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In this third edition of Anthropology and Climate Change, Susan
Crate and Mark Nuttall offer a collection of chapters that examine
how anthropologists work on climate change issues with their
collaborators, both in academic research and practicing contexts,
and discuss new developments in contributions to policy and
adaptation at different scales. Building on the first edition’s
pioneering focus on anthropology’s burgeoning contribution to
climate change research, policy, and action, as well as the second
edition’s focus on transformations and new directions for
anthropological work on climate change, this new edition reveals
the extent to which anthropologists’ contributions are considered
to be critical by climate scientists, policymakers, affected
communities and other rights-holders. Drawing on a range of
ethnographic and policy issues, this book highlights the work of
anthropologists in the full range of contexts – as scholars,
educators, and practitioners, from academic institutions to
government bodies, international science agencies and foundations,
working in interdisciplinary research teams, and with community
research partners. The contributions to this new edition showcase
important new academic research, as well as applied and practicing
approaches. They emphasize human agency in the archaeological
record, the rapid development in the last decade of community-based
and community-driven research, and disaster research, provide rich
ethnographic insight into worldmaking practices, interventions and
collaborations, and discuss how, and in what ways, anthropologists
work in policy areas and engage with regional and global
assessments. This new edition is essential for established scholars
and for students in anthropology and a range of other disciplines,
including environmental studies, as well as for practitioners who
engage with anthropological studies of climate change in their
work.
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009)
pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of
anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the
environment from prehistoric times to the present. This second,
heavily revised edition brings the material on this rapidly
changing field completely up to date, with major scholars from
around the world mapping out trajectories of research and issuing
specific calls for action. The new edition introduces new
"foundational" chapters-laying out what anthropologists know about
climate change today, new theoretical and practical perspectives,
insights gleaned from sociology, and international efforts to study
and curb climate change-making the volume a perfect introductory
textbook; presents a series of case studies-both new case studies
and old ones updated and viewed with fresh eyes-with the specific
purpose of assessing climate trends; provides a close look at how
climate change is affecting livelihoods, especially in the context
of economic globalization and the migration of youth from rural to
urban areas; expands coverage to England, the Amazon, the Marshall
Islands, Tanzania, and Ethiopia; re-examines the conclusions and
recommendations of the first volume, refining our knowledge of what
we do and do not know about climate change and what we can do to
adapt.
In this third edition of Anthropology and Climate Change, Susan
Crate and Mark Nuttall offer a collection of chapters that examine
how anthropologists work on climate change issues with their
collaborators, both in academic research and practicing contexts,
and discuss new developments in contributions to policy and
adaptation at different scales. Building on the first edition’s
pioneering focus on anthropology’s burgeoning contribution to
climate change research, policy, and action, as well as the second
edition’s focus on transformations and new directions for
anthropological work on climate change, this new edition reveals
the extent to which anthropologists’ contributions are considered
to be critical by climate scientists, policymakers, affected
communities and other rights-holders. Drawing on a range of
ethnographic and policy issues, this book highlights the work of
anthropologists in the full range of contexts – as scholars,
educators, and practitioners, from academic institutions to
government bodies, international science agencies and foundations,
working in interdisciplinary research teams, and with community
research partners. The contributions to this new edition showcase
important new academic research, as well as applied and practicing
approaches. They emphasize human agency in the archaeological
record, the rapid development in the last decade of community-based
and community-driven research, and disaster research, provide rich
ethnographic insight into worldmaking practices, interventions and
collaborations, and discuss how, and in what ways, anthropologists
work in policy areas and engage with regional and global
assessments. This new edition is essential for established scholars
and for students in anthropology and a range of other disciplines,
including environmental studies, as well as for practitioners who
engage with anthropological studies of climate change in their
work.
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.
Crate presents the first cultural ecological study of a Siberian
people: the Viliui Sakha, contemporary horse and cattle
agropastoralists in northeastern Siberia. The author links the
local and global economic forces, and provides an intimate view of
how a seemingly remote and isolated community is directly affected
by the forces of modernization and globalization. She details the
severe environmental and historical factors that continue to
challenge their survival, and shows how the multi-million dollar
diamond industry, in part run by ethnic Sakha, raises issues of
ethnic solidarity and indigenous rights as well as environmental
impact. Her new book addresses key topics of interest to both
economic and environmental anthropology, and to practitioners
interested in sustainable rural development, globalization,
indigenous rights in Eurasia, and post-Soviet and environmental
issues.
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009)
pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of
anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the
environment from prehistoric times to the present. This second,
heavily revised edition brings the material on this rapidly
changing field completely up to date, with major scholars from
around the world mapping out trajectories of research and issuing
specific calls for action. The new edition introduces new
"foundational" chapters-laying out what anthropologists know about
climate change today, new theoretical and practical perspectives,
insights gleaned from sociology, and international efforts to study
and curb climate change-making the volume a perfect introductory
textbook; presents a series of case studies-both new case studies
and old ones updated and viewed with fresh eyes-with the specific
purpose of assessing climate trends; provides a close look at how
climate change is affecting livelihoods, especially in the context
of economic globalization and the migration of youth from rural to
urban areas; expands coverage to England, the Amazon, the Marshall
Islands, Tanzania, and Ethiopia; re-examines the conclusions and
recommendations of the first volume, refining our knowledge of what
we do and do not know about climate change and what we can do to
adapt.
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.
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Dragonflies and Fairies
Paul J Gilliland; Contributions by Linda M Crate, Carol Edwards
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The samurai (Paperback)
Linda M Crate; Illustrated by Ann Marie Sekeres
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