Rhythms of the Earth—Editorial Introduction
This special issue of GeoHealth, entitled Rhythms of the Earth: Ecological Calendars and Anticipating the Anthropogenic Climate Crisis, is a transdisciplinary articulation of a methodology of hope to confront the multiple injustices of the Anthropocene. One of the greatest challenges of the climate...
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ftclarkuniv:oai:commons.clarku.edu:faculty_idce-1547 2023-09-05T13:17:40+02:00 Rhythms of the Earth—Editorial Introduction Kassam, Karim-Aly S. Ruelle, Morgan Dunn, Christopher P. Pandya, Raj Wyndham, Felice 2023-04-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/548 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000815 https://commons.clarku.edu/context/faculty_idce/article/1547/viewcontent/IDCEFacultyWorks_Rhythms_Ruelle_2023.pdf unknown Clark Digital Commons https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/548 doi:10.1029/2023GH000815 https://commons.clarku.edu/context/faculty_idce/article/1547/viewcontent/IDCEFacultyWorks_Rhythms_Ruelle_2023.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International Development, Community, and Environment climate crisis ecological calendars Indigenous communities Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Social and Behavioral Sciences Sociology text 2023 ftclarkuniv https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000815 2023-08-14T06:16:31Z This special issue of GeoHealth, entitled Rhythms of the Earth: Ecological Calendars and Anticipating the Anthropogenic Climate Crisis, is a transdisciplinary articulation of a methodology of hope to confront the multiple injustices of the Anthropocene. One of the greatest challenges of the climate crisis is the lack of predictability at the scale of communities where impacts are most immediate. Indigenous and rural societies face an ever shifting “new normal” through increasing inconsistency in the seasonality of temperature and precipitation, as well as greater frequency of extreme weather events. With global food systems dependent on local and small producers, climatic variability disrupts access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food. Ecological calendars are context-specific knowledge systems grounded in a particular cultural milieu and ecological space, that build anticipatory capacity for seasonal change. They measure and give meaning to time. Based on close observation of one's habitat, human societies have used such calendars for hundreds of years and potentially millennia. By engaging with the interactions among physical phenomena (such as the first snowfall or last frost) and biological events (such as blossoming of specific trees, arrival of migratory birds or mammals, appearance of plants or insects), human societies have been able to identify optimal time windows for their livelihood activities. The 11 research articles in Rhythms of the Earth cover a considerable geographical breadth from Africa to the Arctic; and, from North and South America to Central Asia. They provide evidence that spans millennia from the Roman Empire to the contemporary Anthropocene. © 2023. The Authors. GeoHealth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Geophysical Union. Text Arctic Clark University: Clark Digital Commons Arctic GeoHealth 7 4 |
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This special issue of GeoHealth, entitled Rhythms of the Earth: Ecological Calendars and Anticipating the Anthropogenic Climate Crisis, is a transdisciplinary articulation of a methodology of hope to confront the multiple injustices of the Anthropocene. One of the greatest challenges of the climate crisis is the lack of predictability at the scale of communities where impacts are most immediate. Indigenous and rural societies face an ever shifting “new normal” through increasing inconsistency in the seasonality of temperature and precipitation, as well as greater frequency of extreme weather events. With global food systems dependent on local and small producers, climatic variability disrupts access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food. Ecological calendars are context-specific knowledge systems grounded in a particular cultural milieu and ecological space, that build anticipatory capacity for seasonal change. They measure and give meaning to time. Based on close observation of one's habitat, human societies have used such calendars for hundreds of years and potentially millennia. By engaging with the interactions among physical phenomena (such as the first snowfall or last frost) and biological events (such as blossoming of specific trees, arrival of migratory birds or mammals, appearance of plants or insects), human societies have been able to identify optimal time windows for their livelihood activities. The 11 research articles in Rhythms of the Earth cover a considerable geographical breadth from Africa to the Arctic; and, from North and South America to Central Asia. They provide evidence that spans millennia from the Roman Empire to the contemporary Anthropocene. © 2023. The Authors. GeoHealth published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Geophysical Union. |
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