BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150914T140000Z DTEND:20150914T150000Z LOCATION:C.J. Davidson Conference Center\, Houston Harte University Cente r\, 1910 Rosemont Drive GEO:31.441091;-100.46645 SUMMARY:Book Lecture: "Rainforest Cowboys" DESCRIPTION:An assistant professor of anthropology at the University of C alifornia\, Santa Barbara (UCSB)\, Hoelle will present his ASU lecture in the University Center's C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The free lectur e is sponsored by ASU's Office of Development and Alumni Relations. Publ ished in April by the University of Texas Press\, "Rainforest Cowboys" is an interdisciplinary study that is the first to examine the interlinked economic uses and cultural practices and beliefs surrounding cattle in We stern Amazonia\, where cattle raising is at the center of debates about e conomic development and environmental conservation. In a review\, Dr. Sus anna B. Hecht wrote: "This careful analysis of social identities and loca l political ecologies helps explain why cattle production now pervades al l livelihoods and lifeways in the politically 'greenest' corner of Amazon ia. This book is not about just rural but also city influence\, and thus captures new dynamics that now shape forest frontiers." A member of UCSB 's faculty since 2012\, Hoelle earned a doctorate in anthropology from th e University of Florida\, a master's in Latin American studies from the U niversity of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in psychology and Sp anish from Southwestern University in Georgetown. He is a Hellman Family Faculty Fellow and has won national competitions for his academic writing as well as a U.S. State Department Fulbright Grant. He is a member of th e American Anthropological Association\, the Association of American Geog raphers\, the Brazilian Studies Assocation and the Society for Applied An thropology. Hoelle's book is available through Amazon\, Barnes &\; No ble and the University of Texas Press at http://utpress.utexas.edu/index. php/books/hoelle-rainforest-cowboys (http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/ books/hoelle-rainforest-cowboys). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
An assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California\, Santa Barbara (UCSB)\, Hoelle will present his ASU lectu re in the University Center's C.J. Davidson Conference Center. The free l ecture is sponsored by ASU's Office of Development and Alumni Relations.< /p>
Published in April by the University of Texas Press\, "Rainforest Cowboys" is an interdisciplinary study that is the first to examine the interlinked economic uses and cultural practices and beliefs surrounding cattle in Western Amazonia\, where cattle raising is at the center of deb ates about economic development and environmental conservation. In a revi ew\, Dr. Susanna B. Hecht wrote: "This careful analysis of social identit ies and local political ecologies helps explain why cattle production now pervades all livelihoods and lifeways in the politically 'greenest' corn er of Amazonia. This book is not about just rural but also city influence \, and thus captures new dynamics that now shape forest frontiers."
A member of UCSB's faculty since 2012\, Hoelle earned a doctorate in a nthropology from the University of Florida\, a master's in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree i n psychology and Spanish from Southwestern University in Georgetown. He i s a Hellman Family Faculty Fellow and has won national competitions for h is academic writing as well as a U.S. State Department Fulbright Grant. H e is a member of the American Anthropological Association\, the Associati on of American Geographers\, the Brazilian Studies Assocation and the Soc iety for Applied Anthropology.
Hoelle's book is available through
Amazon\, Barnes &\; Noble and the University of Texas Press at h
ttp://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/hoelle-rainforest-cowboys.
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\n San Angelo native Dr. Jeffrey Hoelle will make a special appearance at Angelo State University to speak on his new book \, "Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Wester n Amazonia\," at 9 a.m. Monday\, Sept. 14\, in the Houston Harte Universi ty Center\, 1910 Rosemont Drive.\n
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