I will present some findings from my research in the legal Amazon on certified production: responsible industrial soy and group-certified organic small-holder fruits and veg in Brazil. I am also developing a theoretical framework on how food certification mediates trust in Latam!
"A equipe usou coordenadas reais do Rio Amazonas e seus afluentes, analisou imagens de satĂ©lite da bacia e encontrou, nas curvas da ĂĄgua, o alfabeto inteiro. As letras nĂŁo foram desenhadas. Foram extraĂdas do prĂłprio territĂłrio."
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In a timely intervention, we have this upcoming seminar. I'll be presenting my case of Paraguay, from co-authored work with Esther Leemann, "Disjointed Timelines and Uneven Rhythms of Indigenous Collective Land Titling in Paraguay and Cambodia"
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New article, open access:
Seaweed as a keystone food: an ethnographic case study of coastal Lafkenche foodscapes, Tusing 2026
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Congreso de AntropologĂađšđ± 6 enero presentarĂ© "El Kollof como alimento fundamental: un estudio etnogrĂĄfico de los cuidados costeros de algueras Lafkenche" en el SIMPOSIO 22: "GĂ©nero & Maritorio: proyectando reflexiones decoloniales y feministas" en TraiguĂ©n! (ojo, simposio 22 NO se hace en Victoria)
I'm looking for an article with good ethnographic methods engaging in buen vivir . Puede ser en inglés o castellano.
How to do we do ethnography in risky contexts? I did not focus on the drug trade in Paraguay, but some stories filtered into my research on the everyday. I propose 'lateral ethnography' as a way to (hopefully) more safely understand some of these dynamics: library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
Oct 14th: I am looking forward to presenting a bit of my postdoc research with the Fire and Political Alterity team at the UCopenhagen, discussing the implications of how smallholder farmers view fires as inevitable at the Just Social-Ecological Transformations in Latin America seminar (JSET).
Puzzle pieces on a yellow background, with speaker photos. Text reads: Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book, October 8, 12-1 pm, part of the Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series
Have your sights set on publishing your first scholarly book? Weâre just a few days away from kicking off our free First Book Publishing Series! đ„ Our inaugural webinar topic: Finding the right publisher for your first book. Register: ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
#IoFFirstBookSeries
Sigh. I felt like a fair amount of people found me through Academia.edu, especially from LatAm, but I cancelled and eliminated my account.
Friends in the Providence area, please join me at Symposium Books this Saturday 9/20 @ 4pm. I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us.
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Estoy muy contenta de haber colaborado con el director Felipe Martinez para armar la trigésima versión del Seminario de Investigación Antropológica Contemporånea!
Cover of Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference by Luis E. CĂĄrcamo-Huechante. The cover art features a geometric textile design in an olive green and cobalt blue against a black background. The title appears in a cream sans-serif type centered at the top and bottom. Above the design and below the first word of the title sits the subtitle in a cream serif type. The author's name is directly below the design in a cream serif type.
In "Acoustic Colonialism," Luis E. CĂĄrcamo-Huechante examines the role of sound in Chilean and Mapuche cultural production and struggles over colonialism and Indigenous agency. Read the intro for free on our website! #SoundStudies #NativeStudies buff.ly/JXrrr9r
Amor a las papas fritas: de patrimonio andino a Ăcono mundial
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If you (or someone you know) is applying to PhD programs in anthro, geog, STS with a focus on community-based work, check out the Community Research & Action program in my department at Vanderbilt. I am interested in working with students on coastal and heat-related projects. Email with questions.
AI integration initiatives are spearheaded by administrations with little input from faculty members and other campus community members, including staff and students. High levels of concern arose around AI and technology procurement, deployment, and use; dehumanized relations; and poor working and learning conditions. Seventy-one percent of respondents said decision-making and AI initiatives are overwhelmingly led by college or university administrations, and many respondents described administrators exerting great effort to introduce AI into research, teaching, policy, and professional development with little meaningÂful input from faculty members, staff, or students. Examples include the development of institutional AI tools, workshops on teaching and detecting plagiaÂrism, and subscribing to AI tools for students (such as Grammarly, marketed as an âAI writing partnerâ) without involving faculty members or students in the decision-making process. One respondent noted that âadmin doesnât seem to care about or value faculty input on this or any other topicâ and hoped for âmore faculty involvement in determining how AI and tech generally are used.â
The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.
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âAfter the fire: Pyropolitics in Latin Americaâ is a double panel Iâve co-organized with Stine KrĂžijer at the AAAs this November. We are looking forward to New Orleans!
We are pleased to share this invitation to the Chilean social marine studies meeting, 23-24 October 2025 in Las Cruces. Please note that the majority of presentations will be in Spanish, and we also welcome presentations in English with slides in Spanish.
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Call for Abstracts: Estudios Sociales del Mar, Chile. 23-24 oct 2025. EstaciĂłn Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (ECIM), Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica de Chile
en Las Cruces, Chile
That's a wrap! First year seminar "Are we what we eat? Cuisine, Culture and Production" at CollegeUC. We looked at food identity, heritage, and colonization, then examined inequalities in the global food system, proposing interdisciplinary solutions to local case studies.
A new app details where your food comes from â and just how fragile the global food system really is.
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#App #Food #Agriculture #Farms #FoodSystems #Climate
Miraflores 724: el primer Sitio de Memoria de la AraucanĂa abre sus puertas www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2025...
What would it take to transform the global food system?
For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.
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What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems
Job opening in Social Sciences: Asst./Assoc. Professor; âAnalysis and Intervention in Contemporary Social Challengesâ Joint Appointment College UC, Catholic University of Chile. college.uc.cl/images/colle...
You're invited! "Conservation and Indigenous Land Titling in Conversation" June 12â13, 2025. Hybrid Symposium & Workshop. Detailed program here:
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In my first year seminar, I think it's feasible to require the document to be generated entirely in Google Docs. We have a clear emphasis on skills-building and showing your work, so they might not be fans of it, but I don't think anyone would push back and say they were just going to paste it in.
Fio muito interessante para um panorama sobre o tema.
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