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

by Paul Sillitoe (Editor)

Overview

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 makers.  It shows what an ethnographic focus can offer in furthering our understanding of the lived realities of climate debates. Contributors from communities around the world discuss local knowledge of, and responses to, environmental changes that need to feature in scientifically framed policies regarding mitigation and adaptation measures if they are to be effective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800732315
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	10/15/2021
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Sillitoe is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University. He has a background in both cultural anthropology and agricultural science.  His research interests focus on environmental issues and natural resources management.  His recent books include Sustainable Development: An Appraisal Focusing on the Gulf Region (Berghahn, 2014) and Indigenous Knowledge: Enhancing its Contribution to Natural Resources Management (CABI, 2017).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Introducing the Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate
Paul Sillitoe

Part I: Local Weather Knowledge

Chapter 1. There’s Something in the Air – But What? On Amazon People’s Perception of Atmospheric Phenomena
Dan Rosengren

Chapter 2. Climate Change, Weather and Perception: Fishing in Eastern Patagonia
Francesca Marin

Part II: Adaptation Challenges

Chapter 3. Indigenous Responses to Climate Change in Extreme Environments: The Cases of the Q’eros (Peruvian Andes) and the Gwich’in (Alaska)
Nastassja Martin and Geremia Cometti

Chapter 4. Fornicating Frogs: Local Knowledge of Climate Change in Bangladesh?
Paul Sillitoe and Mahbub Alam

Appendix: Climate Change Questionnaire

Chapter 5. Weather, Agency and Values at Work in a Glacier Ski Resort in Austria
Herta Nöbauer

Chapter 6. The Moral Climate of Melting Glaciers: Andean Claims for Justice at the Paris Climate Change Summit
Noah Walker-Crawford

Part III: Flows of Knowledge

Chapter 7. Making Sense of Climate Science: From Climate Knowledge to Decision-Making
Maria Ines Carabajal and Cecilia Hidalgo

Chapter 8. Practicing Anthropology by Providing Climate Services for Farmers: The Case of Science Field Shops in Indonesia
Yunita T. Winarto

Chapter 9. Nepal's Climate-Change Cultural World
Pasang Yangjee Sherpa

Part IV: Climate Politics

Chapter 10. Down to Air. Palestinian Memories and Practices of Weather Relatedness
Mauro Van Aken

Chapter 11. Imagining Nations and Producing Climate-Change Knowledge in Brazil
André S. Bailão

Chapter 12. Embanking the Sundarbans: The Obfuscating Discourse of Climate Change
Camelia Dewan

Afterword
David Shankland

Index

Editorial Reviews

“This volume will help establish a foundation for more expansive cross-disciplinary endeavors in the future…[It] will make an excellent supplementary text in several fields…Highly Recommended.” • Choice

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