anthropology
“Bark to the Future: Initial Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Bark-Stripped Western Red Cedars” in Northwest Anthropological Conference Proceedings 2023, Journal of Northwest Anthropology Special Publication #8 · Sep 30, 2023
What can we learn about site and stand formation processes from making regular observations of an assemblage of recently bark-stripped western red cedar trees? Do they form scar lobes and other features at a consistent or predictable rate? How do strip scars change over time? What features appear, and when, and how can these be used to inform review of potential culturally modifed trees in other timber stands? This paper presents initial results from a study of a sample plot of cedars in the Marckworth State Forest
from which bark was stripped in June 2020.
“Checking and Balancing: Strategies Towards Resilient, Accountable, Praxis-Based Cultural Resource Management” in Northwest Anthropological Conference Proceedings 2024, Journal of Northwest Anthropology Special Publication #9 · Sep 6, 2024
Recent public debates over environmental disclosure and cultural resource management review on large projects make it clear that there are real structural issues within existing systems of environmental impact analysis. What forces, systems, and hierarchies prevent us from doing comprehensive, responsible work? What resources and concepts do we need to build out to transition cultural resource management towards greater accountability, collaboration, and effectiveness? And how can each of us work towards
creating resilient, ethical frameworks for professional practice in the discipline that facilitate excellent, place-based field work and responsible stewardship? I’ll outline where I see chokepoints and where I think we have opportunities to strengthen each other’s work, with examples drawn from recent practice.
poetry
Reconciliation, in Reckoning: Creative Writing on Environmental Justice, Volume 7, July 30, 2023
Overland Flow, at Terrain.org: Independent, Reader-Supported Publishing on Place, November 30, 2022
Ghost Towns: A Cultural Resources Survey Report from the 2020-21 Field Season, in The Deadlands: A Journal of Ends and Beginnings, Issue #4, August 2021