Kelman, I (Ed).
(2017)
Arcticness.
[Book].
UCL Press: London.
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Abstract
Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests and needs of the peoples who live in the region? This volume explores the opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the changes, socially and physically. With essays by both academics and Arctic peoples, integrating multiple perspectives and multiple disciplines, the book covers social, legal, political, geographical, scientific and creative questions related to Arcticness, to address the challenges faced by the Arctic as a region and specifically by local communities. As well as academic essays, the contributions to the book include personal reflections, a graphic essay, and poetry, to ensure wide and varied coverage of the Arctic experience – what the contributions all have in common is the fundamental human perspective. Topics covered in the essays include indigenous identity and livelihoods such as reindeer herding, and adapting to modern identities; a graphic essay on the experience of Arctic indigenous peoples in residential schools; the effects of climate change; energy in the Arctic; and extractive industries and their impacts on local communities. The book includes reflections on the future of Arcticness, engaging with communities to ensure meaningful representation and as a counterpoint to the primacy of environmental, national and global issues.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Arcticness |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787350137 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787350137 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787350137 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in anyway that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Attribution should include the following information: Ilan Kelman (ed.), Arcticness . London, UCL Press, 2017. https:// doi.org/ 10.14324/ 111.9781787350137 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http:// creativecommons.org/ licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Arctic, Sustainability, Energy, Polar |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1569356 |
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