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SIKU: Knowing Our Ice

Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use

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Editors:
  1. Igor Krupnik

    1. National Museum of Natural History, Dept. Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA

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  2. Claudio Aporta

    1. Dept. Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  3. Shari Gearheard

    1. National Snow & Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Clyde River, Canada

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  4. Gita J. Laidler

    1. Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  5. Lene Kielsen Holm

    1. Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. SIKU: International Polar Year Project #166 (An Overview)

    1. SIKU: International Polar Year Project #166 (An Overview)

      • Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Gita J. Laidler
      Pages 1-28

  3. Recording the Knowledge: Inuit Observations of Ice, Climate and Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Weather Variability and Changing Sea Ice Use in Qeqertaq, West Greenland, 1987–2008

      • Pierre Taverniers
      Pages 31-44

    3. Mapping Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge, Use, and Change in Nunavut, Canada (Cape Dorset, Igloolik, Pangnirtung)

      • Gita J. Laidler, Pootoogoo Elee, Theo Ikummaq, Eric Joamie, Claudio Aporta
      Pages 45-80

    4. “It’s Cold, but Not Cold Enough”: Observing Ice and Climate Change in Gambell, Alaska, in IPY 2007–2008 and Beyond

      • Igor Krupnik, Leonard Apangalook Sr, Paul Apangalook
      Pages 81-114

    5. Sea Ice Distribution and Ice Use by Indigenous Walrus Hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

      • Marie-Luise Kapsch, Hajo Eicken, Martin Robards
      Pages 115-144

    6. Sila-Inuk: Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in Greenland

      • Lene Kielsen Holm
      Pages 145-160

  4. Using the Ice: Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. The Sea, the Land, the Coast, and the Winds: Understanding Inuit Sea Ice Use in Context

      • Claudio Aporta
      Pages 163-180

    3. The Igliniit Project: Combining Inuit Knowledge and Geomatics Engineering to Develop a New Observation Tool for Hunters

      • Shari Gearheard, Gary Aipellee, Kyle O’Keefe
      Pages 181-202

    4. Assessing the Shorefast Ice: Iñupiat Whaling Trails off Barrow, Alaska

      • Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Hajo Eicken, John C. George, Lewis Brower
      Pages 203-228

    5. Creating an Online Cybercartographic Atlas of Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use

      • Peter L. Pulsifer, Gita J. Laidler, D.R. Fraser Taylor, Amos Hayes
      Pages 229-254

  5. Learning, Knowing, and Preserving the Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. The Power of Multiple Perspectives: Behind the Scenes of the Siku–Inuit–Hila Project

      • Henry P. Huntington, Shari Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm
      Pages 257-274

    3. Knowings About Sigu: Kigiqtaamiut Hunting as an Experiential Pedagogy

      • Josh Wisniewski
      Pages 275-294

    4. The Ice Is Always Changing: Yup’ik Understandings of Sea Ice, Past and Present

      • Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden
      Pages 295-320

    5. Qanuq Ilitaavut: “How We Learned What We Know” (Wales Inupiaq Sea Ice Dictionary)

      • Igor Krupnik, Winton (Utuktaaq) Weyapuk Jr
      Pages 321-354

  6. SIKU and Siku: Opening New Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 355-355
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    2. Indigenous Knowledge and Sea Ice Science: What Can We Learn from Indigenous Ice Users?

      • Hajo Eicken
      Pages 357-376
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About this book

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. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Museum of Natural History, Dept. Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA

    Igor Krupnik

  • Dept. Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Claudio Aporta

  • National Snow & Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Clyde River, Canada

    Shari Gearheard

  • Dept. Geography &, Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Gita J. Laidler

  • Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland

    Lene Kielsen Holm

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

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