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Author Marino, Elizabeth K., 1978- author.

Title Fierce climate, sacred ground : an ethnography of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska / Elizabeth Marino
Published Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 122 pages) : illustrations
Contents Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: It's the End of the World, and Shishmaref Is Everywhere -- Chapter 2: Unnatural Natural Disasters -- Chapter 3: Flooding and Erosion in Shishmaref: The Anatomy of a Climate Change Disaster -- Chapter 4: Seal Oil Lamps and Pre-Fab Housing: A History of Colonialism in Shishmaref -- Chapter 5: Finding a Way Forward: Trust, Distrust, and Alaska Native Relocation Planning in the Twenty-first Century -- Chapter 6: The Tenacity of Home -- Chapter 7: The Ethics of Climate Change -- Notes -- Index
Summary Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However, a tangled web of policy obstacles, lack of funding, and organizational challenges leaves the community without a clear way forward, creating serious questions of how to maintain cultural identity under the new climate regime. Elizabeth Marino analyzes this unique and grounded example of a warming world as a confluence of political injustice, histories of colonialism, global climate change, and contemporary development decisions. The book merges theoretical insights from disaster studies, political analysis, and passages from field notes into an eminently readable text for a wide audience. This is an ethnography of climate change; a glimpse into the lived experiences of a global phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- Alaska -- Shishmaref
Ethnology -- Alaska -- Shishmaref
Climatic changes -- Alaska -- Shishmaref
Inupiat -- Alaska -- Shishmaref
SOCIAL SCIENCE/Human Geography.
Climatic changes
Ethnology
Human beings -- Effect of climate on
Inupiat
Umsiedlung
Kulturelle Identität
Küste
Klimaänderung
Inyupiat
Erosion
Climat -- Changements -- États-Unis -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Ethnologie -- États-Unis -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Homme -- Effets du climat -- États-Unis -- Alaska (États-Unis)
Effets du climat.
Refugies environnementaux.
Catastrophes ecologiques.
Climat -- Changements.
Inuits.
SUBJECT Shishmaref (Alaska) -- Maps
Subject Alaska -- Shishmaref
Shishmaref (Etats-Unis, Alaska)
Genre/Form Remote-sensing maps
Maps
Remote-sensing maps.
Spatiocartes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781602232679
1602232679