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Environmental Anthropologist

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Category: public anthropology

Interview on Sea Change Radio

You can hear me talk about my new book After the Flush with Alex Wise from Sea Change radio here.

humanure, sanitation

Changing the Landscape of Academic Publishing

A group of archaeologists and anthropologists have come together in a new publication to open up conversation about the state of academic publishing and how it can (and should) change.

academic publishing, anthropology, archaeology
A meme of a man mowing his lawn while a tornado sit on the horizon off in the distance. Over the meme, the words "Welcome to the Anthropozine" appear in bright pink with a bright green highlighted background. The words "your text here" looms above.

Welcome to the Anthropozine(!): A DIY Installation for the 2025 SCA “Unconference”

More zines, zines, zines (!)

Cultural Anthropology, SCA2025, unconference, zines

Wicked Zines

Here’s a new batch of zines from students in OSU’s Wicked Science program

sci comm, wicked problems, wicked science, zines

Bacteria Farming Zine (DOPE2024)

The DOPE conference is back in person this year and I put together a new zine for it!

biosolids, DOPE2024, sanitation, wastewater, zines

Scientists are a step closer to defining when the human age began

This week I chatted with Rebecca Hersher from NPR about the latest news from the Anthropocene Working Group.

anthropocene, Anthropocene Working Group, golden spike, Morning Edition, NPR

#AAA2021: Anthropological Engagements with Optimism?

This year’s American Anthropological Association meeting is likely to be one of the weirder ones in recent memory.

academic anthropology, roundtable

Debating the Origins of the Anthropocene (on NPR)

I chatted with Rebecca Hersher from NPR about the contested visions of the Anthropocene.

Ecologies of (Human) Waste

Check out my presentation for the 2020 Society for Cultural Anthropology virtual conference (#Distribute2020).

discard studies, distribute2020, infrastructure, Privy2, shit, tactical urbanism, waste management

New Zine on the History of Sanitation

Our zine “Infrastructural Digest” is finally done. Download a free digital copy.

art, creative nonfiction, infrastructure, nightsoil, public anthropology, sanitation, zines

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