If you’ll be attending the American Anthropological Association meeting in Minneapolis next month, here you can find all of the … More
Author: nckawa
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.
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
The Weekly Gleaning
Check out the Weekly Gleaning, which is the latest feature on the Culture and Agriculture website. It summarizes news from around … More
Review of “Amazonia in the Anthropocene” in TLS
Michael F. Brown reviewed my book in the Times Literary Supplement this July. Here’s a brief excerpt: “Growing awareness of … More
What Happens When We Flush?
I just completed revisions on an article titled “What Happens When We Flush?” that will appear in the September edition of … More
In the Streets of Iquitos
Q&A with UT Press
University of Texas Press just posted a short interview with me about my new book Amazonia in the Anthropocene: People, … More
