Updates

It was excellent to join Jeff Corntassel and Peter Andree on the Ecopolitics Podcast to discuss how mind-body practices like ceremony and meditation can support both personal and political transformation.

I was honoured to join Scott Stoneman’s excellent podcast Pretty Heady Stuff to discuss Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital. I somehow blanked that there would be video of the podcast and so you can watch me look everywhere except the little green light 🙂

Before encountering and practicing Buddhist cosmology I lacked cultural resources for making friends with this wild world I was born into and would one day feed in decomposition. Like many in the same predicament, listening to music and attending live shows became a form of ceremony for metabolizing my existential fears and affirming this exuberant…

I’m teaching a class on Radical Mindfulness with Morbid Anatomy this summer. There is a course fee, but participants receive an e-book. Let’s keep metabolizing existential fear in the service of mutual care and justice! https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/radical-mindfulness-james-rowe

I was happy to join Ronnie Lipschutz on his radio show Sustainability Now! to discuss how existential fear shapes patterns of human supremacy. The picture they chose was from 20 years ago. I’m not ageing. I shall not die 🙂

I was happy and honoured to join the Mindfulness Network for People of Colour’s book club to discuss Radical Mindfulness

With the expert help of Trevor Bennett from Kingtide Films I made a trailer for my forthcoming book. In the midst of multiple crises — including the climate change that is powering fiery destruction and darkened skies across western Canada — I think it is worthwhile to return to a discussion of root causes. In…

I’m excited to have participated in the Sony Music podcast “Seeking.” The first season is on psychedelics and the second explores the modern-day quest for immortality. I was brought in to rep death 🙂 More particularly, to talk about my new book Radical Mindfulness and the role of death denial in shaping relations of supremacy….

I generally have room to accept 1 student each year. If my description of research overlaps with your interests then please contact me. When making initial contact it is very helpful to hear about your background and interests. The more specific you can be about a possible research project the better (with full understanding that your…

Dr. James Rowe is an Associate Professsor with the School of Environmental Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this video, James discusses his research into political ecology. Learn more at: Faces of UVic research:    / facesofuvicresearch   UVic’s YouTube channel:    / uvic   UVic research: http://www.uvic.ca/research UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/

Writing reference letters for undergraduate students who have taken my classes and for graduate advisees is an important part of my job. Below are some guidelines that, if followed, will help make the letter-writing process mutually productive. Will you write me a letter? The background and qualifications I require to write a letter vary by…

Email is a wonderful communications tool. But its impressive efficiency has resulted in heightened communication throughput thus increasing workflow (one example of Jevons’ Paradox).