Pinngortitaq – a place of becoming
Arctic ecosystems are on the verge of changes that are unprecedented in both magnitude and velocity. We stress that statements of a changing climate and environment have ambiguous definitions in both theoretical and metaphorical senses. Inuit have embraced the idea of an environment in a process of...
| Published in: | Journal of Ecological Anthropology |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Digital Commons, bepress
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2637141 https://doi.org/10.5038/2162-4593.20.1.1217 |
| Summary: | Arctic ecosystems are on the verge of changes that are unprecedented in both magnitude and velocity. We stress that statements of a changing climate and environment have ambiguous definitions in both theoretical and metaphorical senses. Inuit have embraced the idea of an environment in a process of Pinngortitaq – a place of becoming – rather than a process of changing. In this note, we accentuate how a philosophy of a world becoming can inspire to answer some of the complex environmental questions asked today by enabling more flexible management regimes in the future. publishedVersion Open Access. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
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