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Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Grounding Global Climate Change; 1.1 Social Climate Change Research: Past and℗ Current Developments; 1.2 Grounding Global Climate Change: Epistemological and℗ Methodological Challenges; 1.3 Structure of℗ the℗ Book; 1.3.1 Interdisciplinarity, Climate Research and℗ the℗ Role of℗ the℗ Social Sciences; 1.3.2 Searching for℗ the℗ Social Facts of℗ Global Climate Change: Ethnographic Perspectives; 1.3.3 Spinning Global Webs of℗ Local Knowledges: Collaborative and℗ Comparative Ethnographies; References
Part I: Interdisciplinarity, Climate Research and the Role of the Social SciencesChapter 2: Ecological Novelty: Towards an℗ Interdisciplinary Understanding of℗ Ecological Change in℗ the℗ Anthropocene; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What Is Ecological Novelty?; 2.2.1 A Man-Made Planet; 2.2.2 Magnitude of℗ Change; 2.2.3 Rates of℗ Change; 2.2.4 Many Changes Happen at Once; 2.2.5 Surprises Become the℗ Normality; 2.2.6 Global Extent and℗ Pervasiveness of℗ Changes; 2.3 Towards an℗ Ecological Science of℗ Man-Made Nature; 2.4 Understanding Rapidly Changing and℗ Novel Ecological Systems
2.4.1 The Emergence of℗ a℗ Data-Intense Ecological Science2.4.2 Data-Driven Pattern Recognition Versus Theory-Based Understanding; 2.4.3 Who Are the℗ Producers of℗ Relevant Ecological Data and℗ Who Interprets the℗ Data?; 2.4.4 Experimental Research in℗ the℗ Real-World; 2.4.5 Problems of℗ Scale: Local In-Depth Case Studies Versus Global Comparative Studies; 2.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Predicting the℗ Past? Integrating Vulnerability, Climate and Culture during Historical Famines; 3.1 Archives of℗ Nature, Archives of℗ Man; 3.2 Vulnerability as℗ a℗ Boundary Object
3.3 The Global Famine of℗ 1770-17723.4 Pluralities of℗ Responses; References; Chapter 4: Anthropology in℗ the℗ Anthropocene: Sustainable Development, Climate Change and℗ Interdisciplinary Research; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Anthropology in℗ the℗ Anthropocene: Rio+20; 4.2.1 Anthropology in℗ the℗ 'Global Village': A℗ Case Study from℗ Portugal; 4.2.2 Interdisciplinary Perspectives from℗ the℗ Humanities: The℗ Politics of℗ Nature; 4.3 Science Studies and℗ Interdisciplinary Research: From℗ the℗ Local to℗ the℗ Global; 4.4 Interdisciplinary Research and℗ Earth System Sciences: A℗ Critical Perspective
4.5 Climate Change and℗ the℗ Prospects of℗ Collaborative Research4.6 Conclusion; References; Part II: Searching for the Social Facts of Global Climate Change: Ethnographic Perspectives; Chapter 5: Climate and℗ Mobility in℗ the℗ West African Sahel: Conceptualising the℗ Local Dimensions of℗ the℗ Environment and℗ Migration Nexus; 5.1 Contextualising the℗ Argument: Introduction; 5.2 Study Regions; 5.3 Methodological Approach; 5.4 Changes in℗ Climate and℗ Environment: Local Representations of℗ "Facts"; 5.4.1 Temperature; 5.4.2 Precipitation; 5.4.3 Vegetation; 5.5 Hoe and℗ Mobile Phone: Local Migration Dynamics
Part I: Interdisciplinarity, Climate Research and the Role of the Social SciencesChapter 2: Ecological Novelty: Towards an℗ Interdisciplinary Understanding of℗ Ecological Change in℗ the℗ Anthropocene; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What Is Ecological Novelty?; 2.2.1 A Man-Made Planet; 2.2.2 Magnitude of℗ Change; 2.2.3 Rates of℗ Change; 2.2.4 Many Changes Happen at Once; 2.2.5 Surprises Become the℗ Normality; 2.2.6 Global Extent and℗ Pervasiveness of℗ Changes; 2.3 Towards an℗ Ecological Science of℗ Man-Made Nature; 2.4 Understanding Rapidly Changing and℗ Novel Ecological Systems
2.4.1 The Emergence of℗ a℗ Data-Intense Ecological Science2.4.2 Data-Driven Pattern Recognition Versus Theory-Based Understanding; 2.4.3 Who Are the℗ Producers of℗ Relevant Ecological Data and℗ Who Interprets the℗ Data?; 2.4.4 Experimental Research in℗ the℗ Real-World; 2.4.5 Problems of℗ Scale: Local In-Depth Case Studies Versus Global Comparative Studies; 2.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Predicting the℗ Past? Integrating Vulnerability, Climate and Culture during Historical Famines; 3.1 Archives of℗ Nature, Archives of℗ Man; 3.2 Vulnerability as℗ a℗ Boundary Object
3.3 The Global Famine of℗ 1770-17723.4 Pluralities of℗ Responses; References; Chapter 4: Anthropology in℗ the℗ Anthropocene: Sustainable Development, Climate Change and℗ Interdisciplinary Research; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Anthropology in℗ the℗ Anthropocene: Rio+20; 4.2.1 Anthropology in℗ the℗ 'Global Village': A℗ Case Study from℗ Portugal; 4.2.2 Interdisciplinary Perspectives from℗ the℗ Humanities: The℗ Politics of℗ Nature; 4.3 Science Studies and℗ Interdisciplinary Research: From℗ the℗ Local to℗ the℗ Global; 4.4 Interdisciplinary Research and℗ Earth System Sciences: A℗ Critical Perspective
4.5 Climate Change and℗ the℗ Prospects of℗ Collaborative Research4.6 Conclusion; References; Part II: Searching for the Social Facts of Global Climate Change: Ethnographic Perspectives; Chapter 5: Climate and℗ Mobility in℗ the℗ West African Sahel: Conceptualising the℗ Local Dimensions of℗ the℗ Environment and℗ Migration Nexus; 5.1 Contextualising the℗ Argument: Introduction; 5.2 Study Regions; 5.3 Methodological Approach; 5.4 Changes in℗ Climate and℗ Environment: Local Representations of℗ "Facts"; 5.4.1 Temperature; 5.4.2 Precipitation; 5.4.3 Vegetation; 5.5 Hoe and℗ Mobile Phone: Local Migration Dynamics