This past weekend, we installed pavers at the new park at the corner of Cherry and Main. The Old West … 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 Old West End Garden-Park
With the support of the Ball Brothers Foundation, I am working with a group of Ball State students from the … More
Social and Environmental Factors Shaping Agrobiodiversity Management in Rural Amazonia
My latest research article was just published online with the journal Human Ecology. Here is the abstract: Smallholder farmers play … More
Forests and Favelas
In a few weeks, I’ll be attending the meeting of the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology in Oaxaca, … More
Ball State Graduate School Promotes the HUB Community Garden
Faith Kellermeyer at the Ball State Graduate School recently interviewed me to discuss my involvement with the HUB Community Garden. … More
Anthrocast
Ball State undergraduate students are currently developing a podcast series that explores core concepts in anthropology. If you are interested in … More
2014 Hottest Year on Record
The evidence on global climate change continues to mount. Both NASA and NOAA have declared 2014 the hottest year in … More
Amazonia from the Deck of a Boat
UC-Santa Barbara IHC Talk: Into the Bowels of the Anthropocene
Race, Religion, and Magico-Medicinal Plant Use in Rural Amazonia
This Friday I’ll be giving a talk at the American Anthropological Association meeting in a session titled Humans, Plants, and … More
Nicholas C. Kawa 