Tim Choy is Associate Professor in the Science and Technology Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Acknowledgments vii
Note on Transliteration xi
1. Problems of a Political Nature 1
Passions 19
2. Endangerment 23
Slow 51
3. Specific Life 53
Chess 73
4. Articulated Knowledges 76
Hair 106
5. Earthly Vocations 109
Hiking 137
6. Air's Substantiations 139
Notes 169
Bibliography 185
Index 199