About
I study the role of biotechnology in mediating agrarian social movements in the Philippines, particularly in the realms of rice agriculture and seed conservation. I am interested in the anthropology of scale, i.e., the frictions between micropolitical (kinship, ecology) and macropolitical (hegemony, metabolic rift) analyses of globalized political subjectivity. My research interests lie in the intersection of environmental anthropology and science and technology studies (STS), located in the rice research facilities in Laguna, Philippines. From my background in sustainable engineering, as well as experiences in the food industry, I ask questions on the moral calculi of scientists, communications specialists, and activists that all work with agrarian groups, broadly touching on themes of hybridity and commodification. I am Kapampangan.
Research Interests
- agrarian studies
- collaborative agriculture
- environmental governance
- laboratory ethnography
- history of international science
- development studies in the Philippines
