Anthropological contributions to the study of climate

Past, present, future

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12929437
AutoresKirsten Hastrup (University of Copenhagen, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen4
Número4
Páginas269-281
Fecha de publicación2013-04-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/wcc.219
OpenAlexW1972212577
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas46

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