“Between Climate Fears and River Dreams:
Transdisciplinary Research Processes in Central Asia”
Jeanne Féaux de la Croix (Anthropology, Tübingen University)
Friday 2/21, 11am-1pm, with lunch to follow
230 Prospect Street, Room 101
Jeanne Féaux de la Croix is a social anthropologist based at the University of Tübingen where she teaches and leads research projects related to environmental anthropology and the history of Central Asia. She is currently the Principal Investigator of “The ‘Social Life’ of a River: environmental histories, social worlds and conflict resolution along the Naryn-Syr Darya,” a project in cooperation with the Akademie der Wissenschaft, Usbekistan and the American University of Central Asia, Kirgistan. Her book, Iconic Places in Central Asia: The Moral Geography of Pastures, Dams and Holy Sites, was published by Transcript-Verlag in 2017 and is available at Columbia University Press.