Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Human Ecology in the Arctic

Dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses.

In Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Karim–Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub–Arctic as a homeland rathe...