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Nick 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.

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

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

Amazonia in the Anthropocene, lecture, University of Cincinnati

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

anthropology, human-plant relations, Rutgers, semiotics, workshop

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, Cultures of Energy, interview, podcast

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

Amazonia, ethnobotany, home gardens, non-human agency, race, religion, research article, weeds

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

academia, anthropology, hiring networks, social network analysis

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

Amazon, Amazonia in the Anthropocene, archaeology, Confederates, SAPIENS

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