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Sophie Chao

Sophie Chao

Sophie Chao is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney. Her research investigates the intersections of Indigeneity, ecology, capitalism, health, and justice in the Pacific. Chao is author of In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua and co-editor of The Promise of Multispecies Justice.

More-Than-Human Becomings with Sophie Chao, Winner of the ECR Book Prize 2024

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Congratulations on being awarded the ASAA Early Career Book Prize 2024! Can you tell us a bit about the book? What’s the topic explored, and how did you first become interested in the topic? In the Shadow of the Palms is an ethnographic account of one Indigenous community’s encounter with oil palm in the Indonesian-controlled […]

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In the Shadow of the Palms: Plant-Human Relations Among the Marind-Anim, West Papua – Sophie Chao, John Legge Thesis Prize Winner

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Can you tell us a bit about your thesis. What’s the problem it explores and what did you find? My thesis, In the Shadow of the Palms: Plant-Human Relations among Marind, West Papua, investigates how Indigenous Marind communities in the Indonesian-controlled region of West Papua experience, conceptualize, and contest the adverse social and environmental impacts

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