Indigenous science (fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral dystopias and fantasies of climate change crises

• Published in: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
• Main Author: Whyte, Kyle P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2018
• Subjects: Sheila; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2514848618777621; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2514848618777621; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/2514848618777621

Portrayals of the Anthropocene period are often dystopian or post-apocalyptic narratives of climate crises that will leave humans in horrific science-fiction scenarios. Such narratives can erase certain populations, such as Indigenous peoples, who approach climate change having already been through...