Paul Nadasdy has a joint appointment in Anthropology and American Indian Studies. Among his principal research interests is the negotiation and implementation of indigenous land claim and self-government agreements in the Yukon, Canada, where he has been carrying out ethnographic research for 17 years. As an anthropologist, Nadasdy is interested not only in the political implications of these treaties, but in the cultural processes and understandings involved in their negotiation […]
Nancy Chau is a Professor at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and an International Professor at CALS. Her current research in the area of land economics juxtaposes the need for agricultural land preservation and the public finance implications of urban land use in the Chinese context. She is working on two specific topics of interest to this project: 1. Harnessing the Forces of Urban Expansion to Strengthen […]