Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer have crafted two eloquent accounts of the turbulent, aeolian politics that unfolded during their 16-month-long field research in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, between 2009 and 2013. A gap in the Sierra Madre mountain range forms an extraordinary wind tunnel in the isthmus, rendering the region a convenient site for renewable … Continue reading Aeolian politics and the duograph
Category: reviews
Multiple nature-cultures, diverse anthropologies
My review of Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita's edited volume is out. The book is titled Multiple Nature-Cultures, Diverse Anthropologies and was published in 2019, but previously available as a special issue in Social Analysis. I really enjoyed the chapters, particularly the ones by Swanson, Walford, Kasuga, Skrydstrup, and the editors themselves. Perhaps because I felt these … Continue reading Multiple nature-cultures, diverse anthropologies
How materials matter
My review of Graeme Were's book How materials matter: design, innovation and materiality in the Pacific has just been published in Social Anthropology. Read it here or message me for a pdf. Here's a sneak peek: "Recent new materialisms and nonhuman turns have brought materiality and materials to the centre of anthropological attention. How materials matter … Continue reading How materials matter
