Julie Cruikshank
Do Glaciers Listen?: Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination
- ISBN 13:
- 9780774811873
- author:
- Julie Cruikshank
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- UBC Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 328
- Dimensions:
- 22.4 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
- Genre:
- History, Countries & Regions, Arctic, Antarctic & Other Lands, Folklore, myths & legends, History: World, Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies, Folklore & Mythology, Historical Geography, History / Historical Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Glaciers in North America's far northwest have been an integral part of indigenous oral traditions and early travelers' accounts for centuries. This book explores how local knowledge, colonial encounters, and environmental change are intertwined through the stories of glaciers. In the Saint Elias Mountains, European visitors brought contrasting views of glaciers - as sublime, spiritual, or a resource for human progress - while Aboriginal responses saw them as sentient, animate, and responsive to human behaviour. Julie Cruikshank examines how these differing perspectives were incorporated into interpretations of social relations, demonstrating that local knowledge is produced through such encounters. By tracing the evolution of glacier-related ideas over time, Cruikshank sheds light on contemporary debates about protected areas, parks, and the new World Heritage site in the region where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory meet.
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