Foreword
References
Praise for Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Environmental Communication
Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
Mapping the Contribution
The Chapters
Final Note
References
Dancing with Lava: Indigenous Interactions with an Active Volcano in Arizona
Introduction
Methodology
Previous Research
Southern Paiute Epistemology
Use of the Uinkaret Volcanic Field Before the Little Springs Event (17,000 B.P. to A.D. 1075)
Little Springs Volcanic Event and the Southern Paiute Response
Post-Eruption: The Initial Southern Paiute Response
Post-Eruption Ceremonies: Little Springs Pilgrimage
Hot Spring at the Northern Lobe of the Little Springs Lava Flow: Unuvats
The Northern Lobe of the Little Springs Lava Flow
Coyote’s House
Discussion: Navigating the Epistemological Divide
References
Arsenic Fields: Community Understandings of Risk, Place, and Landscape
Introduction
Contaminated Places and Communities
The Contaminated Riddarhyttan Copper Fields
Communication of Environmental Risk
Local Community Perspectives
Risk Communication in Riddarhyttan
Landscape, Place, Risk, and Memories
By Way of Conclusion
References
Cultural Transmission in Slovak Mountain Regions: Local Knowledge as Symbolic Argumentation
Introduction
Traditional Ecological Knowledge as an Adaptation Process
Methods
Mountains and Vrchári
Land Abandonment as Loss of Cultural and Natural Diversity
Anthropological Arguments for the Continuity of Generational Transmission
Argument 1: The Floating TEK Gap
Argument 2: The Three-Generation Model Family
The Example of the Ilčík Family
Argument 3: Cattle Farming as a Symbol of Identity, Integrity, and Livelihood
Discussion
References
Community Voices, Practices, and Memories in Environmental Communication: Iliamna Lake Yup’ik Place Names, Alaska
Introduction
A Study of Iliamna Lake Yup’ik Place Names
Place Names as Environmental Communication
Colonizing and Decolonizing Iliamna Lake Names
Telling About Places
Cultural Practices and Places
Discussion
References
Demographic Change and Local Community Sustainability: Heritagization of Land Abandonment Symbols
Introduction
The Depopulation of Cultural Regions in Europe
Background
Local Communities and the Cultural Landscape
The Historical Context of Central European Migration and Depopulation
Land Depopulation: Limited Fertility as a Maladaptation
The Increasing Control of Birthrate Among Married Couples
Heritagization as the Reconstruction of Local Memory
Historical Cemeteries and Tombstones: Places of Cultural Memory
Revitalization of Symbols, Community, and the Cultural Landscape
Environmental Communication and the Symbolic Language of Cemeteries
Discussion: Symbolic Dialogue in Environmental Communication
References
Living Stone Bridges: Epistemological Divides in Heritage Environmental Communication
Heritage Environmental Communication
The Case Study
Study Location
Study Methods
Study Findings
Zuni
Southern Paiute
Acoma Pueblo
Ute Mountain Ute
Analysis
Discussion
References
“The Sea Has No Boundaries”: Collaboration and Communication Between Actors in Coastal Planning on the Swedish West Coast
Introduction
Theoretical Context
The Rationale for the Collaborative Project
The Organization and the Explicit Objectives of the Project
The Benefits of the Project from the Perspective of the Involved Stakeholders
Conflicts of Interest
Obstacles Related to Regulations and the Institutional Division of Responsibilities in Society
Communication Through Friction
Concluding Discussion
References
Power, Conflicts, and Environmental Communication in the Struggles for Water Justice in Rural Chile: Insights from the Epistemologies of the South and the Anthropology of Power
Introduction
Environmental Communication from a Conflict- and Power-Oriented Perspective
Anthropologies of Power, Epistemologies of the South, and Their Relevance for a Critical and Situated Conceptualization of Environmental Communication
Environmental Communication and Power in the Struggles for Water Justice in Chile
A Critical Environmental Communication Analysis of Water Conflicts in Chile: Knowledge and Power over Water and Epistemologies of the South
Concluding Remarks
References
Commentary
Introduction
Attempts to Decolonize Land While Challenging Modernization
Acknowledgment of a Diversity of Thoughts
Exploitation and Commodification of Natural Resources and Knowledge
Risk Communication, Perception, and Agency
Concluding Remarks
References
Index