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James Igoe

Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions

University of Virginia

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College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology

James Igoe is currently serving as a College And Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions at University of Virginia.

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University of Virginia

Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions

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anthropology conservation science conservation politics sustainable development environmental planning political ecology biological conservation conservation policy public policy african development community-based conservation ecology environmental anthropology african studies resource policy biodiversity conservation environmental policy conservation biology african political economy conservation letter animal conservation environmental values culture biodiversity ecological economics conservation planning humanitarian aid environmental history social anthropology cultural economy environmental politics land use sustainable tourism historical geography commodification practical conservation ecotourism case studies civil society biodiversity protection environmental governance political geography indigenous peoples indigenous movements global governance sustainable consumption protected areas spectacular eco‐tour historic bloc late capitalism neoliberal conservation neoliberal biodiversity conservation east africa land development man-land relationship population displacement poverty reduction african diaspora rural development natural resources cultural sustainability land management uneven development mass culture visual communication art policy public displays fortress conservation mkomazi game reserve desert strange neoliberal lens global overview rural groups cbd cop 7 spectacular mediations transnational conservation globalization global north nature conservation

Notable Scholarly Works

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Emergence, Exclusion, and Unresolved Horizons: Response to Bunce Et Al. (2025). Conservation Biology (2025)

James Igoe

evolutionary anthropologyphilosophysystematics (systems theory)philosophy of scienceevolutionary applicationssocial sciencesevolutionary economicsunresolved horizonssociologyemergent phenomenacomplexity sciencecoexistence

A Conservationist Political Ecology in and for the Tarangire Ecosystem. Ecological studies (2022)

Jim Igoe

anthropologyconservation scienceconservation politicsbiodiversity conservationconservation letterconservation policyecologytarangire ecosystempolitical ecologybiological conservation

The Nature of Spectacle. The Journal of Peasant Studies (2017)

JIM IGOE

visual perceptionaestheticsvisual cultureperformance studiescinemaart

The Nature of Spectacle: On Images, Money, and Conserving Capitalism. (2017)

Jim Igoe

capitalismmass culturevisual communicationart policypublic displaysvisual artsaestheticsconserving capitalismpopular culturecultural economyscreen mediumimage communicationvisual culturemedia studiesfilmart

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 352 Pp.. American Anthropologist (2016)

Jim Igoe

capitalismsocialismglobal historyhistorycapitalist ruinshistorical geographyclassical sociologycivilizationspeasant studiesenvironmental historyprinceton university pressanna lowenhaupt tsing

Consume, Connect, Conserve: Consumer Spectacle and the Technical Mediation of Neoliberal Conservation's Aesthetic of Redemption and Repair. Human Geography (2013)

Jim Igoe

sustainable consumptionculturegreen marketingsustainable developmentenvironmental policyenvironmental planningenvironmental politicsconsumer spectacleconsumer redemptionenvironmental valuespublic policytechnical mediationpolitical ecologyconsumerism

Introducing Nature on the Move -- a Triptych. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2013)

Sian SullivanJim IgoeBram Buscher

anthropologysustainable tourismhistorysocial-ecological systemsconservation sciencehistorical geographyconservation politicssustainable developmentenvironmental policyenvironmental planningenvironmental politicsradical transformationsocio-economic displacementsconservation policypolitical ecologybiological conservation

Nature on the Move II: Contemplation Becomes Speculation. New proposals (2013)

Jim Igoe

commodificationanthropologymove iiembodied qualitiesaestheticsmaterial culturecultural changeradical aestheticsembodimentaesthetic articulationvisual cultureanthropological theoryart

Prosuming Conservation: Producing/Consuming Nature and the Material Base of Speculative Capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture (2013)

James Igoe

anthropologysustainable consumptiondegrowthsustainable productionagricultural economicssustainability sciencematerial culturesustainable developmentenvironmental valuesmaterial basesustainable productssustainable livingspeculative capitalismcultural economyproducing/consuming nature

‘Prosuming’ Conservation? Web 2.0, Nature and the Intensification of Value-Producing Labour in Late Capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture (2013)

Bram BüscherJim Igoe

southern african studiescommodificationanthropologyafrican developmentcultureconservation scienceconservation politicssustainable developmentcultural sustainabilityafrican studiesweb 2.0environmental valuesenvironmental philosophysocial anthropologyinteractive web 2.0late capitalismpolitical ecologyenvironmental anthropology

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James Igoe

Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions

University of Virginia

Affiliations

College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology

James Igoe is currently serving as a College And Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions at University of Virginia.

Honors

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Experiences

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James Igoe

University of Virginia

Professor Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Admissions

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Emergence, Exclusion, and Unresolved Horizons: Response to Bunce Et Al. (2025). Conservation Biology (2025)

James Igoe

A Conservationist Political Ecology in and for the Tarangire Ecosystem. Ecological studies (2022)

Jim Igoe

anthropologyconservation scienceconservation politicsbiodiversity conservationconservation letterconservation policyecologytarangire ecosystempolitical ecologybiological conservation

The Nature of Spectacle. The Journal of Peasant Studies (2017)

JIM IGOE

visual perceptionaestheticsvisual cultureperformance studiescinemaart

The Nature of Spectacle: On Images, Money, and Conserving Capitalism. (2017)

Jim Igoe

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 352 Pp.. American Anthropologist (2016)

Jim Igoe

capitalismsocialismglobal historyhistorycapitalist ruinshistorical geographyclassical sociologycivilizationspeasant studiesenvironmental historyprinceton university pressanna lowenhaupt tsing

Consume, Connect, Conserve: Consumer Spectacle and the Technical Mediation of Neoliberal Conservation's Aesthetic of Redemption and Repair. Human Geography (2013)

Jim Igoe

Introducing Nature on the Move -- a Triptych. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (2013)

Sian SullivanJim IgoeBram Buscher

Nature on the Move II: Contemplation Becomes Speculation. New proposals (2013)

Jim Igoe

commodificationanthropologymove iiembodied qualitiesaestheticsmaterial culturecultural changeradical aestheticsembodimentaesthetic articulationvisual cultureanthropological theoryart

Prosuming Conservation: Producing/Consuming Nature and the Material Base of Speculative Capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture (2013)

James Igoe

‘Prosuming’ Conservation? Web 2.0, Nature and the Intensification of Value-Producing Labour in Late Capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture (2013)

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