About the hearth Anderson, David G; Wishart, Robert P; Vaté, Virginie
2013., 20130815, 2013, 2013-09-25
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Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms ...of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archaeology and demographics.
Negotiating the Arctic Keskitalo, E.C.H.
2004, 20040601, 2003, 2003-12-11, 2004-06-01, 20030101
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This work draws upon the history of Arctic development and the view of the Arctic in different states to explain how such a discourse has manifested itself in current broader cooperation across eight ...statistics analysis based on organization developments from the late 1970s to the present, shows that international region discourse has largely been forwarded through the extensive role of North American, particularly Canadian, networks and deriving form their frontier-based conceptualization of the north.
In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book provides a focus on animistic–shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human–environment relations ...from the Neolithic to modern times. The North has fascinated Europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach to the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding Europe-wide processes, such as Neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand and the ‘place’ of the North in European culture on the other. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies and folklore in northern Europe, as well as researchers interested in how the North is intertwined with developments in the broader European and Eurasian world. It provides a deep-time understanding of globally topical issues and conflicting interests, as expressed by debates and controversies around Arctic resources, nature preservation and indigenous rights.
This book offers a wide-ranging account of the emerging issues of international politics in the Artic, and the emerging Geopolitical debates that surround the region.
In this thorough but accessible ...book covering environmental issues, the author examines the Geopolitics of emerging land and resource disputes and the rise of both nationalist and pan-Arctic movements in the region. Whereas existing literature on the politics of the Arctic tends to focus either on the environment or on Geopolitical interests, this book considers both of these themes in addition to the politics of the region's indigenous peoples and provides an overview on the emerging issues of international politics in the Arctic. The book makes full use of pedagogic features such as maps, diagrams, timelines, biographies and boxes highlighting key concepts and issues in order to make this an accessible book for both students and scholars alike.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations, Arctic Politics, Environmental Politics and European Politics.
The polar regions have experienced some remarkable environmental changes in recent decades, such as the Antarctic ozone hole, the loss of large amounts of sea ice from the Arctic Ocean and major ...warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. The polar regions are also predicted to warm more than any other region on Earth over the next century if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise. Yet trying to separate natural climate variability from anthropogenic factors still presents many problems. This book presents a thorough review of how the polar climates have changed over the last million years and sets recent changes within a long term perspective. The approach taken is highly cross-disciplinary and the close links between the atmosphere, ocean and ice at high latitudes are stressed. The volume will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students in polar science, climatology, global change, meteorology, oceanography and glaciology.
Abstract
Introduction:
Research has shown that nightmare-related distress (NMD) may better explain the association between nightmares (NM) and psychopathology than NM frequency, but its ...neurophysiological correlates remain unknown. As part of a brain imaging project exploring the neural correlates of NM in frequent NM sufferers, we investigated if NMD is related to activity in regions hypothesized to be involved in NM production (Nielsen & Levin, 2007). We predicted NMD would correlate with reduced activity (i.e. regional cerebral blood flow) in bilateral prefrontal areas known to down-regulate fear processes governed by the amygdala, i.e., anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortices. We also expected NMD to be correlated with reduced activity in the hippocampus and increased activity in the amygdala.
Methods:
We used high resolution 99m-Tc-ECD SPECT imaging to assess regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in 21 frequent NM sufferers (NM: 24.9 ± 4.5 yrs (18 W)) during the viewing of negative pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). We correlated Nightmare Distress Questionnaire (NMDQ) scores with rCBF using a significance threshold of p < .005 (uncorrected) and a cluster threshold of k > 100.
Results:
Significant negative correlations were observed between NMDQ scores and rCBF in bilateral insula (t = 4.1 and 4.37), bilateral anterior cingulate cortex (t = 4.49 and 5.42), left precentral gyrus (t = 3.54), left medial prefrontal cortex (t = 4.63), and bilateral putamen (t = 4.55 and 4.37). No correlations were observed with the amygdala or hippocampus and no positive correlations were found.
Conclusion:
Findings partially support our hypothesis. Reduced rCBF in these prefrontal regions involved in affect regulation could reflect a cross-state emotion regulation deficit, which also leads to more distress during dreaming. Our results also reveal reduced activity in regions for which a regulatory role in affective response during dreaming is unclear (insula, putamen), but for which research has demonstrated anatomical and/or functional alterations in PTSD.
Support (If Any):
Supported by research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Fonds de recherche Québec-Santé (FRQS).
Este artículo presenta datos originales sobre encadenamientos productivos de la industria automotriz latinoamericana (América del Sur y México, más específicamente) basados en técnicas de ...insumo-producto para el año 2017 y, en algún caso, para 2007. Esos datos son utilizados para reflexionar sobre el problema sobre el problema de la integración productiva regional. El artículo finaliza con algunas reflexiones sobre los datos presentados y con comentarios sobre posibles nuevas líneas de investigación
Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Timo Koivurova, Else Grete Broderstad, Dorothée Cambou, Dalee Dorough, Florian Stammler / Timo Koivurova, Else Grete Broderstad, Dorothée Cambou, Dalee Dorough, Florian Stammler
2021, 2020
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This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of ...Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.
Offering multidisciplinary insights from leading figures, this handbook highlights Indigenous challenges, approaches and solutions to pressing issues in Arctic regions, such as a warming climate and the loss of biodiversity. It furthers our understanding of the Arctic experience by analyzing how people not only survive but thrive in the planet’s harshest climate through their innovation, ingenuity and agency to tackle rapidly changing environments and evolving political, social, economic and cultural conditions. The book is structured into three distinct parts that cover key topics in recent and future research with Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic. The first part examines the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultural expressions in the different Arctic states. It also focuses on the well-being of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic regions. The second part relates to the identities and livelihoods that Indigenous peoples in Arctic regions derive from the resources in their environments. This interconnection between resources and people’s identities underscores their entitlements to use their lands and resources. The third and final part provides insights into the political involvement of Indigenous peoples from local all the way to the international level and their right to self-determination and some of the recent related topics in this field.
This book offers a novel contribution to Arctic studies, empowering Indigenous research for the future and rebuilding the image of Indigenous peoples as proactive participants, signaling their pivotal role in the co-production of knowledge. It will appeal to scholars and students of law, political sciences, geography, anthropology, Arctic studies and environmental studies, as well as policy-makers and professionals.
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