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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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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.

First Trip Back Home – A Photo Essay

Amazônica just published a short interview and photo essay that I helped develop with friends while living in Iquitos, Peru in … More

Amazonia, antropologia, ensayo fotográfico, Iquitos, matsés, UNAP

Sedimentation

On Tuesday afternoon at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, I had the opportunity to participate as discussant on a panel … More

#AmAnth17, agriculture, anthropocene, Sedimentation

The Fermentological Turn

What does the Culture and Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association have brewing up for this year’s meeting? Take … More

Anthropology News, fermentological turn, multi-yeasties ethnography, The Yeastie Boys

New Books in Anthropology Podcast

A few weeks ago, Nivedita Kar interviewed me for the New Books in Anthropology Podcast. The episode just went online … More

Amazonia, anthropocene, New Books in Anthropology, podcast

Margaret’s Mead: C&A’s First Zine

Last week, we printed off the first zine produced by the Culture & Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). … More

#AmAnth2017, Culture & Agriculture, cultures of fermentation, honey wine, mead, public anthropology, zine

The Pop Garden at Ohio State

One of the projects I’ve been really happy to collaborate on here at Ohio State is the “Pop Garden” outside … More

biosolids, Columbus, Com-Til, Ohio State, Pop Garden, urban agriculture

Interview in Edible Columbus

In the latest of issue of Edible Columbus, you can find an interview with me discussing the importance of microbial life for … More

Amazonia, biosolids, Edible Columbus, interview, soil health

Palestra na UFAM: Amazônia no antropoceno

Ontem eu tive o grande prazer de dar uma palestra na Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Quero agradecer a Tiago Jacaúna e … More

Amazonia, antropoceno, etnografia, Manaus, palestra, UFAM

The Other Side of Our Food System

I just published a short blog post for Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation (InFACT), which discusses my new research … More

biosolids, blog post, InFACT, Ohio State, organic agriculture, sustainability

El Tunchi

While living in the Peruvian Amazon, I heard several stories about “el tunchi” — a spirit of the dead that has … More

Amazonia, creative nonfiction, Peru, tunchi

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