Cooling Down

Susanna Hoffman is an internationally recognized expert on disaster. She is the author, co-author, and editor of twelve books, including Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice (Berghahn, 2019). She initiated the Risk and Disaster Thematic Interest Group for the Society for Applied Anthropology and is the founder and chair of the Risk and Disaster Commission for the International Union of Anthropology and Ethnographic Sciences.

“This is a remarkable read for three reasons. First, the breadth of topics addressed, second, the tacking back and forth from the micro to the macro perspective, and third, the particular attention paid in many of the chapters to concrete actions that could, if taken, help ameliorate the devastating consequences of climate change.” • Steve Kroll-Smith, University of North Carolina

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Scaling Down in Order to Cool DownThomas Hylland Eriksen and Paulo MendesPart I: Ways of KnowingChapter 1. Environmental Pluralism: Knowing the Namibian Weather in Times of Climate ChangeMichael SchneggChapter 2. How a Storm Feels: Storying Climate Change in the Eastern HimalayasAlex AisherChapter 3. Who is Perturbed by Perturbations? Marine Scientists’ and Polynesian Fishers’ Understandings of a Crown-of-Thorns Starfish OutbreakMatthew Lauer, Terava Atger, Sally J. Holbrook, Andrew Rassweiler, Russell J. Schmitt, and Jean WenceliusChapter 4. Urban Transformations in the Hydric Landscapes of Belém (PA): Environmental Memories and Urban FloodPedro Paulo de Miranda Araujo SoaresPart II: Situations and DecisionsChapter 5. Climate Change and Mitigation in Bangladesh: Vulnerability in Urban LocationsTasneem Siddiqui, Mohammad Jalal Uddin Sikder and Mohammad Rashed Alam BhuiyanChapter 6. Localizing Climate Change: Confronting Over-simplification of Local ResponsesBrian Orland, Meredith Welch-Devine, and Micah TaylorChapter 7. 'The Times They Are a-Changin' but 'The Song Remains The Same': Climate Change Narratives from the Coromandel Peninsula, Aotearoa New ZealandPaul Schneider and Bruce GlavovicChapter 8. Climate Change and East Africa's Past: Three Cautionary TalesA. Peter CastroChapter 9. “Our Existence is Literally Melting Away”: Narrative and Fighting Climate Change in a Glacier Ski Resort in AustriaHerta NobauerPart III: Politics, Policies, and ContestationChapter 10. Where Floods Are Allowed: Climate Adaptation as Defiant Acceptance in the Elbe River ValleyKristoffer AlbrisChapter 11. Climate Resilience Through Equity and Justice: Holistic Leadership by Tribal Nations and Indigenous Communities in the Southwest United StatesJulie Maldonado and Beth Rose MiddletonChapter 12. The Return of What Has Not Been Gone: A View of Animal Presence in Future NaturesGuilherme José da Silva e SáChapter 13. Emitting Inequity: The Socio-Political Life of Anthropogenic Climate Change in Oaxaca, MexicoRoberto E. Barrios and Amanda LeppertChapter 14. Disaster and Climate ChangeSusanna M. HoffmanAfterword: Toward Eco-Socialism as a Global and Local Strategy to Cool Down the World-SystemHans A. BaerIndex