Climate, Culture, Change:Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North

Description

Every day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians debate how to respond| scientists offer new data| and skeptics critique the validity of the research.
To step outside these scientific and political debates| Timothy Leduc engages with various Inuit understandings of northern climate change.
What he learns is that today’s climate changes are not only affecting our environments| but also our cultures.
By focusing on the changes currently occurring in the north| he highlights the challenges being posed to Western climate research| Canadian politics and traditional Inuit knowledge.

“Climate| Culture| Change “sheds light on the cultural challenges posed by northern warming and proposes an intercultural response that is demonstrated by the blending of Inuit and Western perspectives.