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Providing rich and detailed essays on the Arctic's environment,
wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics,
politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation
initiatives, and many other topics, the Encyclopedia of the Arctic
is the only major work and comprehensive reference source to have
yet been produced on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly
important part of the globe. The book will not only be an
up-to-date interdisciplinary work of reference for all those
involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a
fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic,
and all those concerned with global environmental issues,
sustainability, science, and human interactions with the
environment.
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.
explores how Greenland’s underground, and the resources we need
to extract examines the history and contemporary practice of
geological exploration in the country and how this, as well as
knowledge about subsurface environments considering the prospects
for future development and debates on sustainability, with
reflections on how and where Greenland is positioned in the
geopolitics of environmental governance and geo-security in the
Arctic. This book will be of great interest to students and
scholars of the natural resource management
The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions is an authoritative
guide to the Arctic and the Antarctic through an exploration of key
areas of research in the physical and natural sciences and the
social sciences and humanities. It presents 38 new and original
contributions from leading figures and voices in polar research,
policy and practice, as well as work from emerging scholars. This
handbook aims to approach and understand the Polar Regions as
places that are at the forefront of global conversations about some
of the most pressing contemporary issues and research questions of
our age. The volume provides a discussion of the similarities and
differences between the two regions to help deepen understanding
and knowledge. Major themes and issues are integrated in the
comprehensive introduction chapter by the editors, who are top
researchers in their respective fields. The contributions show how
polar researchers engage with contemporary debates and use
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to address new
developments as well as map out exciting trajectories for future
work in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The handbook provides an easy
access to key items of scholarly literature and material otherwise
inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist
journals and books. A unique one-stop research resource for
researchers and policymakers with an interest in the Arctic and
Antarctic, it is also a comprehensive reference work for graduate
and advanced undergraduate students.
Once imagined as a place on the very edge of the world, Greenland
is now viewed as being at the epicentre of climate change. At the
same time, international attention is focused on opportunities for
oil and mineral development, seemingly made possible as the inland
ice melts and sea ice disappears, revealing geological riches and
making access to remote areas easier. In this book, Mark Nuttall
takes the reader on a journey through landscapes, seascapes and
icescapes of memory, movement and anticipation. Unravelling the
entanglements of climate change, indigenous sovereignty and the
politics surrounding non-renewable resource extraction, he
describes how the country is on the verge of major environmental,
political and social transformations as it aspires to greater
autonomy and possible independence from Denmark. At the heart of
this is discussion about how resources and the environment are
given meaning and how they have become subject to intense political
and ideological struggle. Climate, Society and Subsurface Politics
in Greenland: Under the Great Ice is a key resource for academics,
practitioners and students of anthropology, geography, development
studies, political ecology and polar studies.
Once imagined as a place on the very edge of the world, Greenland
is now viewed as being at the epicentre of climate change. At the
same time, international attention is focused on opportunities for
oil and mineral development, seemingly made possible as the inland
ice melts and sea ice disappears, revealing geological riches and
making access to remote areas easier. In this book, Mark Nuttall
takes the reader on a journey through landscapes, seascapes and
icescapes of memory, movement and anticipation. Unravelling the
entanglements of climate change, indigenous sovereignty and the
politics surrounding non-renewable resource extraction, he
describes how the country is on the verge of major environmental,
political and social transformations as it aspires to greater
autonomy and possible independence from Denmark. At the heart of
this is discussion about how resources and the environment are
given meaning and how they have become subject to intense political
and ideological struggle. Climate, Society and Subsurface Politics
in Greenland: Under the Great Ice is a key resource for academics,
practitioners and students of anthropology, geography, development
studies, political ecology and polar studies.
First Published in 1996. Feelings about the repopulation of remote
rural areas are nowadays expressed in rather alarming terms, so
that in the word of a Skye land-owner: 'the filling of empty glens
with people, regardless of origin, is dangerous...because it can
destroy the ancient culture which is so precious'. Yet it is
remarkable that the depopulation which characterized the previous
centuries was greeted with virtually the same reaction. The
repopulation of rural Scotland, which since the beginning of the
century, has been wished for as the solution to the great problem
of rural depopulation, has provoked an ambiguous response. This
book describes the local experience of recent population changes
and addresses the 'problem' of repopulation. It analyses the
paradoxes, ironies and ambiguities that form a complex structure of
feelings, much of which is only partially evident at any one time.
Protecting the Arctic explores some of the ways in which indigenous
peoples have taken political action regarding Arctic environmental
and sustainable development issues, and investigates the
involvement of indigenous peoples in international environmental
policy- making. Nuttall illustrates how indigenous peoples make
claims that their own forms of resource management not only have
relevance in an Arctic regional context, but provide models for the
inclusion of indigenous values and environmental knowledge in the
design, negotiation and implementation of global environmental
policy.
First Published in 1996. Feelings about the repopulation of remote
rural areas are nowadays expressed in rather alarming terms, so
that in the word of a Skye land-owner: 'the filling of empty glens
with people, regardless of origin, is dangerous...because it can
destroy the ancient culture which is so precious'. Yet it is
remarkable that the depopulation which characterized the previous
centuries was greeted with virtually the same reaction. The
repopulation of rural Scotland, which since the beginning of the
century, has been wished for as the solution to the great problem
of rural depopulation, has provoked an ambiguous response. This
book describes the local experience of recent population changes
and addresses the 'problem' of repopulation. It analyses the
paradoxes, ironies and ambiguities that form a complex structure of
feelings, much of which is only partially evident at any one time.
In the last two decades, there has been an increased awareness of
the traditions and issues that link aboriginal people across the
circumpolar North. One of the key aspects of the lives of
circumpolar peoples, be they in Scandinavia, Alaska, Russia, or
Canada, is their relationship to the wild animals that support
them. Although divided for most of the 20th Century by various
national trading blocks, and the Cold War, aboriginal people in
each region share common stories about the various capitalist and
socialist states that claimed control over their lands and animals.
Now, aboriginal peoples throughout the region are reclaiming their
rights. This volume is the first to give a well-rounded portrait of
wildlife management, aboriginal rights, and politics in the
circumpolar north. The book reveals unexpected continuities between
socialist and capitalist ecological styles, as well as addressing
the problems facing a new era of cultural exchanges between
aboriginal peoples in each region.
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 Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions is an authoritative
guide to the Arctic and the Antarctic through an exploration of key
areas of research in the physical and natural sciences and the
social sciences and humanities. It presents 38 new and original
contributions from leading figures and voices in polar research,
policy and practice, as well as work from emerging scholars. This
handbook aims to approach and understand the Polar Regions as
places that are at the forefront of global conversations about some
of the most pressing contemporary issues and research questions of
our age. The volume provides a discussion of the similarities and
differences between the two regions to help deepen understanding
and knowledge. Major themes and issues are integrated in the
comprehensive introduction chapter by the editors, who are top
researchers in their respective fields. The contributions show how
polar researchers engage with contemporary debates and use
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to address new
developments as well as map out exciting trajectories for future
work in the Arctic and the Antarctic. The handbook provides an easy
access to key items of scholarly literature and material otherwise
inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist
journals and books. A unique one-stop research resource for
researchers and policymakers with an interest in the Arctic and
Antarctic, it is also a comprehensive reference work for graduate
and advanced undergraduate students.
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.
In recent years, international attention has focused on the Arctic
as a critical zone for global environmental change, due to concern
over global warming, atmospheric pollution, ozone depletion,
overfishing, and uncontrolled resource extraction. With the
internationalization of the circumpolar north through quests for
natural resources and the growth of capitalist markets, the
importance of the correct use of natural resources and proper ways
forward for Arctic environmental protection has given rise to
intense debate. Yet, despite the diversity of the indigenous
peoples and cultures of this area, science-based resource
management systems designed to safeguard wildlife and the Arctic
environment have, for the most part, ignored indigenous
perspectives.
"Protecting the Arctic" explores some of the ways in which
indigenous peoples have taken political action regarding Arctic
environmental and sustainable development issues, and investigates
the involvement of indigenous peoples in internationa
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 edited work contains one of the most interesting sets of
northern papers to appear in a very long time . . . each paper is
excellent . . . this book will hopefully provoke considerable
thought. . . . This is a work that should be discussed in terms of
the particulars of the various papers, but also for the overview it
provides." - Polar Record In the last two decades, there has been
an increased awareness of the traditions and issues that link
aboriginal people across the circumpolar North. One of the key
aspects of the lives of circumpolar peoples, be they in
Scandinavia, Alaska, Russia, or Canada, is their relationship to
the wild animals that support them. Although divided for most of
the 20th Century by various national trading blocks, and the Cold
War, aboriginal people in each region share common stories about
the various capitalist and socialist states that claimed control
over their lands and animals. Now, aboriginal peoples throughout
the region are reclaiming their rights. This volume is the first to
give a well-rounded portrait of wildlife management, aboriginal
rights, and politics in the circumpolar north. The book reveals
unexpected continuities between socialist and capitalist ecological
styles, as well as addressing the problems facing a new era of
cultural exchanges between aboriginal peoples in each region. David
G. Anderson is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of
Aberdeen. Mark Nuttall is Professor of Social Anthropology at the
University of Aberdeen.
As the threat of global climate change becomes a reality, many look
to the Arctic Ocean to predict coming environmental phenomena.
There, the consequences of Earth's warming trend are most
immediately observable in the multi-year and perennial ice that has
begun to melt, which threatens ice-dependent microorganisms and,
eventually, will disrupt all of Arctic life. In The Arctic: What
Everyone Needs to Know (R), Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall offer a
concise introduction to the circumpolar North, focusing on its
peoples, environment, resource development, conservation, and
politics to provide critical information about how changes there
can and will affect our entire globe and all of its inhabitants.
Dodds and Nuttall shed light on how the Arctic's importance has
grown over time, the region's role during the Cold War, indigenous
communities and their history, and the past and future of the
Arctic's governance, among other crucial topics. The Arctic is an
essential primer for those seeking information about one of the
most important regions in the world today.
As the threat of global climate change becomes a reality, many look
to the Arctic Ocean to predict coming environmental phenomena.
There, the consequences of Earth's warming trend are most
immediately observable in the multi-year and perennial ice that has
begun to melt, which threatens ice-dependent microorganisms and,
eventually, will disrupt all of Arctic life. In The Arctic: What
Everyone Needs to Know (R), Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall offer a
concise introduction to the circumpolar North, focusing on its
peoples, environment, resource development, conservation, and
politics to provide critical information about how changes there
can and will affect our entire globe and all of its inhabitants.
Dodds and Nuttall shed light on how the Arctic's importance has
grown over time, the region's role during the Cold War, indigenous
communities and their history, and the past and future of the
Arctic's governance, among other crucial topics. The Arctic is an
essential primer for those seeking information about one of the
most important regions in the world today.
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