ISBN:
9789048185870
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXXI, 501p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. SIKU
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Geography
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Anthropological linguistics
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Climatic changes
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Anthropology
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Human Geography
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Geography
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Anthropological linguistics
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Climatic changes
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Anthropology
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Human Geography
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Ethnoscience
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Arctic regions
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Research
;
Arctic regions
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International Polar Year, 2007-2008
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Human ecology
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Arctic regions
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Ethnobiology
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Arctic regions
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Nature
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Effect of human beings on
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Arctic regions
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Human beings
;
Effect of environment on
;
Arctic regions
;
Arctic regions
;
Research
;
Arctic regions
;
Environmental conditions
Abstract:
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 TOC:Preface .- Foreword .- Volume Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Overview.- Part 1 - RECORDING THE KNOWLEDGE:.- Part 2 - USING THE ICE: .- Part 3 - LEARNING, KNOWING, AND PRESERVING THE KNOWLEDGE.- Part 4 - SIKU and Siku: OPENING NEW PERSPECTIVES .-EPILOGUE: The Humanism of Sea Ice.- Appendix 1. Nunavimmiut Sea Ice Terminology.- Appendix 2. List of the SIKU-generated publications and science presentations, 2006-2010.- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
pt. 1. Recording the knowledge : Inuit observations of ice, climate and change -- pt. 2. Using the ice : indigenous knowledge and modern technologies -- pt. 3. Learning, knowing and preserving the knowledge -- pt. 4. SIKU and Siku : opening new perspectives.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-8587-0
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