The 50-Year Arctic Career of Ernest S. Burch, Jr

A Personal Ethnohistory, 1960-2010

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20149459
AutoresI Krupnik (0000-0003-1954-9848), K L Pratt (Smithsonian Institution)
Año2012
Volumen49
Número2
Páginas10-28
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArctic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-6939 • E-ISSN: 1933-8139
EditorialUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/arc.2012.0035
OpenAlexW2120826346
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas19

The paper explores the scientific legacy of Ernest S. Burch, Jr., 1938–2010, one of the leading experts on the social life and ethnohistory of Alaskan indigenous people. Burch’s professional career is viewed through the lenses of five monumental projects (initiatives) that he accomplished over 50 years: the study of subsistence ecology in Kivalina, Alaska (1960–1985); reconstruction of the early 1800s Iñupiat nations in North Alaska (1969–1980); the National Geographic map, “Peoples of the Arctic, ca. 1825” (1979–1983); the multivolume series, Cultural and Natural Heritage of Northwest Alaska (1983–2003); and the history of caribou herds in Alaska (late 1990s–2010). Several projects that Burch had started but did not bring to conclusion are also discussed. Burch’s research set the highest professional standards in the discipline of arctic anthropology for over four decades, and the resulting loss of knowledge and expertise will be hard to overcome

Arctic · Ethnohistory · Sociology · Anthropology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Geological Studies and Exploration · Geology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography