Pacific Climate Cultures : Living Climate Change in Oceania

Pacific Climate Cultures Living Climate Change in Oceania

Low-lying Pacific island nations are experiencing the frontline of sea-level rises and climate change and are responding creatively and making-sense in their own vernacular terms. Pacific Climate Cultures aims to bring Oceanic philosophies to the frontline of social science theorization. It explores...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Crook, Tony, author (author), Rudiak-Gould, Peter, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter 2018
[2019]
Materias:
Climatic changes > Islands of the Pacific.
Climatic changes > Oceania.
Oceania > Environmental conditions.
Pacific Area > Environmental conditions.
Islands of the Pacific > Environmental conditions.
Oceania.
Pacific Area.
Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428242406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prelude: Climate Change and the Perspective of the Fish
  • 1 Introduction: Pacific Climate Cultures
  • 2 "Prophecy from the Past": Climate Change Discourse, Song Culture and Emotions in Kiribati
  • 3 Woosh-Cyclones as Culturalnatural Whirls: The Receptions of Climate Change in the Cook Islands
  • 4 Crafting Certainty in Liquid Worlds: Encountering Climate Change in Kiribati
  • 5 A Tsunami from the Mountains: Interpreting the Nadi Flood
  • 6 Nothing There Atoll? "Farewell to the Carteret Islands"
  • 7 Weathering Climate Change in Samoa: Cultural Resources for Resilience
  • 8 Reflections on Climate Change by Contemporary Artists in Papua New Guinea
  • 9 Lessons from Lomani Gau Project, Fiji: A Local Community's Response to Climate Change
  • 10 Papua New Guinea's Response to Climate Change: Challenges and Ways Forward
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Index

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