The Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate : Ethnographic Contributions to the Climate Change Debate.

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"While it is widely acknowledged that climate change is among the greatest global challenges of our times, it has local implications too. This volume forefronts these local issues, giving anthropology a voice in this great debate, which is otherwise dominated by natural scientists and policy ma...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sillitoe, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2021.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Case studies.
Weather > Social aspects > Case studies.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on > Case studies.
Weather > Effect of human beings on > Case studies.
Temps (Météorologie) > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Climat > Changements > Effets de l'homme sur > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Weather > Effect of human beings on.
Weather > Social aspects.
Wetter.
Wissen.
Umweltschaden.
Fallstudie.
Klimaänderung.
Lokalisation.
Ausgleich.
Case studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Local Weather Knowledge
  • Chapter 1. There's Something in the Air
  • But What?
  • Chapter 2. Climate Change, Weather and Perception
  • Part II. Adaptation Challenges
  • Chapter 3. Indigenous Responses to Climate Change in Extreme Environments
  • Chapter 4. Fornicating Frogs
  • Chapter 5. Weather, Agency and Values at Work in a Glacier Ski Resort in Austria
  • Chapter 6. The Moral Climate of Melting Glaciers
  • Part III. Flows of Knowledge
  • Chapter 7. Making Sense of Climate Science
  • Chapter 8. Practising Anthropology by Providing Climate Services for Farmers
  • Chapter 9. Nepal's Climate-Change Cultural World
  • Part IV. Climate Politics
  • Chapter 10. Down to Air
  • Chapter 11. Imagining Nations and Producing Climate-Change Knowledge in Brazil
  • Chapter 12. Embanking the Sundarbans
  • Afterword
  • Index

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