Revised August 5, 2006
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name Leslie E. Sponsel
Position Professor of Anthropology
Director, Ecological Anthropology Program
Address Department of Anthropology
University of Hawai'i
2424 Maile Way - 317 Saunders Hall
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822-2223 USA
Phone (808) 956-8507
Fax (808) 956-4893
Email sponsel@hawaii.edu
Web sites
Personal Homepage
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/sponsel/
Anthropology
http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu
(also see Ecological Anthropology Program, and special projects: "Spiritual Ecology, Sacred Places and Biodiversity Conservation")
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/
Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace
http://www.peaceinstitute.hawaii.edu
Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology
http://www.hawaii.edu/eecb
Specializations
Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand) and Amazon (Venezuela)
Biological and cultural ecology of foraging in
tropical forest ecosystems and deforestation
Biodiversity studies in relation to cultural diversity,
cultural ecology, historical ecology, and sacred places
Ethnoprimatology (interface of primate and cultural ecology)
Spiritual ecology(religions and environment)
Buddhist ecology (environmental philosophy, ethics, and
action, especially in relation to forests in Thailand)
Anthropology and ecology of religion (Buddhism, Islam,
Hinduism, and Animism in Thailand)
Anthropological aspects of peace studies and of war studies
Advocacy anthropology and human rights, professional ethics
Yanomamalogy (Yanomami Studies)
Education
1965 Indiana University, B.A. in geology
1973 Cornell University, M.A. in anthropology
1974-76 Ad-Honorem Graduate Student in Anthropology at the
Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Investigations
1981 Cornell University, Ph.D. in anthropology
Also summer courses at New York University in field primatology (1973), Summer Institute of Linguistics at University of Oklahoma in field linguistics (1976), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in nutritional anthropology field methods (1986)
2002 Workshop on The Protection of Human Research Subjects for Research Investigations, University of Hawai`i
Languages
English, Spanish, German, Thai (learning)
Teaching
1967-68 Laboratory Instructor, Indiana University
(Bloomington), Biological Anthropology
Summer Lecturer, Indiana University (Kokomo)
General Anthropology
1968-70 Visiting Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan
(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Biological Anthropology, Human Palaeontology,
History and Theory of Anthropology
1971 Visiting Lecturer, Mount Royal College
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Human Origins
1976 Instructor for Laboratory in Biological Anthropology
Cornell University
1977 Summer Instructor, Indiana-Purdue University
(Indianapolis), General Anthropology
1977-78 Visiting Professor, Venezuelan Institute for
Scientific Investigations(Caracas), Cultural Ecology
1978-79 Summer Instructor, Cornell University (Ithaca),
Human Evolution
1978-79 Visiting Instructor, University of Massachusetts
(Amherst), World Prehistory and Archaeology,
Cultural Ecology, Cultural Materialism
1979,81 Visiting Professor, Venezuelan Institute for
Scientific Investigations (Caracas), Cultural
Ecology, History and Theory of Anthropology,
Cultural Materialism (Fulbright 1981)
1981-86 Assistant Professor, University of Hawai'i (Honolulu)
1986-96 Associate Professor, University of Hawai'i (Honolulu)
1994-95 Fulbright Visiting Professor, Biology Department,
Prince of Songkhla University (Pattani), General
1996- Professor, University of Hawai'i (Honolulu)
(course list below)
Courses (UH)
150 Human Adaptation
200 Cultural Anthropology
215 Physical Anthropology
307 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology
340 Primate Behavior and Ecology
345 Anthropology of Aggression, War, and Peace
385C Undergraduate Proseminar: Internet Anthropology
410 Ethics in Anthropology
415 Ecological Anthropology
422 Anthropology of Religion
423 Social and Cultural Change
435 Human Adaptation to Tropical Forests
444 Spiritual Ecology
445 Sacred Places
481 Applied Anthropology
482 Environmental Anthropology
620H Human Ecology
699 Thai Studies
750D Research Seminar (Ethics and Politics of Anthropology
Academy of Lifelong Learning (voluntary teaching for community) courses:
What's a Tree? Anthropological Explorations
Sacred Places in Nature: Exploring Spiritual Ecology
Buddhist Lives and Cultures: Anthropological Explorations and Insights
Is Religion the Answer to the Ecocrisis? Exploring Spiritual Ecology
Life as Pilgrimage: Sacred Places and Rituals
Sacred Sites and Landscapes of Thailand
Awards
1986,91 UH Excellence in Teaching Award
Campus Program Affiliations
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Environmental Studies
Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology (founding member)
Resource Management Certificate (founding member and former director)
Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace (founding member)
Committees (UH)
1981- Various committees in Department of Anthropology
including curriculum, personnel, admissions, budget
1986 Faculty Council of UH Institute for Peace
1986-87 Planning Committee for "Perceiving Nature Conference"
1987-88 Tenure and Promotion Review Committee
Executive Committee of UH Institute for Peace
1989-90 Chair of Resource Management Certificate Program
1889- Member, Resource Management Certificate Program
1989-96 Thai Studies Committee (Chair 1994-96)
1991 Executive Committee of UH Institute for Peace
Interim Coordinator, Center for Global Nonviolence
1991-92 Buddhism and Ecology Discussion Group (Organizer and
Chair)
1992 Fulbright Review Committee for Southeast Asia
1995- Evolution, Ecology, and
Conservation Biology Graduate Program
2001- Environmental Center
2002-3 Chair of Department Curriculum Committee for weekly
meetings throughout the academic year in systematic and thorough review of all levels and aspects of the curriculum
2005 UH Tenure, Promotion, and Review Committees
2006-08 Editorial Advisory Board for the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, San
Diego, CA: Elsevier, Inc.
Committees (outside UH)
1991 Scientific Committee for UNESCO-MAB Conference on
Food and Nutrition in Tropical Forest
1991-95 Commission for Human Rights of the American
Anthropological Association (Chair 1992-95)
1996 Committee for Human Rights of the AAA (Chair 1996)
1992-96 Advisory Board, Nature, Man, and War Project
1994- Advisory Board, Pacific Primate Sanctuary in Maui
1998- Advisory Board for the Forum on Religion and
Ecology (FORE), section on Indigenous Traditions, Harvard University
http://environment.harvard.edu/religion
1999- Editorial Board for the journal Social Justice:
Anthropology, Peace, and Human Rights of the Commission for Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
2000- Executive Board, Hawai`i Association of
International Buddhists
2000- Associate Editor and Asia Task Force for Encyclopedia on Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor, et al., eds., Continuum Press (2005).
http://www.religionandnature.com
2003- Advisory Council, Committee for Human Rights, American Anthropological Association
2003- Steering Committee Member for The Reverend Yoshiaki
Fujitani Interfaith Program to Promote Dialogue and the Search for Understanding, Peace, and Justice
Consultant
1981 Venezuelan Office for Indigenous Affairs (Caracas)
1984 Anthropology Resource Center (Cambridge)
Adjunct Research Associate, Environment and Policy
Institute, East-West Center
1990 Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
National Research Council Committee for the Human
Dimensions of Global Change
1990- East-West Center (various projects)
1992 National Geographic Society Explorer TV program on
Yanomami, Nova TV program on Tasaday, Brazilian
Congressman Fabio Feldman on Yanomami
1993 Committee on Human Rights and the Environment of the
Society for Applied Anthropology, National Geographic
Society, Ye'kuana Self-Demarcation Project
1994- Cultural Survival Scholars and Specialists Network,
Sponsor of The Anthropologist's Fund for Urgent
Anthropological Research
1994-95 Historical Ecology of Pattani Bay Project, Biology
Department, Prince of Songkhla University
1995 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
Center for Migration Studies of Chulalongkorn
University of Bangkok
1996 NOVA Video "Warriors of the Amazon" (Yanomami),
Transmedia Productions, Inc. (Melbourne, Australia)
ethnographic video series
2000 Time Editions Book on Yanomami
2000-02 Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation in Ye'kuana
Territory, Amazonas, Venezuela
2003- Dr. Clemens Grunbhuel, Department of Social Ecology, University of Klagenfurt, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Robert Borofsky, Hawaii Pacific University, Darkness in El Dorado controversy and Public Anthropology web site
Dr. Bruce Bonta, University of Pennsylvania, web site Peaceful Societies
Asian Development Network, Garrison Institute, NY
2006-08 Editorial Advisory Board for the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, San Diego, CA: Elsevier, Inc.
Book Manuscript Reviewer
Altamira Press, Blackwell Publishing, Broadview Press, Columbia University Press, East-West Center, HarperCollins, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Island Lake Press, Longman, Lynne Rienner Publishers, McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Oxford University Press, Random House, University of Arizona Press (Human Ecology Series), University of California Press at Berkeley, University of Florida Press, West Publishing, Routledge
Journal Referee
American Anthropologist
American Journal of Human Biology
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Annual Review of Anthropology
Antropologica
Biography
Conservation and Society
Crossroads
Current Anthropology
EcoHealth
Forest Ecology and Management
Human Ecology
Human Organization
Interciencia
International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
Journal of Anthropological Research
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
Journal of Burmese Studies
Journal of Forest History
National Geographic Research
New Scholar
Population and Environment Bulletin
Science Communication
Social Justice, Anthropology, Peace, and Human Rights
Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion
Grant Referee
Ford Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Geographic Society
National Science Foundation
School for American Research
Sigma Xi
Social Science Research Council
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
External Examiner for Dissertation
Graduate School of the Environment, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Referee for Faculty Reviews
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Brown University, Bucknell University, University of California at Santa Barbara, Connecticut College, Florida International University, Hampshire College, Jersey State City College, Lehigh University, Queen’s University Belfast, Rhode Island College, Rutgers University, Tulane University, University of Vermont, Washington State University
Associations
American Academy of Religion
American Anthropological Association
AAA Committee for Human Rights (founding member, former chair, and now emeritus member)
Anthropology of Religion (AAA section)
Anthropology and Environment (AAA section)
Association of Current Anthropology
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Cultural Survival Scholars Network
Hawaiian Association of International Buddhists (founding member)
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (founding member)
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Siam Society
Society for Latin American Anthropology (AAA section)
Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA)(founding member)
Society for the Sigma Xi
Grants
1970-74 National Institutes of Health Traineeship in
Physical Anthropology, Cornell University Program in
Human Biology
1972 Cornell Small Grant
1974 Doherty Foundation
Cornell Center for International Studies
1975 Venezuelan Office for Indigenous Affairs (Caracas)
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto)
1976 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement
L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
1979 Fulbright-Hayes Research Fellowship and Visiting
Professorship, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific
Investigations (Caracas)
1980 UNESCO- Man and the Biosphere
1981 Venezuelan Office for Indigenous Affairs (Caracas)
1982- UH Research Council travel grants most years
1987 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
1988,90 UH Foundation
1988-90 Luce Foundation
1990 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
1991 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement
UNESCO- Man and the Biosphere
UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies
1992 University Museum of Philadelphia
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
United Nations University (Tokyo)
1993-96 American Anthropological Association (Commission for
Human Rights)
1994-95 Fulbright-John F. Kennedy Collaborative Researcher/
Consultant in Cultural Ecology, Biology Department
of Prince of Songkhla University (Pattani, Thailand)
1998 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Curriculum Project
(multidisciplinary syllabus on violence studies)
1996 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
and Britsh Academy of Sciences travel grant to attend the special conference on "Trees as Social Symbols" at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England
2001 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant to develop online course
2005- Grant proposals in preparation for ongoing field research in Thailand - “Buddhist Monks, Sacred Caves, Bats, Forests, and Biodiversity Conservation”
Research
Primate Ecology
1971 Lomocomotor behavior of orang-utan (Pongo
pygmaeus)(Calgary Zoo, Alberta, Canada)
1972 Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) population
ecology (Colombian Amazon) with International Union
for the Conservation of Nature with Barbara
Harrison
1973 Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) behavior and
ecology (Awash National Park, Ethiopia) on New York
University field school in primatology with
Clifford Jolly
1988- Ethnoprimatology and ecology of coconut picking
monkeys (Macaca nemestrina and M. fascicularis) in
southern Thailand
Cultural Ecology
1974-81 Biological and cultural ecology of indigenous
predation in Venezuelan Amazon (Sanema-Yanomami,
Ye'kuana, Curripaco, and Geral) in association
with the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific
Investigations, Center for Ecology and Department
of Anthropology
1974- Yanomamalogy (Yanomami Studies)
Spiritual Ecology
1986- Comparative ecology of adjacent Buddhist
and Muslim villages in southern Thailand (in
collaboration with biologists and anthropologists at Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani, summers 86-89, 94-95)
Buddhist ecology (environmental philosophy, ethics
and action in relation to forests and conservation
in Thailand)
1994- Role of sacred places in the conservation of
biodiversity in Thailand (including Hindu and
animistic influences)
2000- Comparative field research on sacred sites at Sai Kao and Doi Suthep in Thailand, Kaua`i in Hawai`i, Chimayo Valley in northern New Mexico, Mount Shasta in northern California, Sorte in central Venezuela, etc.
2002- The Ecological Relationships among Buddhist Monks, Sacred Caves, Bats, Forests, Biodiversity, and Conservation in Thailand
Peace Studies and Human Rights
1979- Anthropological aspects of human rights, advocacy
anthropology, and political ecology of Yanomami
genocide/ethnocide/ecocide
1981 Ye'kuana culture and language school primer
1983- Anthropological aspects of peace studies
and Yanomami aggression
2000- Professional ethics and human rights matters
regarding allegations in Patrick Tierney's book
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and
Journalists Devastated the Amazon
Conferences
1972
International Conference on Animal Behavior, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13-17.
IVth International Congress of Primatology, Portland, Oregon, August 15-18.
Watson Kintner Symposium on Photography in Anthropology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 29 - October 1.
1973
IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, September 1-8.
1974
El Problema Indigena Venezolano, Associacion Pro-Venezuela, Caracas, August 8-9.
1982
American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., December 5, invited paper "Fallacies in Criticisms of the Protein Hypothesis" for session "Human Ecology and Animal Protein in Amazonia" organized by Jean Luc Chodkiewitz.
1983
Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, June, invited
paper "Ecology, Culture, and Values in Amazonia" for conference "Cultural Values and Human Ecology."
1986
Agroforestry Training Course for United Nations University and East-West Center Environment and Policy Institute, Honolulu, June, invited paper "Indigenous Agroforestry in Amazonia."
International Symposium of the School for Social Work at the University of Hawai'i, June, invited discussant for session on "Peace and Pacific Development."
Organizer and Chair of Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on Research on Nonviolence and Peace at the University of Hawai'i, 1986-87.
1987
University of Hawai'i Institute for Peace Pacific Peace Seminar, summer, invited paper "War and Peace in the Pacific Prior to Europeans."
American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 18-22, organizer and chair of session "Amazon Ecology: Recent Trends and Future Needs in Anthropological Research" with presented paper as introduction.
Perceiving Nature Conference at University of Hawai'i, March 20-22, as member of Program Committee.
1988
American Anthropological Association, Phoenix, Arizona, November 16-20, organizer and co-chair of session "Anthropology of Nonviolence and Peace," and presented invited paper "The Human Niche in Amazonia: A Comparison of Human and Primate Ecology" in session "Anthropological Perspectives on New World Primates" organized by Warren Kinzey
International Union of Forest Research Organizations Forest History Group, Australian National University, Centre for Environment and Resource Studies, Canberra, Australia, May 15-18, invited paper co-authored with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel "Buddhism, Ecology, and Forests in Thailand: Past, Present, and Future."
1989
American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 15-19, invited papers: "Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Peace Studies" in session on "Anthropology and the Pedagogy of Peace" organized by Vernie Davis and Paul Doughty, and "Our Fascination with the Tasaday: Anthropological Images and Images of Anthropology" in session "The Tasaday Controversy: An Assessment of Evidence" organized by Thomas Headland.
American Society for Environmental History and Northwest Association for Environmental Studies joint conferenced on "Solving Environmental Problems: The Past as Prologue to the Present" at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, April 27-30, invited paper "Buddhist Ethics and Actions: A Case Study from the Environmental History of Thailand."
1990
Guggenheim Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina, October 13-18, special conference on "What We Know About Peace" invited paper on "The Natural History of Peace" organized by Thomas Gregor.
Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, October 19-21, two invited paper co-authored with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel "The Ecological Transition and Buddhism in Relation to Forests and Deforestation in Thailand" and "A Comparison of the Cultural Ecology of Adjacent Muslim and Buddhist Villages in Southern Thailand: A Preliminary Field Report."
American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, co-organizer with Robert Bailey and Thomas Headland and chair for invited session "Tropical Forest Ecology, the Changing Human Niche, and Deforestation" which included papers as introduction and conclusion.
1991
International Union of Forest Research Organizations Forest History Group, Forest History Society, and Organization of Tropical Studies joint conference "Forest and Environmental History in Latin America" held at the University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, February 18-22, invited paper "Natural and Unnatural Disturbances in the Environmental History of Amazonia."
Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 27 - June 2, invited paper co-authored with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel "The Potential Contribution of Buddhism in the Development of an Environmental Ethic for the Conservation of Biodiversity" in session "Ethics, Values, and Religion as Bases for Biological Diversity Conservation."
UNESCO - Man and the Biosphere conference "Food and Nutrition in the Tropical Forest: Biocultural Interactions and Applications to Development," Paris, France, September 10-13, invited paper co-authored with Paula Loya "Rivers of Hunger: Indigenous Resource Management in the Oligotrophic Ecosystems of the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Venezuela."
American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 20-24, co-organizer and chair of session with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel on "Ethnicity, Religion and Ecology in Thailand," in which presented two papers co-authored with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel: "Religious Influences on the Cultural Ecology of Adjacent Muslim and Buddhist Villages in Southern Thailand" and "The Ecological Transition, Buddhism, and Forests in Thailand."
1992
IVth World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) conference on "Protected Areas and Human Survival: Enhancing the Role of Conservation in Sustaining Society," Caracas, Venezuela, February 10-21, invited paper "History, Conservation, and Human Rights: The Case of the Yanomami in the Amazon of Brazil and Venezuela."
University Museum of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 6-8, invited paper "Amazonia as an Ecosystem: General Overview" in special conference "Transforming the Amazonian Rainforest" organized by Kenneth Kensinger.
East-West Center Second Annual Conference on Issues of Culture and Communication in the Asia/Pacific Region, Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 31 - September 4, invited paper "Myths of Ecology and
Ecology of Myths: Were Indigenes Noble Conservationists or Savage Destroyers of Nature?"
United Nations University Japan-ASEAN Forum III "Asia's New Initiatives in the 1990s," Tokyo, Japan, invited paper "Environmental Management at the Community and National Levels: Insights on Security in the Environment, Economy and Peace with special reference to Thailand."
American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, December 2-6, organizer and chair of session "Anthropology, Colonization and Decolonization" and paper "Information Asymmetry and the Decolonization of Anthropology."
1993
American Anthropological Association, organized and chaired conference of Commission for Human Rights, Washington, D.C., April 28- May 1, and presented paper "The Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Human Rights: A Growing Necessity."
Second Annual Conference of World History Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, invited paper "Yanomami Warfare and the Warfare Against the Yanomami from the Perspective of Environmental History" for session "Global Perspectives on War" organized by Richard Stevens.
Fifth International Thai Studies Conference at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of London, London, July, invited paper "The Role of Buddhism in Creating a More Sustainable Society in Thailand."
American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 17-21, invited discussant and paper "Is a Radical Approach Appropriate? Ecological Anthropology and Deforestation in Thailand" for session "Scholar, Educator, Mediator, Activist: Praxis and the Ethics of Ecological Anthropology" organized by Rajindra Puri.
1994
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 9-11, invited paper "The Ecological History of Thailand: Some Initial Explorations of Thresholds of Human Environmental Impact from Prehistory to the Present" in conference on "Historical Ecology" organized by Wlliam Balee.
American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 30 - December 4, organizer and chair of Invited Presidential Session "Peace and Human Rights," and invited paper on "The Continuing Destruction of the Yanomami and their Ecosystems by Goldminers: Future Scenarios and Possible Actions" in session "The Knowledge to Act: Coming to Terms with Environmental and Human Rights" organized by Pamela Puntenney.
1995
American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November - December, organizer and chair of Invited Presidential Session "Human Rights: Universalism versus Relativism" and invited paper "Cultural, Religious, and Biological Diversity in Southern Thailand" for session "The Intricate Tapestry of Cultural and Biological Diversity" organized by Pamela Puntenney. (Presidential Session led to publication of selected revised papers as a special issue of the Journal of Anthropological Research co-edited by Terence Turner and Carole Nagengast, v. 53, no. 3, Fall 1997).
1996
Invited paper "The Role of Sacred Trees in the Conservation of Biodiversity in Thailand," (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) for Conference on Trees as Social Symbols at Wye College, University of London, Canterbury, Kent, England, January 8-11, 1996.
Invited paper "The Buddhist Monastic Community as a Green Society in Thailand: Its Potential Role in Environmental Ethics, Education, and Action," (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), for Consultation on Buddhism and Ecology, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, May 2-5, 1996.
Invited paper "The Role of Sacred Places in Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand" for 6th International Conference on Thai Studies, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 14-17, 1996, unable to attend but paper delivered by Dr. Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel.
American Anthropological Association, November 20-24, 1996, San Francisco, California, co-organizer and co-chair with Dr. George Appell (Brandeis University) of session "The Role of Sacred Places in Biodiversity Conservation," plus give paper "The Role of Buddhist Temples and Monks in Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand," also panelist for session "Trends in Environmental Anthropology: Global Communities in the Making," and involved in various functions of the AAA Committee for Human Rights (business meeting, open forum, workshop).
1997
Invited paper on "Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Aspects of the Use of Macaque Monkeys Trained to Pick Coconuts in Southern Thailand" (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), for confernece on "Animals in Asia: Representations and Relationships," International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands, September 15-16.
Invited participant, "Indigenous Traditions and Ecology" conference at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 13-16.
American Anthropological Association, annual meeting in Washington, D.C., December 2-6, organizer and chair of session on "Gold, Oil, People and Environment, and Rights in the Amazon." Also invited paper on "Monkey Business: Crop Picking Macaques in Southern Thailand" (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) for session on "What Are We Doing Watching Monkeys? Anthropological Perspectives and the Role of Nonhuman Primate Research" organized by Agustin Fuentes; and discussant for session on "Intelligible and Audible Voices: The Question of Solving the Environmental Equation" organized by Pamela J. Puntenney.
1998
The 14th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, July 26-August 1, organizer and chair of session on "Ecological Anthropology: International Retrospective and Prospective Analyses"; paper on "Biological and Cultural Diversity, Anthropology, and Human Rights in the Amazon" for session on "Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Crisis in the 1990s" organized by William Fisher; and discussant for session on "Towards Justice, Peace, and Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives" organized by Paul J. Magnarella.
Invited paper on "What's in a Tree? Sacred Trees as Parts of Wider Systems and Their Role in Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand" (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) at the UNESCO International Symposium on "`Natural' Sacred Sites, Cultural Diversity and Biological Diversity," Paris, France, September 22-25.
Invited participant in "Religion, Ethics, and the Environment: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue," at the Center for the Study of World Religions of Harvard University and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, September 17-20.
"Malthus With A New Twist: The Challenge of Population, Diversity Loss, and Future Adaptability" for annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Dec. 2-6 (co-organizer and co-chair with Pamela Puntenney). Paper title: "Can Diversity Be Sacred Despite Exploding Population and Economic Pressures?: Reflections from Thailand and Beyond."
1999
Invited participant in round table discussion on "A Buddhist Response in the 21st Century" at the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast conference, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, June 17-20
Invited paper on "The Relationships between Biodiversity and Human Rights" for the international conference Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation in the Asia-Pacific Region, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, September 15-17.
"Does War Have Any Future?: Insights from a Century of Anthropological Research," session co-organized and co-chaired with Kenneth R. Good for the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Chicago, IL, November 17-21.
2000
"Indigenes, Indigenists, Environmentalists, and Human Rights: Compatibilities and Incompatibilities, at the Interface of Advocacy and Environmental Anthropology," session organized and chaired for the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco, CA, November 15-19. Session invited by the AAA Committee for Human Rights and the AAA Anthropology and Environment Section. Also invited discussant in special event of the AAA Committee for Human Rights, "The Praxis of Doing Fieldwork in High Conflict Situations," organized and chaired by Lucia Ann McSpadden.
2001
"The Controversy Over Darkness in El Dorado: Some Critical Reflections," paper invited for the First International Conference of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America," Tulane University, New Orleans, January 12-13.
"How Has Ecology Transformed Anthropology During the Last 100 Years?," organizer and chair for session invited by the Executive Program Committee of the American Anthropological Association for the annual convention, Washington, D.C., November 28 - December 2. Also invited panelist in Invited Session of the Committee for Human Rights Forum: "The Endangered Peoples Project: Struggles to Survive and Thrive in a Globalized World," Barbara Johnston, organizer and chair.
2002
Invited to give concluding remarks at special international conference on the "Tragedy in the Amazon: Yanomami Voices, Academic Controversy and the Ethics of Research" sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program at Cornell University and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Ithaca, NY, April 5-7.
Invited participant in "The First Inter-Dialogue Conference on Southern Thailand: Experiencing Southern Thailand--- Current Social Transformations from Peoples Perspectives," co-sponsored by Harvard University and Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand, June 13-15.
"The Yanomami People: Advocacy Research on Their Present Status, Concerns, and Future," organizer and chair for session invited by the AAA Committee for Human Rights and the Society for Latin American Anthropology at the annual convention of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans, LA, Nov. 20-24. Also present paper: "Yanomami Studies: Past, Present, and Future."
2003
"Ecological Anthropology: Priorities for the 21st Century," organizer and chair of session for the XVth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Florence, Italy, July 5-12, with introductory and concluding papers: "Ecological Anthropology: A Critical Retrospective and Prospective Analysis" and "Is Religion the Answer to the Ecocrisis? Explorations in Spiritual Ecology with Examples from Thailand" (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
Invited participant and discussant in "Workshop on Teaching Religion and Ecology," Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 23-26, co-sponsored by the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Harvard University and funded by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
Invited paper on "Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism in America" (Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel co-author) and discussant for the panel on "Contemporary American Buddhism: Its Prospects and Impact," November 14-15, Honpa Hongwanji Hawai`i Betsuin, Honolulu, HI.
"The Anthropologists, Promoters of War or Peace?," organizer and chair of session for the annual convention of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL., November 19-23. Also invited discussant for another session "Ethographic Research in Unstable and Violent Contexts: Theoretical and Practical Implications" co-organized by Megan Plyler and Tricia Redeker Hepner of Michigan State University.
2004
Organizer and chair of proposed session on "Religion and Environment: Exploring Spiritual Ecology as a New Research Frontier," annual convention of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, November 17-21. (Session cancelled because of AAA decision to relocate and reschedule as a result of hotel strike in San Francisco).
2005
Organizer and chair of proposed session on “Bringing the Religious Past into the Present: The Environmental Legacy of Religion and its Relevance for Envisioning and Engaging Our Ecological Future,” revised from previous year for the annual convention of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 30-December 4. Also invited discussant for the Presidential Session of the AAA Committee for Human Rights on “Anthropology and Human Rights: Challenges and Prospects, organizer and chair Samuel Martinez (University of Connecticut).
2006
Invited paper on “Anthropological Contributions to Spiritual Ecology: A Retrospective and Prospective Critical Analysis,” for the Inaugural Conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 6-9.
Organizer and discussant for “Ethical Anthropology: Past, Present, and Future” session invited by the AAA Committee on Ethics for the annual meetings of the AAA in San Jose, CA, November 15-19.
Publications
Journal Articles
1974, "Evaluation of Squirrel Monkey Ranching on Santa Sofia Island, Amazonas, Colombia," International Zoo Yearbook (London) 14:233-240 (several co-authors).
1974, "Progress of a Breeding Project for Non-Human Primates in Colombia," Nature (London) 248(5447):453-455 (several co-authors).
1975, "Los Sanema: Un Pueblo de Cazadores Poco Conocido" (The Sanema: A Little-Known Foraging Society), Gaceta Indigena (Caracas) IV(10):15-16.
1975, "Primate Ranching: Results and Implicatons," Oryx XIII(5):449-453 (several co-authors).
1979, "A Note on the Urgency of Research among the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon," Review of Ethnology (Wien) 7(1-9):72.
1980, "The Real Issue: Survival of Indigenes," The Daily Journal (Caracas) February 5, p.7 (several co-authors).
1980, "Critics of the New Tribes Respond," The Daily Journal (Caracas) May 18, p. 14 (several co-authors).
1980, "Major Personalities and Developments in Anthropology in Canada, 1860-1940" Na'pao (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) 10(1-2):7-13 (co-author Henry T. Epp).
1981, "Situacion de los Yanomama y la Civilizacion: una Leccion de Ecologia Cultural desde el Amazonas" (The Situation of the Yanomama and Civilization: A Lesson from Cultural Ecology), Boletin Indigenista Venezolano 20(17):105-116.
1983, "Comments on Reductionism in Cultural Ecology: The Amazon Case," Current Anthropology 24(1):118.
1983, "The Yanomami Debate," Science Digest 91(2):9.
1983, "Yanomama Warfare, Protein Capture, and Cultural Ecology," Interciencia (Caracas) 8(4):204-210.
1986, "La Caceria de los Ye'kuana bajo una Perspectiva Ecologica" (Ye'kuana Hunting from an Ecological Perspective) Montalban 17:5-27.
1987, "Cultural Ecology and Environmental Education," Journal of Environmental Education 19(1):31-42.
1990, "Ultraprimitive Pacifists: The Tasaday as a Symbol of Peace," Anthropology Today 6(1):3-5.
1990, "The Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Peace Studies," Human Peace Quarterly 7(3-4):3-9.
1990, "Does Anthropology Have Any Future?," American Anthropological Association Anthropology Newsletter (March) 31(3):32,29.
1991, " Sobrevivira la Antropologia al Siglo XX?" (Will Anthropology Survive the Twentieth Century?) Arinsana (Caracas) VII(13):65-79.
1992, "Thailand: Buddhism, Ecology and Forests," The New Road (Gland, Switzerland) December 1991-January 1992, 21:4-5 (co-author Poranee Naadecha-Sponsel).
1992, "Information Asymmetry and the Democratization of Anthropology," Human Organizaton 51(3):299-301.
1992, "A Comparison of the Cultural Ecology of Adjacent Muslim and Buddhist Villages in Southern Thailand: A Preliminary Field Report," Journal of the National Research Council of Thailand 23(2):31-42 (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1997 "Comments on `Ecological Revisionism' by Thomas N. Headland," Current Anthropology August-October 1997, 38(4):619-622.
1998 "Yanomami: An Arena of Conflict and Aggression in the Amazon" invited by editor Douglas Fry for special anthropology issue of Aggressive Behavior 24(2):97-122.
1998 "Sacred and/or Secular Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand" (co-authors Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul, and Somporn Juntadach) for special issue on biodiversity of Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 2(1):155-167.
2000, "Does Buddhism Have Any Future?: Some Thoughts on the Possibilities of Buddhist Responses to the 21st Century,"
(co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) invited for Seeds of Peace 16(1):36-39, January-April issue.
2000, "Anthropologists Debate Future of War," (co-author Kenneth R. Good) invited by the American Anthropological Association for Anthropology News 41(2):19-20, February issue.
2000 (December), "Response to Otterbein" American Anthropologist 102(4):837-840.
2001 (October), "Darkness in El Dorado Memo," AAA Anthropology News 42(7):3-4.
2002 (February), "On Reflections on Darkness in El Dorado, Current Anthropology 43(1):149-150.
2002 (March), "In Response to Irons Letter," AAA Anthropology News 43(3):4.
2002 (September), "In Response to Flannery Letter," AAA Anthropology News 43(6):
2002 (August 9), with Terence Turner, "Counterpoint: Charges of Wrongdoing by Anthropologists," The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle Review Section 2, B13.
2003 (Spring/Summer), "Sacred Caves, Bats, and Forests: A Case Study in Buddhist Ecology," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), Hawai`i Association of International Buddhists Newsletter XI(1):11-12.
2004 (May), "Ethical Questions," AAA Anthropology News 45(5):3.
2005 (December), “Interpretations,” AAA Anthropology News 46(9):3.
2007 “Spiritual Ecology: One Anthropologist’s Reflections,” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (invited for the first issue, in press).
In preparation
"So What Was That All About?: A Critical Analysis of the Controversy Surrounding Patrick Tierney's Darkness in El Dorado," American Anthropologist.
"An Anthropology of War, or an Apology for War?" Current Anthropology.
"The Ethnographic Present as Disney World" American Ethnologist.
"Yanomami Studies: Past, Present and Future" Current Anthropology.
Book Chapters
1985, "Ecology, Anthropology, and Values in Amazonia," in Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia, Karl Hutterer, A. Terry Rambo, and George Lovelace, eds. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan South and Southeast Asia Studies Center, Ch. 4, pp. 77-122.
1986, "Amazon Ecology and Adaptation," Annual Review of Anthropology 15:67-97.
1988, "Buddhism, Ecology and Forests in Thailand," in Changing Tropical Forests: Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Asia, Australasia, and Oceania, John Dargavel, Kay Dixon, and Noel Semple, eds. Canberra, Australia: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Ch. 17, pp. 305-325 (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1989, "Foraging and Farming: A Necessary Complementarity in Amazonia,"in Farmers as Hunters, Susan Kent, ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, Ch. 4, pp. 37-45.
1989, "An Anthropologist's Perspective on Peace and Quality of Life," in Peace and Development: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Daniel S. Sanders and Jon Matsuoka, eds. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i School of Social Work, Ch. 3, pp. 29-48.
1991, "Nonviolent Ecology: The Possibilities of Buddhism," in Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving: Ulan Bator Explorations, Glenn D. Paige and Sarah Gilliatt, eds. Honolulu, HI: Center for Global Nonviolence and Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, pp. 139-150.
1992, "The Environmental History of Amazonia: Natural and Human Disturbances, and the Ecological Transition," in Changing Tropical Forests: Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Central and South America, Harold K. Steen and Richard P. Tucker, eds. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, pp. 233-251.
1992, "Our Fascination with the Tasaday: Anthropological Images and Images of Anthropology," in The Tasaday Controversy: Assessing the Evidence, Thomas N. Headland, ed. Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association Special Publication No. 28, Ch. 18, pp. 200-212.
1992, "Myths of Ecology and Ecology of Myths: Were Indigenes Noble Conservationists or Savage Destroyers of Nature?," in Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference of Culture and Communication in the Asia/Pacific Region. Honolulu, HI: East-West Center, Ch. 5, pp. 27-37.
1993, "`Rivers of Hunger'?: Indigenous Resource Management in the Oligotrophic Ecosystems of the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Venezuela," (with Paula Loya) in Tropical Forests, People and Food: Biocultural Interactions and Applications, C.M. Hladik, et al., eds. Paris, France: UNESCO/Parthenon Publicating Group (UNESCO/MAB Series Volume 15), Ch. 36, pp. 435-446.
1993, "The Potential Contribution of Buddhism in Developing an Environmental Ethic for the Conservation of Biodiversity," (Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel co-author) in Ethics, Religion, and Biodiversity: Relations Between Conservation and Cultural Values, Lawrence S. Hamlton, ed.
Cambridge, U.K.: White Horse Press, Ch. 4, pp. 75-97.
1993, "The Yanomami," in Who Pays the Price? Examining the Sociocultural Context of the Environmental Crisis, Barbara R. Johnston, ed. Norman, OK: Society for Applied Anthropology, Ch. 5, pp. 43-55.
1994, "The Yanomamo Holocaust Continues," in Who Pays the Price? Examining the Sociocultural Context of the Environmental Crisis, Barbara R. Johnston, ed. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, Ch. 5, pp. 37-46.
1994, "Environmental Management at the Community and National Levels" in Asia's New Initiatives in the 1990s: The Peace Process, Economic Cooperation, Management of the Environment. Tokyo, Japan: The United Nations University Japan-ASEAN Forum II, pp. 234-257.
1994, "Preface," (co-author Thomas A. Gregor), in The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence, Leslie E. Sponsel and Thomas A. Gregor, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. xv-xviii.
1994, "The Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Peace Studies," in The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence, Leslie E. Sponsel and Thomas A. Gregor, eds. Boulder,CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Ch. 1, pp. 1-36.
1994, "Toward a Pedagogy of the Anthropology of Peace," in The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence, Leslie E. Sponsel and Thomas A. Gregor, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Ch. 11, pp. 259-269.
1995, "Introduction," in Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endagered World, Leslie E. Sponsel, ed. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, pp. 3-9.
1995, "Relationships Among the World System, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecological Anthropology," in Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazona: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World, Leslie E. Sponsel, ed. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, Ch. 13, pp. 263-293.
1995, "The Role of Buddhism in Creating a More Sustainable Society in Thailand," in Counting the Costs: Economic Growth and Environmental Change in Thailand, Jonathan Rigg, ed. Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asia Studies, Ch. 2, pp. 27-46, (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1996, "Anthropological Perspective on the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of Deforestation," (co-authors Robert C. Bailey and
Thomas N. Headland) in Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension, Leslie E. Sponsel, Thomas N. Headland, and Robert C. Bailey, eds. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, Ch. 1, pp. 3-52.
1996, "The Natural History of Peace: A Positive View of Human Nature and Its Potential," in The Natural History of Peace, Thomas A. Gregor, ed. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, Ch. 4, pp. 95-125.
1996, "History, Conservation, and Human Rights: The Case of the Yanomami in the Amazon of Brazil and Venezuela," in Managing Conflicts in Protected Areas, Connie Lewis, ed., Gland, Switzerland: IUCN- The World Conservation Union, pp. 62-62.
1997, "The Human Niche in Amazonia: Explorations in Ethnoprimatology," in New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Warren Kinzey, ed. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, Ch. 9, pp. 143-165.
1997, "The Master Thief: Gold Mining and Mercury Contamination in the Amazon," in Life and Death Matters: Human Rights and the Environment at the End of the Millennium, Barbara Rose Johnston, ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: Altamira Press, Ch. 5, pp. 99-127.
1997 "A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Monastic Community in Promoting a Green Society in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) in Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Williams, eds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, pp. 45-68.
1998, "The Historical Ecology of Thailand: Increasing Thresholds of Human Environmental Impact from Prehistory to the Present," in Advances in Historical Ecology, William Balee, ed. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, Ch. 17, pp. 376-404.
2000, "Identities, Ecologies, Rights, and Futures: All Endangered," in Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive), Leslie E. Sponsel, ed., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Ch. 1, pp. 1-22.
2001, "Do Anthropologists Need Religion, and Vice Versa?: Adventures and Dangers in Spiritual Ecology," New Directions in Anthropology and Environment: Intersections, Carole Crumley, ed., Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, Ch. 9, pp. 177-200.
2001, "Is Indigenous Spiritual Ecology a New Fad?: Reflections from the Historical and Spiritual Ecology of Hawai`i," invited for Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community, John Grim, ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, pp. 159-174.
2001, "Why a Tree is More than a Tree: Reflections on the Spiritual Ecology of Sacred Trees in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), Santi Pracha Dhamma, Sulak Sivaraksa, et al., eds., Bangkok, Thailand: Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute, pp. 364-373.
2002, "Monkey Business? The Conservation Implications of Macaque Ethnoprimatology in Southern Thailand," (with Nukul Ruttanadakul and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) Primates Face to Face: The Conservation Implications of Human-Nonhuman Primate Interconnections, Agustin Fuentes and Linda Wolfe, eds., New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, Ch. 14, pp. 288-309.
2003, "Buddhist Views of Nature and the Environment" (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), in Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed., Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 351-371.
2003, "Illuminating Darkness: The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) in Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on His 70th Birthday, David W. Chappell, ed., Bangkok, Thailand: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, pp. 255-269.
2004, "Coconut-Picking Macaques in Southern Thailand: Economic, Cultural and Ecological Aspects" (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel and Nukul Ruttanadakul) in Wildlife in Asia: Cultural Perspectives, John Knight, ed. New York, NY: Routledge/Curzon, pp. 112-128.
In press
2005, "Religion and Nature," invited for Psychology of Religion: Handbook, David Wulff, ed., New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
In preparation
"Sacred Places and Biodiversity Conservation," in Sanctuaries of Culture and Nature: Conserving Sacred Places and Biodiversity, Leslie E. Sponsel, ed.
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles
1996, The Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds., New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co., "Human Rights and Advocacy Anthropology" 2:602-607 and "Peace and Nonviolence" 3:908-912.
1997, Encyclopaedia of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, "Environment and Nature: Buddhism" pp. 290-291 and "Environment and Nature: South America--- The Amazon" pp. 305-307.
1997, The Dictionary of Anthropology, Thomas Barfield, ed. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers, “Ecological Anthropology” pp. 137-140, “Human Rights” pp. 248-250, “Peace and Nonviolence” pp. 350-352, and “Julian H. Steward” pp. 448-450.
2001, "Human Impact on Biodiversity, Overview," Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Simon Asher Levin, Editor-in-Chief, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 3:395-409.
2001, "Advocacy in Anthropology" International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, N.J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds., Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, pp. 204-206.
2005, Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor, Editor-in-Chief, New York, NY: Continuum, “Amazonia” 1:37-40, “Anthropologists” 1:94-96, “Anthropology as Source of Nature Religion” 1:96-98, “Biodiversity” 1:179-182, “Caves - Sacred (Thailand)” 1:276-278, “Ecological Anthropology” 1:544-548, “Noble Savage and Ecologically Noble Savage” 2:1210-1212, “Rainforests(Central and South America)” 2:1338-1340, “Southeast Asia” 2:1582-1585, “Trees- Sacred (Thailand)” 2:1661-1663, and “Yanomami” 2:1778-1779.
2006, Encyclopedia of Anthropology, H. James Birx, ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, “Animism” 1:80-81, “Darkness in El Dorado Controversy” 2:667-673, “Ashley Montagu” 4:1620-1622, “Religion and Environment” 5:2006-2009, “Julian H. Steward” 5:2128-2130, “Tropical Rain Forests” 5:2226-2228, and “Yanomamo” 5:2347-2351. http://www.sagepub.com
2006 Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed., Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, “Amazon: Environment and Nature” and “Buddhism: Environment and Nature”(in press for online edition).
2006 Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Paul Robbins, General Editor, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, three invited articles on Animism, Human Nature, and Subsistence (in press).
2006 online Encyclopedia of Earth,Washington, D.C.: National Council for Science and the Environment, invited articles on Religion and Environment and on Ecological Anthropology (in preparation).
Edited Books
1995, Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
2000, Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive (volume in the series, Barbara Johnston, series editor). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
2005, Sanctuaries of Nature and Culture: The Conservation of Sacred Places and Biodiversity (in preparation).
2005, Yellow and Black Gold in the Amazon: Gold, Oil, Environment, People and Rights (in preparation).
Co-Edited Books
1994, The Anthropology of Peace and Nonviolence. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. (co-editor Thomas A. Gregor).
1996, Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension. New York, NY: Columbia University Press (co-editors Thomas N. Headland and Robert C. Bailey). (Also published electronically online through Columbia University, and reprinted by publisher for distribution in Asia).
Books (Monographs)
1981, The Hunter and the Hunted in the Amazon: An Integrated Biological and Cultural Approach to the Behavioral Ecology of Human Predation. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International (Cornell University Doctoral Dissertation).
In preparation (various stages)
Ecocide or Ecosanity?: The Ecological Anthropology of Diversity (penultimate revision completed, final revision will be done in Spring 2005 for submission to publisher AltaMira Press for review in May).
Thailand: Explorations in Ecology, Culture and Religion (penultimate draft completed).
Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist Ecology from Thailand (second draft completed).
Amazon: Exploring Human Ecology (first draft completed).
Wrongs and Rights, Violence and Nonviolence: Anthropological Insights (first draft completed).
Lost World: Evolution, Ecology, and Culture in the Tropical Rainforest (first draft completed).
Noble or Savage?: The Yanomami and Anthropologists, Professional Ethics and Human Rights (just started draft).
Book Reviews
1984,"The Shaping of Man: Philosophical Aspects of Sociobiology by Roger Trigg," American Anthropologist 86(1):179-181 (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1985,"Theories of Evolution by James Birx," American Anthropologist 87(1):207-209 (co-author Kenneth A. R. Kennedy).
1985,"Malthus: Past and Present edited by Jacques Dupaquier," American Anthropologist 87(3):678-680.
1986,"Order Without Government: The Society of the Pemon Indians of Venezuela by David John Thomas," New Scholar 10(1-2):318-321.
1989,"Food and Population: Beyond Five Billion," by P. Hendry in Populaton Bulletin 43(2):1-40" Population and Environment 10(4):261-263.
1992,"Ethnobiology: Implications and Applications (Proceedings of the First International Congress of Ethnobiology, Belem, Brazil, 1988), Darrell A. Posey and William Leslie Overal, eds., Volumes I and II," American Anthropologist 94(2):499-500.
1994,"Societies at Peace: Anthropological Perspectives co-edited by Signe Howell and Roy Willis," American Ethnologist 20(2):396-397.
1995,"Footprints of the Forest: Ka'apor Ethnobotany- the Historical Ecology of Plant Utilizaton by an Amazonian People by William Balee," Current Anthropology 36(4):701-702.
1996,"Changing Lives, Changing Rites: Ritual and Social Dynamics in Philippine and Indonesian Uplands co-edited by Susan D. Russell and Clark E. Cunningham," Journal of Developing Societies
1998,"Fundamentals of Human Ecology by Edward J. Kormondy and Daniel E. Brown," American Journal of Human Biology 11(6):801-803.
1999,"Life Among the Yanomami: The Story of CHange among the Xilixana on the Mucajai River of Brazil, by John F. Peters," American Anthropologist 101(3):35-36.
2003,"Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia, Paul R. Greenough and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, eds.," Anthropological Quarterly Fall 2003, 76(4):775-787.
2005 (February),“Culture and the Question of Rights: Forests, Coasts, and Seas in Southeast Asia, Charles Zerner, ed.” Society and Natural Resources 18(2):191-193.
2005 (March),"Imagining Nature: Practices of Cosmology and Identity, Andreas Roepstorff, Nils Burbandt, and Kalevi Kull, eds.," Anthropological Forum 15(1):102-104.
2006 (June), “Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution and Peaceful Societies Around the World, Graham Kemp and Douglas P. Fry, eds.,” American Anthropologist 108(2):423-424.
2006,”Human Rights: The Scholar as Activist, Carole Nagengast and Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez, eds.” Journal of Anthropological Research 62:105-107.
Reprinted Publications
1981,"El Verdadero Problema la Sobrevivencia de los Indigenas" (The Real Problem of the Survival of Indigenes), in El Caso de Nuevas Tribus (The Case of the New Tribes), Esteban E. Mosonyi, et al., eds., Ch. 9, p. 83-88 (several co-authors). (Translated and reprinted from "The Real Issue: Survival of Indigenes," The Daily Journal (Caracas), February 5, 1980, p. 7).
1997,"La Gestion des Resources dans les Systemes Oligotrophes du Rio Negro (Amazonie Venezuelienne)," (with Paula Loya) in L'alimentation en foret tropicale: interactions bioculturales et perspectives de development, Claude Marcel Hladik, et al., eds. Paris, France: UNESCO Editions, Ch. 41, pp. 685-696. (Translated and reprinted from original English edition).
2000,"The Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Peace Studies," Social Justice: Anthropology, Peace and Human Rights 1(1-4):75-88 (reprinted from Human Peace Quarterly 7(3-4):3-9, Winter 1990).
2001,"Relationships Among the World System, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecological Anthropology in the Endangered Amazon," in Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America: A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South Americaa (Third Edition), Dwight B. Heath, ed., Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., Ch. 4, pp. 31-49. (Reprinted from Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World, L.E. Sponsel, ed., 1995, pp. 263-293).
2003,Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension, Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahedra Pal Singh (reprinted for distribution in South and Southeast Asia).
2004,"Illuminating Darkness: The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel)," in This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment, Roger S. Gottlieb, ed., New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 134-144. (Reprinted from Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraaksa, David W. Chappel, ed., 2003, pp. 255-270).
2005, “The Natural History of Peace: A Positive View of Human Nature and Its Potential,” in Bruce D. Bonta’s web site “Peaceful Societies: Alternatives to Violence and War,” <http://www.peacefulsocieties.org> (Reprinted from The Natural History of Peace, Thomas A. Gregor, ed., Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, pp. 95-125.
Miscellaneous
1982, Uwu Ya'deu'wa Ye'kuana a'deu'ku, Caracas, Venezuela: Ministry of Education and Office of Indigenous Affairs, 91 pages (facilitated writing of school primer about Ye'kuana culture in their own language with several authors).
1986, The Tropics: A General Bibliography. Monticello, Ill: Vance Bibliographies, 27 pages.
1987, Human Ecology: A Selected Biblography. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 40 pages.
Unpublished Papers
1993-95 Monthly reports of 5-10 pages as well as other documents for internal use written as Chair of the Commission for Human Rights of the American Anthropological Association.
1981- Numerous proposals for research and travel grants.
1981- Description of Ecological Anthropology Program (EAP)
1994-96 Description of Thai Studies.
2002- Description of Spiritual Ecology Concentration within EAP.
2003- Description of Natural Resource and Conflict
Resolution Concentration within EAP.
2003 New course proposals for 410 Ethics in Anthropology,
444 Spiritual Ecology, and 445 Sacred Places.
2004 New course proposal for 482 Environmental
Anthropology
Electronic Publications
1996, “The Natural History of Peace: A Positive View of Human Nature and Its Potential,” The Natural History of Peace, Thomas A. Gregor, ed., Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, pp. 95-125. Reprinted in Bruce D. Bonta’s web site “Peaceful Societies: Alternatives to Violence and War,” http://www.peacefulsocieties.org.
1998, "Yanomami: An Arena of Conflict and Aggression," 1998 Aggressive Behavior 24(2):97-122. Link available on Hume web site in Bibliography under Sponsel: http://members.aol.com/archaeodog/index.htm
2000 (February) "On Reflections on Darkness in El Dorado," Current Anthropology 43(1):149-150.
2000- Statements on the controversy surrounding Patrick Tierney's book Darness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon, NY: W.W. Norton, 2000-2002, on the Douglas Hume web site: http://members.aol.com/archaeodog/index.htm
(including "Summary of Statement Made at the Open Forum of the Last annual convention of the AAA in San Francisco, 2000","To the AAA Leadership and To Whom It May Concern,"
October 25, 2001; "Sponsel Reply to Geertz"; "Reply to Flannery and Other Partisans"; Reply to Hagen; etc.).
2002- Several lengthy comments on the Preliminary Report and Final Report of the AAA Task Force on Darkness in El Dorado, on the following website: http://www.aaanet.org.
Statements on the Public Anthropology website:
http://www.publicanthropology.org
2002 "Advocacy in Anthropology," International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, N.J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds., Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
2003 “The Historical Ecology of Thailand: Increasing Thresholds of Human Environmental Impact from Prehistory to the Present,” in Advances in Historical Ecology, William Balee, ed., 1998, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, pp. 376-404 at the following website:
http://www.earthscape.org/r3/ES14449/balee.html
2005 Personal faculty homepage:
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/Sponsel