Anthropology and climate change : from encounters to actions / editors, Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crate, Susan Alexandra.

Nuttall, Mark

American Anthropological Association. Meeting (2007)

Society for Applied Anthropology. Annual Meeting (2007)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Ethnology--Congresses.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Congresses.

Anthropology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Anthropology & climate change : from encounters to actions

Climate change

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2009]

Summary:

As global warming changes from threat to reality, we critically need the insights of anthropology, which has been investigating the relationship between human cultures and changing environments for over a century. The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology's engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume showcases important new research and issues a call to action. Chapters in part one are systematic research reviews, covering the relationship between culture and climate from prehistoric times to the present; changing anthropological discourse on climate and environment; the diversity of environmental and sociocultural changes currently occurring around the globe; and the unique methodological and epistemological tools anthropologists bring to bear on climate research. Part two includes a series of case studies that highlights leading-edge research-including some unexpected and provocative findings. Part three challenges scholars to be proactive on the front lines of climate change, providing instruction on how to work with research communities, with innovative forms of communication, in higher education, in policy environments, as individuals, and in other critical arenas. Linking sophisticated knowledge to effective actions, Anthropology and Climate Change is essential for students and scholars in anthropology and environmental studies.

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.

Notes:

Based on panels and policy forums held at the 2007 American Anthropological Association and 2007 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781598743333

1598743333

9781598743340

1598743341

OCLC:

227015882