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Project Collaborator

Timothy Choy

Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies; Associate Professor of Anthropology University of California, Davis

Biography

Tim Choy is Associate Professor in the Science and Technology Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. His research interests include ecological discourses and practices; atmospheres; human-nonhuman relations; scale, specificity, exemplarity; Hong Kong & U.S. To learn more about his research and publications, please see his profile page at the University of California, Davis.

Featured Project

Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea

Engineered Worlds III: Terraformations

2019 – 2022

Projects

Engineered Worlds II

Engineered Worlds II

A group of historians, geographers, anthropologists, environmental artists, and security and science studies experts developed new theories and methodologies to assess the social ramifications of “engineered ecologies.”
Human beings are making a profound and irreversible impact on the natural world. This happens largely through industrial activity. And while we have sophisticated abilities to track such changes—for example, we can map the effects of carbon pollution—we lack a deep understanding of the social ...