We Live in the Water
Climate, Aging, and Socioecology on Smith Island
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A captivating story of environmental crisis and community on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
Island environments are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of rapidly rising waters, accelerating ecological crisis. While we often think of this environmental reality in terms of the Global North and South, Alaska, or Micronesian or Indian nations, the devastating effects of a changing climate are also found on islands in the mid-Atlantic. In We Live in the Water, anthropologist Jana Kopelent Rehak sheds light on the profound impacts of a changing environment on the small coastal community of Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
This fascinating ethnographic account of Smith Island residents examines the challenges faced by an aging community that is grappling with flooding, land erosion, and population loss. By combining socioecology, life course theory, and eco-phenomenology, Kopelent Rehak offers a comprehensive understanding of how people's engagement with their ever-changing environment shapes their ways of being. We Live in the Water offers a fresh perspective on the human dimensions of changing climate, inviting readers to witness the complex interactions between the environment and the island's collective identity. Through vivid narratives and firsthand accounts, Kopelent Rehak explores the islanders' deep connection to their land and how they reinvent their traditions over generations.
By bridging the gap between ecological studies and environmental anthropology, Kopelent Rehak provides a compelling framework for understanding the impacts of environmental crises on local communities and emphasizes the importance of integrated research in shaping public discourse.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Politics and Poetics of the Weather World
- 1 Weather Is Everything
- 2 Ways of Knowing
- 3 Land and Water
- 4 Shifting Grounds
- 5 Broken Bodies
- 6 The Taste of Things and Comic Relief
- 7 The Art of Creative Futures
- Epilogue: Ethnographic Poetics
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index