An international group of distinguished scholars pay homage to and build on the work of one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Michael Watts.* Shows how Michael Watts' research, writings, teaching and mentoring have relentlessly pushed boundaries, transforming his chosen field of geography and beyond* Spans an array of topics including the political economy and ecology of African societies, governmentality and territoriality in various Southern contexts, food security, cultural materialist expositions of capitalism, modernity and development across the postcolonial world* Builds on his legacy, exploring its theoretical, analytical, and empirical implications and proposing exciting new possibilities for further exploration in the tracks of Watts

Introduction: Other Geographies, in the work of Michael WattsSharad Chari, Susanne Freidberg, Jesse Ribot, Wendy Wolford and Vinay Gidwani1. Academic Journeys in the Black Atlantic: Gender, Work and Environmental TransformationsJudith Carney2. Getting back to our roots: Integrating critical physical and social science in the early work of Michael WattsRebecca Lave3. Binary narratives of capitalism and climate change: Dangers and possibilitiesLucy Jarosz4. Aggregate Modernities: A Critical Natural History of Contemporary AlgorithmsJake Kosek5. Peanuts for Cashews? Agricultural Diversification and the Limits of Adaptability in Côte d'IvoireThomas Bassett and Moussa Koné6. Life itself under contract: A biopolitics of partnerships and chemical risk in California's strawberry industryJulie Guthman7. Commoditization, Primitive Accumulation, and the Spaces of Biodiversity ConservationRoderick Neumann8. Stopping the Serengeti Road: Social Media and the Discursive Politics of Conservation in TanzaniaBenjamin Gardner9. Privatize everything, certify everywhere: Academic assessment and value transfersTad Mutersbaugh10. Oil, indigeneity and dispossessionJoe Bryan11. Frontiers: Remembering the Forgotten LandsTeo Ballvé12. Vibrancy of Refuse, Piety of Refusal: Infrastructures of Discard in DakarRosalind Fredericks13. Land Reclamation as Resiliency in Post-Colonial Phnom PenhErin Collins