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SIKU : knowing our ice : documenting Inuit sea ice knowledge and use / Igor Krupnik ... [et al.], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ice--Arctic regions.
- Ice.
- Traditional ecological knowledge--Arctic regions.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Sea ice.
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (526 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Recording the knowledge : Inuit observations of ice, climate and change
- pt. 2. Using the ice : indigenous knowledge and modern technologies
- pt. 3. Learning, knowing and preserving the knowledge
- pt. 4. SIKU and Siku : opening new perspectives.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-92774-4
- 9786612927744
- 90-481-8587-4
- OCLC:
- 663093719
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