Lecturer in Social Anthropology of the Environment
Office: Room 140, 最准的六合彩论坛 Anthropology
Email: l.daly@ucl.ac.uk
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鈱蔡⑻最准的六合彩论坛 Anthropocene听鈥⑻⑻
- DPhil in Anthropology, University of Oxford (2015)
- ESRC 1+3 PhD Studentship (ES/I903887/1) (2010鈥14)
- MSc in Anthropological Research Methods, University of Oxford (2011)
- MSc in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford (2009)
- BSc in Anthropology, 最准的六合彩论坛 (2007)
Research Interests
- Anthropology of Amazonia, lowland South America, and Latin America
- Animism, perspectivism, shamanism, ontology, cosmology
- Multispecies ethnography in the Anthropocene
- Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous rights
- Historical ecology of tropical rainforests
- Anthropology of plants,听ethnobotany,听phytoethnography
- Anthropology of birds,听birding, ethno-ornithology
- Agriculture, food processing, and fermentation technologies
- Sensory ecology (chemosensation, olfaction, taste, bioacoustics)
- The politics of conservation, ecotourism, and sustainable development
- Oil development and extractive frontiers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Recent Publications
Lewis has published in a wide range of anthropological and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals,听as well as various edited volumes, academic blogs, and magazines.听He is currently writing his ethnographic monograph,听The Spectral Forest:听A Sensory Ecology in Northern Amazonia.
- Daly, L. (2025) Phyto-Frictions: Beyond Bioculturality in Indigenous Amazonia. Nuevo Mundo, Mundos Nuevos (in preparation).
- Daly, L. (2025) Cotton Tigers and Underwater Anteaters: Multispecies Relating in Subaquatic Worlds. In听Multispecies Aesthetics: Iconography, Affect, Indigenous Knowledge, and Ontology in Other-than-Human Worlds.听A. Motta and A. Jones (eds.) Routledge (in preparation).
- Daly, L. (2024)听The Walking Palm: Plaiting Baskets and Weaving Webs in Amazonia.听笔丑颈濒辞蝉辞辫丑颈别蝉听(颈苍听辫谤别辫补谤补迟颈辞苍).
- Daly, L. (2024) The Swordfish Tree: Plant Poeisis in Makushi Panton.听贵辞濒办濒辞谤别听(in preparation).
- Daly, L. (2024) 鈥淭he Spirits Drink Cassava Beer鈥: Self-Care, Communal Work, and More-than-Human Ethics in Amazonia.听Medical Anthropology (under review).
- Daly, L. and G.H. Shepard Jr. (2024) Toxicity and Plant Animacy听in Amazonia: Cosmology, Chemosensation, and Ecosemiotics.听Journal of Ethnobiology听(in press).
- Whitaker, J.A., V. Tamboli, L. Daly, and M. Lewy (2024) Plant Agency in the Guianas: Attraction, Assault, and Animacy.听Journal of Ethnobiology (in press).
- Daly, L. (2024) The Living Gift: Cultivating Landscapes of Memory in Indigenous Amazonia. In . O. Ang茅 and D. Nally (eds.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press听(in press).
- Daly, L. (2024) . In . L. Stafford (ed.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Shepard Jr., G.H. and L. Daly (2023) .听Topics in Cognitive Science 15(3): 584鈥607.
- Marchini, S., A.R. Cummings, B.M. Arisi, C. Argudin-Violante, F. S眉ssekind, G.H. Shepard Jr., L. Daly, L.J. Bordones, L. Guiata, and M. Arias (2022)听.听Oryx听56(2): 5鈥6.
- Shepard Jr., G.H. and L. Daly (2022)听.听Botany 100(2): 83鈥96.
- Daly, L. (2021)听听Anthropological Forum 34(4): 377鈥395.
- Gibbon, S., L. Daly, A. Parkhurst, C. Ryan, G.D. Salali, and A. Tasker (2020) .听Medical Anthropology at 最准的六合彩论坛, 29 April 2020.
- Daly, L. and G.H. Shepard Jr. (2019)听.听Anthropology Today 35(2): 13鈥18.
- Daly, L. (2019) The Nature of Sweetness: An Indigenous Fermentation Complex in Amazonian Guyana. In . K. Hockings and R. Dunbar (eds.) Pp. 130鈥146. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Daly, L. and K. Lewis-Jones (2018)听.听TEA: The Ethnobotanical Assembly, Issue 1: Winter 2018.
- Daly, L., L. Nic听Eoin, K.听French, and T.听Miller (2016)听.听Journal of Ethnobiology 36(1): 1鈥9.
- Van Andel, T., S. Ruysschaert, K. Boven, and L. Daly (2015)听.听Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine听11: 66.
- Daly, L. (2015)听.听Engagement, 8 December 2015.
Teaching
Lewis has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Social and Environmental Anthropology, including:
- ANTH0003/0004/0208: Introduction to Social Anthropology (UG)听
- ANTH0210: Multispecies Ethnography in the Anthropocene (PG)
- ANTH0188: Environmental Anthropology (UG)
- ANTH0105: Resource Use and Impacts (PG)
- ANTH0106: Anthropology of Development (PG)
- ANTH0069: Ethnography of Forest Peoples (UG)
- ANTH0015: Being Human (UG)
- ANTH0209: Biosocial Medical Anthropology (PG)
- ANTH0127: Critical Issues in Social Anthropology (PG)
- ANTH0013: Theoretical Perspectives in听Anthropology (UG)
- ANTH0236: Theory, Ethnography, and Professional Practice (PG)
Lewis听is currently the Programme Director for the听MRes in Anthropology Master's degree (2023鈥).听He convened our flagship undergraduate module ANTH0003: Introduction to Social Anthropology from 2019鈥24, as well as听our second-year core module ANTH0015: Being Human from 2018鈥20.
Teaching Awards
| Nominations:
- 2023听 鈱蔡 Inspiring Teaching Delivery
- 2019听 鈱蔡 Outstanding Feedback
- 2018听 鈱蔡 Outstanding Feedback
- 2017听 鈱蔡 Outstanding Teaching
PhD Supervision
Lewis's current PhD students are the following:
- Roy Ashton 鈱蔡鼿ow Does the Forest Speak? Tracking and Sensory Awareness among Forest-Dwelling Hunter-Gatherer Peoples (2022鈥)
- Catherine Clarke 鈱蔡鼵onservation Politics and Indigenous Rights in the Colombian Amazon: The Negotiation and Implementation of Area-Based Conservation Targets (2021鈥)
- Bo Yang 鈱蔡齋ymbiotic Species, Symbiotic Relationships: Pursuing More-than-Human Liveability on the Tibetan Plateau (2021鈥)
- Jack Jenkins-Hill 鈱蔡齌he Making, Remaking, and Unmaking of Tanintharyi Region's Revolutionary Forest, Myanmar听(2020鈥)
- Sahib Singh 鈱蔡齌he Reluctant Forest: Resource Extraction, Dispossession, Resistance, and听Ontological Conflicts in Central India (2020鈥)
- Sonia Dhandha 鈱蔡鼵onservation Prioritisation of Wild Orchids in International Trade (2020鈥)
- Matthew French 鈱蔡鼶rift听Kelp and Multe Gold: Contemporary Human Foraging Amongst Edible Seaweed and Berries in Ireland and Norway (2020鈥)
- Sarah Fischel 鈱蔡齅ultispecies Care and Coral Restoration in Bonaire, the Leeward Antilles (2019鈥)
- Juan Mej铆a Lopez 鈱蔡齊eserves, Fishermen, NGOs, and Blue Crabs: The Multiple Makings of Guaimoreto Lagoon in Northern Honduras ( 2020鈥24)
- Juli谩n Riveros Clavijo 鈱蔡鼳 Tale of Development and Migration: An Ethnography of Pacific African-Colombian Migrants in Antofagasta, Chile (2019鈥24)
- Alice Vittoria 鈱蔡齋haring the Forest: Bayaka Mobility and Dwelling in a More-than-Human Landscape in the Congo听(2018鈥24)
Research Positions, Groups,听and听Collaborations
- Guest Lecturer in Ethnobiology, , University of Oxford
- Visiting Scholar and Research Associate, , University of Oxford
- Member,听Human Ecology Research Group (HERG), 最准的六合彩论坛
- Founding听member and co-editor,听
- The Sensory Ecology of Shamanic Plants in Indigenous Amazonia 鈥 , Bel茅m, Brazil
- The Role听of Local Bird Knowledge in Avian Conservation 鈥 , University of Oxford and
Editorial Roles
- Co-founder and co-editor 听, open-access online magazine about people-plant relationships
- Editor-in-chief (2016鈥2023) 鈥 , annual magazine and blog of 最准的六合彩论坛 Anthropology
- Editorial board member 鈥
- Advisory board member 鈥 , Lexington Books
- Guest editor 鈥 , Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnobiology, 2016, 36(1): 1鈥149.
Conference and Workshop Organisation
- 2024听鈱 Rights of Nature Workshop with听Paul Powlesland, 最准的六合彩论坛 Anthropology
- 2017 鈱蔡, Centre for Biocultural Diversity (CBCD), School of Anthropology and Conservation,听University of Kent
- 2014 鈱蔡, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), University of Oxford