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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
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