Field Notes


  • Interpreters of Dreams in the Ecuadorian Amazon

    Interpreters of Dreams in the Ecuadorian Amazon

    By: Karla García During field research in Ecuador, the author encountered several practices that could be conceptualized as socio-ecological initiatives. One of them was dream interpretation at an environmental NGO,…


  • The King of Fruits Needs Space

    The King of Fruits Needs Space

    By Judith Bopp: On a particularly hot and dry morning in early May, my friend—a local farmer—and I loaded a canoe into the car and made our way to the…


  • On Moral Grounds? Carbon Futures for Lowland Peat

    On Moral Grounds? Carbon Futures for Lowland Peat

    By Aneurin Merrill-Glover: Across Europe, peatlands have nurtured sophisticated and distinctive socio-ecological systems for thousands of years. The process of restoring these unique landscapes—or “peatscapes”—is one that is neither strictly…