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Title: Local Narratives of Climate Change
Authors: Sajid Ali
Keywords: Anthropology
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Quaid I Azam University
Abstract: The climate change projections for the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindu Kush (HKH) region suggest a significant increase in temperature and precipitation levels. These projections suggest intensification of climate change led anomalies, which will have dire consequences on social, economic, and environmental scales. Adding to the scenario, lack of resources and limited metrological data in the mountainous region can further amplify the challenges posed by climate change. This study was conducted in Hunza valley to explore the local narratives of climate change as perceived by its indigenous inhabitants. In order to understand the intensity of climate change events and their effects on ecology and livelihood pursuits, this study uses proxy indicators based on local knowledge categories. To attain its objectives, the study adopted qualitative methodological tools. The data was collected during the 08 months’ field work carried out between 2019 and 2020. A purposive sampling technique is adopted to collect the narratives from the respondents. The qualitative tools employed to collect the data include in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and oral histories. The findings of the study show mix manifestations of change in climatic variables over the period of 40 years. These include, rise in temperature around the year, decreasing trend in snowfall pattern, untimely rainfalls, prolongation of agriculture season, and variations in blossoming time. The local people associate these changes with global warming caused by carbon emission technologies. Whereas there are inevitably some who deny the existence of the climate change phenomenon and deem these changes as a part of the natural cycle. The variations in climatic variables as perceived by the local people are in congruity with the metrological records and other studies conducted in HKH region. Conversely, the findings also highlight that the changes in the farming patterns of the village are sometimes mistaken as manifestations of climate change, which, in actuality are caused by various other factors.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25326
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