Climate and Culture: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on a Warming World

Cambridge University Press, 10/3/2019
EAN 9781108422505, ISBN10: 1108422500

Hardcover, 348 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

How does culture interact with the way societies understand, live with, and act in relation to climate change? While the importance of the exchanges between culture, society and climate in the context of global environmental change is increasingly recognised, the empirical evidence is fragmented and too often constrained by disciplinary boundaries. Written by an international team of experts, this book provides cutting-edge and critical perspectives on how culture both facilitates and inhibits our ability to address and make sense of climate change and the challenges it poses to societies globally. Through a set of case studies spanning the social sciences and humanities, it explores the role of culture in relation to climate and its changes at different temporal and spatial levels; illustrates how approaching climate change through the cultural dimension enriches the range and depth of societal engagements; and establishes connections between theory and practice, which can stimulate action-oriented initiatives.

Foreword
1. Climate and culture
taking stock and moving forward Hilary Geoghegan, Giuseppe Feola and Alex Arnall
2. Cultures of prediction in climate science Martin Mahony, Gabriele Gramelsberger and Matthias Heymann
3. Visualising climate and climate change
a longue durée perspective Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl
4. Indigenous knowledge regarding climate in Colombia
articulations and complementarities among different knowledges Astrid Ulloa
5. Thin place
new modes of environmental knowing through contemporary curatorial practice Ciara Healy
6. Multi-temporal adaptations to change in the Central Andes Julio C. Postigo
7. Not for the faint of heart
tasks of climate change communication in the context of societal transformation Susanne C. Moser
8. At the frontline or very close
living with climate change on St Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1999–2017 Igor Krupnik
9. Localising and historicising climate change
extreme weather histories in the United Kingdom Georgina Endfield and Lucy Veale
10. From denial to resistance
how emotions and culture shape our responses to climate change Allison Ford and Kari Marie Norgaard
11. Effective responses to climate change – some wisdom from the Buddhist worldview Peter Daniels
12. Creating a culture for transformation Karen O'Brien, Gail Hochachka and Irmelin Gram-Hanssen
13. Back to the future? Satoyama and cultures of transition and sustainability John Clammer
14. Culture and climate change
experiments and improvisations – an afterword Renata Tyszczuk and Joe Smith
Index.