Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Humanistic Explorations of Cultural Resilience
Abstract
In this essay, we will discuss the lessons that we have learned in a course titled "Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change" regarding Indigenous efforts and epistemologies to cope with stresses and plights induced by global climate change. Primarily informed by humanistic perspectives, we examine how Indigenous peoples, especially those of North America, process climate change through their cultural values and social priorities, with a particular focus on human emotions or feelings associated with their homeland, which often called sense of place or belonging, in contrast to the abstract concepts that originate from the natural sciences.
Repository Citation
Sakakibara, Chie, Elise Horensky, and Sloane Garelick. 2020. "Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Humanistic Explorations of Cultural Resilience." Environmental Philosophy 17(1): 75-92.
Publisher
Philosophy Documentation Center
Publication Date
1-18-2020
Publication Title
Environmental Philosophy
Department
Environmental Studies
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.5840/envirophil202011792
Keywords
Indigenous peoples, Climate change, Collaborative reciprocity, Environmental justice, Humanistic geography, Resilience
Language
English
Format
text
