Allison Caine

Allison Caine, an environmental anthropologist and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming, recounts two years living and herding with Quechua alpaca herders high in the Peruvian Andes. She explores k'ita, or restlessness, animal behavior and human-animal communication. Topics include gendered herding labor, glacier retreat, land tenure changes, youth migration, and shifting religious and communal ties.