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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Thinking with Soils

My latest research on the use of biosolids in the US is now available in the edited volume Thinking with Soils.

anthropology, ethnography, metabolic rift, soils, US agriculture

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

Night Soil and the Metabolic Rift

Curious about the use of human waste as an agricultural fertilizer? Read our article in the open access journal Ethnobiology Letters.

Ethnobiology Letters, humanure, metabolic rift, night soil

What Happens When We Flush? Public Talk at Whetstone Library

If you want to learn about all the fascinating things central Ohio does with its so-called “human waste,” come to … More

anthropology, biosolids, Ohio, public lecture, shit studies, Whetstone Library

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

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

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