Tamara Britton-Mendieta

Anthropologist. PhD student. Forest wanderer. Studying relationships btwn people-primates-bamboo in Ecuador. #ethnoprimatology #agroforestry #localknowledge

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Just participated in the Wildlife Acoustics Primates You May Have Missed webinar - was fascinated to learn the discovery of ultrasonic “doublet-click calls” from Javan slow loris’s to sneakily communicate w/out predator detection. PAM is so cool! #primateswebinar #littlefireface

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Just posted a video https://t.co/7l98XwbgGH

[Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca Ecuador 🇪🇨 @AgriculturaEc]

#ConLasBotasPuestas recorremos la productiva provincia de Manabí donde entregamos y anunciamos nuevas inversiones y líneas de crédito para bambú, sistemas de riego parcelario, títulos de tierra y más. ¡La #PolíticaAgropecuaria está en marcha!👇🏻

[BanEcuador @BanEcuadorBP]

Presentamos el #CréditoCañaGuadua, producto financiero desarrollado junto a @AgriculturaEc, para impulsar y poner más énfasis en el cultivo y producción de este material nativo de gran versatilidad.

Más detalles en: https://t.co/QnRdXZt4Ct

#ConLasBotasPuestas

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

@LaurenGilhooly_ Sounds like my entire holiday season around the dinner table... the same argument over and over *bangs head against wall* thankful for brandy.

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

@WesternAnthro @WesternU I LOVE this video SO much. We really do have THE BEST department!!!! Congratulations class of 2020!!!! #purpleandproud

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

@A_Kim_Clark @uasbecuador @LASAECUADOR Thanks for sharing!

[INBAR @INBARofficial]

Can you name five species which rely on bamboo or rattan for their food & habitat? Read INBAR's short fact sheet to find out why these plants play such an important role in biodiversity conservation https://t.co/68i0VkRmtu 🐼🦍🐒🐦🐸🕷️ #biodiversity #naturebasedsolutions

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

@A_Kim_Clark @visualplague If you haven’t yet, check out “Muddying the waters: A Political Ecology of Mosquito-borne disease in Coastal Ecuador” (2019) PDF free online! It shared some interesting inights on preference for state intervention and gendered knowledges that could parallel with Covid response.

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Patchy internet has its perks... the best thing about working from up north is reading in front of a crackling fireplace #happyplace #phdlife #nodistractions🚫 @ Cashel Lake (sjö i Kanada,… https://t.co/kscL5tPNl0

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Awesome news!...any room for inter-university collaboration here???... *hint hint?!* #bambooresearch #coastalecuador #regenerationfieldinstitue #pacoche

[INBAR @INBARofficial]

The Faculty of #Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver has launched a dedicated research group for studying the environmental, social & economic potential of #bamboo 🎍 🎓

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/CcCBIGYSUJ

#INBAR #News @ubcforestry #Canada 🇨🇦 @UBC

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Shout outs to my super supervisor Dr. Colquhoun! #purpleandproud

[WesternUAnthropology @WesternAnthro]

New and newsworthy! Dr. Ian C Colquhoun served as Lead Compiler as well as an Assessor on a recent International Union for the Conservation of Nature iucn_congress report on the Black Lemur. He was instrumental in… https://t.co/rFeoSnbO8m

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Distressed learning about contradictions btwn policy & practise in EC’s “sustainable” forestry and agro-production laws (1st country in the world to grant the Rights of Nature) - who REALLY wins and loses with these national polices/certifications? #inequality #westernscience

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Redistributing power in primatology by changing the conservation conversation to focus on local narratives & epistemologies was one key piece of advice I took away from the @peopleprimate webinar #DecolonizePrimatology now available to watch anytime from https://t.co/YS2xRin7oA

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Once an area is declared protected it’s PROTECTED right? Wrong... the politics of PAs in Ecuador - Legal case to stop gov’t mining concessions in PA’s home to critically endangered species and communities against extractive industries in their backyards.https://t.co/kE1UkTTjXk

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

So what exactly IS anthropology? Western grad students and faculty break it down for you in this great vid from 2014... #purpleandproud https://t.co/qQxZSiYXdS

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Another tragic impact of COVID on the environment and people’s livelihoods. Highlights the importance of community-based conservation action. In solidarity with the park guards across Ecuador who lost their jobs this Friday. #TodosSomosGuardaparques https://t.co/ntVgOXQ6m2

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Reading for quals doesn’t need to be so bad ☀️ 🌳 🌲 🌸 learning about the costs and benefits of commodification for conservation #phdlifd #anthropology #happyplace @ London, Ontario https://t.co/CJCKcWDGG6

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

@AndrewandOsiris #nocturnalanimals

[Tamara Britton-Mendieta @anthroxplore]

Looking at PAs in a different light as a form of concessions and a part of the “global consumer economy”...I can’t put this book down! #protectedareasandwildlife #phdlife… https://t.co/cw2UBHVR1l