This thesis examines the production and mobilization of Inuit knowledge in and beyond the Canadian Arctic in the context of climate change. Drawing on multi-scale, ethnographic research, it focuses in particular on the role of institutions, such as government departments…

In the forests of Wemindji Cree Territory on the eastern shores of James Bay, north-western Quebec, forest fires burn frequently, human interventions are rare, and fire is the key agent of forest transformation. This thesis examines Cree perceptions of spatial…

Through ethnography, this dissertation chronicles how a West African variant of HIV, known as HIV-2, emerged as a knowable entity. It examines how a nation like Senegal, which exists at the margins of capitalism and the periphery of the biomedical…

Anthropologists have analysed development from several angles: some have critiqued development on the grounds that it is a modernising project, while others have sought to understand relationships between actors in development work and proposed alternative methods of pursuing development. Rarely…

Drawing on 12 months of fieldwork conducted in Guatemala's Metropolitan Area among indigenous and ladina women, this dissertation offers an ethnographic analysis of violence and women's lives in post-war urban Guatemala. First, this dissertation examines the ways in which intersecting…

Due to land degradation, growing population pressures, and frequent drought, smallholder farmers in Kenya’s food insecure drylands are struggling to meet production objectives while maintaining a diverse set of crops to support health/nutrition. In the Eastern Province’s semi-arid region of…