Author: Mara Dicenta

I am an Assistant Professor at William & Mary working at the intersections of Feminist and Decolonial Science Studies, Environmental Anthropology, and Latin American Studies. With a background in Anthropology and a Ph.D. in STS, my work examines the entanglements of race, science, and the environment. My research and teaching contribute to expanding reparative natures, cultures, and epistemologies capable of responding to disavowed histories of violence. Hence, I teach courses in Conservation Ethics, Indigenous Knowledges, Environmental Anthropology, and Ethnographic Research.

The Violence of Gated Communities in Buenos Aires’s Wetlands

https://edgeeffects.net/buenos-aires-wetlands/

26 Apr 2023 0

Concept Posters Slideshow

8 Oct 2022 0

Food, Waste, and the Environment: Waste Relations on a College Campus

By Charlotte Walters (Spring 2022) The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines waste in multiple ways such as “a sparsely settled or barren region,” and “refuse from places of human or animal habitation such as garbage, excrement, and sewage.” Put simply, waste is discarded, expelled, or excess matter. However this term invokes a more complicated discourse in relation... Continue Reading →

22 Aug 2022 0

How has tourism environmentally redefined, reshaped, and changed native lands in Williamsburg, Virginia?

By Bibiana Mirones (Spring, 2022) Understanding Environmental Anthropology This semester I took Dr. Mara Dicentas Environmental Anthropology Course at William and Mary. Before I take any class that discusses people, topics of decolonization, and themes of intersectionality, I am conscious and reflect on what I hope I will gain from as well as be critical... Continue Reading →

22 Aug 2022 0

Who Shapes Space?

By Elyas Bouallegui (Spring 2022) This blogpost attempts to illustrate the molding of space by human and non-human inhabitants as they work to serve their own motives in similar ways within a shared space. Specifically, I will be telling the story from my perspective through observing and interviewing a frequent and longtime visitor of Huntley... Continue Reading →

22 Aug 2022 0

Birdwatching with Birds Watching

Exploring human-animal relations with the William and Mary Bird Club By Alice Palfreyman (Spring 2022) Walking through the Wildflower Refuge on the William and Mary campus, I hear some excitement from the Bird Club crowd in front of me as we turn the corner. Peering through my binoculars, I see exactly what everyone is raving... Continue Reading →

22 Aug 2022 0

Parks in Virginia – Explorations

Click here to check our interactive GIS map on Virginia's parks. Our class went to do some ethnographic explorations about Nature, Settler Colonialism, and Indigenous Voices in Conservation: York River State ParkFreedom ParkJamestown IslandCollege Landing more to come...

24 Apr 2022 0