Anthropological Niche

I have spent approximately one year living in eastern Madagascar and plan to return again soon. I have posted general information about Madagascar, an overview of Madagascar's history, and a few links. I hope to post more information for researchers, student, and traverlers in the near future. Until then, here are a few of my published writings on Madagascar:

In Press

• Vary Gasy: Meanings of Rice and Implications for Agricultural Development in Eastern Madagascar. Plantes et sociétés dans l’océan Indien occidental [Plants and People in the Western Indian Ocean]. Études Océan Indien 43(2).

Published

• 2009 Belief Systems and Stakeholders in Madagascar's Swidden Farming. Current Conservation 2(4):14.
• 2008 Madagascar. In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. George Philander, ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
• 2008 Geographic Overviews, Africa (East): Madagascar and Surrounding Islands. In Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Deborah M. Pearsall, ed. Pp. 17-19. Elsevier.
• 2006 Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems. Conservation and Society 4(2):287-303
• 2006 Tanim-Bary Rituals Among the Betsimisaraka in Andasibe. Taloha 16-17.
• 2006 Rituels des Tanim-bary Chez Les Bestsimisaraka D'Andasibe. Translated by L. Modeste Rakotondrasoa. Taloha 16-17.
• 2005 Agriculture in Madagascar: Conservation and Cultural Meanings of Rice. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut.