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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Category: ethnography

Plantas para alejar las malas vibras

Aquí se puede leer mi ponencia “Plantas para alejar las malas vibras” del Congreso Internacional sobre la Amazonía Peruana II

aloe, Amazonia, bad vibes, homegardens, Iquitos, Peru, plantas con madre

Urban Amazonian Show & Tell at #AmAnth2018

At this year’s AAA meeting, I’ll be presenting a paper on a panel titled “The Cultural Work of Aesthetics: Brazilian … More

#AmAnth2018, Brazil, ethnography, everyday aesthetics, urban Amazonia

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

El Tunchi

While living in the Peruvian Amazon, I heard several stories about “el tunchi” — a spirit of the dead that has … More

Amazonia, creative nonfiction, Peru, tunchi

What Happens When We Flush?

I just completed revisions on an article titled “What Happens When We Flush?” that will appear in the September edition of … More

Brazil, excrement, flush toilet, night soil, waste studies, water and sanitation

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, cobra grande, ethnography

“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

Amazonia, anthropocene, book

New Issue of HAU with Essays on “How Forests Think”

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory has just released a new issue. It includes a collection of essays by Marisol de … More

ethnography, HAU, How Forests Think, philosophical anthropology

‘Saving the Amazon’: Conservation, International Covetousness, and the Politics of Research

My latest article has just been published in Anthropology Today. If you’d like a copy, feel free to email me. Here’s … More

Amazonia, biodiversity conservation, politics of research

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