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Regional interestsThailand, mainland Southeast Asia Thailand, mainland Southeast Asia 19861986--

Venezuela, AmazonVenezuela, Amazon1974 1974 --

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Although I have not conducted any fieldwork in the Amazon since 1981, I have retained a keen interest in the region, followed the literature as much as feasible, and occasionally publish something on some topic within the region. However, in joining UHM I was required to add a region within the Pacific or Asia to my research and teaching. Initially I was headed to Southeast Asia to retain some continuity through tropical forest ecology, and after marriage settled on the country of Thailand which has many advantages not the least of which is wonderful cuisine.

Southeast Asia2000, "Identities, Ecologies, Rights, and Futures: All 2000, "Identities, Ecologies, Rights, and Futures: All Endangered," in Endangered," in Endangered Peoples of Southeast and Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and ThriveEast Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive, Leslie E. , Leslie E. SponselSponsel, ed., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Ch. 1, pp. , ed., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Ch. 1, pp. 11--22.22.

1998, "The Historical Ecology of Thailand: Increasing 1998, "The Historical Ecology of Thailand: Increasing Thresholds of Human Environmental Impact from Thresholds of Human Environmental Impact from Prehistory to the Present," in Prehistory to the Present," in Advances in Historical Advances in Historical EcologyEcology, William , William BaleeBalee, ed. New York, NY: Columbia , ed. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, Ch. 17, pp. 376University Press, Ch. 17, pp. 376--404. 404.

http://www.earthscape.org/r3/ES14449/balee.htmlhttp://www.earthscape.org/r3/ES14449/balee.html

http://www.earthscape.org/r3/ES14449/balee.html

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First row: George Lovelace, Chavivun Prachuabmoh, Alice Dewey, Wilma Fujii, Ho Ton Trinh, Roger Long, Les Sponsel. Second row: June Prill-Brett, Geoffrey Benjamin, Otto Soemarwoto, Peter Pirie, J. Peter Brosius. Third row: Aram Yengoyan, A. Terry Rambo, Karl Hutterer, Gerald Hickey, and Neil Jamieson. Revised papers from the conference were published in: Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia, Karl Hutterer, A. Terry Rambo, and George Lovelace, eds., 1985, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan South and Southeast Asia Studies Center.

Landscape at sunset in southern Thailand

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Landscape in southern Thailand near Pattani.

On the right, Sulak On the right, Sulak SivaraksaSivaraksa –– famous publisher, prolific famous publisher, prolific Thai author, social critic, and socially engaged BuddhistThai author, social critic, and socially engaged BuddhistOn the left, On the left, NilchaweeNilchawee SivaraskaSivaraska, , SulakSulak’’ss wifewifeIn the middle, Dr. Poranee In the middle, Dr. Poranee NatadechaNatadecha--SponselSponsel

http://www.sulakhttp://www.sulak--sivaraksa.comsivaraksa.com

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From right to left, Sulak Sivaraksa, Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel, and Nilchawee Sivaraksa. Sulak is famous in Thailand and worldwide as a socially engaged Buddhist scholar, author, editor, publisher, social critic, and activist. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace prize several times. Among his many books are Siamese Resurgence; Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society; Buddhist Perception for Desirable Societies in the Future; and Global Healing: Essays and Interviews on Structural Violence, Social Development, and Spiritual Transformation, and recently The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century. Sulak was also one of my wife’s professors at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, he was her supervisor in her first job in a book publishing firm in Bangkok. My wife and I have been honored to publish several chapters in various books edited by Sulak and an article in his journal Seeds of Peace. He is a great inspiration to many, and we are most fortunate to know him as a dear friend and colleague.

http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.com/



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Gathering in Honolulu of some of Sulak’s closest friends and colleagues on the occasion of his visit for a guest lecture in the Reverend Yoshi Fujitani Peace and Justice program at Chaminade University.

Some books that have been especially influential for me

Theoretical AnthropologyTheoretical Anthropology –– David David BidneyBidney 1957/19671957/1967

Reinventing AnthropologyReinventing Anthropology –– Dell Dell HymesHymes, ed., 1969/1999, ed., 1969/1999

Victims of ProgressVictims of Progress –– John H. John H. BodleyBodley, 1982/2008, 1982/2008

Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the AmazonDevastated the Amazon –– Patrick Tierney, 2000/2001Patrick Tierney, 2000/2001

NonkillingNonkilling Global Political ScienceGlobal Political Science –– Glen D. Paige 2002/2009Glen D. Paige 2002/2009

Ritual and Religion in the Making of HumanityRitual and Religion in the Making of Humanity –– Roy A. Roy A. RappaportRappaport 19991999

Ethics for the New MillenniumEthics for the New Millennium –– HH 14HH 14thth Dalai Lama of TibetDalai Lama of Tibet

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Recently I asked my self what have been the most influential books in my career so far? While a graduate student in anthropology at Cornell I discovered Reinventing Anthropology in a bookstore in Ithaca. Until reading this book, I had been naïve about the elements of colonialism, ethnocentrism, and racism in anthropology which were never really exposed and critically discussed in any of my courses in cultural anthropology until as a student I raised some of the issues in a seminar on the Ethnology of Lowland South America which noticeably disturbed the professor. The book was painful for me to read, but it remedied some of my innocent understanding of anthropology. I first read Victims of Progress in 1981 when I was starting to teach a course on cultural change at UHM. One of my students from the Marshall Islands burst into tears while the class was discussing the book, it was just much to close to her own experience. Darkness in El Dorado was published in 2000 by Patrick Tierney who made a multitude of diverse allegations about unethical conduct by some researchers working with the Yanomami, some of which were well known for years. Reinventing Anthropology exposes lingering elements of colonialism, ethnocentrism, racism, and the like in anthropology. Victims of Progress is about the undeclared war of so-called Western civilization against the so-called “primitive” world, the context in which anthropology emerged. In Darkness in El Dorado Tierney alleges that numerous, diverse, and repeated abuses of professional ethics by some researchers among the Yanomami led to violations of their human rights. The controversy is reviewed in one of the articles I was invited to write for the Encyclopedia of Anthropology by editor James Birx. On my homepage I explain why I became peripherally involved in the controversy and have contributed to the ensuing discussion and debate for years since Tierney’s book was published in 2000. The controversy also stimulated me to develop a new course, 410 Ethics in Anthropology. The syllabus and extensive resource guide is available on the website of the American Anthropological Association under the Committee on Ethics: http://aaanet.org. .

University of Hawaiì campus trees

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Here are some of the more magnificent trees on the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaiì. Clockwise from the upper left is the mall or walkway lined with monkeypods or raintrees (Samanea saman); next a bo or bodhi (Ficus religiosa) at the corner of the Queen Liliùokalani Center for Student Services building; then an African baobab (Adansonia digitata) at the corner of the Art Building in the lower left; and finally a Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa) near the Hawaiì Peace Memorial at the side of Kennedy Theatre in the lower right. The bo was planted by the graduating class of 1912 and is supposed to be from a cutting in Sri Lanka, a descendant of the original tree under which the Buddha reached enlightenment.

1981, first year at the University of Hawai`i, Manoa

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My first regular full-time job as a professor of anthropology stared in 1981 at the University of Hawai`i, main campus of Manoa.

U H ManoaEcological Anthropology ProgramEcological Anthropology Program

(1981(1981--2010)2010)

Spiritual Ecology ConcentrationSpiritual Ecology Concentration(2003(2003--2010)2010)

Environmental Anthropology andEnvironmental Anthropology andConflict Resolution ConcentrationConflict Resolution Concentration

(2003(2003--2010)2010)

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In 1981 I was hired as an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at UH to develop and direct the Ecological Anthropology Program. I have honored that contract and the results can be seen in the Department website, my homepage under the Ecological Anthropology Program, and in the positions and accomplishments of alumni. In 1981 only two ecology courses were offered: 415 Ecological Anthropology and 620H Human Ecology. I added 340 Primate Behavior and Ecology, and in 2003 the 444 Spiritual Ecology, 445 Sacred Places, and 482 Environmental Anthropology courses. These courses were part of the two concentrations developed in 2003, Environmental Anthropology and Conflict Resolution Concentration, and Spiritual Ecology Concentration. Since 1981 I have had the privilege of working with some superb students for their M.A. and/or Ph.D. degrees with a specialization in ecological anthropology, and then following with amazement their creative career development. They are listed in a later slide.

Definition – Ecological Anthropology

explores how culture influences the explores how culture influences the dynamic interactions betweendynamic interactions betweenhuman populations and human populations and the ecosystems in theirthe ecosystems in theirhabitat through time.habitat through time.

““Ecological AnthropologyEcological Anthropology”” 2007,2007,http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecological_anthropologyhttp://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecological_anthropology

By far the best book for introductory survey:By far the best book for introductory survey:

Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to PoliciesEnvironmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies, , Patricia K. Townsend, 2009, Patricia K. Townsend, 2009, Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecological_anthropology

Main courses150 Human Adaptation150 Human Adaptation200 Cultural Anthropology200 Cultural Anthropology340 Primate Behavior and Ecology340 Primate Behavior and Ecology345 Aggression, War, and Peace345 Aggression, War, and Peace410 Ethics in Anthropology410 Ethics in Anthropology415 Ecological Anthropology415 Ecological Anthropology422 Anthropology of Religion422 Anthropology of Religion423 Social and Cultural Change423 Social and Cultural Change435 Human Adaptation to Forests435 Human Adaptation to Forests443 Anthropology of Buddhism443 Anthropology of Buddhism444 Spiritual Ecology444 Spiritual Ecology445 Sacred Places445 Sacred Places482 Environmental Anthropology482 Environmental Anthropology620 Human Ecology620 Human Ecology

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In addition to the above I have taught other courses: 215 Physical Anthropology, 307 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology, 385C Undergraduate Proseminar: Internet Anthropology, 699 Thai Studies, 750D Research Seminar (ethics and politics of anthropology). I have also taught four courses as a volunteer in the Osher Academy of Lifelong Learning on sacred trees, sacred places , spiritual ecology, Buddhist ecology, sacred caves, and so on. Even after nearly three decades of teaching, it continues to be rewarding because there are always some superb students in every class and most of all because I continue to read, learn, and test out new material and ideas. I never teach the same course twice; that is, my courses are not only continually updated and revised, but also reworked substantially from new angles and methods. Teaching is experimental.

Ph.D.’s (served as committee member, several as chair)

Thomas Headland Thomas Headland –– Summer Institute of LinguisticsSummer Institute of LinguisticsCarolyn Cook Carolyn Cook –– Freeport Mining & Freeport Mining & AmungAmung--me, me, IrianIrian JayaJayaUshaUsha Prasad Prasad –– applied anthropology consultant, HIapplied anthropology consultant, HIAkiroAkiro GotoGoto -- Miyagi WomenMiyagi Women’’s College, Japans College, JapanRajindraRajindra PuriPuri –– U Kent, Canterbury, UKU Kent, Canterbury, UKShankarShankar AswaniAswani –– UC Santa BarbaraUC Santa BarbaraFrozoFrozo DaniggelisDaniggelis –– U U Hawai`iHawai`iNarumonNarumon HinshirananHinshiranan –– Chulalongkorn U, BangkokChulalongkorn U, BangkokMorgan Brent Morgan Brent –– spiritual ecology researcher and teacherspiritual ecology researcher and teacherDavid Adams David Adams –– Institute of Cultural EcologyInstitute of Cultural EcologyGlenn Glenn DolcemascaloDolcemascalo –– UNESCOUNESCOEric Cunningham Eric Cunningham -- UHMUHM

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Other students who has specialized in ecological anthropology include: Rowe Cadelina, Ram Chhetri, Dilli Dahal, Cynthia Fowler, Barun Gurung, Kyle Latinis, Lye Tuck-Po, Chai Podhisita, Frank Thomas, David Welch, and Richard Wilen.

MA’s (served as committee member, mostly as chair)

David AdamsDavid AdamsShankarShankar AswaniAswaniMorgan BrentMorgan BrentChalitaChalita BundhuwongBundhuwongAnnie ClausAnnie ClausCarolyn CookCarolyn CookEric CunninghamEric CunninghamEphrosineEphrosine DaniggelisDaniggelisGlenn Glenn DolcemascaloDolcemascaloCynthia FowlerCynthia FowlerLynn FukudaLynn FukudaKate Kate GilloglyGillogly

Corey HayashiCorey HayashiNarumonNarumon HinshirananHinshirananPaula Paula LoyaLoyaRegina LunaRegina LunaRyan Ryan LuskinLuskinTamara Tamara LuthyLuthyMicah Morton Micah Morton PhongPhong NguyenNguyenThaoThao Cong NguyenCong NguyenUshaUsha PrasadPrasadRajindraRajindra PurPurTorstenTorsten RingbergRingbergRobbanRobban TolenoToleno

EAP alumni in session at 2009 AAA meetings - left to right in back row: Morgan Zedalis, Aletta Biersack (guest discussant), Patricia Townsend (guest discussant), Marla Chassels, Merrily Stover, Ephrosine Daniggelis, Cynthia Fowler, and front row Morgan Brent, Leslie Sponsel, Thomas Headland, Eric Cunningham

EAP students with MA finishing doctorate as of 2012

ChalitaChalita BundhuwongBundhuwong -- ThailandThailandMarla Marla ChasselsChassels -- ThailandThailandEric Cunningham Eric Cunningham -- JapanJapanRegina Luna Regina Luna –– Hawai`iHawai`iTamara Tamara LuthyLuthy -- IndiaIndiaThaoThao Cong Nguyen Cong Nguyen -- VietnamVietnam

Websites of some EAP alumniDavid AdamsDavid Adamshttp://www.culturalhttp://www.cultural--ecology.comecology.comShankarShankar AswaniAswanihttp://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/aswani/http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/aswani/Morgan BrentMorgan Brenthttp://www.tribesofcreation.comhttp://www.tribesofcreation.comEric CunninghamEric Cunninghamhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~ericjc/In_the_Pines/Welcome.htmlhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~ericjc/In_the_Pines/Welcome.htmlRyan Ryan LuskinLuskinhttp://www.savagesailing.comhttp://www.savagesailing.comRajindraRajindra PuriPurihttp://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/staffhttp://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff--profiles/profiles/environprofiles/profiles/environ--

anthropology/academicanthropology/academic--staff/puri_rajindra.htmlstaff/puri_rajindra.html

http://www.cultural-ecology.com/



http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/aswani/

http://www.tribesofcreation.com/

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ericjc/In_the_Pines/Welcome.html

http://www.savagesailing.com/

http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles/profiles/environ-anthropology/academic-staff/puri_rajindra.html







UH affiliations

Center for Southeast Asian StudiesCenter for Southeast Asian Studies

Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation BiologyBiology

Resource Management CertificateResource Management Certificate

Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for PeaceSpark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace

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I was one of the founding members of the last three programs, and for a few years chaired the Thai Studies Committee.

My successor in ecological anthropology at UHM

Jonathan Jonathan PadwePadwe

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Padwe/index.hthttp://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Padwe/index.htmlmlhttp://www.meatradio.com/http://www.meatradio.com/

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Padwe/index.html

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Padwe/index.html

http://www.meatradio.com/

My current projects (2012)Research Institute for Spiritual Ecology (RISE)Research Institute for Spiritual Ecology (RISE)

Developing program and websiteDeveloping program and website

ResearchResearchBuddhist Monks and Sacred Caves in Thailand Buddhist Monks and Sacred Caves in Thailand (annual fieldwork)(annual fieldwork)Buddhist Environmentalism in the USABuddhist Environmentalism in the USA(internet and other research)(internet and other research)

BooksBooksNatural Wisdom: Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist EcologyMeditations on Buddhist Ecology (book)(book)Ecocide or Ecocide or EcosanityEcosanity? ? An Ecological Anthropology of DiversityAn Ecological Anthropology of Diversity (textbook)(textbook)

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Since retiring in August 2010 I have been able to devote full time to research and writing, except for teaching one course a semester. My aim is to collate previous journal articles and book chapters into a succession of books on different subjects including Buddhist ecology and environmentalism, ecological anthropology, anthropology of war and peace, and the Amazon, Yanomami, and Darkness in El Dorado.

Sacred Cave Research

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Sacred cave in northern Thailand

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This photo was taken in July 2005 at the request of a Buddhist monk at a sacred cave in northern Thailand. My wife, Dr. Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel and I are collaborate in exploring the relationship between Buddhist monks and sacred caves in Thailand. Background library research and publications on this project began in 2003, while annual trips to Thailand have provided the opportunity to visit numerous sacred caves.

Encyclopedia of Earth, 2007 http://www.eoearth.org

““Religion, Nature and Religion, Nature and EnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism””

““Sacred Places andSacred Places andBiodiversity ConservationBiodiversity Conservation””

http://www.eoearth.org/

2004,"Illuminating Darkness: The Monk2004,"Illuminating Darkness: The Monk--CaveCave--BatBat--Ecosystem Complex in Thailand,Ecosystem Complex in Thailand,““ (with (with PoraneePoranee NatadechaNatadecha--SponselSponsel)," in )," in This Sacred This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, EnvironmentEarth: Religion, Nature, Environment, Roger S. , Roger S. Gottlieb, ed., New York, NY: Gottlieb, ed., New York, NY: RoutledgeRoutledge, pp. , pp. 134134--144. (reprinted from 144. (reprinted from Socially Engaged Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Spirituality: Essays in HonorHonor of of SulakSulakSivaraaksaSivaraaksa, David W. , David W. ChappelChappel, ed., 2003, pp. , ed., 2003, pp. 255255--270).270).

2012, 2012, ““Sacred Caves of the World: Illuminating Sacred Caves of the World: Illuminating Darkness,Darkness,”” in in The Changing World Religions The Changing World Religions MapMap, Stan , Stan BrunnBrunn, ed., New York, NY: , ed., New York, NY: Springer. Springer.

For more information:

http://www.spiritualecology.info

http://www.eiine.com/rise/

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Emeritus/Sponsel/index.html

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/Sponsel

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Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vered Amit, ed., 2004, pp. 485-486.

http://www.spiritualecology.info/

http://www.eiine.com/rise/

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/People/Faculty/Emeritus/Sponsel/index.html

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/Sponsel

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