Ashley Carse
Curriculum vitae
[email protected]
www.ashleycarse.com
EDUCATION
PhD
Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
MA
Sustainable Development, School for International Training, 2005
BBA
International Business / Anthropology, University of Georgia, 1999
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2016-
Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University
2013 -15 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Science, Technology, and Society
University of Virginia, Department of Engineering and Society
2011-13
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Anthropology
Whittier College, Department of Anthropology
PUBLICATIONS
Book
2014
Beyond the Big Ditch: Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama
Canal. MIT Press. http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/beyond-big-ditch.
Refereed Journal Articles
Accepted “Towards a political ecology of maritime transportation: Infrastructural zones,
emergent environments, and collective action.” Environment and Planning A
(with Joshua Lewis).
2014
“The year 2013 in sociocultural anthropology: Cultures of circulation and
anthropological facts.” American Anthropologist 116(2): 390-403.
2012
“Nature as infrastructure: Making and managing the Panama Canal
Watershed.” Social Studies of Science 42(4): 539-563.
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** Awarded Joel A. Tarr Prize: Best Article on Environment and Technology *
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Revise- “Visibility and the anthropology of infrastructure.” Resubmitted to American
Resubmit Ethnologist (with Nikhil Anand, Jessica Barnes, and Hannah Appel).
Revise- “The environmental history of the Panama Canal: From the conquest of
Resubmit nature to the construction of ecology.” Environmental History, invited forum
on the Panama Canal (with Christine Keiner).
Revise- “’Like a work of nature’: Revisiting the Panama Canal’s environmental history
Resubmit at Gatun Lake.” Environmental History, invited forum on the Panama Canal.
Book Chapters, Non-Refereed Journal Articles, and Book Reviews
2015
Book review. Inverse Infrastructures: Disrupting Networks from Below, eds.
Tineke Egyedi and Donna Mehos. Technology and Culture 56(2): 570-572.
2014
“Moving ships over mountains: From the conquest of nature to political
ecology at the Panama Canal.” Harvard Design Magazine 39 (Fall/Winter),
issue on “The Oceanic Turn.” www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/issues/39
2013
Book review. The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama
Canal, by Julie Greene. Southeastern Geographer 53(1): 123-128.
2012
“Water, rural livelihoods, and morality around the Panama Canal.” In Water,
Cultural Diversity and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends,
Sustainable Futures? Barbara Rose Johnston, ed. UNESCO.
2010
“Editor’s Introduction.” Water Virtual Issue. Cultural Anthropology website.
http://production.culanth.org/curated_collections/10-water
2010
“Moral economies of water management: Tensions in the Panama Canal
Watershed.” Anthropology News 51:10.
2006
“Trees and trade-offs: Perceptions of eucalyptus and native trees in
Ecuadorian highland communities.” In Development with Identity:
Community, Culture, and Sustainability in the Andes. Robert Rhoades, ed.
Publications Under Review and In Preparation
Under
Review
“Keyword: Infrastructure.” Invited chapter in Infrastructures and Social
Complexity. Penny Harvey, Casper Bruun Jensen, and Atsuro Morita.
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In Prep
“The myth of transitismo: Roads, monoculture, and the Panama Canal.” For
submission to Hispanic American Historical Review (with Ezer Vierba).
FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
External Awards
2013-15
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science, Technology, and Society
PI: Deborah Johnson and co-PI: Edward Berger at UVa ($148,047)
2014
American Society for Environmental History / NSF Travel Award ($500)
2013
Joel A. Tarr Prize: Best Article on Environment and Technology ($250)
2010
Smithsonian Short-Term Research Fellowship ($2,400)
2008-09
Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($24,127)
2008-09
Fulbright Student Award / Award Extension ($21,050)
2004-08
NSF IGERT Fellowship in Population and Environment ($115,000)
Internal Awards
2010-11
UNC Dissertation Completion Fellowship ($16,000)
2010
UNC Mellon-Gil Dissertation Fellowship for Latin America ($2,250)
2010
Univ. of California Community Forestry / Env. Resource Fellowship ($4,000)
2006
UNC Latin American Studies Tinker Field Research Grant ($2,000)
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, and LECTURES
Workshops Organized
2014
Infrastructural worlds: A workshop on ethnographic studies of the built
environment. Co-organized with Jatin Dua, Stephanie Friede, and Dana
Powell. Duke University, March 28-29 (50 scholars participated from
anthropology, history, geography, science and technology studies,
architecture, landscape architecture planning, and communication studies).
See website for details: http://sites.duke.edu/infrastructures2014/
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Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
2015
“A demanding environment: How nature became infrastructure at the
Panama Canal,” University of Virginia, Department of Anthropology
Colloquium, April 10.
2015
“Towards a political ecology of maritime transportation,” Workshop on
Opportunities in Crisis: Technogoverning landscapes, University of Virginia,
The Miller Center and Department of Engineering and Society.
2015
“Watershed management and community development in Panama,”
Vanderbilt University, Department of Human and Organizational
Development, Feb. 23.
2015
“Beyond the big ditch: Politics, ecology, and infrastructure at the Panama
Canal,” Florida International University, Department of Global and
Sociocultural Studies, Feb. 6.
2015
“Beyond the big ditch: Politics, ecology, and infrastructure at the Panama
Canal,” University of Washington-Bothell, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and
Sciences, Science and Technology Studies program, Jan. 26.
2014
“Beyond the big ditch: Politics, ecology, and infrastructure at the Panama
Canal,” Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies, Dec. 1.
2014
“Beyond the big ditch: Politics, ecology, and infrastructure at the Panama
Canal,” Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies, Nov. 20.
2014
“The ocean in the landscape,” Harvard University, Graduate School of
Design, April 25.
2013
“Beyond the big ditch: Infrastructure and the political ecology of the
Panama Canal.” Drexel University, Center for Science, Technology, and
Society, December 5.
2013
“The machete and the freighter: How nature became infrastructure for the
Panama Canal.” University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of
Anthropology Colloquium, March 4.
2013
“The machete and the freighter: How nature became infrastructure for the
Panama Canal.” University of Denver, Department of Anthropology
Colloquium, Feb. 6.
2012
“Transportation environments: Infrastructure and the political ecology of the
Panama Canal.” Whittier College, Env. Studies Colloquium, April 18.
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2011
“The Panama Canal: From water management to watershed management.”
Trinity University, Env. Studies Program Guest Lecture, April 21.
2011
“The Panama Canal: From water management to watershed management.”
Whittier College, Department of Anthropology Guest Lecture, April 18.
2010
“Toward a historical ecology of transportation: The case of Panama.” Invited
Conference: From Field to Table: The Historical Ecology of Regional
Subsistence Strategies, University of South Carolina, March 18.
2010
“Of bananas and boats: Transportation, agriculture, and rural governance in
the US Canal Zone.” Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture,
Technology and Science (WHEATS), University of Wisconsin, Oct. 8-10.
2008
“The social life of topography: Forests, water, and society in the Panama
Canal Watershed.” Central America Fulbright Enhancement Seminar. Leon,
Nicaragua, April 8.
2004
“La cultura, los bosques, y los cambios en el paisaje.” SANREM-Andes
Synthesis Workshop. Cotacachi, Ecuador, Jan. 15.
Conference Panels Organized, Chaired, and Discussed
2014
Discussant. “Infrastructure of movement: The poetics, economics, and
design of transportation.” American Anthropological Association, Dec. 6.
2014
Chair. “Building territory: On the ethnographic rendering of landscape and
infrastructure.” American Anthropological Association, Dec. 5
2011
Co-organizer. “Anthropology of infrastructure and the environment.” With
Dana Powell. American Anthropological Association, Nov. 16.
2009
Co-organizer. “The nature(s) of contemporary water worlds.” With Andrea
Ballestero. American Anthropological Association, Dec. 3.
Conference Presentations
2015.
“Keyword: Infrastructure.” Association of American Geographers, April 22.
2014
“Island city: Port expansion, drainage, and flooding in Colon, Panama.”
American Anthropological Association, Dec. 4.
2014
“A demanding environment: Weeds, connection, and disconnection at the
Panama Canal.” American Society for Environmental History, March 15.
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2014
“Weeds: New ecologies of the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone Biological
Survey.” American History Association, Jan. 4.
2012
“Cultures of maintenance and interruption: Rethinking flow at the Panama
Canal.” American Anthropological Association, Nov. 16.
2012
“Global dimensions: Water, ships, and the infrastructures of the Panama
Canal.” Society for the Social Studies of Science. Oct. 17.
2011
“Concrete and mud: Roads and the politics of mobility around the Panama
Canal.” American Anthropological Association, Nov. 16.
2010
“Locks in motion: Water, ships, and the infrastructures of the Panama
Canal.” American Anthropological Association, Nov. 19.
2010
“Plant experiment gardens, planning, and agriculture in the Panama Canal
Zone.” American Society for Environmental History, March 13.
2009
“Making the Panama Canal watershed.” American Anthropological
Association, Dec. 3.
2009
“The machete and the freighter: Making the Panama Canal Watershed,
1977-1999.” Society for the Social Studies of Science, Oct. 29.
2007
The impacts of petroleum development on food sharing and sociality among
Amerindians in the Ecuadorian Amazon." Association of American
Geographers, April 21.
2007
"The political ecology of oil and community in the Ecuadorian Amazon."
Society for Applied Anthropology. March 29.
2005
“Trees and trade-offs: Perceptions of eucalyptus and native trees in
Ecuadorian highland communities.” Society for Applied Anthropology, April 7.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Virginia
2015
Instructor of record, Infrastructure, Development, and Culture (Spring)
2014
Participant, Innovation in Pedagogy Summit
One-day workshop on high-engagement learning techniques and the
innovative use of technology within and outside of the classroom.
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Whittier College
2012-13
Instructor of record, Environmental Anthropology (Fall)
Instructor of record, Theory in Anthropology (Spring)
Instructor of record, Political Ecology (Spring)
2011-12
Instructor of record, Environmental Anthropology (Fall)
Instructor of record, Environmental Anthropology (Spring)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011
Participant, UNC Future Faculty Fellowship Program
Five-day seminar on pedagogy and professionalization. Topics: designing
courses focused on critical thinking and higher-order learning, evaluating
student learning, and balancing teaching with scholarly responsibilities.
2010
Teaching assistant, Anthropology of Development
2007
Teaching assistant, Anthropology of Consciousness and Symbols
2003
Instructor, Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
RESEARCH TRAINING and EXPERIENCE
2014
Ethnographic Research in Urban Panama
Conducted one month of interviews and participant observation for NSFfunded research on water access and distribution in Panama City and Colon.
2010
Ethnographic Research in Rural North Carolina
Conducted two months of interviews, qualitative analysis, and film work as
part of a research project studying local food systems in Warren County, NC.
2006-10
Dissertation Research in Panama and the United States
Carried out 21 months of ethnographic and archival research on land use
and environmental governance in the region around the Panama Canal.
2009
AIMES YSN Workshop in Historical Ecology
Attended weeklong workshop on integrating biophysical, archival, and
ethnographic evidence to study historical ecology and environmental history.
2004-08
NSF IGERT Program in Population and Environment
Received a fellowship providing integrated training in the social, natural, and
spatial sciences around social and environmental issues at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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2004-08
UNC-Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center Ecuador Project
Participated as member of interdisciplinary team project on land use and
socio-environmental change in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
2007
NSF Summer Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology
Participated in three-week intensive training in anthropological research
methods, systematic data collection, and data analysis techniques.
2003-04
Ethnographic Research in the Ecuadorian Andes
Designed and conducted six months of ethnographic research in indigenous
Quichua communities on perceptions of forests, development, and ecological
change as part of a community-based natural resource management project.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Proposal Reviewer
National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Program
Manuscript Reviewer
Economic Anthropology
Environmental History
Journal of Latin American Geography
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
Social Studies of Science
Leadership and Service Positions
2014
Member, Award Committee for the 2014 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize
(best article on relationship between technology and environment in history)
2007
Research Assistant, American Anthropological Association Ad Hoc
Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the U.S. Security and
Intelligence Communities. James Peacock, Chair
2006-07
Chair, Society for Applied Anthropology Student Committee
2005-06
Vice-Chair, Society for Applied Anthropology Student Committee
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