Dear Crit geog,
Please may I notify you of a new publication from McGill-Queen's
University Press that may be of interest:
Studying Arctic Fields: Cultures, Practices, and Environmental Sciences
Richard C. Powell
http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/studying-arctic-fields
"Studying Arctic Fields is expertly researched, well-situated in the
literature on the history and philosophy of science, and is engaging and
well-written. There are no other works on a similar topic and it will
engage a broad readership." David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen
In recent years the circumpolar region has emerged as the key to
understanding global climate change. The plight of the polar bear,
resource extraction debates, indigenous self-determination, and
competing definitions of sovereignty among Arctic nation-states have
brought the northernmost part of the planet to the forefront of public
consideration. Yet little is reported about the social world of
environmental scientists in the Arctic. What happens at the isolated
sites where experts seek to answer the most pressing questions facing
the future of humanity? Portraying the social lives of scientists at
Resolute in Nunavut and their interactions with logistical staff and
Inuit, Richard Powell demonstrates that the scientific community is
structured along power differentials in response to gender, class, and
race. To explain these social dynamics the author examines the history
and vision of the Government of Canada’s Polar Continental Shelf Program
and John Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision,” combining ethnography with
wider discourses on nationalism, identity, and the postwar evolution of
scientific sovereignty in the high Arctic. By revealing an expanded
understanding of the scientific life as it relates to politics, history,
and cultures, Studying Arctic Fields articulates a new theory of field
research. Advocating for a greater appreciation of science in the
remote parts of the world, Studying Arctic Fields is an innovative
approach to anthropology, environmental inquiry, and geography, and a
landmark statement on Arctic science as a social practice.
Richard C. Powell is university lecturer in the Scott Polar Research
Institute and Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
McGill-Queen's University Press | McGill-Queen's Native and Northern
Series | December 2017 | 264pp | 9780773551138 | Paperback | £27.99*
20% discount with this code: CSL18RPWL** | Free postage to UK customers
Thanks very much.
With best wishes,
Richard
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Dr. Richard Powell
Director of MPhil Polar Studies
Scott Polar Research Institute
University of Cambridge
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Cambridge
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ERC Consolidator Grant, ARCTIC CULT, 2017-22
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