Inuit and scientific philosophies about planning, prediction, and uncertainty

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Bates, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 40749126044     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0065     Document Type: Article

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