Biocultural diversity and indigenous ways of knowing : human ecology in the Arctic /

"At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic 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 Ci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kassam, Karim-Aly S., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press, [2009]
Colección:Northern lights series (Calgary, Alta.) ; no. 12.
Temas:
Human ecology > Arctic regions.
Indigenous peoples > Arctic regions.
Subsistence economy > Arctic regions.
Biodiversity conservation > Arctic regions.
Cultural pluralism > Arctic regions.
Subsistence economy > Arctic regions > Case studies.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Arctic regions.
Écologie humaine > Arctique.
Autochtones > Arctique.
Économie de subsistance > Arctique > Études de cas.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Arctique.
Diversité culturelle > Arctique.
Savoirs écologiques traditionnels > Arctique.
Économie de subsistance > Arctique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Biodiversity conservation
Cultural pluralism
Human ecology
Indigenous peoples
Subsistence economy
Traditional ecological knowledge
Humanökologie
Indigenes Volk
Humanökologie.
Lokales Wissen.
Subsistenzwirtschaft.
Humanekologi > Arktis.
Ursprungsbefolkningar > ekonomiska förhållanden > Arktis.
Traditionell kunskap > Arktis.
Humanekologi > Polarområden.
Arktis.
Biologisk mångfald > Arktis.
Arctic Regions
Arktis
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Relations between culture and nature: a critical consideration
  • Human ecology reconceptualized: a lens for relations between biological and cultural diversity
  • "Man and his friends"
  • an illustrative case of human ecology in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
  • "The weather is going under"
  • human ecology, phronesis, and climate change in Wainwright, Alaska, USA
  • Mapping human ecology: a transformative act
  • Implications of a human ecological outlook.

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