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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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The Pop Garden at Ohio State

One of the projects I’ve been really happy to collaborate on here at Ohio State is the “Pop Garden” outside … More

biosolids, Columbus, Com-Til, Ohio State, Pop Garden, urban agriculture

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

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

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

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

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

AAA2016, agriculture, culture, Karen Kelsky, mentoring

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

agrobiodiversity, Amazonia, magico-medicinal plants, research article, species list

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

American Anthropological Association, Culture and Agriculture, news, weekly gleaning

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

Brazil, excrement, flush toilet, night soil, waste studies, water and sanitation

Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation (InFACT)

This year I am starting a new position in the Department of Anthropology at (THE!) Ohio State University. My hire … More

agriculture, anthropology, Ohio State

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