Pauline von Hellermann · @pvonhellermannn
2468 followers · 8473 posts · Server mastodon.green

For today's , a second mini-series on the "Social Life of Trees" (borrowing this from Laura Rival). Today it's the Tree, as it is known in West Africa, or in Uganda - . It is a tree I know well from my PhD fieldwork in Edo State in in the early 2000s, and, and one that is good for "thinking through" (slightly paraphrasing Maurice Bloch) human-nature relations
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#thicktrunktuesday #iroko #mvule #miliciaexcelsa #nigeria #environmentalanthropology

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Andrew J. Eisenberg · @eisenberg_andy
149 followers · 67 posts · Server mstdn.social
Andrew J. Eisenberg · @eisenberg_andy
187 followers · 148 posts · Server mstdn.social
Kate Gillogly · @kagillogly
0 followers · 3 posts · Server masto.nu

An intro is in order: I am a cultural anthropologist, working mostly in environmental anthropology, and with a history of work in international and agricultural development. Interestingly, I'm also a kinship wonk - LOVE examining kinship structures!

#anthropology #environment #environmentalanthropology #teaching #kinship #socialstructure

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