Synopses & Reviews
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, thoroughly 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 five new and#147;foundationaland#8221; chapters, which lay out what anthropologists have learned about climate change over the last decade, new theoretical and practical perspectives, insights gleaned from sociology, and international efforts to study and curb climate change;
-presents a series of case studiesand#151;both new cases and old cases viewed with fresh eyesand#151;with the specific purpose of assessing what has been learned over time;
-provides a close look at how climate change is affecting livelihoods, especially in the context of economic globalization and the migration of youth outmigration from rural to urban areas;
-expands coverage to England, the Amazon, the Marshall Islands, Tanzania, and Ethiopia;
and#149; 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.
Synopsis
The second edition of the groundbreaking Anthropology and Climate Change presents new foundational chapters, new case studies, and revised and updated contributions from major scholars to examine what we have learned about climate change and what we should do about it.
About the Author
Susan A. Crate is an associate professor of anthropology in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University. An environmental and cognitive anthropologist, she has worked with indigenous communities in Siberia since 1988. Her recent research has focused on understanding local perceptions and adaptations of Viliui Sakha communities in the face of unprecedented climate changeandmdash;a research agenda that has expanded to Canada, Peru, Wales, Kiribati, and the Chesapeake Bay. Crate is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and one monograph, Cows, Kin and Globalization: An Ethnography of Sustainability (AltaMira Press, 2006), and she is co-editor of the Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions (Left Coast Press, 2009). Crate also served on the American Anthropology Associationandrsquo;s Task Force on Climate Change.
Mark Nuttall is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. He also holds a visiting position as Professor of Climate and Society at Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland and the Greenland Climate Research Centre at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. He has carried out extensive research in Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Finland and Scotland, and is co-PI of the EU-funded project ICE-ARC (Ice, Climate and Economicsandmdash;the Arctic Region in Change). He is editor of the landmark three-volume Encyclopedia of the Arctic (Routledge, 2005) and author or editor of many other books.
Table of Contents
* indicates new material Introduction Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall Part 1: Building Foundations of Anthropology and Climate Change *Chapter 1. Climate Knowledge: Assemblage, Anticipation, Action Kirsten Hastrup *Chapter 2. The Concepts of Adaptation, Vulnerability and Resilience in the Anthropology of Climate Change: Considering the Case of Displacement and Migration Anthony Oliver-Smith *Chapter 3. Apocalypse Nicked! Stolen Rhetoric in Early Geoengineering Advocacy Clare Heyward and Steve Rayner *Chapter 4. Complex Systems and Multiple Crises of Energy John Urry *Chapter 5. Entangled Futures: Anthropologyand#8217;s Engagement with Global Change Research Eduardo Brondizio Part 2: Assessing Encounters Old and New Chapter 6. Gone with Cows and Kin: Climate, Globalization and Youth Alienation in Siberia Susan A. Crate Chapter 7. Fostering Resilience in a Changing Sea Ice Context: A Grant-makerand#8217;s Perspective Anne Stevens Henshaw Chapter 8. Climate Change in Leukerbad and Beyond: Re-Visioning our Cultures of Energy and Environment Sarah Strauss Chapter 9. The Perfect Storm: The Role of Anthropology in Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh Timothy J. Finan and Ashiqur Rahman Chapter 10. Kamchatka: Documenting Climate Change and Strengthening Cross Cultural Heritage through the Use of Indigenous Google Mapping Technologies Ben Colombi Chapter 11. Correlating Local Knowledge with Climatic Data: Porgeran Experiences of Climate Change in Papua New Guinea Jerry K. Jacka Chapter 12: Speaking of Climate Change: An Analysis of Climate Change Discourses in Northwestern Alaska Elizabeth Marino and Peter Schweitzer Chapter 13. Too little, Too late. What to Do about Climate Change in the Torres Strait? Donna Green Chapter 14. Shifting Tides: Climate Change, Migration, and Agency in Tuvalu Heather Lazrus *Chapter 15. The Politics of Rain: Tanzanian Farmers' Discourse on Climate and Political Disorder Michael J. Sheridan *Chapter 16. Cornish Weather and the Phenomenology of Light: On Anthropology and and#147;Seeingand#8221; Tori L. Jennings *Chapter 17. Making Sense of Climate Change: Global Impacts, Local Responses and Anthropogenic Dilemmas in the Peruvian Andes Karsten Paerregaard *Chapter 18: Climate Change Beyond the and#147;Environmentaland#8221;: the Marshallese Case Peter Rudiak-Gould *Chapter 19: and#147;This Is not Science Fictionand#8221;: Amazonian Narratives of Climate Change David Rojas Part 3: Refining Anthropological Actions Chapter 20: Is a Sustainable Consumer Culture Possible? Rick Wilk Chapter 21. and#147;Climate Skepticismand#8221; Inside the Beltway and Across the Bay Shirley Fiske Chapter 22. Sustainable Societies: The Future of the Climate Change Regime Pamela Puntenney Chapter 23. When Adaptation Isnand#8217;t Enough: and#147;Between Now and Thenand#8221; of Community-led Resettlement Kristina J. Peterson and Julie K. Maldonado Chapter 24. Narwhal Hunters, Seismic Surveys and the Middle Ice: Monitoring Environmental Change in Greenlandand#8217;s Melville Bay Mark Nuttall *Chapter 25. Insuring the Rain as Climate Adaptation in an Ethiopian Agricultural Community Nicole Peterson and Daniel Osgood *Chapter 26. Pedagogy and Climate Change Chris Hebdon, Francis M. Ludlow, Myles Lennon, Amy Zhang, Michael R. Dove *Chapter 27. Bridging Knowledge and Action on Climate Change: Institutions, Translation, and Anthropological Engagement Noor Johnson *Chapter 28. Keeping It Real: Tracing Climate Change through Thick and Thin Werner Krauss Epilogue Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall Index About the Authors