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Sarah Besky

Professor of the Anthropology of Work

Cornell University

Affiliations

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Global Labor and Work Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Sarah Besky is currently serving as a Global Labor And Work Professor of the Anthropology of Work at Cornell University.

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Cornell University

Professor of the Anthropology of Work

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anthropology colonialism agrarian change agricultural economics agrarian political economy peasant studies social anthropology south asian culture livelihoods sociocultural anthropology agricultural history global history settler colonialism history world development regional studies economics economic development trade international development environmental anthropology historical geography ethnohistory commodity frontier fair trade political ecology political geography ethnographic theory sustainable development land redistribution migration studies anthropological theory rural sociology rural development cultural geography darjeeling distinction economic research indigenous peoples protectionism farming systems social ecology labour law market power rural culture commercial policy west bengal darjeeling tea plantations indian tea international economic law internet economics labour geography geographical indication social geography environmental politics spatial politics digital economy market mechanisms commodity markets global justice socio-economic development household labor agricultural extension food sovereignty food security agricultural systems fair-trade tea plantations sovereignty conclusion plant ecologies social analysis territory overlap neoliberal logic tea board tea trade abnormal justice agricultural justice tea plantation houses feminist studies sociology global economy gender studies social inequality labour studies gender inequality women's studies gender diversity feminist theory

Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Climate’s Interiors. Limn (2025)

Sarah Besky

Escape to the Country. Limn. (2025)

Sarah BeskyYojak Tamang

economic developmentagrarian changeland degradationdevelopment economicsindia-asia collisionindia-asia collision zoneland redistributionregional studiescivilizationspeasant studieshimalayan foothillsagrarian crisisland useeast asian studies

PREFACE: The Impossible Interior. Limn. (2025)

Alex NadingSarah BeskyJason Cons

climate changeimpossible interiorearth scienceclimatic changegeographyclimate communicationenvironmental historyclimate crisisclimate storiesextreme environmentsclimatologyclimate issuescold region science

Feminist Cyberlaw. University of California Press eBooks (2024)

Geni AchnasDiana AllanJosh BarkerMeghan DownesMaría FernándezRobert FosterKen GeorgeDurba GhoshT HinrichsSteve JacksonIrwan JuliantoElisabeth KramerKirin NarayanElizabeth OrlanSarah PickmanRachel PrenticeJacob RinckKathryn RobinsonRatna SaptariK Sivar- AmakrishnanPhilip SternSetefanus SuprajitnoKedron ThomasG WeixNick AdmussenJessica CooperRay CraibSimone PinetSaida HodžićRoger MoseleyParisa HaveAtelier SeriesDarcie DeangeloNamita DhariaJatin DuaAnthony FontesDuana FullwileyLauren RosenChristien TompkinsKaya WilliamsLaurie WillisEmrah YildizSarah BeskyMatthew KohrmanAbidin KusnoTania LiRobert ProctorNancy SmithAnn WelkerRenata WelkerCarla Shumaker

women's studiesgender studiestechnology lawintersectionalityfeminist theoryfeminist medium studiescybercrimefeminist cyberlawdigital justicenear futuregender identityfeminist criminologysociologyfeminist methodsvisionary reimaginingfeminist philosophydigital mediumsfeminist studies

Plantation Capitalism as Categorical Violence. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (2024)

Sarah Besky

capitalismplantation capitalismagrarian political economyclass conflictafrican american studiespeasant studies

Regeneration and Its Discontents: Biodynamic Agriculture and Darjeeling Tea Plantations. Social & Cultural Geography (2024)

Sarah Besky

anthropologybiodynamic agriculturedarjeeling tea plantationsethnobotanyagrarian changeagricultural economicssustainable agriculturesustainable developmentregenerative agricultureagrobiodiversity conservationgreen washingagroecologyagronomyenvironmental anthropology

Response to Canay Ozden Shilling’s 'Real Time in Rear View: Techno-Economic Acts in Markets of Electricity'. Current Anthropology (2024)

Sarah Besky

electricity marketstechno-economic actsmarket (economics)energy policyeconomic behavioreconomic researchpower marketsmarket powerrear view'real timemarket designeconomicseconomic analysislocal energy marketpublic policyfinanceeconomic literature

Review of Sophie Chao. in the Shadow of the Palms: More Than Human Becomings in West Papua. Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory (2024)

Sarah Besky

anthropologysouth asian cultureasian studiescultural studiessophie chaocultural anthropologysocial anthropologyhuman becomingseast asian studieswest papuacaribbean studies

Agrarian Crisis, Affect, and Accumulation. Dialogues in Human Geography (2023)

Sarah Besky

west bengalworld developmentanthropologyinternational developmentman-land relationshipagrarian changeanthropocenesociocultural anthropologysustainable developmentcivilizationspeasant studiesagrarian crisisenvironmental crisisenvironmental anthropology

Crisis is in the Details. Anthropology of Work Review (2023)

Sarah Besky

mass disastersresilienceinternational financial crisiscrisis negotiationsfinancial crisisdisasterssocial sciencesdisaster medicinecrisis management

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Sarah Besky

Professor of the Anthropology of Work

Cornell University

Affiliations

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Global Labor and Work Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Sarah Besky is currently serving as a Global Labor And Work Professor of the Anthropology of Work at Cornell University.

Honors

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Cornell University

Professor of the Anthropology of Work

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Climate’s Interiors. Limn (2025)

Sarah Besky

Escape to the Country. Limn. (2025)

Sarah BeskyYojak Tamang

PREFACE: The Impossible Interior. Limn. (2025)

Alex NadingSarah BeskyJason Cons

Feminist Cyberlaw. University of California Press eBooks (2024)

Plantation Capitalism as Categorical Violence. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (2024)

Sarah Besky

capitalismplantation capitalismagrarian political economyclass conflictafrican american studiespeasant studies

Regeneration and Its Discontents: Biodynamic Agriculture and Darjeeling Tea Plantations. Social & Cultural Geography (2024)

Sarah Besky

Response to Canay Ozden Shilling’s 'Real Time in Rear View: Techno-Economic Acts in Markets of Electricity'. Current Anthropology (2024)

Sarah Besky

Review of Sophie Chao. in the Shadow of the Palms: More Than Human Becomings in West Papua. Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory (2024)

Sarah Besky

anthropologysouth asian cultureasian studiescultural studiessophie chaocultural anthropologysocial anthropologyhuman becomingseast asian studieswest papuacaribbean studies

Agrarian Crisis, Affect, and Accumulation. Dialogues in Human Geography (2023)

Sarah Besky

Crisis is in the Details. Anthropology of Work Review (2023)

Sarah Besky

mass disastersresilienceinternational financial crisiscrisis negotiationsfinancial crisisdisasterssocial sciencesdisaster medicinecrisis management

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