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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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A black & white photograph of a pyramid-shaped tomb built in New Orleans by the actor Nicolas Cage

The Hauntological Turn at #AAA2025

Phantasmic figures haunted this year’s AAA in New Orleans.

#AAA, anthropology, ghosts
A meme of a man mowing his lawn while a tornado sit on the horizon off in the distance. Over the meme, the words "Welcome to the Anthropozine" appear in bright pink with a bright green highlighted background. The words "your text here" looms above.

Welcome to the Anthropozine(!): A DIY Installation for the 2025 SCA “Unconference”

More zines, zines, zines (!)

Cultural Anthropology, SCA2025, unconference, zines

Wicked Zines

Here’s a new batch of zines from students in OSU’s Wicked Science program

sci comm, wicked problems, wicked science, zines

Bacteria Farming Zine (DOPE2024)

The DOPE conference is back in person this year and I put together a new zine for it!

biosolids, DOPE2024, sanitation, wastewater, zines

Print Politics Zine

How do zines offer different possibilities of connection and expression for anthropologists?

#AAA, print politics, publication, zines

Scientists are a step closer to defining when the human age began

This week I chatted with Rebecca Hersher from NPR about the latest news from the Anthropocene Working Group.

anthropocene, Anthropocene Working Group, golden spike, Morning Edition, NPR

Meta-reflection as a teaching tool

A pedagogical sourdough starter for classroom discussion

anthropology, meta-reflection, pedagogy, teaching, wicked problems, wicked science

Plantas para alejar las malas vibras

Aquí se puede leer mi ponencia “Plantas para alejar las malas vibras” del Congreso Internacional sobre la Amazonía Peruana II

aloe, Amazonia, bad vibes, homegardens, Iquitos, Peru, plantas con madre

Who gets to be an author?

Who gets to be an author in contemporary anthropology and who does not? And how does inquiry into the norms of authorship expose problems surrounding academic labor and scholarly knowledge production?

anthropology, audit culture, authorship, research assistants, student labor

10 Ways that Human Waste Isn’t Waste at All

A listicle on the many uses of poop in the latest issue of Anthropology News.

Anthropology News, biosolids, discard studies, essay, humanure, night soil, waste

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