A Political Ecology of “Water in Mind”: Attributing Perceptions in the Era of Global Climate ChangeSource: Weather, Climate, and Society:;2011:;volume( 003 ):;issue: 003::page 148Author:Crate, Susan A.
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-10-05006.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his article explores how researchers can apply social science methods and theoretical frames to capture how place-based communities are perceiving and responding to the immediate effects of global climate change. The study focuses on research with Viliui Sakha?native horse and cattle breeders of northeastern Siberia, Russia, who are increasingly challenged by one of global climate change?s most prevalent effects: altered water regimes. By applying the theoretical framework of political ecology, the article shows how researchers can better understand how affected peoples have, in this case, ?water in mind? via their histories, cosmologies, and management practices of water. Such awareness can inform research activities and findings, facilitate effective adaptation, and, ultimately, affect policy. Given the widespread emphasis on adaptation, including the urgent need for, increasing interest in, and funding support for transdisciplinary research projects on adaptation, and the facilitative role researchers and policymakers can play in adaptation, this move to understanding and integrating a population?s shifting perceptions?in this case, of water in mind?into research is fundamental.
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contributor author | Crate, Susan A. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:37:40Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T17:37:40Z | |
date copyright | 2011/07/01 | |
date issued | 2011 | |
identifier issn | 1948-8327 | |
identifier other | ams-88313.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4232080 | |
description abstract | his article explores how researchers can apply social science methods and theoretical frames to capture how place-based communities are perceiving and responding to the immediate effects of global climate change. The study focuses on research with Viliui Sakha?native horse and cattle breeders of northeastern Siberia, Russia, who are increasingly challenged by one of global climate change?s most prevalent effects: altered water regimes. By applying the theoretical framework of political ecology, the article shows how researchers can better understand how affected peoples have, in this case, ?water in mind? via their histories, cosmologies, and management practices of water. Such awareness can inform research activities and findings, facilitate effective adaptation, and, ultimately, affect policy. Given the widespread emphasis on adaptation, including the urgent need for, increasing interest in, and funding support for transdisciplinary research projects on adaptation, and the facilitative role researchers and policymakers can play in adaptation, this move to understanding and integrating a population?s shifting perceptions?in this case, of water in mind?into research is fundamental. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | A Political Ecology of “Water in Mind”: Attributing Perceptions in the Era of Global Climate Change | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 3 | |
journal issue | 3 | |
journal title | Weather, Climate, and Society | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/WCAS-D-10-05006.1 | |
journal fristpage | 148 | |
journal lastpage | 164 | |
tree | Weather, Climate, and Society:;2011:;volume( 003 ):;issue: 003 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |