CALL FOR PAPERS
A new journal of biocultural systems & livelihoods
Climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge that communities and ecosystems acrossthe world face today. Indigenous peoples and local communities living in biodiverse andfragile ecosystems of the planet are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate changedue to their direct reliance on local, natural systems for their livelihoods, well-being andcultural expressions. Paradoxically, they also potentially hold vital knowledge, gainedthrough co-evolutionary relationships with the natural systems that have enabled theirsurvival and resilience. Understanding climate change, its impacts on local and globalsystems, and potential solutions requires touching upon concerns of how to link the socialto the environmental within a framework of equity and justice. It requires dialogue acrossscales from the local to the global. Holistic approaches, such as indigenous and bioculturalapproaches offer potential avenues for understanding the challenge and buildingappropriate solutions.This new, open-access transdisciplinary journal
Culture, Climate and Change:Biocultural Systems and Livelihoods
aims to critically engage with and disseminatebiocultural approaches to understanding and responding to climate change and globalchange processes.The journal puts into practice the ‘epistemic bridging’ that lies at the heart of indigenouspeoples’ biocultural understanding of territory, community, climate and ecosystemsthrough sharing across practice based learning, research findings and conceptual papers. Inlight of a commitment to building epistemological bridges between different knowledgesystems, the journal will use an open peer review process which aims to promote anenvironment of cooperation, knowledge exchange and networking between authors andreviewers of the journal community.
Professor.Krishan Bir Singh
