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The Social Life of Climate Change Models : Anticipating Nature.

Drawing on a combination of perspectives from diverse fields, this volume offers an anthropological study of climate change and the ways in which people attempt to predict its local implications, showing how the processes of knowledge making among lay people and experts are not only comparable but a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hastrup, Kirsten
Otros Autores: Skrydstrup, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge studies in anthropology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on a combination of perspectives from diverse fields, this volume offers an anthropological study of climate change and the ways in which people attempt to predict its local implications, showing how the processes of knowledge making among lay people and experts are not only comparable but also deeply entangled. Through analysis of predictive practices in a diversity of regions affected by climate change - including coastal India, the Cook Islands, Tibet, and the High Arctic, and various domains of scientific expertise and policy making such as ice core drilling, flood risk modelling,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages).
ISBN:9781136203664
1136203664