outlook
Summary "At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses." "In Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, author Karim-Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub-Arctic as a homeland rather than simply a frontier for resource exploitation. Kassam aims to empirically and theoretically illustrate the synthesis between the cultural and biological, using human ecology as a conceptual and analytical lens. Drawing on research carried out in partnership with indigenous northern communities, three case studies illustrate that subsistence hunting and gathering are not relics of an earlier era, but rather remain essential to both cultural diversity and to human survival." "This book deals with contemporary issues such as climate change, indigenous knowledge, and the impact of natural resource extraction. It is a narrative of community-based research, in the service of the communities for the benefit of the communities. It provides resource-based industry, policy makers, and students with an alternative way of engaging indigenous communities and transforming our perspective on conservation of ecological and cultural diversity."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (University of Calgary Web site; viewed 06/08/2020)
Subject Human ecology -- Arctic regions
Indigenous peoples -- Arctic regions
Subsistence economy -- Arctic regions
Biodiversity conservation -- Arctic regions
Cultural pluralism -- Arctic regions
Subsistence economy -- Arctic regions -- Case studies
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Arctic regions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Biodiversity conservation.
Cultural pluralism.
Human ecology.
Indigenous peoples.
Subsistence economy.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Humanökologie
Indigenes Volk
Humanökologie.
Lokales Wissen.
Subsistenzwirtschaft.
Humanekologi -- Arktis.
Ursprungsbefolkningar -- ekonomiska förhållanden -- Arktis.
Traditionell kunskap -- Arktis.
Humanekologi -- Polarområden.
Arktis.
Biologisk mångfald -- Arktis.
Arctic Regions.
Arktis
Arktis.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019462973
ISBN 9781552385661
1552385663
1552384926
9781552384923