Siku: Knowing Our Ice: Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789048186488)

By exploring indigenous people's knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public.

Author: Igor Krupnik
ISBN-10: 904818648X
ISBN-13: 9789048186488
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2010
Pages: 501
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.30d