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HYDROPOLITICS: The ITAIPU Dam, Sovereignty + the Engineering of Modern South America [AVAILABLE NOW]
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Announcing the publication of my book HYDROPOLITICS: The Itaipu Dam, Sovereignty, and the Engineering of Modern South America (Princeton University Press).
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Geoengineering to Save Paraguay’s Forests, Past & Future
Geoengineering saved Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest in the 19th century. It can do it again in the 21st, in the face of massive soy-led deforestation. The example of Swiss naturalist Moises Bertoni shows the way.
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Engaged Research in Paraguay: How & Why
At the end of a lively question and answer exchange, a college-aged member of the crowd raised his hand and asked me the hardest question I’ve even gotten about my research on Itaipú Dam and renewable energy, “Vos que no sos Paraguay, ¿Qué opinás? ¿Qué debemos hacer?” You’re not Paraguayan, [but] what do you think?…
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A Personal Journey to Standing Rock
I wanted to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux… the wise counsel I received was “Watch. Listen. Respect.” The first sight is of rolling hills covered with tipis, interspersed with tents and a longhouse or two. A shockingly blue river runs alongside the Standing Rock camp (called Oceti Sakowin) and the crisp air…
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In Print: “The Nature of Sovereignty in the Anthropocene: Lessons of Struggle, Otherness, & Economics from Paraguay.”
Just published in Current Anthropology: my latest article on energy sovereignty and environmental conflict. Here’s the punchline: to really understand what’s going on today in terms of natural resource conflicts, it helps to go back to the legal and political practices of the 16th century that justified the massive land grab in the Americas. In…
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Edible Education: a tasty way to transform public schools & farming, to boot.
With the smell of fresh rosemary and the clucking of chickens in the background, food experts Alice Waters and Joel Salatin shared their vision for eating well to the Kitchen Sisters, at Charlottesville’s historic Paramount Theater. As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities 50th anniversary, the event “Farming the Earth, Cultivating Humanity” made…
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Standing with the Standing Rock Sioux: Haudenosaunee Women’s Dance. (video)
A Haudenosaunee Women’s Dance in support of the Standing Rock Sioux. On August 24, 2016, hundreds of supporters joined the Standing Rock Sioux as they pressed their suit against the U.S. Federal Government Army Corps of Engineers for allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline across sacred land and in violation of the EPA’s recommendation.…
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Presenting on “Global Warming, Environment, and Energy Panel” on 3/4 10:15am at DUKE
Come hear about COP21, renewable energy, and South America–I’ll be presenting on Energy & Climate Change at this year’s Duke/FHI Global Brazil Lab Conference on Friday. For more, see the schedule here. March 4 10:15-11:15AM Panel 1: Global Warming, Environment, and Energy Christine Folch (Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology, Duke) Ildo Sauer (Mellon Visiting Professor, Duke…
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Art’s Power: Hand-inked Map of Mesoamerica Speaks of Globalization
Nine years in the making, the Beehive Collective gathered stories about the impacts of globalization from Mexico to Colombia in order to hand-ink this intricate map of “Plan Mesoamérica.” This is a “where’s Waldo” on steroids: look to see if you can find the Kool-Aid Man and Bart Simpson. What I love about this is…
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Christine Folch 