I just returned from visiting the University of Cincinnati where I gave a talk at the Taft Research Center. Many … More
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Plant Semiotics Workshop
On Feb. 24th, I’ll be participating in a workshop at Rutgers University that centers on “the semotics of plant-human sociality.” Becky Schulthies … More
Cultures of Energy Podcast
Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer invited me on to the Cultures of Energy podcast to discuss my recent book Amazonia … More
Religion, Race, and Weedy Plants
Yesterday I published a new research article titled “How Religion, Race, and the Weedy Agency of Plants Shape Rural Amazonian … More
The Social Network of US Academic Anthropology
This morning I presented a paper at the AAA meeting in Minneapolis as part of a panel I co-organized with … More
Confederates in the Amazon
SAPIENS just published a short excerpt from my book Amazonia in the Anthropocene that looks at the role American Confederate … More
Culture and Agriculture at #AAA2016
If you’ll be attending the American Anthropological Association meeting in Minneapolis next month, here you can find all of the … More
The Challenges of the Anthropocene: A Conversation
Yesterday I spoke with Matthew DeMello about my recent article The Irony of the Anthropocene. We discussed some of the challenges posed … More
Magico-Medicinal Plants of Rural Amazonia: Supplementary Table
My article “How Religion, Race, and the Weedy Agency of Plants Shapes Rural Amazonia Home Gardens” will be published in … More
The Irony of the Anthropocene
I just published a short essay with The Conversation that outlines some of the inherent contradictions and ironies in the … More