
Biography
Celia Lowe is Professor of Anthropology and International Studies and Director of the Southeast Asia Center at the University of Washington. Her work in Indonesia concerns the travels of scientific knowledge, expecially biological knowledge, between EuroAmerica and Southeast Asia. Her first book, Wild Profusion: Biodiversity Conservation in an Indonesian Archipelago, published by Princeton in 2006, examined the role of Indonesian's conservation biology in the creation of a new national park. She is currently working on a book on the recent H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Indonesia and is interested in the way new forms of biosecurity and risk were in play in relation to the disease. She contributes to work in the fields of science and technology studies, environmental humanities, and Southeast Asian studies.
Research
Research Advised
- Ulil, Amri. Of mysterious whispers and biodiesel : the engtanglement of religion and everyday environmental practices in Indonesia. Diss. of U of Washington. 2019.
- Romadhon, Dimas. Digital Health Knowledge Seeking Behavior within Nahdlatul Ulama Community in East Java Province, Indonesia. Pilot Research. 2019.
- Sutrisno, Evi. Negotiating the Confucian Religion in Indonesia: Invention, Resilience and Revival (1900-2010). Diss. U of Washington. 2018.
- Rivera, Rebeca F. Living Our Values, Living Our Hope Building Sustainable Lifestyles in Seattle Intentional Communities. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- Siscawati, Mia. Social Movements and Scientific Forestry Examining the Community Forestry Movement in Indonesia. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- Huang, Yu. Vibrant Risks Scientific Aquaculture and Political Ecologies in China. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- Unnō, ʻAnusō̜n. We Love 'Mr. King': Exceptional Sovereignty, Submissive Subjectivity, and Mediated Agency in Islamic Southern Thailand. Diss. U of Washington, 2011.
- Alipio, Cheryll. Libidinal Economies: Child Debts, Devotions, and Desires in Philippine Migrant Families. Diss. U of Washington, 2009.
- Sievanen, Leila. Social Seascapes, Political Landscapes: Conflict and Cooperation within an Indonesian Marine Park. Diss. U of Washington, 2008.