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Nicholas C. Kawa

Environmental Anthropologist

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Who gets to be an author?

Who gets to be an author in contemporary anthropology and who does not? And how does inquiry into the norms of authorship expose problems surrounding academic labor and scholarly knowledge production?

anthropology, audit culture, authorship, research assistants, student labor

Wicked Science

A recent article I published with colleagues at Ohio State argues that to effectively tackle the so-called “wicked problems” facing humanity – from climate change to growing social inequality – a new kind of science is needed.

anthropology, graduate education, transdisciplinarity, wicked problems, wicked science

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

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

Little Free Zine Library in the Collaboratorium @ Ohio State

Not enough anthropologically-inspired zines in your life? We’ve got you covered.

anthropology, collaboratorium, Ohio State, zines

Zines!

Why assign final papers for a history of theory class when you can make zines instead?

anthropological theory, anthropology, course assignments, higher education, zines

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

A Pretext for Plunder? Environmental Change and State-Led Redevelopment in the Peruvian Amazon

Gordon Ulmer, Sydney Silverstein, and I just published a short article (with lots of photos!) in the latest edition of … More

Amazon, anthropology, development studies, environmental change, Iquitos, Peru, urban Amazonia

Plant Semiotics Workshop

On Feb. 24th, I’ll be participating in a workshop at Rutgers University that centers on “the semotics of plant-human sociality.” Becky Schulthies … More

anthropology, human-plant relations, Rutgers, semiotics, workshop

The Social Network of US Academic Anthropology

This morning I presented a paper at the AAA meeting in Minneapolis as part of a panel I co-organized with … More

academia, anthropology, hiring networks, social network analysis

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