Climate, culture, change: Inuit and Western dialogues with a warming North

"Every day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians debate how to respond, scientists offer new data, and skeptics critique the validity of the research. To step outside these scientific and political debates, Timothy Leduc engages with various Inuit understandings of northern c...

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1. Verfasser: Leduc, Timothy B. 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Ottawa] Univ. of Ottawa Press 2010
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Zusammenfassung:"Every day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians debate how to respond, scientists offer new data, and skeptics critique the validity of the research. To step outside these scientific and political debates, Timothy Leduc engages with various Inuit understandings of northern climate change. What he learns is that today's climate changes are not only affecting our environments, but also our cultures. By focusing on the changes currently occurring in the north, he highlights the challenges being posed to Western climate research, Canadian politics and traditional Inuit knowledge
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index
Beschreibung:VII, 267 S.
ISBN:9780776607504