Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important …
Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Smi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained …
The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions characterising 'the Arctic' in the early twenty-first …
Urban Sustainability in the Arctic advances our understanding of cities in the far north by applying elements of the international standard for urban sustainability (ISO 37120) to …
Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists. More recently it has been "e;discovered"e; by westerners, especially New Age followers. This book breaks new …
The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But …
In 1926/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several yearlong expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy and living conditions of all …
Through diverse engagements with natural resource extraction and ecological vulnerability in the contemporary Arctic, contributors to this volume apprehend Arctic resource regimes …
Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the …
