Gordon Ulmer
Ph.D. Candidate Department of Anthropology OSU
“Extraction, Conservation, and Contingent Labor in the Peruvian Amazon”
Gordon Lewis Ulmer is a Ph.D. candidate of anthropology at The Ohio State University. He has been traveling to Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru since 2008, documenting the role conservation-based labor has played in the lives of local and migrant Peruvians in the region. He was recently awarded a year-long Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship. With this support, Gordon will conduct ethnographic research in Andes and Amazonia Peru from April 2014 through April 2015.
Gordon's research focuses on the interconnections and interdependencies of conservation-based labor (e.g., ecotourism, NGO work, etc.) and extractive labor (e.g., gold mining, logging, hydro-carbon exploration, etc.). For this brownbag lunch talk he will present findings from his ethnographic research over the years and discuss the year-long dissertation project he plans to commence this April. In his talk, he will examine the material, social, and cultural outcomes for families that have depended on livelihoods in both natural resource extraction and biodiversity conservation.
You can follow Gordon’s work on his website.
Lunch will be provided for all participants. To confirm your attendance please RSVP to Michelle Wibblesman.
