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Dr. Whitt studied the politics of climate change in the Andean highlands of Bolivia. He explored how daily spatial experiences, like intensified floods, mud, and lightning, shape local environmental politics. He argues for conceptualizing people's responses to climate change as ongoing negotiations with changing space.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD) - graduated in 2017