This year’s American Anthropological Association meeting is likely to be one of the weirder ones in recent memory.
Category: applied anthropology
Wicked Science
A recent article I published with colleagues at Ohio State argues that to effectively tackle the so-called “wicked problems” facing humanity – from climate change to growing social inequality – a new kind of science is needed.
Little Free Zine Library in the Collaboratorium @ Ohio State
Not enough anthropologically-inspired zines in your life? We’ve got you covered.
New Zine on the History of Sanitation
Our zine “Infrastructural Digest” is finally done. Download a free digital copy.
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Learn about how sanitation waste and plastic discards are transformed into agricultural and architectural resources on OSU’s main campus.
Maya Milpa Workshop at OSU’s Waterman Farm
Last Friday and Saturday, we hosted a workshop that invited students, faculty, and staff from Ohio State (as well as … More
Lee Hoffer on the Opioid Epidemic
Last week, the OSU Undergraduate Anthropology Club invited Lee Hoffer, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University, to … More
Margaret’s Mead: C&A’s First Zine
Last week, we printed off the first zine produced by the Culture & Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). … More
The Pop Garden at Ohio State
One of the projects I’ve been really happy to collaborate on here at Ohio State is the “Pop Garden” outside … More
The Other Side of Our Food System
I just published a short blog post for Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation (InFACT), which discusses my new research … More
Nicholas C. Kawa 