Arctic Climate Tipping Points

Lenton, Timothy M.

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“…In the current situation of rapid climate change occurring in the Arctic (ACIA 2005, Lenton 2012, Inuit artists reflect their impressions and observations of change and transformation in their artworks. At the same time, several artists spoke about embedding traditional knowledge-practice-belief into artworks.…”

Section: Increasing Capacities (Of Individuals Communities) For Learmentioning

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Art and artistic processes bridge knowledge systems about social-ecological change: An empirical examination with Inuit artists from Nunavut, Canada

Rathwell¹,

Armitage²

2016

E&S

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ABSTRACT. The role of art and artistic processes is one fruitful yet underexplored area of social-ecological resilience. Art and art making can nurture Indigenous knowledge and at the same time bridge knowledge across generations and cultures (e.g., Inuit and scientific). Experiences in two Inuit communities in northern Canada (Cape Dorset and Pangnirtung, Nunavut) provide the context in which we empirically examine the mechanisms through which art and art making may bridge knowledge systems about socialecological change. Art making and artworks create continuity between generations via symbols and skill development (e.g., seal skin stretching for a modern artistic mural) and by creating mobile and adaptive boundary objects that function as a shared reference point to connect different social worlds. Our results indicate how art and artistic processes may bridge knowledge systems through six mechanisms, and in so doing contribute to social-ecological resilience during change and uncertainty. These mechanisms are (1) embedding knowledge, practice and belief into art objects; (2) sharing knowledge using the language of art; (3) sharing of art making skills; (4) art as a contributor to monitoring social-ecological change; (5) the role of art in fostering continuity through time; and (6) art as a site of knowledge coproduction.

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Section: Increasing Capacities (Of Individuals Communities) For Learmentioning

confidence: 99%

Art and artistic processes bridge knowledge systems about social-ecological change: An empirical examination with Inuit artists from Nunavut, Canada

Rathwell¹,

Armitage²

2016

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“…Kritisch wird dabei die zentrale Rolle der in gewissem Maße beliebig gewählten Diskontrate zur Bestimmung gesellschaftlich optimaler Transformationspfade diskutiert (Guo et al 2006;Weitzman 2013) (Duarte et al 2012;Lenton 2012;Post et al 2009;Wassmann und Lenton 2012). Die Schädigung von tropischen Korallenriffen ist ebenfalls bereits nachgewiesen (Cramer et al 2014), und die Gefahr des kompletten Verlustes dieses komplexen Ökosystems besteht selbst bei geringer weiterer Erwär-mung (Frieler et al 2012;Hoegh-Guldberg 2011), verbunden mit erheblichen Risiken für die Nahrungsversorgung, nicht nur von Küstenbewohnern.…”

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Die klimaresiliente Gesellschaft – Transformation und Systemänderungen

Hirschfeld

Hansen

Messner

2016

Klimawandel in Deutschland

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“…The Arctic is a "canary in the coal mine" for environmental changes, and considered particularly susceptible to abrupt and unexpected change in environmental conditions and commons resources (i.e. changes in sea ice, impacts on marine mammals) (Lenton 2012;Arctic Council 2013). The Arctic is also a region where traditional knowledge and local observations have been contributing to an understanding of the socialecological system in significant ways (Krupnik and Jolly 2002;Laidler 2006;Krupnik et al 2010).…”

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Bridging knowledge systems to enhance governance of environmental commons: A typology of settings

Rathwell¹,

Armitage²,

2015

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Abstract:We offer a typology of settings to bridge scientific and indigenous knowledge systems and to enhance governance of the environmental commons in contexts of change. We contribute to a need for further clarity on how to incorporate diverse knowledge systems and in ways that contribute to planning, management, monitoring and assessment from local to global levels. We ask, what settings are discussed in the resource and environmental governance literature to support efforts to bridge indigenous and scientific knowledge systems? The objectives are: 1) to offer a typology that organizes various settings to bridge knowledge systems; and 2) to elaborate on how these settings function independently and in concert, using examples from a diverse literature in addition to field research experience. Our focus is on indigenous and scientific knowledge, but the typology offers lessons to bridge diverse knowledge systems more generally, and in ways that are sensitive to a moral, political and process-based approach. The typology includes specific methods and processes, brokering strategies, governance and institutional contexts, and the arena of epistemology. We describe each setting in the typology, and provide examples to reflect on the function and potential outcomes of different settings. Insights from our synthesis can inform policy and participatory action. 852Kaitlyn Joanne Rathwell et al. Keywords:Arctic, Environmental governance, indigenous knowledge, knowledge systems, multi-level governance, traditional knowledge Acknowledgements: We would like to thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful feedback on an earlier version of this manuscript. Rathwell

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Arctic Climate Tipping Points

Cited by 147 publications

References 111 publications

Art and artistic processes bridge knowledge systems about social-ecological change: An empirical examination with Inuit artists from Nunavut, Canada

Art and artistic processes bridge knowledge systems about social-ecological change: An empirical examination with Inuit artists from Nunavut, Canada

Die klimaresiliente Gesellschaft – Transformation und Systemänderungen

Bridging knowledge systems to enhance governance of environmental commons: A typology of settings

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