Anna Tsing

To study precarity is to study the uneven distribution of vulnerability and resilience.

The global supply chain is not a smooth conveyor belt; it is a series of messy, contingent encounters.

Ethnography is about paying attention to the details, to the small stories that reveal larger patterns.

The idea of 'progress' often obscures the violence and destruction that accompany capitalist expansion.

We need to move beyond anthropocentric perspectives to understand the complex interdependencies of life on Earth.

The Anthropocene is a challenge to our conventional ways of thinking about history, nature, and humanity.

To live well in the Anthropocene, we must learn to live with uncertainty and contingency.

The concept of 'assemblage' helps us to understand how diverse elements come together to form dynamic wholes.

The 'wild' is not a pristine, untouched nature but a dynamic space of human and nonhuman interaction.

To study the margins is to reveal the processes that shape the center.

The idea of 'globalization' often masks the uneven power relations that characterize global connections.

We need to cultivate a sense of wonder and curiosity about the nonhuman world.

The Anthropocene is a time of both profound loss and unexpected emergence.

To be an anthropologist in the Anthropocene is to be a witness to both destruction and resilience.

The concept of 'contamination' can be a source of creativity and new forms of life.

We need to learn to listen to the stories that nonhuman beings tell.

The idea of 'nature' as separate from 'culture' is a dangerous fiction in the Anthropocene.

The Anthropocene calls for a radical rethinking of our relationship with the Earth.

To understand the present, we must attend to the historical processes that have shaped it.

The concept of 'worlding' emphasizes the active, ongoing construction of worlds through human and nonhuman interactions.