Participant Info
- First Name
- Jonna
- Last Name
- Yarrington
- Country
- United States
- State
- AZ Arizona
- Jmknap@email.arizona.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Arizona
- Website URL
- https://anthropology.arizona.edu/user/jonna-yarrington
- Keywords
- political economy, political ecology, kinship, ethnicity, class, labor, intergenerational relationships
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a cultural and linguistic anthropologist specializing in human differentiation and stratification. My work incorporates mixed methods and historical ethnography, including archival work.
I have conducted research in French Guiana (France), Haiti, and North America.
My master’s work centered on the history of beet sugar in 19th-century mainland France and its effects on the cane sugar market of the Francophone Caribbean colonies, in particular Guyane Française.
My doctoral research attempts to answer the question: what is the effect of the longterm threat of imminent displacement on intergenerational exchange? I worked on Tangier Island, Virginia, which is expected to be uninhabitable by 2040, but remains home to approx. 430 residents. I anticipate completing the PhD in 2020.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Country Focus
- United States, French Guiana (France), Haiti
- Expertise by Geography
- Caribbean, France, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Capitalism, Colonialism, Economic History, Environment, Family, Labor, Rural & Agrarian History