Lumbee scientist & engaged scholar. North Carolinian. Associate Professor at Duke studying water, climate change, environmental justice & Indigenous rights. Author of ON THE SWAMP, stories of Lumbee survival in a changing world. he/him. www.RyanEmanuel.com
Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel
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ON THE SWAMP is a Silver winner of the 2026 Nautilus book awards, and I’m grateful for the recognition. The book explores #EnvironmentalJustice through perspectives of Lumbee & other Indigenous peoples of present-day eastern North Carolina. Check it out! uncpress.org/978146967832...
Today we’re featuring Ryan E. Emanuel’s “Countermemories and Climate Change,” a Climate Annotation on memory, oppressive history, and understanding.
Free to read online for the next two weeks.
ecotonemagazine.org/climate-anno...
@WaterPotential.bsky.social
What Landback isn't is a demand for Non-Natives to hand over their housekeys or master plan to rid the land of Non-Natives.
Landback is a framework, a set of ideas & possibilities that can take very different shapes depending on the land in question, the tribe involved and people doing the work.
Dr. Ryan E. Emanuel
Ecotone Magazine
Great visit to University of Minnesota this week. I gave a seminar on environmental justice for environmental science & had conversations on topics ranging from the challenges of confronting colonialism in academia to the joys of finding a good conference roommate. I also squeezed in 2 short runs.
New essay in the latest issue of @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social in which I reflect on #ClimateChange, racism, memory, & more. I wrote the 1st draft back in 2020-2021 as part of a preface for ON THE SWAMP. As the book evolved, this piece fell to the wayside. I'm glad it finally found a home in Ecotone!
