Transmission of Environmental Knowledge and Land Skills among Inuit Men in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada and Adaptation to Climate Change

• Main Authors: Pearce, T, Ford, J, Furgal, C
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management); FoR 1601 (Anthropology); Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Ulukhaktok; Climate change; inuit; musk ox; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.iassa.org/images/stories/Book_of_ABSTRACTS_web.pdf

This paper investigates the relationship between the transmission of environmental knowledge and land skills, and human adaptation to climate change. This relationship is empirically tested in an arctic community to document how environmental knowledge and land skills are transmitted among Inuit and...