Tag: Development
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Mangroves and the (Un)Making of Imperial Borders
in EssaysColonial and imperial powers have long sought to bring order to unruly, wetland ecosystems. Iliana Capozzoli follows this trend globally—and how mangroves fight back.
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Landscapes of Displacement and the Politics of Dead Pets
in EssaysIn 1977, the pets of a Los Altos, California cemetery were exhumed and relocated to Napa. Zak Breckenridge argues Errol Morris’s Gates of Heaven documentary on the event is a prehistory of today’s housing and land crisis.
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What Time is the Nomad?
in EssaysNatasha Maru engages with the pastoralist temporalities as experienced by Rabari nomads in Kachchh, India. This narrative ethnographic account highlights the changing rhythms of pastoral lifestyles with shifts in the political economy of the region.
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Conserving a Ghost Cat
in EssaysTexas ocelots struggle to survive in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Shari Wilcox describes her work protecting these elusive wild cats.
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Exhibiting Agricultural Development in India
Geographer Eden Kinkaid provides a tour of an exhibit at the National Agricultural Science Museum in India and discusses how it shapes narratives of development and modernity beyond the museum walls.
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Water Justice vs. Western Development in Nepal
in EssaysA development practitioner and anthropologist explores the promises and realities of water development projects in Kathmandu, Nepal, where luxury hotels have pools while poor city residents struggle to find clean water sources.
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The First Green Developer
in EssaysCharles E. Fraser built a South Carolina beach resort privileging environmental protection, leaving a complex legacy for conservation and development today.