SIKU: Knowing Our Ice
Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
Editors: Krupnik, I., Aporta, C., Gearheard, S., Laidler, G.J., Kielsen Holm, L. (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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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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
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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SIKU: International Polar Year Project #166 (An Overview)
Pages 1-28
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Weather Variability and Changing Sea Ice Use in Qeqertaq, West Greenland, 1987–2008
Pages 31-44
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Mapping Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge, Use, and Change in Nunavut, Canada (Cape Dorset, Igloolik, Pangnirtung)
Pages 45-80
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“It’s Cold, but Not Cold Enough”: Observing Ice and Climate Change in Gambell, Alaska, in IPY 2007–2008 and Beyond
Pages 81-114
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Sea Ice Distribution and Ice Use by Indigenous Walrus Hunters on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Pages 115-144
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- SIKU: Knowing Our Ice
- Book Subtitle
- Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use
- Editors
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- Igor Krupnik
- Claudio Aporta
- Shari Gearheard
- Gita J. Laidler
- Lene Kielsen Holm
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-8587-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-8587-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-8586-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-8648-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXI, 501
- Topics
