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Powell, Richard C.

Studying Arctic fields : cultures, practices, and environmental sciences / Richard C. Powell. - xix, 244 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas ; 23 cm. - McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 92 .

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 197-232) e índice.

Introduction -- Scientific sovereignty, nordicity, and the Canadian nation -- Between observation and experiment in Arctic fieldwork -- Base cultures : the spatial organization of a research station -- Performing the Arctic scientific human -- Canada Day in Qausuittuq : dramatizing Inuit encounters -- Emotional practices and play : the quotidian provenance of logistics -- Hidden voices? : competing visions and the everyday governance of Arctic science -- Epilogue : requiem for a Canadian Arctic.

ISBN: 9780773551138 (paperback)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Polar Continental Shelf Project (Canada)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Investigación--Aspectos sociales--Canadá
Investigación--Aspectos políticos--Canadá
Ciencias ambientales--Canadá
Research--Social aspects--Canada
Research--Political aspects--Canada
Environmental sciences--Canada

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Regiones árticas--Investigación--Canadá
Arctic regions--Research--Canada

LC Class. No.: F 1090 .5 / P68 2017