Ontem eu tive o grande prazer de dar uma palestra na Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Quero agradecer a Tiago Jacaúna e … More
Category: Anthropocene
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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