Graduate StudentM.A., Anthropology, University of Washington, 2013M.Div., Theology and Religious Studies, Harvard University, 2009B.A., Environmental Studies and Religion, Dartmouth College,2004pjgriff@uw.eduFields of Interest American Indian/Native American Climate Change Critical Theory Ecology Environment Ethnography Indigenous Religion Social Justice Sociocultural Anthropology political ecologyenvironmental justicesocial artecotheologyBackground and ExperienceSummaryI am writing an engaged-ethnography of climate displacement and indigenous politics in the context of an intergenerational struggle for environmental justice in Kivalina, Alaska. My fieldwork is grounded through my role as a co-curator of the transdisciplinary collective Re-Locate (http://www.relocate-ak.org/)--working to support a community-led, culturally-specific village relocation process. Research Publications, Essays, Articles, and Book Chapters Gerace, Michael, P. Joshua Griffin, and Jen Marlow. "Re-Locate Reponse: Toward an Outline for an Ethnocompositionist Manifesto," Resillience: A Journal for the Environmental Humanities. Volume 2, No. 2, Spring 2015 pp. 119-123. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/597854/summary Re-Locate, "Frontline Communities are Making the Post-climate World," Creative Time Reports, December 11, 2015. http://creativetimereports.org/2015/12/11/relocate-kivalina/ Griffin, P. Joshua, Jennifer J. Marlow, and Michael Gerace. "Interior Secretary Has 'Much to Learn' from Kivalina's Iñupiaq Elders on Climate Change and Village Relocation." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 23 Feb. 2015. Web. Griffin, P. Joshua. "Ethics: Translation." , Cultural Anthropology website, April 17, 2013. http://www.culanth.org/fieldsights/221-ethics-translation "Griffin, P. Joshua. "Thresholds" in Anthropocene Unseen: A Lexicon. C. Howe and A. Pandian Eds. Punctum Books. https://punctumbooks.com/titles/anthropocene-unseen-a-lexicon/ (Forthcoming) Projects http://www.relocate-ak.org/ (Ongoing) Courses Taught Winter 2017 ANTH 210 AA: Introduction To Environmental Anthropology ANTH 210 AB: Introduction To Environmental Anthropology ANTH 210 AC: Introduction To Environmental Anthropology Additional CoursesUniversity of Washington Instructor: American Indians and the Law (American Indian Studies 335), Fall 2018 Anthropology of Religion University of Washington Teaching Assistantships: The Culture Concept (ANTH 208), Fall 2015 Cultural Politics of Diet and Nutrition (ANTH 311), Winter 2016 Environmental Anthropology Environmental Justice Seattle University Adjunct Faculty Religion, (In)equity, and Ecology (Religion and Theological Studies), Winter 2016 Religion, (In)equity, and Ecology (Religion and Theological Studies), Spring 2016 News & Events Related News Students | Alumni News 2017 Jun 8, 2017 Student | Alumni News 2015 May 1, 2015 Student | Alumni News 2014 May 1, 2014 Student | Alumni News 2013 Apr 1, 2013 Share: Print PDF
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