En julio de 2020, participé en un evento organizado por el grupo estudiantil Abya Yala (de Ohio State) y el Foro Permanente de Estudios, Investigación y Saberes Transdisciplinarios Ancestrales (en Cochabamba, Bolivia).
Category: Amazonia
Plants that Keep the Bad Vibes Away
New research article is out in a special issue on plant-human communication in the journal Ethnos.
Amazonia and the Ontological Turn: A Dialogue
In July 2017, I visited Manaus to work on a new collaboration with researchers in the Sociology Department at the … More
Urban Amazonian Show & Tell at #AmAnth2018
At this year’s AAA meeting, I’ll be presenting a paper on a panel titled “The Cultural Work of Aesthetics: Brazilian … More
A Pretext for Plunder? Environmental Change and State-Led Redevelopment in the Peruvian Amazon
Gordon Ulmer, Sydney Silverstein, and I just published a short article (with lots of photos!) in the latest edition of … More
First Trip Back Home – A Photo Essay
Amazônica just published a short interview and photo essay that I helped develop with friends while living in Iquitos, Peru in … More
New Books in Anthropology Podcast
A few weeks ago, Nivedita Kar interviewed me for the New Books in Anthropology Podcast. The episode just went online … More
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
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
El Tunchi
While living in the Peruvian Amazon, I heard several stories about “el tunchi” — a spirit of the dead that has … More
Nicholas C. Kawa 