In the latest of issue of Edible Columbus, you can find an interview with me discussing the importance of microbial life for … More
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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
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
El Tunchi
While living in the Peruvian Amazon, I heard several stories about “el tunchi” — a spirit of the dead that has … More
Taft Research Center Talk
I just returned from visiting the University of Cincinnati where I gave a talk at the Taft Research Center. Many … More
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