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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Category: Amazonia

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

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

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, podcast, public anthropology

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 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

Amazonia, essay, public anthropology

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, book review

In the Streets of Iquitos

flowers, Iquitos, urban Amazonia

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, book, ethnography, interview

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