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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction: Anthropology and Climate Change
• The Moving Target of Climate Change
• The Cultural Implications of Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
• Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Interplay of Multiple Stressors
• What’s Being Written on Climate Change in the New Millennium
• From Anthropological Encounters to Actions: The Chapters
• Part 1: Climate and Culture
• Part 2: Anthropological Encounters
• Part 3: Anthropological Actions
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• Part 1: Climate and Culture
• 1 Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective
• Introduction
• Correlation, Causation, and Oversimplification
• Human Agency, Scale, and Adaptability
• Global Climatic Events—the “Medieval Warming Period”
• Climatic Events and Human Dispersal: The Peopling of the World
• The Transition to Agriculture: Climate, Regionality, and Innovation
• Climatic Instability and the Spread of Farming, 8,200–6,800 Cal BP
• Climate Change and Saharan Populations in 7,800–6,800 cal BP
• Climate and the Origins of the Egyptian Civilization
• Core and Periphery: A Divided World
• Agrarian Communities and Pastoral Nomads
• Climate and the Collapse of Civilization
• China and Central America: Agriculture, Climate, and Collapse
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 2 Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism to Uncertain Futures
• Introduction
• Climate as Local Context and Determinant
• Current Anthroclimatology (or Climate Anthropology)
• The Future of Climate in Anthropology
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 3 Fielding Climate Change in Cultural Anthropology
• Introduction
• Being There
• Perception
• Knowledge
• Valuation
• Response
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• 4 Climate Change and Population Displacement: Disasters and Diasporas in the Twenty-first Century
• Introduction: Environmental Change and Migration
• Global Climate Change and Migration
• Loss of Ecosystem Services
• Loss of Land
• Increasing Intensity and Frequency of Climate-Driven Disasters
• Vulnerability and Environmental Refugees
• Displacement, Resettlement, and Loss
• Environmentally Induced Displacement and Recovery
• Understanding Displacement and Resettlement
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Part 2: Anthropological Encounters
• 5 Gone the Bull of Winter? Contemplating Climate Change’s Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia, Russia
• Introduction
• Encountering Global Climate Change in Viliui Sakha Communities
• The Cultural Implications of Global Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
• Exploring Anthropological Research Approaches to Address Global Climate Change
• Notes
• References
• 6 Sea Ice: The Sociocultural Dimensions of a Melting Environment in the Arctic
• Introduction
• Background to the Study Area
• Understanding Human-Sea Ice Dynamics at the Local Level
• Impacts
• Ways of Coping
• Vulnerabilities
• Climate Change at the Regional and Global Scale: Threat or Opportunity?
• Role of Anthropology
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 7 Global Models, Local Risks: Responding to Climate Change in the Swiss Alps
• Glacier Stories
• Lessons from Public Health: Models, Moral Certitude, and “Compliance”
• References
• 8 Storm Warnings: The Role of Anthropology in Adapting to Sea-Level Rise in Southwestern Bangladesh
• Nature of the Problem
• Shrimp Aquaculture Livelihoods and Sea-level Rise in Coastal Bangladesh
• The Freshwater Beels and Shrimp Aquaculture
• The Role of Anthropology
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 9 Salmon Nation: Climate Change and Tribal Sovereignty
• Introduction
• Nez Perce Place and Environment
• Salmon Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Salmon Nation Building and Climate Change
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 10 Global Averages, Local Extremes: The Subtleties and Complexities of Climate Change in Papua New Guinea
• Introduction
• Changing Ecologies, Changing Landscapes
• Development, Migration, and Land Cover Change
• The Cosmological Implications of Climate Change
• Conclusion
• References
• 11 Talking and Not Talking about Climate Change in Northwestern Alaska
• Introduction
• Climate Change in the Arctic
• Inupiaq Perspectives
• Invasion of the Photo Snatchers
• The Power of Words
• The Discourse of Climate Change
• References
• 12 Opal Waters, Rising Seas: How Sociocultural Inequality Reduces Resilience to Climate Change among Indigenous Australians
• Introduction
• Indigenous Resilience to Climate Change
• Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Justice
• Climate Change Impacts on the Torres Strait Islands
• Public Recognition and Local Adaptation
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• 13 The Glaciers of the andes are Melting: Indigenous and Anthropological Knowledge Merge in Restoring Water Resources
• Changes in Andean Glacial Topography and its Repercussions
• Impact of Glacial Retreat on the Local Populations
• Views Expressed by Indigenous Andean People
• Local Responses
• Collaboration between Indigenous Peoples and Anthropologists
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 14 The Governance of Vulnerability: Climate Change and Agency in Tuvalu, South Pacific
• Introduction
• Tuvalu and Global Climate Change
• A Shifting Tide: Approaches to Climate Change Impacts
• Tuvalu and the Local Experience of Climate Changein
• You are not Okay with One Hand in the Freezer and the Other Hand on the Stove: Construction of Environmental Impacts
• We Know how we are Vulnerable: Agency through Vulnerability Assessment
• The Place Where Things Begin: Grounding Governance in Nanumea
• Placing the Local in Global Climate Change
• References
• 15 From Local to Global: Perceptions and Realities of Environmental Change Among Kalahari San
• Introduction
• Responses to Environmental Change
• Botswana Government Strategies for Coping with Economic Stressas
• Coping with the Impacts of Environmental Change
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Part 3: Anthropological Actions
• 16 Consuming Ourselves to Death: The Anthropology of Consumer Culture and Climate Change
• Defining “The Cause” of Global Climate Change
• Anthropology and Climate Change Strategy
• Tactical Responses to the Problems of Consumption
• The Teaching Mission
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 17 Global Change Policymaking from Inside the Beltway: Engaging Anthropology
• A Sea Change in Dialog
• A Cap and Trade Field Day
• Deconstructing Cap and Trade
• Growing Market for Carbon Sinks
• Carbon Cycling, Offsets, and Anthropological Insights
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• 18 Living in a World of Movement: Human Resilience to Environmental Instability in Greenland
• The Greening Land
• Climate Change through Greenlandic Eyes
• Living in a World of Movement, Becoming, and Surprise: An Example of How to Be Adaptable
• Victims of Modernity and Change
• Nation Building and Climate Change
• References
• 19 Where Managerial and Scientific Knowledge Meet Sociocultural Systems: Local Realities, Global Responsibilities
• But You Got to Know the Territory
• Designing Sustainable Systems: Whose Vision?
• Public Debate—Private Actors
• Science-based Decisions
• Knowledge, Power, and Praxis
• References
• 20 Participatory Action Research: Community Partnership with Social and Physical Scientists
• Introduction
• The Community of Grand Bayou
• Contestation Over Ethnic Identity
• Political-Ecological Setting
• Climate Change, Tropical Storms, and Hurricanes
• The Participatory Research Action Model
• The Importance of Local Voices
• The Confluence of Local Knowledge and Science
• Promoting Community Resiliency
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• References
• 21 Terms of Engagement: An Arctic Perspective on the Narratives and Politics of Global Climate Change
• Global Climate Change
• Narratives and Vulnerabilities: The Case of the Swedish Saami
• Historical Narratives and the Saami past
• Eugenics and the Welfare State
• The Swedish Government and the Knowledge as Power Report
• The Saami Political Movement and Swedish Law
• Archaeology and Land Rights
• New Perspectives on the Saami Past
• Conclusion
• But What About Climate?
• References
• 22 Shifting the University: Faculty Engagement and Curriculum Change
• The Higher Education Context
• Hope
• Imagination
• Climate Change Dinners
• Engagement with Place
• Walking Tour Brochure
• Climate Change in the Curriculum
• Pedagogical Experiment on Climate Change
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 23 Car Culture and Decision-Making: Choice and Climate Change
• Car Culture
• The Problem
• Solutions
• Car Culture in Mexico
• Global Issues
• Conclusion
• References
• 24 Anthropologists Engaging in Climate Change Education and Outreach: Curating Thin Ice—Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment
• Introduction
• Exhibition Backgrounds
• Inuit Indigenous Knowledge
• Knowledge
• Inuit Knowledge, Hunting, and Sila: the ‘Outside, the Weather’
• Continuity and Change in Inuit Life
• The Exhibition Design
• Walk-through
• The Objects
• Reception of the Exhibition
• Notes
• References
• Epilogue: Anthropology, Science, and Climate Change Policy
• Notes
• References
• About the Contributors
• Index