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

Format Book
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2009.
Description416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
Climatic changes--Congresses.
Ethnology--Congresses.
Anthropology--Congresses.

Other author/creatorCrate, Susan Alexandra.
Other author/creatorNuttall, Mark.
Other author/creatorAmerican Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting (2007)
Other author/creatorSociety for Applied Anthropology. Meeting (2007)
Cover title Anthropology & climate change : from encounters to actions
Portion of title Climate change
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.
General noteBased on panels and policy forums held at the 2007 American Anthropological Association and 2007 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008042697
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