James J A Blair
Biographic Data
| ID | 648767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J A Blair |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J A |
| FAMILY NAME | Blair |
| SIGNATURE | BLAIR J J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3091-7878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sunrise at the Salton Sea: Environmental justice, land use change, and hydrosocial dynamics of solar energy transitions in the Imperial Valley, California
Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
Community engagement and adequate consultation are key components in a just water-energy transition. • Equitable distribution of taxes is a step toward the idea of “extractive recovery.” • Community benefits agreements should be considered a “floor” expectation. • Examination of geothermal lithium development offers a critical lens on the water-energy nexus. • Collaborative research and action for environmental justice may interrogate green extra…
From Watershed Moment to Hydrosocial Movement: Patagonia without Dams and The Free-Flowing Rivers Network in Chile
In this article, we examine how social movement activists draw on the hydrosocial dynamics of the watershed unit to build a river protection network in resistance to extractivist development. We apply a critically engaged activist anthropological focus, and drawing on four years of collaborative fieldwork, we describe how activists formed a hydrosocial movement to reconfigure Chile as an interconnected territory of living watersheds. In 2014, the…
Tracking penguins, sensing petroleum: "Data gaps" and the politics of marine ecology in the South Atlantic
Drawing on ethnographic research in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), this paper analyzes how disputed oil interests become embedded in data infrastructures for environmental governance. Nearly four decades after a war that cemented the South Atlantic archipelago's British status, offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina's government to renew its sovereignty claim, arguing that the islands are within its waters. Nonetheless, the British Falklan…
Splintered Hinterlands: Public Anthropology, Environmental Advocacy, and Indigenous Sovereignty
This research analyzes the roles of action ethnobiology and public anthropology in “ecological distribution conflicts”—disputes over the benefits and burdens of natural resources—in policy-oriented research and advocacy. It considers the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) international campaigns to protect “frontier landscapes” of the Western hemisphere. Specifically, I examine case studies in Chilean Patagonia and the boreal forest regio…
South Atlantic universals: Science, sovereignty and self-determination in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Decades after a violent war that re-established British control over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas in Spanish), commercial fishing regimes and offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina and the United Kingdom to reassert their respective sovereignty claims through scientific advances. Scholarly literature on the South Atlantic archipelago focuses almost exclusively on the 1982 military conflict. However, the remote island chain has been a Briti…
Settler indigeneity and the eradication of the non-native: Self-determination and biosecurity in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
This article analyses how settlers of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) construct themselves as 'natives' through environmental management. Taking a multispecies ethnographic and historical approach to studying the Falkland Islanders' self-determination claim, I explore a series of ecological practices that demonstrate how some nonhumans become institutionalized into systems of racial and colonial classification whereas others appear natural. I sho…
Flammable Societies: Studies on the Socio‐economics of Oil and Gas John‐AndrewMcNeish and OwenLogan, editors. 2012. London: Pluto Press (370 pages)
Settler indigeneity and the eradication of the non-native: Self-determination and biosecurity in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
This article analyses how settlers of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) construct themselves as 'natives' through environmental management. Taking a multispecies ethnographic and historical approach to studying the Falkland Islanders' self-determination claim, I explore a series of ecological practices that demonstrate how some nonhumans become institutionalized into systems of racial and colonial classification whereas others appear natural. I sho…
Splintered Hinterlands: Public Anthropology, Environmental Advocacy, and Indigenous Sovereignty
This research analyzes the roles of action ethnobiology and public anthropology in “ecological distribution conflicts”—disputes over the benefits and burdens of natural resources—in policy-oriented research and advocacy. It considers the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) international campaigns to protect “frontier landscapes” of the Western hemisphere. Specifically, I examine case studies in Chilean Patagonia and the boreal forest regio…
Tracking penguins, sensing petroleum: "Data gaps" and the politics of marine ecology in the South Atlantic
Drawing on ethnographic research in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), this paper analyzes how disputed oil interests become embedded in data infrastructures for environmental governance. Nearly four decades after a war that cemented the South Atlantic archipelago's British status, offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina's government to renew its sovereignty claim, arguing that the islands are within its waters. Nonetheless, the British Falklan…
Sunrise at the Salton Sea: Environmental justice, land use change, and hydrosocial dynamics of solar energy transitions in the Imperial Valley, California
Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
Community engagement and adequate consultation are key components in a just water-energy transition. • Equitable distribution of taxes is a step toward the idea of “extractive recovery.” • Community benefits agreements should be considered a “floor” expectation. • Examination of geothermal lithium development offers a critical lens on the water-energy nexus. • Collaborative research and action for environmental justice may interrogate green extra…
South Atlantic universals: Science, sovereignty and self-determination in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Decades after a violent war that re-established British control over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas in Spanish), commercial fishing regimes and offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina and the United Kingdom to reassert their respective sovereignty claims through scientific advances. Scholarly literature on the South Atlantic archipelago focuses almost exclusively on the 1982 military conflict. However, the remote island chain has been a Briti…
Flammable Societies: Studies on the Socio‐economics of Oil and Gas John‐AndrewMcNeish and OwenLogan, editors. 2012. London: Pluto Press (370 pages)
Settler indigeneity and the eradication of the non-native: Self-determination and biosecurity in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
This article analyses how settlers of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) construct themselves as 'natives' through environmental management. Taking a multispecies ethnographic and historical approach to studying the Falkland Islanders' self-determination claim, I explore a series of ecological practices that demonstrate how some nonhumans become institutionalized into systems of racial and colonial classification whereas others appear natural. I sho…
Splintered Hinterlands: Public Anthropology, Environmental Advocacy, and Indigenous Sovereignty
This research analyzes the roles of action ethnobiology and public anthropology in “ecological distribution conflicts”—disputes over the benefits and burdens of natural resources—in policy-oriented research and advocacy. It considers the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) international campaigns to protect “frontier landscapes” of the Western hemisphere. Specifically, I examine case studies in Chilean Patagonia and the boreal forest regio…
South Atlantic universals: Science, sovereignty and self-determination in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Decades after a violent war that re-established British control over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas in Spanish), commercial fishing regimes and offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina and the United Kingdom to reassert their respective sovereignty claims through scientific advances. Scholarly literature on the South Atlantic archipelago focuses almost exclusively on the 1982 military conflict. However, the remote island chain has been a Briti…
Tracking penguins, sensing petroleum: "Data gaps" and the politics of marine ecology in the South Atlantic
Drawing on ethnographic research in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), this paper analyzes how disputed oil interests become embedded in data infrastructures for environmental governance. Nearly four decades after a war that cemented the South Atlantic archipelago's British status, offshore oil discoveries have led Argentina's government to renew its sovereignty claim, arguing that the islands are within its waters. Nonetheless, the British Falklan…
From Watershed Moment to Hydrosocial Movement: Patagonia without Dams and The Free-Flowing Rivers Network in Chile
In this article, we examine how social movement activists draw on the hydrosocial dynamics of the watershed unit to build a river protection network in resistance to extractivist development. We apply a critically engaged activist anthropological focus, and drawing on four years of collaborative fieldwork, we describe how activists formed a hydrosocial movement to reconfigure Chile as an interconnected territory of living watersheds. In 2014, the…
Hydrosocial imaginaries of green extractivism: Water-energy transitions and geothermal lithium development at the Salton Sea in Imperial Valley, California
Community engagement and adequate consultation are key components in a just water-energy transition. • Equitable distribution of taxes is a step toward the idea of “extractive recovery.” • Community benefits agreements should be considered a “floor” expectation. • Examination of geothermal lithium development offers a critical lens on the water-energy nexus. • Collaborative research and action for environmental justice may interrogate green extra…
Sunrise at the Salton Sea: Environmental justice, land use change, and hydrosocial dynamics of solar energy transitions in the Imperial Valley, California
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 works) · Law (3 works)