ABSTRACT
Our intent with the first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change was to produce a comprehensive volume assessing the roles anthropologists play in research, policy, and practice concerned with climate change, using specific case studies to illustrate anthropology’s scope and depth in its engagement. We also wanted to map out where the discipline was headed as it was initiating new research and policy-oriented approaches. And finally we wanted the volume to examine the dynamics of various epistemologies, ontologies, and practices, whether related to understanding local knowledge and perceptions of climate change, human-environment relations, or climate science and decision making, with the objective of locating theoretical frames, research approaches, and applied practices. In short, we wanted to open and expand dialogue among anthropologists to questions concerning the extent of our role in climate change not only as researchers but also as advocates, pedagogues, communicators, and activists.
