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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Category: Anthropocene

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

Amazonia, antropoceno, etnografia, Manaus, palestra, UFAM

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

Cultures of Energy Podcast

Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer invited me on to the Cultures of Energy podcast to discuss my recent book Amazonia … More

Amazonia, anthropocene, Cultures of Energy, interview, podcast

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

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

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

Shit

I wrote a short essay titled “shit” that was just published on Cultural Anthropology’s website as part of their series Lexicon for an … More

anthropocene, Cultural Anthropology, essay, lexicon, shit studies, waste

2015: Hottest Year in Recorded History

Three years ago, I posted an article here that highlighted 2012 as the hottest year recorded in the United States. … More

2015, climate change, hottest year on record

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