Risky Futures : : Climate, Geopolitics and Local Realities in the Uncertain Circumpolar North / / ed. by Olga Ulturgasheva, Barbara Bodenhorn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Bodenhorn, Barbara,; Bravo, Michael,; Hovden, Astrid,; Nutaaq Ayałhuq Naŋinaaq Edwardson, Rachel,; Rasmus, Stacy M.,; Schweitzer, Peter,; Ulturgasheva, Olga,
• HerausgeberIn: Callison, Candis,; Diemberger, Hildegard,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the Circumpolar North ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)

The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions characterising ‘the Arctic’ in the early twenty-first century. What happens in the region (such as permafrost thaw or methane release) not only sweeps rapidly through local ecosystems but also has profound global implications. Bringing together a unique combination of authors who are local practitioners, indigenous scholars and international researchers, the book provides nuanced views of the social consequences of climate change and environmental risks across human and non-human realms.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. On Constellations and Connected-Up Thinking in the Face of the Future -- Chapter 1. Activating Cosmo-Geo-Analytics: Anthropocene, Arctics and Cryocide -- Chapter 2. ‘Tears of the Earth’: Human–Permafrost Entanglements and Science–Indigenous Knowledge Encounters in Northeast Siberia -- Chapter 3. She’ll Do What She Needs to Do -- Chapter 4. Weathering the Storm: An Indigenous Knowledge Framework of Yup’ik Youth Well-Being and Resilience in Alaska -- Chapter 5. Journalism in Canada’s Northern Territories: Digital Media, Civic Spaces, Indigenous Publics -- Chapter 6. People of the Cryosphere: A Cross-Regional, Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Icescapes in a Changing Climate -- Chapter 7. Risky Decisions, Precarious Moralities: The Case of Autumn Whaling in Barrow, Alaska -- Afterword. Risk Constellations and the Politics of Polarity -- Index