-SMcM.jpg "The jigsaw puzzle in its infancy (and still not yet finished).")
What do Lichens have to do with people? This was a question I puzzled over as I attempted to write a blog that would allow me to showcase photographs of cool Lichens taken while momentarily sidetracked from my focus on the study of humans. The first lichen I noticed I thought looked like coral—my developing appreciation of lichens trailing my enjoyment of diving. I guess one can only group a new thing in relation with the kinds of things one already knows about.
As I...
Campbell Island, a small dot located in the furious fifties, is of immense importance to professional scientists and amateur naturalists alike. These intrepid present day voyagers brave rough seas and a hostile climate to experience the unique flora and fauna. Over the next nine weeks I’ll be studying the people who visit this remote location to answer questions about how they relate to the social and natural environment that surrounds them. In addition to my study of others, this...
Carla holds an MSc in Mathematics and Statistics and is completing a PhD in Environmental Anthropology. She has worked as a field research assistant to ecologists and has applied her quantitative skills in the analysis of both social and ecological environmental management research problems.
Carla’s current research interests focus on understanding the ways people relate to their environment and the roles of direct perceptual experience, the media, and scientific knowledge...
