Emily Benton Hite
Biographic Data
| ID | 166662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Benton Hite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily Benton |
| FAMILY NAME | Hite |
| SIGNATURE | HITE E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5326-6123 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Violent environments and the low-carbon energy transition
Two decades on, we seek to expand Peluso and Watt's seminal 'Violent Environments' (2001) with the advent of decarbonization efforts to transition to a low-carbon future, which can have violent outcomes for residing communities. Our expanded political ecology of violence coalesces the violences of extractivism inherent in the transition, which manifests at varying tempos (slow to fast) and degrees of legibility (invisible to visible). Our researc…
Green Extractivisms and Alternative Transitions
Latin America is deeply entangled with the technologies and infrastructures of low-carbon energy systems, mostly through the mining for transition materials and the installation of renewable energy projects. This review article highlights the history, contemporary panorama, and future of green energy in Latin America. The article also attends to the production of alternative transition models from Indigenous, Afro-descendant, worker, and activist…
Collaborative event ethnography of the UNFCCC Process
Before leaving Jaipur, India, for COP27 in Egypt, a small farmer questioned me: ‘Where are you off to now?’ she asked. ‘Egypt, for the climate change conference,’ I replied. ‘Will it bring any reli
Ferc, hydropower, and tribal rights
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is well positioned to help advance the United States' clean energy transition through their management of energy projects. One obstacle to achieving the transition is meaningful consultation with Tribal Nations. Following decades of conflict between tribes and FERC regarding infrastructure development, the agency issued a "policy statement on consultation with Indian tribes" in 2003. The Policy ackn…
The many-headed Hydra
This article explores the intersection of hydropower development and Indigenous rights within the context of climate governance. A historical rift between dam supporters and opponents has evolved into a contentious ebb and flow of dam proposal-resistance between hydropower industries and Indigenous communities around the world. Conflicts have recently intensified as dams are promoted as a climate mitigation strategy and are increasingly encroachi…
Political ecology of Costa Rica’s climate policy
Intersecting race, space, and place through community gardens
In this article, we examine the structure and meaning of community gardens in Florida's most cohesive and oldest African American community of Frenchtown in Tallahassee. Here, residents reclaim and transform empty spaces into places of engagement and empowerment, effectively resisting systemic racism. Using a mixed methods approach during a 5-week NSF-funded ethnographic field school with the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee, we counter the …
From Forests and Fields to Coffee and Back Again
Studies of coffee agroecosystems have focused on their role in providing habitat for biodiversity across a range of management intensities. These studies have not taken into account the temporal and spatial transformations in coffee landscapes and their impacts on structural heterogeneity and biodiversity, nor systematically linked these transformations to farmer management responses to price and policy shocks. We utilize a coupled natural–human …
Intersecting race, space, and place through community gardens
In this article, we examine the structure and meaning of community gardens in Florida's most cohesive and oldest African American community of Frenchtown in Tallahassee. Here, residents reclaim and transform empty spaces into places of engagement and empowerment, effectively resisting systemic racism. Using a mixed methods approach during a 5-week NSF-funded ethnographic field school with the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee, we counter the …
The many-headed Hydra
This article explores the intersection of hydropower development and Indigenous rights within the context of climate governance. A historical rift between dam supporters and opponents has evolved into a contentious ebb and flow of dam proposal-resistance between hydropower industries and Indigenous communities around the world. Conflicts have recently intensified as dams are promoted as a climate mitigation strategy and are increasingly encroachi…
Political ecology of Costa Rica’s climate policy
From Forests and Fields to Coffee and Back Again
Studies of coffee agroecosystems have focused on their role in providing habitat for biodiversity across a range of management intensities. These studies have not taken into account the temporal and spatial transformations in coffee landscapes and their impacts on structural heterogeneity and biodiversity, nor systematically linked these transformations to farmer management responses to price and policy shocks. We utilize a coupled natural–human …
Intersecting race, space, and place through community gardens
In this article, we examine the structure and meaning of community gardens in Florida's most cohesive and oldest African American community of Frenchtown in Tallahassee. Here, residents reclaim and transform empty spaces into places of engagement and empowerment, effectively resisting systemic racism. Using a mixed methods approach during a 5-week NSF-funded ethnographic field school with the Health Equity Alliance of Tallahassee, we counter the …
Political ecology of Costa Rica’s climate policy
The many-headed Hydra
This article explores the intersection of hydropower development and Indigenous rights within the context of climate governance. A historical rift between dam supporters and opponents has evolved into a contentious ebb and flow of dam proposal-resistance between hydropower industries and Indigenous communities around the world. Conflicts have recently intensified as dams are promoted as a climate mitigation strategy and are increasingly encroachi…
Collaborative event ethnography of the UNFCCC Process
Before leaving Jaipur, India, for COP27 in Egypt, a small farmer questioned me: ‘Where are you off to now?’ she asked. ‘Egypt, for the climate change conference,’ I replied. ‘Will it bring any reli
Ferc, hydropower, and tribal rights
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is well positioned to help advance the United States' clean energy transition through their management of energy projects. One obstacle to achieving the transition is meaningful consultation with Tribal Nations. Following decades of conflict between tribes and FERC regarding infrastructure development, the agency issued a "policy statement on consultation with Indian tribes" in 2003. The Policy ackn…
Violent environments and the low-carbon energy transition
Two decades on, we seek to expand Peluso and Watt's seminal 'Violent Environments' (2001) with the advent of decarbonization efforts to transition to a low-carbon future, which can have violent outcomes for residing communities. Our expanded political ecology of violence coalesces the violences of extractivism inherent in the transition, which manifests at varying tempos (slow to fast) and degrees of legibility (invisible to visible). Our researc…
Green Extractivisms and Alternative Transitions
Latin America is deeply entangled with the technologies and infrastructures of low-carbon energy systems, mostly through the mining for transition materials and the installation of renewable energy projects. This review article highlights the history, contemporary panorama, and future of green energy in Latin America. The article also attends to the production of alternative transition models from Indigenous, Afro-descendant, worker, and activist…
Political science (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Climate governance (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works)