Overview
- First-ever overview of indigenous knowledge of ice on a broad pan-Arctic scale
- Ice is changing rapidly and so is indigenous knowledge and use of sea ice
- Science of modern climate change is strengthened by use of local knowledge
- Comparative stories of ice use and knowledge across four Arctic nations
- Unique resource for anyone interested in indigenous visions of Arctic life
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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SIKU: International Polar Year Project #166 (An Overview)
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Recording the Knowledge: Inuit Observations of Ice, Climate and Change
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Using the Ice: Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Technologies
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Learning, Knowing, and Preserving the Knowledge
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SIKU and Siku: Opening New Perspectives
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: SIKU: Knowing Our Ice
Book Subtitle: Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
Editors: Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, Gita J. Laidler, Lene Kielsen Holm
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8587-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8586-3Published: 30 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8648-8Published: 21 July 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8587-0Published: 08 July 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 501
Topics: Anthropology, Human Geography, Climate Change, Geography, general, Linguistic Anthropology