Research
My work, both in and outside of academia, is inspired by posthumanist thinking, decolonial critique and the ontological turn in Anthropology.
Over the years, I have developed a passion for exploring and tracing the entangled everyday lives of human and more-than-human actors – be they plants, spirits or AI – as well as how these entanglements become politically relevant in light of colonial continuities.
I am particularly charmed by learning from and about the politics of medicinal plants, herbalism, human-vegetal relations and becomings. This interest is also reflected by my current doctoral research “More than Weeds: Shipibo-Konibo Herbalism, Human-Plant Collaborations and Ontological Politics in the Eastern Peruvian Amazon”.
My enchantment with medicinal plants, human-plant relations and their politics, however, falls beyond my academic pursuits; it has been born out of my own reflexive processes, philosophical wonderings, ideological and political positioning. As such, it shapes my thinking, writing and teaching as much as my engagement with the world(s) at large.
Current Projects
"More than Weeds": Shipibo-Konibo Herbalism, human-plant collaborations and ontological politics in the Peruvian Amazon (2020-2026)
In my current doctoral research, I explore how everyday Shipibo-Konibo herbalism and human-plant collaborations become politicized and entangled with larger struggles for decolonization and Indigenous self-determination in the Eastern Peruvian Amazon.
"It takes more than drumming!" - Pagan Goddess Worship and Environmental Practices in Glastonbury, UK (2017-2018)
In this research, I explored the links between Pagan Goddess worship, environmental practices and everyday life in Glastonbury. Through people’s stories, I have illustrated how Goddess worship forms a larger assemblage that entangles religiosity and environment and that shapes their daily lives in multiple ways.
Book Project: For the Goddess' Sake - Pagan Practices & Ecological Citizenship in Glastonbury, UK
In this book project - based on my Master's research "It takes more than drumming!" (2017-2018) - I highlight the intersections of Pagan practices, ecology and everyday life to show how the spiritualization of ecology is an everyday negotiation in religiosity that encourages political consciousness among Pagan believers.
