03 May 2019
Environment
In the course, we discussed the principal theories and methods environmental anthropology utilizes and the issues on which it focuses, by looking at case studies from South Asia and the Midwestern US.
27 April 2017
Tamil Nadu
Drawing on ethnographic evidence collected through field research in and around the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, this paper explores how the particularities of Tamil history and cultural values shape the current confused status of millets there.
15 April 2015
Food Studies
This encyclopedia entry provides an overview of contentious issues related to intellectual property rights (IPRs).
15 April 2015
Intellectual Property Rights
This encyclopedic resource concisely explains the charge of biopiracy, critiques of extractive practices, and international law and policy related to the term. It also provides suggestions for further reading.
15 December 2014
Tamil Nadu
This paper presents Hindu philosophy as the foundation for an environmentalist ethics conducive to local food systems and the host of social, personal, and environmental benefits that local food advocates associate with those systems.
