Jonathan Padwe is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. His research explores the connections between history, memory, agriculture and the environment. He recently completed his dissertation, Garden Variety Histories: Stories About Farming at the End of the World. The dissertation is based on three years of ethnographic field research with the Jarai highland minority group of northeast Cambodia. He previously conducted extensive field research with the Aché, a formerly nomadic hunter-gatherer group in eastern Paraguay.
Why "MeatRadio"?
In Paraguay, radio so'o -- literally 'meat radio' -- refers to information, gossip, or news. The term, a hybrid of Spanish and Guaraní, points to a fact of rural life: when your neighbor is having people over for a barbecue, news travels.
MeatRadio is not a blog, but the ephemera section is somewhat blog-like.
