Monkey’s Uncle

AABA 2024

anthropology
anti-racism
TESCREAL
I am recently back from the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA). Back in my first blogging period, I always liked to do…
Apr 1, 2024
James Holland Jones

Thinking About Uncertainty

uncertainty
adaptation
ESS185
I have been pretty obsessed with risk for a while now. My interest in formal risk management was piqued when I began thinking about life-history strategies for variable…
Jan 20, 2024
James Holland Jones

Novels (Mostly CliFi) from 2023, Cozy and Otherwise

CliFi
narrative
I managed to read 28 novels in 2023. Most of these were climate fiction since that remains a teaching (and possibly research) interest.
Jan 9, 2024
James Holland Jones

Kim Stanley Robinson, reading from his novel *New York 2140* at The Interval, May 9 2017.

Imagining Adaptive Societies

CliFi
climate change
This winter, I once again have the great fortune of co-teaching with Margaret Levi and Paula Moya our class entitled Imagining Adaptive Societies. In this class, we explore how speculative fiction can be used as a tool for imagining adaptable, sustainable, and just societies that can respond to the major challenges…
Jan 1, 2024
James Holland Jones

Plotting Notes for Adaptation Class

R
adaptation
ESS185
I will be teaching my class, Earth System Science 185: Adaptation, again this winter quarter. One of the stated learning outcomes for this class is to be able to “interpret…
Dec 31, 2023
James Holland Jones

Monkey’s Uncle Reprise

news
scicomm
I started writing my blog, Monkey’s Uncle, back in 2008. My wife had major surgery and I was a bit distracted from the task…
Dec 30, 2023
James Holland Jones
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