Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground : An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, Alaska /

Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However, a tangled web of pol...

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Autor principal: Marino, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Effets du climat.
Refugies environnementaux.
Catastrophes ecologiques.
Climat > Changements.
Inuits.
Climat > Changements > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Ethnologie > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Homme > Effets du climat > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Umsiedlung
Kulturelle Identität
Küste
Klimaänderung
Inyupiat
Erosion
Remote-sensing maps.
Ethnoecology.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Ethnology.
Climatic changes.
Refugies ecologiques > Alaska > Shishmaref > Études de cas.
Justice environnementale > Alaska > Shishmaref > Études de cas.
Inupiat (Inuits) > Alaska > Shishmaref > Relations avec l'État.
Inupiat (Inuits) > Deplacement > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Ethnologie > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Homme > Influence du climat > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Climat > Changements > Aspect anthropologique > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Ethnoecology > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Climatic changes > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Ethnology > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Human beings > Effect of climate on > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Shishmaref (Etats-Unis, Alaska)
Alaska > Shishmaref.
Shishmaref (Alaska) > Conditions environnementales.
Shishmaref (Alaska) > Maps.
Spatiocartes.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • It's the end of the world, and Shishmaref is everywhere
  • Unnatural natural disasters
  • Flooding and erosion in Shishmaref: the anatomy of a climate change disaster
  • Seal oil lamps amd pre-fab housing: a history of colonialism in Shishmaref
  • Finding a way forward: trust, distrust, and Alaska native relocation planning in the twenty-first century
  • Tenacity of home
  • Ethics of climate change.

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