Global Warning An Ethnography Of The Encounter Between Global And Local

Author : Sara de Wit
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956762972

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Global Warning. An ethnography of the encounter between global and local by Sara de Wit Pdf

Moving beyond existing approaches that largely deal with the biophysical consequences of climate change realities in Africa, this book explores an alternative perspective that traces climate change as a travelling idea. It focuses on how globally constructed discourses on climate change find their way to the local level in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon, thereby seeking to understand how these discursive practices lead to social transformations, and to new configurations of power. In the translation process from the global to the local level a continuous modification and appropriation of the idea of climate change takes place that finally leads to a concrete implementation of climate change related projects and sensitization campaigns. Hence, it is argued that in this increasingly interconnected and mediated world people in Africa (and elsewhere in the world) do not solely adapt to a changing climate, but also adapt to a changing discourse about the climate. Travelling between traditional rulers and their palaces, to the world of NGOs, journalists and ordinary farmers this study brings the reader on a captivating journey, that reveals how climate change engages in a variety of ways with different lifeworlds, revitalizes local cosmologies, gives birth to a new development paradigm, and moreover how it evokes apocalyptic anxieties and trajectories of blame at the grassroots level.

Author : de Wit, Sara
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956792115

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Global Warning. An ethnography of the encounter between global and local by de Wit, Sara Pdf

Moving beyond existing approaches that largely deal with the biophysical consequences of climate change realities in Africa, this book explores an alternative perspective that traces climate change as a travelling idea. It focuses on how globally constructed discourses on climate change find their way to the local level in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon, thereby seeking to understand how these discursive practices lead to social transformations, and to new configurations of power. In the translation process from the 'global' to the 'local' level a continuous modification and appropriation of the idea of climate change takes place that finally leads to a concrete implementation of climate change related projects and sensitization campaigns. Hence, it is argued that in this increasingly interconnected and mediated world people in Africa (and elsewhere in the world) do not solely adapt to a changing climate, but also adapt to a changing discourse about the climate. Travelling between traditional rulers and their palaces, to the world of NGOs, journalists and ordinary farmers this study brings the reader on a captivating journey, that reveals how climate change engages in a variety of ways with different lifeworlds, revitalizes local cosmologies, gives birth to a new development paradigm, and moreover how it evokes apocalyptic anxieties and trajectories of blame at the grassroots level.

Author : Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781783749386

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Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change by Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder Pdf

Global news on anthropogenic climate change is shaped by international politics, scientific reports and voices from transnational protest movements. This timely volume asks how local communities engage with these transnational discourses. The chapters in this volume present a range of compelling case studies drawn from a broad cross-section of local communities around the world, reflecting diverse cultural and geographical contexts. From Greenland to northern Tanzania, it illuminates how different understandings evolve in diverse cultural and geographical contexts while also revealing some common patterns of how people make sense of climate change. Global Warming in Local Discourses constitutes a significant, new contribution to understanding the multi-perspectivity of our debates on climate change, further highlighting the need for interdisciplinary study within this area. It will be a valuable resource to those studying climate and science communication; those interested in understanding the various roles played by journalism, NGOs, politics and science in shaping public understandings of climate change, as well as those exploring the intersections of the global and the local in debates on the sustainable transformation of societies.

Author : Julia Tischler,Ingo Haltermann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004410848

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Environmental Change and African Societies by Julia Tischler,Ingo Haltermann Pdf

The volume Environmental Change and African Societies contributes to current debates on global climate change from the perspectives of the social sciences and the humanities. It charts past and present environmental change in different African settings and also discusses policies and scenarios for the future. The first section, “Ideas”, enquires into local perceptions of the environment, followed by contributions on historical cases of environmental change and state regulation. The section “Present” addresses decision-making and agenda-setting processes related to current representations and/or predicted effects of climate change. The section “Prospects” is concerned with contemporary African megatrends. The authors move across different scales of investigation, from locally-grounded ethnographic analyses to discussions on continental trends and international policy. Contributors are: Daniel Callo-Concha, Joy Clancy, Manfred Denich, Sara de Wit, Ton Dietz, Irit Eguavoen, Ben Fanstone, Ingo Haltermann, Laura Jeffrey, Emmanuel Kreike, Vimbai Kwashirai, James C. McCann, Bertrand F. Nero, Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Erick G. Tambo, Julia Tischler.

Author : Silja Klepp,Libertad Chavez-Rodriguez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351677134

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A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaptation by Silja Klepp,Libertad Chavez-Rodriguez Pdf

This edited volume brings together critical research on climate change adaptation discourses, policies, and practices from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Drawing on examples from countries including Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands, the chapters describe how adaptation measures are interpreted, transformed, and implemented at grassroots level and how these measures are changing or interfering with power relations, legal pluralismm and local (ecological) knowledge. As a whole, the book challenges established perspectives of climate change adaptation by taking into account issues of cultural diversity, environmental justicem and human rights, as well as feminist or intersectional approaches. This innovative approach allows for analyses of the new configurations of knowledge and power that are evolving in the name of climate change adaptation. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental law and policy, and environmental sociology, and to policymakers and practitioners working in the field of climate change adaptation.

Author : Eveline Dürr,Arno Pascht
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137533494

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Environmental Transformations and Cultural Responses by Eveline Dürr,Arno Pascht Pdf

This book explores the various ways in which different communities and peoples in Oceania respond to and engage with recent environmental challenges and concurrent socio-political reconfigurations. Based on empirical research, the book discusses topics such as belonging, emotional attachment to land, and new forms of environmental knowledge. The theoretical framework of the book is inspired by current debates among diverse conceptualisations of the environment and thus, of various ways of knowing, making sense of, and interacting with worlds. With this focus in mind, the book provides new insights into recent socio-cultural and environmental dynamics in the Pacific.

Author : Suiven John Paul Tume,Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781622733088

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Climate Change Perception and Changing Agents in Africa & South Asia by Suiven John Paul Tume,Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa Pdf

‘Climate Change Perception and Changing Agents in Africa & South Asia’ presents first-hand experiences of climate change perception. Now more than ever understanding public perceptions of climate change is fundamental in creating effective climate policies, especially within countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Striving to present a comprehensive study of climate perception in Africa and South Asia, this volume presents seven in-depth case studies from Cameroon, the Eastern Himalayas, Kenya, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. In order to combat climate change, effective communication is essential in order to educate, persuade, warn and mobilize the masses. Therefore, climate change communication is shaped not only by our different experiences and beliefs but also by the underlying cultural and politic values of a country. Within this volume, climate change communication is examined from Cameroonian, Kenyan and Zimbabwean perspectives. From the role of stakeholders to practical field experiences, the individual case studies present an interesting and informative portrait of climate change communication. It is often the poorest and most vulnerable people who are most affected by the impacts of climate change. Therefore, community-based adaptation is an approach that is aimed at empowering communities in the process of planning for and coping with climate change. In this book, this progressive and innovative approach is examined from a grass-roots perspective that looks to both the Eastern Himalayas and Zimbabwe. Readers are presented with case-studies that investigate the importance of indigenous knowledge, community-based research and the role of social workers in climate change mitigation. This high-quality resource puts forward a well-informed and accessible discussion of climate change perception that will be of interest to both students and scholars, alike.

Author : Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1783749393

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Global Warming in Local Discourses by Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder Pdf

Global news on anthropogenic climate change is shaped by international politics, scientific reports and voices from transnational protest movements. This timely volume asks how local communities engage with these transnational discourses.The chapters in this volume present a range of compelling case studies drawn from a broad cross-section of local communities around the world, reflecting diverse cultural and geographical contexts. From Greenland to northern Tanzania, it illuminates how different understandings evolve in diverse cultural and geographical contexts while also revealing some community.

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Evangelos Manolas,Anabela Marisa Azul,Ulisses M. Azeiteiro,Henry McGhie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319700663

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Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 2 by Walter Leal Filho,Evangelos Manolas,Anabela Marisa Azul,Ulisses M. Azeiteiro,Henry McGhie Pdf

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experience gained in the execution of successful projects and initiatives, and discusses novel methodological approaches aimed at promoting a better understanding of climate change adaptation. Addressing a gap in the literature on climate change communication and pursuing an integrated approach, the handbook documents and disseminates the wealth of experience currently available in this field. Volume 2 of the handbook provides a unique description of the theoretical basis and of some of the key facts and phenomena which help in achieving a better understanding of the basis of climate change communication, providing an essential basis for successful initiatives in this complex field.

Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800732322

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The Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate by Paul Sillitoe Pdf

While it is widely acknowledged that climate change is among the greatest global challenges of our times, it has local implications too. This volume forefronts these local issues, giving anthropology a voice in this great debate, which is otherwise dominated by natural scientists and policy makers. It shows what an ethnographic focus can offer in furthering our understanding of the lived realities of climate debates. Contributors from communities around the world discuss local knowledge of, and responses to, environmental changes that need to feature in scientifically framed policies regarding mitigation and adaptation measures if they are to be effective.

Author : Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1783749407

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Global Warming in Local Discourses by Michael Brüggemann,Simone Rödder Pdf

Global news on anthropogenic climate change is shaped by international politics, scientific reports and voices from transnational protest movements. This timely volume asks how local communities engage with these transnational discourses.The chapters in this volume present a range of compelling case studies drawn from a broad cross-section of local communities around the world, reflecting diverse cultural and geographical contexts. From Greenland to northern Tanzania, it illuminates how different understandings evolve in diverse cultural and geographical contexts while also revealing some community.

Author : Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691263519

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Friction by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Pdf

What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick. It is the friction that produces movement, action, and effect. Anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing challenges the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a clash of cultures, developing friction as a metaphor for the diverse and conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. Tsing focuses on the rainforests of Indonesia, where in the 1980s and 1990s capitalist interests increasingly reshaped the landscape not so much through corporate design as through awkward chains of legal and illegal entrepreneurs that wrested the land from previous claimants, creating resources for distant markets. In response, environmental movements arose to defend the rainforests and the communities of people who live in them. Not confined to a village, province, or nation, the social drama of the Indonesian rainforests includes local and national environmentalists, international science, North American investors, advocates for Brazilian rubber tappers, United Nations funding agencies, mountaineers, village elders, and urban students—all drawn into unpredictable, messy misunderstandings, but misunderstandings that sometimes work out. Providing an invaluable portfolio of methods for the study of global interconnections, Friction shows how cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter and reveals how much is overlooked in contemporary theories of the global.

Author : Gregory White
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199794829

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Climate Change and Migration by Gregory White Pdf

Examines how climate-induced migration, the relocation of individuals from harsh climate areas to more favorable ones, has led to concerns about national borders, sovereignty, and security, along with suggestions to combat the situation.

Author : Kyle Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:766129327

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Global warning by Kyle Mills Pdf

Author : Esteban Garcia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977677053

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My Close Encounter by Esteban Garcia Pdf

This research is the result of many years of sacrifice attempting to shed some light into very serious problems afflicting our species, the unfortunate result of a close encounter of the fourth kind. It is also a reflection on socioeconomic relationships and the essence of time in the context of an international conspiracy. We asks questions like what is The New World Order and Globalization and what do Secret Societies have to do with it, what is the Information Paradox and Pervasive Consumption, Capitalism and Moral Doctrines. We dwell into the values system and morality and take a long look at the effects of the environmental enrichment over the last centuries, and Global Warming.