In this presentation from the 2014 Society of Ethnobiology Annual Conference, I draw from my ethnobiological research in rural Amazonia … More
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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
U.S. National Climate Assessment Released
The Third U.S. National Climate Assessment was released by the White House today. It provides an overview of the effects … More
The Hub Community Garden in Muncie
Here’s a short video produced by one of my students in which I discuss the vision behind the Hub Community … More
April Edition of Anthropology News Focuses on Climate Change
This month’s edition of Anthropology News focuses on climate change. I contributed a short piece titled “Managing Uncertainty in Rural Amazonia: … More
Xavante Book Review
My review of the recent book by James Welch et al. Na Primeira Margem do Rio:Território e Ecologia do Povo Xavante … More
‘Saving the Amazon’: Conservation, International Covetousness, and the Politics of Research
My latest article has just been published in Anthropology Today. If you’d like a copy, feel free to email me. Here’s … More
American Family Finds Its Photo on a Billboard in the Brazilian Amazon
This recent piece from the New York Times describes the curious story of an American family that finds its photo … More
The Big Snake: An Amazonian Vision of Human-Environmental Relations
For the 2013 American Anthropological Association Meeting, I’ll be presenting on the panel Visions of the Amazon: Combining Materialist and … More
2013 Ethnobiology Conference Podcasts
Podcasts of presentations from the 2013 Conference for the Society of Ethnobiology are now available online. You can find my … More