Stephanie Rupp

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  • Research
    • Research Overview
    • Congo River Basin
    • Histories of HIV/AIDS
    • Species Boundaries and the Microbiome
    • Elephants & Ivory
    • China-Africa / Asia-Africa Engagements
    • Energy
  • Publications
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Clusters
    • Unraveling Riddles of Culture
    • African Ethnography: Complexity, Strategy & Expertise
    • Ethnography of NYC / GUNS: History, Culture, Politics
    • Globalization, Technology & Social Change
    • Kinship & Family, Structure & Intimacy
    • Ready, Aim, Fire: Success!
    • Independent Study
  • Engagement
    • Southeastern Cameroon
    • Anthropology Lab
    • New York City
    • Family
  • CV
  • Home
  • Research
    • Research Overview
    • Congo River Basin
    • Histories of HIV/AIDS
    • Species Boundaries and the Microbiome
    • Elephants & Ivory
    • China-Africa / Asia-Africa Engagements
    • Energy
  • Publications
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Clusters
    • Unraveling Riddles of Culture
    • African Ethnography: Complexity, Strategy & Expertise
    • Ethnography of NYC / GUNS: History, Culture, Politics
    • Globalization, Technology & Social Change
    • Kinship & Family, Structure & Intimacy
    • Ready, Aim, Fire: Success!
    • Independent Study
  • Engagement
    • Southeastern Cameroon
    • Anthropology Lab
    • New York City
    • Family
  • CV

Research Overview

My research examines interfaces between economy and ecology, culture and nature, value and power.  While I have undertaken the bulk of my ethnographic research in the Congo River basin, I have also worked in Southeast Asia and on Africa-Asia engagements.  Because I live and work in New York City, some of my newest research looks at ethnographic contexts here at home.

My current research looks at three main topics: relations between people and primates, focusing on the emergence of HIV/AIDS in the forest of southeastern Cameroon; cultural values of elephants, ivory, and global commodity chains that link the Congo River basin with both Asian and Euro-American markets; and cultural values of energy.

Each of these projects addresses overlapping conceptual themes: relations between culture and nature, economy and ecology, and value and power.
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