Marieka Sax

Marieka Sax is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Her research focuses on the social and community impacts of resource extraction, particularly in northern British Columbia. She collaborates with Dr. Daniel Tubb on projects examining how different socio-economic groups experience the benefits and burdens of natural resource development during speculative phases. Her work bridges Latin American studies and Canadian contexts, with prior research in the Peruvian Andes addressing small-scale agriculture, sacred landscapes, and traditional medicine. Sax's interdisciplinary approach connects indigenous ways of knowing with broader questions about wellbeing and the good life.

Her research emphasizes culturally mediated understandings of resource development's societal impacts, combining ethnographic methods with critical social theory. Though currently affiliated with UNBC's Geography Program, her primary academic home remains the Anthropology department. No specific awards or grants are listed in the provided profile.