Mark Nuttall is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. He also holds a visiting professorship at the Greenland Climate Research Centre/Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Ilisimatusarfik, where he directs the Climate and Society Research Group. He is a coauthor (with Klaus Dodds) of “The Scramble for the Poles: The Geopolitics of the Arctic and Antarctic” (Polity, 2016). https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/mark-nuttall/rss en Northern People & Health Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:48:30 +0000 Mark Nuttall https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/09/28/extractive-industries-and-the-unmaking-of-arctic-places https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/09/28/extractive-industries-and-the-unmaking-of-arctic-places Indigenous perceptions of land, waters and animals – and their relationships with them – are often ignored in discussions about the development of natural resources. These impact assessments must take local worldviews into account, says anthropologist Mark Nuttall.