Introduction: Anthropology and Climate Change ................... 9
Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall
PART 1: CLIMATE AND CULTURE
1 Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture An Archaeological
Perspective ................................................. 39
Fekri A. Hassan
2 Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From
Determinism to Uncertain Futures ............................ 70
Nicole Peterson and Kenneth Broad
3 Fielding Climate Change in Cultural Anthropology ............ 87
Carla Roncoli, Todd Crane, and Ben Orlove
4 Climate Change and Population Displacement: Disasters and
Diasporas in the Twenty-first Century ...................... 116
Anthony Oliver-Smith
PART 2: ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS
5 Gone the Bull of Winter? Contemplating Climate Change's
Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia, Russia ...... 139
Susan A. Crate
6 Sea Ice: The Sociocultural Dimensions of a Melting
Environment in the Arctic .................................. 153
Anne Henshaw
7 Global Models, Local Risks: Responding to Climate Change
in the Swiss Alps .......................................... 166
Sarah Strauss
8 Storm Warnings: The Role of Anthropology in Adapting to
Sea-Level Rise in Southwestern Bangladesh .................. 175
Timothy Finan
9 Salmon Nation: Climate Change and Tribal Sovereignty ....... 186
Benedict J. Colombi
10 Global Averages, Local Extremes: The Subtleties and
Complexities of Climate Change in Papua New Guinea ......... 197
Jerry Jacka
11 Talking and Not Talking about Climate Change in
Northwestern Alaska ........................................ 209
Elizabeth Marino and Peter Schweitzer
12 Opal Waters, Rising Seas: How Sociocultural Inequality
Reduces Resilience to Climate Change among Indigenous
Australians ................................................ 218
Donna Green
13 The Glaciers of the Andes are Melting: Indigenous and
Anthropological Knowledge Merge in Restoring Water
Resources .................................................. 228
Inge Bolin
14 The Governance of Vulnerability: Climate Change and
Agency in Tuvalu, South Pacific ............................ 240
Heather Lazrus
15 From Local to Global: Perceptions and Realities of
Environmental Change Among Kalahari San .................... 250
Robert K. Hitchcock
PART 3: ANTHROPOLOGICAL ACTIONS
16 Consuming Ourselves to Death: The Anthropology of
Consumer Culture and Climate Change ........................ 265
Richard Wilk
17 Global Change Policymaking from Inside the Beltway:
Engaging Anthropology ...................................... 277
Shirley J. Fiske
18 Living in a World of Movement: Human Resilience to
Environmental Instability in Greenland ..................... 292
Mark Nuttall
19 Where Managerial and Scientific Knowledge Meet
Sociocultural Systems: Local Realities, Global
Responsibilities ........................................... 311
P.J. Puntenney
20 Participatory Action Research: Community Partnership with
Social and Physical Scientists ............................. 327
Gregory V. Button and Kristina Peterson
21 Terms of Engagement: An Arctic Perspective on the
Narratives and Politics of Global Climate Change ........... 341
Noel D. Broadbent and Patrik Lantto
22 Shifting the University: Faculty Engagement and
Curriculum Change .......................................... 356
Peggy F. Barlett and Benjamin Stewart
23 Car Culture and Decision-Making: Choice and Climate
Change ..................................................... 370
Lenora Bohren
24 Anthropologists Engaging in Climate Change Education and
Outreach: Curating Thin Ice—Inuit Traditions within
a Changing Environment ...................................... 380
A. Nicole Stuckenberger
Epilogue: Anthropology, Science, and Climate Change Policy ..... 394
Susan A. Crate and Mark Nuttall
About the Contributors ......................................... 401
Index .......................................................... 408
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