The Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group is pleased to share our latest Spotlight on Scholarship: @analuizamsoares.bsky.social Ana Luiza Soares’ powerful research into how discourses of "orphanhood" can facilitate racialised exploitation of children in the context of 19thC Brazil.

My job has the best views #ouropreto 🇧🇷

Global north being global north! During the Grammys ceremony, which they thought it was super “woke”, this happened: great disrespect with Brazilian artist and living legend, Milton Nascimento. Thank you, Esperanza, for speaking up

Article headed by my friend Mariana Cassiano and especially relevant for ecologists: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Check out this blog post about an amazing conversation between Indigenous knowledge and ecology and stay tuned for the full article coming out soon! This is parte of the doctoral dissertation of the amazing Mariana Cassino. relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/01/27/p...

My article with Agricultural History, "Searching for Stability: Banana Blight and the Revitalization of Jamaica's Sugar Industry, 1910-1940," explores banana disease through the lens of sugar, showing the larger effects of crop diseases on agroecosystems #envhist read.dukeupress.edu/agricultural...

The gardeners of the Amazon: manatees - this is fascinating news.mongabay.com/2024/11/rese...

Sharing this amazing Serrapilheira’s article, so crucial in times of Marco Temporal being discussed in Brazilian congress. This study proves conservation isn’t just ethical; it’s vital for our economy. Protecting these lands means securing our future! serrapilheira.org/en/rainfall-...

Excited to share my latest piece with the @carsoncenter.bsky.social on a banana disease “cure” and questions of trust in times of ecological crisis #envhist

Amazing course this Spring at Vanderbilt University taught by my friend @phdjesus.bsky.social

If you do any work in the Humanities, consider applying for a 3 year postdoc at Vanderbilt in the Collaborative Humanities!

My latest article covering the crucial issue of Indigenous child separation on the eve of emancipation in Amazonia. The stolen generation of Brazil! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...