In the broadest sense, I am interested in understanding the politics of environmental change and conservation.  My work contributes to theoretical discussions in political ecology, environmental anthropology, as well as post-humanist philosophy.  I have conducted ethnographic research in the Florida Everglades, with urban communities in the United States, and currently, and Tierra del Fuego, Chile. My current book project, supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, is called "The Book of Birds: A Memoir of Extinction," and explores our obligations to species threatened with extinction. 

areas of expertise:  environmental anthropology, ethnographic writing, political ecology, Florida Everglades, Southern Cone of South America

Selected Publications

Ogden, Laura A. 2021. Loss and Wonder at the World's End. Duke University Press.

Ogden, Laura A. 2019. "The Beaver Diaspora: A Thought Experiment," Environmental Humanities 10(1):63-85.

Ogden, Laura, William Hall* and Kimiko Tanita.* 2013. Animals, Plants and People: A Review of Multispecies Ethnography, Environment & Society 4:5-24.

Ogden, Laura, Nik Heynen, Ulrich Oslender, Paige West, Karim-Aly Kassam, and Paul Robbins. 2013. Global Assemblages, Resilience, and Earth Stewardship in the Anthropocene, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(11):341-347.

Ogden, Laura A.  2011.  Swamplife:  The Entangled Lives of Hunters, Gators and Mangroves in the Florida Everglades, Minneapolis:  University of Minnesota Press.

Ogden, Laura A.  2008. The Everglades Ecosystem and the Politics of Nature. American Anthropologist. 100(1):21-32.