Risky futures : climate, geopolitics and local realities in the uncertain circumpolar North / edited by Olga Ulturgasheva and Barbara Bodenhorn

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction. On constellations and connected up thinking in the face of the future / Barbara Bodenhorn and Olga Ulturgasheva -- Activating cosmo-geo-analytics : anthropocene, arctics and cryocide / Olga Ulturgasheva and Barbara Bodenhorn -- 'Tears of the earth' : human-permafrost entanglements and science-indigenous knowledge encounters in northeast Siberia / Olga Ulturgasheva -- She'll do what she needs to do / Rachel Nutaaq Ayalhuq Naninaaq Edwardson -- Weathering the storm : an indigenous knowledge framework of Yup'ik youth well-being and resilience in Alaska / Stacy M. Rasmus -- Journalism in Canada's northern territories : digital media, civic spaces, indigenous publics / Candis Callison -- People of the cryosphere : a cross-regional, cross-disciplinary approach to icescapes in a changing climate / Hildegard Diemberger and Astrid Hovden -- Risky decisions, precarious moralities : the case of autumn whaling in Barrow, Alaska / Barbara Bodenhorn -- Afterword. Risk constellations and the politics of polarity / Michael Bravo

"The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions characterising 'the Arctic' in the early twenty-first century. What happens in the region (such as permafrost thaw or methane release) not only sweeps rapidly through local eco-systems but also has profound global implications. Bringing together a unique combination of authors who are local practitioners, indigenous scholars and international researchers, the book provides nuanced views of the social consequences of climate change and environmental risks across human and non-human realms"-- Provided by publisher