LEADER 02978nam 22004693a 450 001 9910917275103321 005 20250203232803.0 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6gqsbf 035 $a(CKB)36720118000041 035 $a(ScCtBLL)b8a6b4d6-a19f-4be1-bca7-e69c7e3b507f 035 $a(OCoLC)794413057 035 $a(oapen)doab90040 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936720118000041 100 $a20250203i20092019 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBiocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing : $eHuman Ecology in the Arctic /$fKarim-Aly S. Kassam 210 $aCalgary$cUniversity of Calgary Press$d2009 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 225 1 $aNorthern Lights 311 08$a9781552385661 311 08$a1552385663 330 $aDramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses. In Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Karim-Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub-Arctic as a homeland rather than simply as a frontier for resource exploitation. Kassam aims to empirically and theoretically illustrate the synthesis between the cultural and the biological, using human ecology as a conceptual and analytical lens. Drawing on research carried out in partnership with indigenous northern communities, three case studies illustrate that subsistence hunting and gathering are not relics of an earlier era but rather remain essential to both cultural diversity and to human survival. This book deals with contemporary issues such as climate change, Indigenous knowledge, and the impact of natural resource extraction. It is a narrative of community-based research, in the service of the communities for the benefit of the communities. It provides resource-based industry, policy makers, and students with an alternative way of engaging indigenous communities and transforming our perspective on conservation of ecological and cultural diversity. 606 $aSocial Science / Human Geography$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory / Polar Regions$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial Science / Indigenous Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial sciences 615 7$aSocial Science / Human Geography 615 7$aHistory / Polar Regions 615 7$aSocial Science / Indigenous Studies 615 0$aSocial sciences. 700 $aKassam$b Karim-Aly S$0901592 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910917275103321 996 $aBiocultural diversity and indigenous ways of knowing$92015080 997 $aUNINA