Chris Kortright
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Research interests
- Anthropology of Science
- History of Sciences
- Global Capitalism
- Discourse of Population and Biology
- Biological Reproduction
- Kinship Theory
- Ideas of the Family
- Eugenics
- White Power Movements in the US and Canada
My research is located at the intersection of biology, politics and economics.
My ethnographic/history of the present research was at the International Rice Research Institute (2008-2010) situated in the C4 Rice Project as they attempted to change the photosynthetic pathways of the rice plant. I explored the political economy, Malthusian stories and evolutionary discourses that were embedded in this experimental system.
My new research is the “Anarchist Family Project” which is a project interweaving anarchist history with the history of science. This research is a multi-directional research project: 1) explores anarchist theories/ideas of the family, kinship, reproduction/heredity and population 2) traces out anarchist family histories and kinship/family experiments 3) maps the anarchist movement through kinship and family ties. This project is focused on the English speaking North American anarchist movement starting in the late Antebellum period and ending in post World War II. The project is a close reading of anarchist journals, pamphlets, books and personal corespondents.
Publications:
Edited Books
2020 (Editor) Returning to the Family Question: Anarchist Writings About the Family 1888-1908. Changing Suns Press: Regina
- Introduction Chapter 'Why should we return to 'The Family Question'?"
2016 (Editor) Killing King Abacus Anthology. Changing Suns Press: Regina
Articles
2013 "On Labor and Creative Transformations in the Experimetal Fields of the Philippines". East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 7(4): 557-578
Other Writing
Firebrand Dictionary (2015-2016)