Paper short abstract

Through comparative ethnography conducted among the Gwich’in and the Even, the aim of this paper is to show how hunters from both sides of the Bering Strait reinvent and reconfigure their relations with non-humans while confronted with said ecological transformations.

Paper long abstract

For many indigenous societies living in environments greatly affected by climate change, such as the Gwich'in (Alaska) and the Even (Kamchatka), uncertainties are becoming ever-more evident, frequently making the "known" land and solid ground disappear along with all kinds of certainties about "what is what", "who is who" and what is going to happen. Confronted with ecological alterations, these societies are forced to react and to rethink their relations with non-human entities to face these transformations.

Through comparative ethnography conducted among the Gwich'in and the Even, the aim of this paper is to show how hunters from both sides of the Bering Strait reinvent and reconfigure their relations with non-humans while confronted with said ecological transformations.