SIKU : knowing our ice : documenting Inuit sea ice knowledge and use

SIKU knowing our ice : documenting Inuit sea ice knowledge and use

By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice....

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Krupnik, Igor (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Subjects:
Ice > Arctic regions.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Arctic regions.
Sea ice.
Human ecology.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009456384806719
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Recording the knowledge : Inuit observations of ice, climate and change
  • pt. 2. Using the ice : indigenous knowledge and modern technologies
  • pt. 3. Learning, knowing and preserving the knowledge
  • pt. 4. SIKU and Siku : opening new perspectives.

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