Siku

by Krupnik, Igor; Aporta, Claudio; Gearhead, Shari; Laidler, Gita J.; Holm, Lene Kielsen

• ISBN13: 9789048186488
• ISBN10: 904818648X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

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

Table of Contents

SIKU: International Polar Year Project #166 (An Overview)	p. 1
Recording the Knowledge: Inuit Observations of Ice, Climate and Change
Weather Variability and Changing Sea Ice Use in Qequertaq, West Greenland, 1987-2008	p. 31
Mapping Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge, Use, and Change in Nunavut, Canada (Cape Dorset, Igloolik, Pangnirtung)	p. 45
"It's Cold, but Not Cold Enough": Observing Ice and Climate Change in Gambell, Alaska, in IPY 2007-2008 and Beyond	p. 81
Sea Ice Distribution and Ice Use by Indigenous Walrus Hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska	p. 115
Sila-Inuk: Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in Greenland	p. 145
Using the Ice: Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Technologies
The Sea, the Land, the Coast, and the Winds: Understanding Inuit Sea Ice Use in Context	p. 163
The Igliniit Project: Combining Inuit Knowledge and Geomatics Engineering to Develop a New Observation Tool for Hunters	p. 181
Assessing the Shorefast Ice: Inñupiat Whaling Trails off Barrow, Alaska	p. 203
Creating an Online Cybercartographic Atlas of Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use	p. 229
Learning, Knowing, and Preserving the Knowledge
The Power of Multiple Perspectives: Behind the Scenes of the Siku-Inuit-Hila Project	p. 257
Knowings about Sigu: Kigiqtaamiut Hunting as an Experiential Pedagogy	p. 275
The Ice Is Always Changing: Yup'ik Understandings of Sea Ice, Past and Present	p. 295
Qanuq Ilitaavut: "How We Learned What We Know" (Wales Inupiaq Sea Ice Dictionary)	p. 321
SIKU and Siku: Opening New Perspectives
Indigenous Knowledge and Sea Ice Science: What Can We Learn from Indigenous Ice Users?	p. 357
Franz Boas and Inuktitut Terminology for Ice and Snow: From the Emergence of the Field to the "Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax"	p. 377
Inuit Sea Ice Terminology in Nunavut and Nunatsiavut	p. 401
Two Greenlandic Sea Ice Lists and Some Considerations Regarding Inuit Sea Ice Terms	p. 413
Partnerships in Policy: What Lessons Can We Learn from IPY SIKU?	p. 427
Epilogue: The Humanism of Sea Ice	p. 445
	p. 453
	p. 464
Color Plates	p. 471
Index	p. 479
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