Anthropological contributions to the study of climate

Past, present, future

Bibliographic Data

ID12929437
AuthorsKirsten Hastrup (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume4
Issue4
Pages269-281
Publication date2013-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/wcc.219
OpenAlexW1972212577
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited46

In the world of climate science there is an increasing demand for contributions from the social sciences, given that the current processes of climate change deeply affect societies. This article is a response to this call, with specific focus on past and potential contributions from anthropology, as we have known it from the 19th century onwards. It is shown how through the ages, different anthropological interests have shaped distinct perspectives on the entanglement of society and nature. It is argued that the present global concerns about climate change necessitate a refashioning of anthropology, and make it expedient to pay attention to the emergent global imaginaries. WIREs Clim Change 2013, 4:269–281. doi: 10.1002/wcc.219 This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > Disciplinary Perspectives

Affect (linguistics · Climate change · Climate science · Discipline · Environmental ethics · Focus (optics · Geography · Global warming · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology