See the winds: Practical dimensions of weather forecasting in a japanese coastal community

• Autores: Giovanni Bulian
• Localización: Quaderni storici, ISSN 0301-6307, Anno 52, Nº 156, 3, 2017, págs. 803-824
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article examines how folk methodologies for weather prediction influence samll-scale agricultural and fishing activities of Japanese coastal community. Specifically, the article addresses some anthropological questions on how local fishermen predict the weather by developing two diferent forecasting practices: takayama, a practical weather observation technique that combines the observation of the clouds with a traditional nautical technique for orientation at sea and, okite, a model-based weather prognostication used to forecast long-term weather trends for the following year