A pedagogical sourdough starter for classroom discussion
Author: nckawa
I'm a cultural and environmental anthropologist with interests in biodiversity management and smallholder agriculture in rural Amazonia. I've conducted research on agrobiodiversity management, anthropogenic soils, and community-based conservation. Currently, I'm also interested in the ways that farmers rely upon social networks, local ecological knowledge, and agrobiodiversity management to contend with the uncertainties of global climate change.
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
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?
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.
Welcome to the Anthropozine
How can zines and independent publishing urge collective reimagining of anthropological scholarship and its audiences? (Or at least, how can they help us have a little more fun?)
#AAA2021: Anthropological Engagements with Optimism?
This year’s American Anthropological Association meeting is likely to be one of the weirder ones in recent memory.
Wicked Science
A recent article I published with colleagues at Ohio State argues that to effectively tackle the so-called “wicked problems” facing humanity – from climate change to growing social inequality – a new kind of science is needed.
No-Till: A Win-Win for Soil Conservation?
No-till is a soil conservation practice that has been widely adopted by Midwestern farmers. But what are the trade-offs that come with it?
Wasted: An Inquiry into the Management of Human Excreta
You can watch my most recent lecture shared with the Department of Anthropology at SUNY-Brockport.
Debating the Origins of the Anthropocene (on NPR)
I chatted with Rebecca Hersher from NPR about the contested visions of the Anthropocene.
Nicholas C. Kawa 