Taylor Nelms

Cite as:

Adams, James. 2018. “Taylor Nelms.” In UCI Anthro Alumni, edited by James Adams and Margaret Woodruff.  In UCI Anthro STS, edited by James Adams and Margaret Woodruff. In STS Across Borders Digital Exhibit, edited by Aalok Khandekar and Kim Fortun. Society for Social Studies of Science. August. http://stsinfrastructures.org/content/taylor-nelms/essay.

Essay Metanarrative

This PECE essay helps to answer the STS Across Borders analytic question: “What people, projects, and products exemplify how this STS formation has developed over time?”

This essay is part of a broader exhibit on UCI Anthro STS.

STS Across Borders In Brief

STS Across Borders is a special exhibit organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to showcase how the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has developed in different times, places...Read more

Who is Taylor Nelms?

About Taylor Nelms

Taylor Nelms received his PhD in Anthropology from UCI in 2015. Dr. Nelms studies how people make and maintain alternative or experimental economies. His current book project, After Neoliberalism: Solidarity Economies in Quito, Ecuador , examines—from policy to practice—efforts to reimagine "the...Read more

Personal Website

STS Across Borders Interview

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