Pollution Does Not “Go Away”: Mylar Balloons and Air Quality in California’s Pristine Wastelands

By Julia Sizek, University of California at Berkeley § Joshua Tree National Park regularly ranks as the National […]

The Meanings and Limits of “Local Water” in Los Angeles

By Sayd Randle, University of Southern California § In the fall of 2014, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held […]

Anthropology Beyond the Tap: From Flint, Michigan to California’s Central Valley

By Alexa Becerra-Almendarez, Emily Wolff, and Lemual Wheatley § Imagine you are thirsty. You go to the sink to […]

Drought and Culture: From the Yard to the Farm

By Alfred Lopez, Yeng Vang, and Chong Vang, California State University, Fresno § We hurriedly walked through a middle-class Fresno, […]

The Lores of Local Food: Different Ways of Being Local and Eating Locally

By Dvera I. Saxton, American University § Throughout the course of my research, I’ve seen how there is no […]