Book Talk: Hanna Garth and Jerry Zee

Jerry Zee, assistant professor of anthropology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and Hanna Garth, assistant professor of anthropology, will discuss their recently published books with Alex Blanchette, associate professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Tufts University, along with special guests.

Zee will talk about his book, “Continent in Dust: Continent in Dust Experiments in a Chinese Weather System,” which offers an anthropology of strange weather, focusing on intersections among statecraft, landscape, atmosphere and society. Garth will discuss her debut book, “Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal,” based on her ethnographic research in Santiago de Cuba that reveals the ways that food distribution systems can also have detrimental effects on individual and community wellbeing.

This event will be held in-person in Aaron Burr Hall, Room 219, (PUID only), and via Zoom meeting (open to all).

This event is hosted by the Department of Anthropology and co-sponsored by HMEI and the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China at Princeton.

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Book Talk: Hanna Garth and Jerry Zee

Event Date

Thu, Mar 31, 2022 ・ 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Location

219 Aaron Burr Hall; Zoom meeting

Jerry Zee, assistant professor of anthropology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and Hanna Garth, assistant professor of anthropology, will discuss their recently published books with Alex Blanchette, associate professor of anthropology and environmental studies at Tufts University, along with special guests.

Zee will talk about his book, “Continent in Dust: Continent in Dust Experiments in a Chinese Weather System,” which offers an anthropology of strange weather, focusing on intersections among statecraft, landscape, atmosphere and society. Garth will discuss her debut book, “Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal,” based on her ethnographic research in Santiago de Cuba that reveals the ways that food distribution systems can also have detrimental effects on individual and community wellbeing.

This event will be held in-person in Aaron Burr Hall, Room 219, (PUID only), and via Zoom meeting (open to all).

This event is hosted by the Department of Anthropology and co-sponsored by HMEI and the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China at Princeton.