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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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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

Amazonia and the Ontological Turn: A Dialogue

In July 2017, I visited Manaus to work on a new collaboration with researchers in the Sociology Department at the … More

Amazonia, dialógo, etnografia Amazônica, ontological turn, UFAM, virada ontológica

First Trip Back Home – A Photo Essay

Amazônica just published a short interview and photo essay that I helped develop with friends while living in Iquitos, Peru in … More

Amazonia, antropologia, ensayo fotográfico, Iquitos, matsés, UNAP

New Books in Anthropology Podcast

A few weeks ago, Nivedita Kar interviewed me for the New Books in Anthropology Podcast. The episode just went online … More

Amazonia, anthropocene, New Books in Anthropology, podcast

Interview in Edible Columbus

In the latest of issue of Edible Columbus, you can find an interview with me discussing the importance of microbial life for … More

Amazonia, biosolids, Edible Columbus, interview, soil health

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

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

Religion, Race, and Weedy Plants

Yesterday I published a new research article titled “How Religion, Race, and the Weedy Agency of Plants Shape Rural Amazonian … More

Amazonia, ethnobotany, home gardens, non-human agency, race, religion, research article, weeds

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, podcast, public anthropology

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