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Record Nr.

UNISA996596170603316

Autore

Ulturgasheva Olga

Titolo

Risky Futures : Climate, Geopolitics and Local Realities in the Uncertain Circumpolar North

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berghahn Books, 2022

New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-80539-064-3

1-80073-594-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages)

Collana

Studies in the Circumpolar North ; ; v.6

Altri autori (Persone)

BodenhornBarbara <1946->

Disciplina

551.7

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Political aspects - Arctic regions

Climatic changes - Social aspects - Arctic regions

NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection

Arctic regions Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. On Constellations and Connected-Up Thinking in the Face of the Future -- Chapter 1. Activating Cosmo-Geo-Analytics: Anthropocene, Arctics and Cryocide -- Chapter 2. ‘Tears of the Earth’: Human–Permafrost Entanglements and Science–Indigenous Knowledge Encounters in Northeast Siberia -- Chapter 3. She’ll Do What She Needs to Do -- Chapter 4. Weathering the Storm: An Indigenous Knowledge Framework of Yup’ik Youth Well-Being and Resilience in Alaska -- Chapter 5. Journalism in Canada’s Northern Territories: Digital Media, Civic Spaces, Indigenous Publics -- Chapter 6. People of the Cryosphere: A Cross-Regional, Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Icescapes in a Changing Climate -- Chapter 7. Risky Decisions, Precarious Moralities: The Case of Autumn Whaling in Barrow, Alaska -- Afterword. Risk Constellations and the Politics of Polarity -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions



characterising ‘the Arctic’ in the early twenty-first century. What happens in the region (such as permafrost thaw or methane release) not only sweeps rapidly through local ecosystems but also has profound global implications. Bringing together a unique combination of authors who are local practitioners, indigenous scholars and international researchers, the book provides nuanced views of the social consequences of climate change and environmental risks across human and non-human realms.