The Rainy Season in Pueblo Libre de Belén

The Urban Amazon

For the past year, I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a short book about the urban Amazon. Most … More

Cobra Grande

A short essay of mine was just published in Engagement, the blog of the Anthropology and Environment Society. The piece examines the … More

“Amazonia in the Anthropocene” Coming out in May

My first book Amazonia in the Anthropocene: People, Soils, Plants, Forests will be published this May with the University of … 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

Amazonia from the Deck of a Boat

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

UC-Santa Barbara IHC talk: Problems with the Anthropocene

Problems with the Anthropocene: A View from Rural Amazonia