The perception of permafrost thaw in the Sakha Republic (Russia): Narratives, culture and risk in the face of climate change
International audience This article focuses on the social representations of permafrost thaw among people who were born in different regions of the Sakha Republic (Russia) and live in the regional capital city of Yakutsk. Our research aims to obtain a better understanding of the new risk patterns as...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-02959789v1 2023-05-15T17:55:52+02:00 The perception of permafrost thaw in the Sakha Republic (Russia): Narratives, culture and risk in the face of climate change Doloisio, Natalia Vanderlinden, Jean-Paul Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) 2020-09 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02959789 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100589 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100589 hal-02959789 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02959789 doi:10.1016/j.polar.2020.100589 ISSN: 1873-9652 Polar Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02959789 Polar Science, Elsevier, 2020, pp.100589. ⟨10.1016/j.polar.2020.100589⟩ Permafrost Climate change Sakha republic Narratives Risk [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100589 2021-11-07T00:43:03Z International audience This article focuses on the social representations of permafrost thaw among people who were born in different regions of the Sakha Republic (Russia) and live in the regional capital city of Yakutsk. Our research aims to obtain a better understanding of the new risk patterns associated to permafrost thaw through the collection and subsequent analysis of narratives of personal experiences in order to identify the main concerns, how these are defined and which coping strategies are considered by local inhabitants. Our respondents insightfully characterized the nature of the multiple interrelated processes and associations that they identified. According to locals' grasp, climate change and permafrost thaw's impacts exceed the merely physical and material dimensions, unchaining simultaneous and deep transformations in their culture. More specifically, physical degradation threatens their symbolic representations, the material practices and the emotional ties that they have developed in that specific land. They also expressed the need for potential mitigation strategies at both a regional and local scale. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Polar Science Polar Science Sakha Republic Yakutsk Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Sakha Yakutsk Polar Science 26 100589 |
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International audience This article focuses on the social representations of permafrost thaw among people who were born in different regions of the Sakha Republic (Russia) and live in the regional capital city of Yakutsk. Our research aims to obtain a better understanding of the new risk patterns associated to permafrost thaw through the collection and subsequent analysis of narratives of personal experiences in order to identify the main concerns, how these are defined and which coping strategies are considered by local inhabitants. Our respondents insightfully characterized the nature of the multiple interrelated processes and associations that they identified. According to locals' grasp, climate change and permafrost thaw's impacts exceed the merely physical and material dimensions, unchaining simultaneous and deep transformations in their culture. More specifically, physical degradation threatens their symbolic representations, the material practices and the emotional ties that they have developed in that specific land. They also expressed the need for potential mitigation strategies at both a regional and local scale. |
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The perception of permafrost thaw in the Sakha Republic (Russia): Narratives, culture and risk in the face of climate change |
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The perception of permafrost thaw in the Sakha Republic (Russia): Narratives, culture and risk in the face of climate change |
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The perception of permafrost thaw in the Sakha Republic (Russia): Narratives, culture and risk in the face of climate change |
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