Books
Human Rewilding in the 21st Century
An Anthropologist's Guide to the End of Civilization
Responding to recent critics from academia and the progressive Left who have attempted to undermine the case for rewilding and a return to our evolutionary heritage, Human Rewilding in the 21st Century draws on the author's nearly two decades of experience as a professional anthropologist working with indigenous hunter-gatherers on three continents to make the case that rewilding — both personal and political — is not only desirable but necessary in the face of civilizational collapse and ecological catastrophe. This is not a self-help book about "reconnecting with nature." It is an unflinching look at what anthropology actually tells us about how humans are supposed to live, and what we must do to get back there.
“This is a passionate manifesto in defense of rewilding against those who criticize it while promoting techno-industrial civilization. It is an invigorating and inspiring read.”
Turning a Moose Hide into Buckskin
Brain-Tanning Large-Game Animal Skins at Home
This short book is a clearly-written how-to step-by-step manual for turning a large game animal skin — moose, elk, caribou, deer, or similar — into beautiful, soft, smoke-tanned buckskin using traditional brain-tanning methods. Drawing on years of hands-on experience processing hides in Alaska, this guide covers everything from field care of the fresh hide through fleshing, braining, wringing, softening, and smoking. Written for both beginners and experienced tanners looking to refine their technique.
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Feral Prescriptions & Pathways
Field Notes, Linked with the Ethnographic Record
A practical guide to shedding domestication — from community self-reliance and wild food sovereignty to hunting, primitive skills, and the rejection of technological dependency. Drawn from nearly two decades of fieldwork and on-the-ground rewilding practice, this essay maps the pathways back to a feral existence.
Originally published in Black & Green Review #4. Now available as a free download.
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Anarchy After Graeber
A critical examination of David Graeber and David Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything" and its implications for anarchist thought and anthropological theory. Drawing on fieldwork experience and a deep engagement with hunter-gatherer ethnography, this book argues for a more grounded anarchist anthropology.
Resilience, Anarchy, and the Liberation of TEK
An exploration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), its suppression by colonial and industrial forces, and the case for its liberation as a tool for building resilient, anarchic communities rooted in place and ecological relationship.
Killing Off The Hadza
How academic anthropology and conservation politics are destroying one of the last free hunter-gatherer peoples on Earth. This book examines the collision between Western conservation ideology, academic careerism, and the survival of the Hadza people of Tanzania — one of the last remaining groups of full-time hunter-gatherers.