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  • Resilience through Knowledge Co-Production

    Indigenous Knowledge, Science, and Global Environmental Change

    Confronted with the complex environmental crises of the Anthropocene, scientists have moved towards an interdisciplinary approach to address challenges that are both social and ecological. Several arenas are now calling for co-production of new transdisciplinary knowledge by combining Indigenous knowledge and science. This book revisits epistemological debates on the notion of co-production and ... Leer más

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  • Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation

    This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University's Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the IPCC, and other organisations. Chapters, written by indigenous peoples, scientists and development experts, provide insight into how diverse societies observe and adapt to changing ... Leer más

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  • Early Inuit Studies

    Themes and Transitions, 1850s-1980s

    Edición de Igor Krupnik ...
    This collection of 15 chronologically arranged papers is the first-ever definitive treatment of the intellectual historyof Eskimology—known today as Inuit studies—the field of anthropology preoccupied with the origins, history, and culture of the Inuit people. The authors trace the growth and change in scholarship on the Inuit (Eskimo) people from the 1850s to the 1980s via profiles of scientists ... Leer más

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  • SIKU: Knowing Our Ice

    Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use

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  • The Man Who Ate His Boots

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  • Antarctic Diaries of the Heroic Era

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