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.
Problems with the Anthropocene: A View from Rural Amazonia
Into the Bowels of the Anthropocene
New Issue of HAU with Essays on “How Forests Think”
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory has just released a new issue. It includes a collection of essays by Marisol de … More
Must the Anthropocene be a “Manthropocene”?
Kate Raworth wrote a piece for the Guardian that calls attention to the extreme gender bias of the Anthropocene Working Group, … More
Climate Change Rally in Muncie
Here are photos from today’s rally in Muncie, which called for action on climate change. Rallies were held all over the world … More
The Anthropocene: A View from the Humanities
This year, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at University of California-Santa Barbara is hosting a seminar series on the Anthropocene. Among … More
Soil Health Underwear Test
“Men’s cotton briefs can serve the needs of science when buried in a field for a few weeks. It’s a … More
Ethnobiology and the Anthropocene: A View from Amazonia
In this presentation from the 2014 Society of Ethnobiology Annual Conference, I draw from my ethnobiological research in rural Amazonia … More
The Hub Community Garden Featured in the Star Press
Today the Hub Community Garden was featured on the front page of the Muncie Star Press. The project, which grew out … More
Nicholas C. Kawa 