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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Placing the Anthropos in the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is the theme for this year’s special issue of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. You can find a pre-print copy of my contribution (co-authored with Jeff Hoelle) here.

anthropocene, capitalocene, plantationocene, pluriverse

Anthropocene Unseen: A Lexicon

The edited volume Anthropocene Unseen: A Lexicon includes over 60 entries and it’s free! Check out my entry, simply titled “Shit.”

anthropocene, anthropology, discard studies, Punctum Books, shit, waste

Sedimentation

On Tuesday afternoon at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, I had the opportunity to participate as discussant on a panel … More

#AmAnth17, agriculture, anthropocene, Sedimentation

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

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

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

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, book review

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

Amazonia, anthropocene, book, ethnography, interview

Shit

I wrote a short essay titled “shit” that was just published on Cultural Anthropology’s website as part of their series Lexicon for an … More

anthropocene, Cultural Anthropology, essay, lexicon, shit studies, waste

“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

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