Research

12 hours. It took 12 hours for us to reach Tahuanía from the port in Pucallpa. We went together, but barely spoke. The water was so close to the edge of the rápido and I wanted to ask “is this safe?” so many times. “They’re guided by a night navigator.” (Reflection, 7 June 2024, Tahuanía).…

A simple question challenged me: “Are you excited to start your PhD?” To answer it as simply as possible, of course I am excited to begin! After being rejected from a program before and facing the disappointment of walking through that process, I can’t believe I finally got accepted into a cohort of only 4–5…

As another post of mine noted, I was privileged enough in 2024 to be able to travel to the Peruvian Amazon for my MA fieldwork season for four months. It is an incredibly diverse and interesting place. The following post contains several galleries for you to peruse. Landscapes Transportation Buildings and infrastructure Food Education

I am often struck by how little human geographers wish to engage with religion. At risk of making unfair assumptions, it seems that they would rather avoid the topic altogether. Over time, and especially while writing one of my manuscripts, I found myself theorizing more on this question of ‘why?’ For a field that so…

Being trained as a geographer, there are very few opportunities to study religion in the way a scholar of religion typically would. To be transparent, I am still trying to understand how my work can effectively bridge the gap between these disciplines. In the summer of 2024, I was delighted to be able to travel…