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-related decisions being made at the household scale. Ranchers are almost annually confronted with the difficult decision of whether to divest themselves of livestock, continue to haul food/water, or simply hope for the best and leave their animals to fend for themselves on the ranges. Farmers in our study reported altering their practices by planting earlier, later, or more frequently as soil moisture dictates, reducing field size, or hauling water in extremely dry times in order to provide moisture to
-related decisions being made at the household scale. Ranchers are almost annually confronted with the difficult decision of whether to divest themselves of livestock, continue to haul food/water, or simply hope for the best and leave their animals to fend for themselves on the ranges. Farmers in our study reported altering their practices by planting earlier, later, or more frequently as soil moisture dictates, reducing field size, or hauling water in extremely dry times in order to provide moisture to
1. Introduction The relationship between climate and how it is understood by local communities is characterized as “perception,” lending this subject to subjectivity analysis ( Leiserowitz 2005 , 2007 ; Schlindwein et al. 2011 ; Bonatti 2011 ; Boulanger 2012 ; Aberra 2012 ). The studies usually begin with a questionnaire to evaluate the climatic effects on various socioeconomic sectors. For example, farmers are asked to identify the climatic characteristics they use to establish their
1. Introduction The relationship between climate and how it is understood by local communities is characterized as “perception,” lending this subject to subjectivity analysis ( Leiserowitz 2005 , 2007 ; Schlindwein et al. 2011 ; Bonatti 2011 ; Boulanger 2012 ; Aberra 2012 ). The studies usually begin with a questionnaire to evaluate the climatic effects on various socioeconomic sectors. For example, farmers are asked to identify the climatic characteristics they use to establish their
climatologist Myles Allen took Al Gore to task for his sloppy attributions of visible weather events to global warming, but just nine months later, a series of hot-off-the-presses attribution studies (see Peterson et al. 2012 for a summary) inspired a volte-face: that same professor of geosystem science heartily declared that linking specific events to manmade climate change was now, in some cases, empirically justified, changing the very “climate of the climate change debate” ( Allen 2012 ). James Hansen
climatologist Myles Allen took Al Gore to task for his sloppy attributions of visible weather events to global warming, but just nine months later, a series of hot-off-the-presses attribution studies (see Peterson et al. 2012 for a summary) inspired a volte-face: that same professor of geosystem science heartily declared that linking specific events to manmade climate change was now, in some cases, empirically justified, changing the very “climate of the climate change debate” ( Allen 2012 ). James Hansen
produces forms of expertise that cut across affective, public/private, and epistemic divides. Scholars in the anthropology of climate change have analyzed this dynamic in other contexts. Their studies illustrate that participatory climate adaptation projects are based on the assumption that “resilience” to climate change is built into livelihood systems ( Crate 2011 , p. 171; see also Watts 2014 , 145–72). National and international governmental aid is coordinated from the bottom up, with an
produces forms of expertise that cut across affective, public/private, and epistemic divides. Scholars in the anthropology of climate change have analyzed this dynamic in other contexts. Their studies illustrate that participatory climate adaptation projects are based on the assumption that “resilience” to climate change is built into livelihood systems ( Crate 2011 , p. 171; see also Watts 2014 , 145–72). National and international governmental aid is coordinated from the bottom up, with an
