Eric Perramond – Southwest (U.S.) Research

My academic training and personal research interests are squarely focused on human-environment relationships in what might be called the Greater Southwest (including parts of Northern Mexico). Over the last decade, I have addressed issues of agricultural, biological and cultural diversity in reservation settings (Zuni) and how particular groups have responded to U.S. federal policies and international border issues for their basic livelihoods. My current plans are to begin new research, largely community-based and centered, in northern New Mexico over the next several years (2005-07). These smaller projects will address issues of resource access, equity, and policy dimensions among multiple users and agencies. They will also focus on the juncture of the Southwest’s “three cultures” (Amerindians, Anglo, Hispano-Mexicano) and how each has articulated a peculiar relationship with their environmental, social and political settings.

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