Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions

by Crate,Susan A; Crate,Susan A

• ISBN13: 9781598743340
• ISBN10: 1598743341
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology's engagement with climate change, this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories for 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 in 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Anthropology and Climate Change	p. 9
Climate and Culture
Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective	p. 39
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism to Uncertain Futures	p. 70
Fielding Climate Change in Cultural Anthropology	p. 87
Climate Change and Population Displacement: Disasters and Diasporas in the Twenty-first Century	p. 116
Anthropological Encounters
Gone the Bull of Winter? Contemplating Climate Change's Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia, Russia	p. 139
Sea Ice: The Sociocultural Dimensions of a Melting Environment in the Arctic	p. 153
Global Models, Local Risks: Responding to Climate Change in the Swiss Alps	p. 166
Storm Warnings: The Role of Anthropology in Adapting to Sea-Level Rise in Southwestern Bangladesh	p. 175
Salmon Nation: Climate Change and Tribal Sovereignty	p. 186
Global Averages, Local Extremes: The Subtleties and Complexities of Climate Change in Papua New Guinea	p. 197
Talking and Not Talking about Climate Change in Northwestern Alaska	p. 209
Opal Waters, Rising Seas: How Sociocultural Inequality Reduces Resilience to Climate Change among Indigenous Australians	p. 218
The Glaciers of the Andes are Melting: Indigenous and Anthropological Knowledge Merge in Restoring Water Resources	p. 228
The Governance of Vulnerability: Climate Change and Agency in Tuvalu, South Pacific	p. 240
From Local to Global: Perceptions and Realities of Environmental Change Among Kalahari San	p. 250
Anthropological Actions
Consuming Ourselves to Death: The Anthropology of Consumer Culture and Climate Change	p. 265
Global Change Policymaking from Inside the Beltway: Engaging Anthropology	p. 277
Living in a World of Movement: Human Resilience to Environmental Instability in Greenland Environmental Instability in Greenland	p. 292
Where Managerial and Scientific Knowledge Meet Sociocultural Systems: Local Realities, Global Responsibilities	p. 311
Participatory Action Research: Community Partnership with Social and Physical Scientists	p. 327
Terms of Engagement: An Arctic Perspective on the Narratives and Politics of Global Climate Change	p. 341
Shifting the University: Faculty Engagement and Curriculum Change	p. 356
Car Culture and Decision-Making: Choice and Climate Change	p. 370
Anthropologists Engaging in Climate Change Education and Outreach: Curating. Thin Ice-Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment	p. 380
Epilogue: Anthropology, Science, and Climate Change Policy	p. 394
About the Contributors	p. 401
Index	p. 408
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