Photo: Graduate Student Contact info Email: pablo.ariasbenavides@uga.edu Research Interests: Rural and Peasant Studies; Conflict, Peace, and Rights; Political Ecology; More-than-Human Geographies Pablo is broadly trained in Anthropology and Latin American Studies, and bases his research in Costa Rica. He is interested in ethnography and orature, history, landscapes, and social theory. Pablo uses a framework informed by Political Ecology, Political Economy, critical and decolonial scholarship to analyze global phenomena like colonialism, development, governance, environmental change, and human-environment relationships as they unfold in local space and everyday life. Education Education: B.A. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara M.A. Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico Research Selected Publications: Arias-Benavides, P. (2017). First as Farce: Symbolic Politics and Donald Trump’s Hands. Global Societies Journal, 5. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/39p5p4th Arias-Benavides, Pablo Alonso. "The Bearing Earth: Colonization, Conservation, and Political Ecology in Costa Rica (Coto Brus 1948 - Present)." (2023). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ltam_etds/65 Hernandez, A., Arias-Benavides, P., Machada, C.M., Pame, O., Main, A. & Moller, P.(Forthcoming). “Pathways to Sustainability: Industry, Development, Business, Agriculture,Economy, and Politics”. In (Ed. Zilli Vieira, C.)The Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Natural Environment and Societies During the Contemporary Period . CRC Press https://www.academia.edu/108510938/Pathways_to_Sustainability_Industry_Development_Business_Agriculture_Economy_and_Politics Research Areas: People, Place, and Identity Earth, Environment, and Climate
