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Lydia Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Race and Technology in the Department of Anthropology at Georgetown University. A geographer, environmental anthropologist, and postcolonial theorist, her work bridges natural and social sciences to examine the intersection of colonial histories, environmental discourses, and traditional forest communities in the Caribbean and Latin America.
- B.A. in Mathematics and Biology (University of Bristol)
- M.A. in Sociology and Anthropology (UCL)
- Ph.D. in Environmental Anthropology (UCL)
Her research investigates how GIS, remote sensing, and ecological methods influence access to environmental spaces. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at UCL (ESRC-funded) and Columbia University, where she maintains Visiting Assistant Professor status. Lydia Gibson's work critically interrogates colonial logic in environmental knowledge production.
Her recent publications focus on participatory ethics, digital colonialism, postcolonial ecological theory, and indigenous knowledge sovereignty. Key themes include environmental data practices, community resistance, and the metaphysics of blackness in conservation.
Lydia Gibson’s edited volume The Ethics of Participation in Environmental Field Research (2025) has received critical acclaim for its decolonial approach. The book features contributions from scholars like Liana Chua, Paige West, and Vanessa Agard-Jones, and is part of Routledge’s Research and Teaching in Environmental Studies series.
