My article “How Religion, Race, and the Weedy Agency of Plants Shapes Rural Amazonia Home Gardens” will be published in … More
Tag: Amazonia
The Irony of the Anthropocene
I just published a short essay with The Conversation that outlines some of the inherent contradictions and ironies in the … More
Review of “Amazonia in the Anthropocene” in TLS
Michael F. Brown reviewed my book in the Times Literary Supplement this July. Here’s a brief excerpt: “Growing awareness of … More
Q&A with UT Press
University of Texas Press just posted a short interview with me about my new book Amazonia in the Anthropocene: People, … More
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 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
Social and Environmental Factors Shaping Agrobiodiversity Management in Rural Amazonia
My latest research article was just published online with the journal Human Ecology. Here is the abstract: Smallholder farmers play … More
Forests and Favelas
In a few weeks, I’ll be attending the meeting of the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology in Oaxaca, … More
Race, Religion, and Magico-Medicinal Plant Use in Rural Amazonia
This Friday I’ll be giving a talk at the American Anthropological Association meeting in a session titled Humans, Plants, and … More