Pollution – Engagement

Weeds, Herbicides, and Bodies: Emerging Entanglements in Toxic Agricultural Landscapes

March 8, 2018

By Tony VanWinkle, Sterling College § Dedicated to the memory of Jackie Dill. Shortly after the unexpected death of friend and mentor Jackie Dill, I read Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s poem, “The Change,” which narrates a first person, indigenous retrospective on shifts in the workaday world of tobacco field laborers. Central to this convulsive change was … More Weeds, Herbicides, and Bodies: Emerging Entanglements in Toxic Agricultural Landscapes

Commentary: Toxic Bodies, Part I

February 22, 2018

By Mónica Salas Landa, Lafayette College § ‘‘How do you feel living right across from the oil and gas complex?’’ I asked Ms. Dora, a few days after I settled into her home in Poza Rica, Veracruz, a city transformed by the industrial apparatus of oil. ‘‘We have gotten used to smelling the gas and seeing all … More Commentary: Toxic Bodies, Part I

In Search of the Toxic Berry Patch

December 12, 2017

By Janelle Baker, McGill University § In Memory of the late “Cibomb” Clement Auger Rattling down a dusty oil field road in his little aqua truck headlights on as company safety protocols mandate Me, 8 months pregnant nervously remembering his accident last winter on the South Wabasca Lake ice in which he lost sight in one … More In Search of the Toxic Berry Patch

Call for Posts: Toxic Bodies

July 26, 2017

Epigenetics, developmental biology, and feminist science and technology studies teach us that organisms are not merely affected by their environment—they are co-constituted by it, in deep dialogue. What, then, does it mean to be human in the abundant presence of human-produced toxins? From Bisphenol A (BPA) to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to glyphosate and many more, … More Call for Posts: Toxic Bodies

Engagement

A blog published by the Anthropology and Environment Society, a section of the American Anthropological Association

Tag: Pollution

Weeds, Herbicides, and Bodies: Emerging Entanglements in Toxic Agricultural Landscapes

Commentary: Toxic Bodies, Part I

In Search of the Toxic Berry Patch

Call for Posts: Toxic Bodies