Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication

Foreword
	References
Praise for Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
	Environmental Communication
	Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
	Mapping the Contribution
	The Chapters
	Final Note
	References
Dancing with Lava: Indigenous Interactions with an Active Volcano in Arizona
	Introduction
	Methodology
	Previous Research
	Southern Paiute Epistemology
	Use of the Uinkaret Volcanic Field Before the Little Springs Event (17,000 B.P. to A.D. 1075)
	Little Springs Volcanic Event and the Southern Paiute Response
	Post-Eruption: The Initial Southern Paiute Response
	Post-Eruption Ceremonies: Little Springs Pilgrimage
	Hot Spring at the Northern Lobe of the Little Springs Lava Flow: Unuvats
	The Northern Lobe of the Little Springs Lava Flow
	Coyote’s House
	Discussion: Navigating the Epistemological Divide
	References
Arsenic Fields: Community Understandings of Risk, Place, and Landscape
	Introduction
	Contaminated Places and Communities
	The Contaminated Riddarhyttan Copper Fields
	Communication of Environmental Risk
	Local Community Perspectives
	Risk Communication in Riddarhyttan
	Landscape, Place, Risk, and Memories
	By Way of Conclusion
	References
Cultural Transmission in Slovak Mountain Regions: Local Knowledge as Symbolic Argumentation
	Introduction
	Traditional Ecological Knowledge as an Adaptation Process
	Methods
	Mountains and Vrchári
	Land Abandonment as Loss of Cultural and Natural Diversity
	Anthropological Arguments for the Continuity of Generational Transmission
	Argument 1: The Floating TEK Gap
	Argument 2: The Three-Generation Model Family
	The Example of the Ilčík Family
	Argument 3: Cattle Farming as a Symbol of Identity, Integrity, and Livelihood
	Discussion
	References
Community Voices, Practices, and Memories in Environmental Communication: Iliamna Lake Yup’ik Place Names, Alaska
	Introduction
	A Study of Iliamna Lake Yup’ik Place Names
	Place Names as Environmental Communication
	Colonizing and Decolonizing Iliamna Lake Names
	Telling About Places
	Cultural Practices and Places
	Discussion
	References
Demographic Change and Local Community Sustainability: Heritagization of Land Abandonment Symbols
	Introduction
	The Depopulation of Cultural Regions in Europe
	Background
	Local Communities and the Cultural Landscape
	The Historical Context of Central European Migration and Depopulation
	Land Depopulation: Limited Fertility as a Maladaptation
	The Increasing Control of Birthrate Among Married Couples
	Heritagization as the Reconstruction of Local Memory
	Historical Cemeteries and Tombstones: Places of Cultural Memory
	Revitalization of Symbols, Community, and the Cultural Landscape
	Environmental Communication and the Symbolic Language of Cemeteries
	Discussion: Symbolic Dialogue in Environmental Communication
	References
Living Stone Bridges: Epistemological Divides in Heritage Environmental Communication
	Heritage Environmental Communication
	The Case Study
	Study Location
	Study Methods
	Study Findings
		Zuni
		Southern Paiute
		Acoma Pueblo
		Ute Mountain Ute
	Analysis
	Discussion
	References
“The Sea Has No Boundaries”: Collaboration and Communication Between Actors in Coastal Planning on the Swedish West Coast
	Introduction
	Theoretical Context
	The Rationale for the Collaborative Project
	The Organization and the Explicit Objectives of the Project
	The Benefits of the Project from the Perspective of the Involved Stakeholders
	Conflicts of Interest
	Obstacles Related to Regulations and the Institutional Division of Responsibilities in Society
	Communication Through Friction
	Concluding Discussion
	References
Power, Conflicts, and Environmental Communication in the Struggles for Water Justice in Rural Chile: Insights from the Epistemologies of the South and the Anthropology of Power
	Introduction
	Environmental Communication from a Conflict- and Power-Oriented Perspective
	Anthropologies of Power, Epistemologies of the South, and Their Relevance for a Critical and Situated Conceptualization of Environmental Communication
	Environmental Communication and Power in the Struggles for Water Justice in Chile
	A Critical Environmental Communication Analysis of Water Conflicts in Chile: Knowledge and Power over Water and Epistemologies of the South
	Concluding Remarks
	References
Commentary
	Introduction
	Attempts to Decolonize Land While Challenging Modernization
	Acknowledgment of a Diversity of Thoughts
	Exploitation and Commodification of Natural Resources and Knowledge
	Risk Communication, Perception, and Agency
	Concluding Remarks
	References
Index