Whales inspire great fascination in the public culture of industrialized nations. Images of majestic and mysterious creatures of the sea, hunted to or nearly to tragic extinction in a emblematic example of human excess, have fueled the economic and cultural power of this century's global movement to end whale hunting. However, this political movement, and the ecological research it initiated, has largely ignored the experience of Native circumpolar communities, whose vast knowledge of whales and whaling has evolved through centuries of integrated cultural and economic practices rooted in the ethics of subsistence consumption and sustainability. Today, the Inuit find themselves struggling with international management regimes which, while they have been successful in curbing the destruction of large-scale, commercial whaling enterprises, have imposed policies that are insensitive to the needs and traditions of Native subsistence hunters. Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability is based on extensive ethnographic, ecological, and policy research sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and presents Inuit perspectives on the integral role whales play in cultural, economic, philosophical, and nutritional aspects of Inuit life. This book is also the first major publication to engage in policy analysis, and formulate modes of environmental research, grounded in Inuit voices and realities.  Sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability (Contemporary Native American Communities) (Volume 1)

Business & Money

Freeman, Milton M.R.

Caulfield, Richard A.

Bogoslovskaya, Lyudmila

Egede, Ingmar

Krupnik, Igor I.

Economics

AltaMira Press

Whales inspire great fascination in the public culture of industrialized nations. Images of majestic and mysterious creatures of the sea, hunted to or nearly to tragic extinction in a emblematic example of human excess, have fueled the economic and cultural power of this century's global movement to end whale hunting. However, this political movement, and the ecological research it initiated, has largely ignored the experience of Native circumpolar communities, whose vast knowledge of whales and whaling has evolved through centuries of integrated cultural and economic practices rooted in the ethics of subsistence consumption and sustainability. Today, the Inuit find themselves struggling with international management regimes which, while they have been successful in curbing the destruction of largescale, commercial whaling enterprises, have imposed policies that are insensitive to the needs and traditions of Native subsistence hunters. "Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability" is based on extensive ethnographic, ecological, and policy research sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and presents Inuit perspectives on the integral role whales play in cultural, economic, philosophical, and nutritional aspects of Inuit life. This book is also the first major publication to engage in policy analysis, and formulate modes of environmental research, grounded in Inuit voices and realities. Sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability (Volume 1) (Contemporary Native American Communities, 1)

Treats in considerable detail, the entire history of whaling in Japan and the nature of contemporary coastal whale fishery. It provides a useful context for a wide range of topics which include: the organization of small-type coastal whaling, the commercial and non-commercial distribution of whale meat, the importance of whales as a source of food, social integration, and whaling culture.

Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan: Report of an International Workshop (Occasional Publications Series (Inactive))

Politics & Social Sciences

Hardacre, Helen

Manderson, Lenore

Bestor, Theodore C.

Takahashi, Junichi

Befu, Harumi

Akimichi, Tomoya

Asquith, Pamela J.

Braund, Stephen R.

Iwasaki, Masami

Kalland, Arne

Moeran, Brian D.

Social Sciences

CCI Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press

In 1991, the Inuvialuit community celebrated a successful bowhead whale hunt, the first to occur locally for more than a half century. This book focuses on two aspects of the whale hunt: it describes events prior to, during, and after the hunt, and documents the basis of Inuvialuit interest in the bowhead, the relationship between subsistence and cultural identity, and the re-emergence of Inuvialuit traditions. In Recovering Rights, 'rights' relates to the population recovery of the Western Arctic Stock of the Greenland right whales (bowheads), and to the recognition of the rights of aboriginal people to harvest local resources essential to their needs.

Recovering Rights: Bowhead Whales and Inuvialuit Subsistence in the Western Canadian Arctic (Occasional Publications Series)

History

Wein, Eleanor E.

Keith, Darren E.

Americas

University of Alberta Press

This text examines issues surrounding the management and conservation of a particular category of animal, namely the mediagenic megafauna, or the largest of the land and sea mammals. The value accorded to different biotic resources varies significantly depending upon the interests and goals of the parties undertaking the valuation, and these different perceptions often come to influence management of these species. Discussion and programmes directed toward saving elephants and whales are particularly instructive in this regard, as these species appeal to diverse groups for markedly different reasons.

Elephants & Whales: Resources For Whom?

Kreuter, Urs P.

Sociology

Routledge

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