Thursday, August 30, 2012
Last week I wrote an exam on the topic of the anthropology of environmental knowledge, broadly defined. This included sections on both traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and scientific knowledge about the environment, and it also involved thinking about ways of reconciling them as they often conflict with one another. I have yet to see my [...]
Two years ago, as some of you know, I did a summer internship with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Ely, Nevada. The project I was working on was to collect data on traditional cultural properties (TCPs) in the area. These TCPs were proposed by the area Shoshone Tribes in response to a groundwater [...]
Today I’m reading the chapter from Helmreich’s Alien Ocean on aquatic invasive species (AIS) in Hawaii. In the chapter, he discusses the politically charged climate in which the issue of invasive species has become entangled in Hawaii. At stake is the definition of “native” versus “alien” in a place where to be “native” carries a [...]
Recently there have been a couple of posts – on Savage Minds and Neuroanthropology – discussing how anthropologists can appeal to a more general audience by changing their writng style. On Neuroanthropology, Daniel and Greg discuss their distaste for Thomas Freidman’s approach to writing as well as the lessons that anthropologists can learn from him [...]
Last Thursday, I gave a presentation at the SfAA conference in a panel organized around environmental anthropology of the Chesapeake Bay. My talk was on the research I’ve been doing on the bloodworm industry, and the threat of invasive species being introduced to the Mid-Atlantic from their packing materials. The prezi is below if you [...]
