Fluctuating weather and changing coastlines: perceptions of climate change on Qeqertarsuaq/ Disko Island.
- Location:
- Zoom online
- Time:
- Wednesday 3 November 2021, 13:00–14:30
- Contact:
- Dr Corinna Patterson - c.patterson@bangor.ac.uk
Fluctuating weather and changing coastlines: perceptions of climate change on Qeqertarsuaq/ Disko Island.
Pelle Tejsner - Assistant Professor at AARHUS University, Denmark
Prof. Robin Grove White, former Chair of Greenpeace UK and established the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (CSEC), University of Lancaster, will be introducing our keynote speaker; Dr Pelle Tejsner, Assistant Professor at AARHUS University, Denmark.
Global warming increasingly impacts Arctic ecosystems and indigenous livelihoods, melting glaciers and sea ice simultaneously open the region to increased shipping, tourism and resource extraction. As the global climate science community’s “canary-in-the-coalmine”, the Circumpolar North is getting a lot of press nowadays, by being simultaneously framed as a ‘resource frontier’ or ‘nature reserve’ but how do local Inuit communities reflect upon such changes to their horizons?
The presentation invites the audience to consider the experiences and voices of Qeqertarsuarmiut (residents of Qeqertarsuaq/ Disko Island) as they reflect on past, present and eminent ecological changes, rapid social transitions and growing pollution, and how these uncertainties affect Inuit socio-ecological relations and the continuation of local subsistence-based livelihoods.
The event is open to all and will be held on Wednesday 3rd November from 1-2.30pm and will be streamed live via Zoom. There will be a live Q&A at the end.
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