Inclusion, Collaboration & Engagement
American Anthropological Association
107th Annual Meeting November 19–23, 2008 San Francisco, California
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107th AAA Annual Meeting | November 19–23, 2008 | San Francisco Hilton and Towers
Inclusion, Collaboration & Engagement Noel J Chrisman AAA Executive Program Chair It is time to make your final plans for the annual meeting, November 19-23 in San Francisco, a beautiful city with much to offer. The Annual Meeting Program Committee accepted more than 500 sessions this year. As always, the annual meeting promises to be a great opportunity to catch up on the work and lives of old and new friends and colleagues, and to attend sessions, workshops, exhibits and meetings of committees and sections. On-site child care and a WiFi zone will be provided for your convenience. To whet your appetites, the Program Committee is happy to provide you with a sneak peak of some highly anticipated 2008 sessions. “HIV/AIDS: Underscoring Needs for and Challenges to Collaboration” is jointly offered from the Association for Africanist Anthropology and the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA). Presenters will analyze why and how we must reconceptualize our theoretical understandings of culture and society, as well as our approaches to health, development, community capacity building and international collaboration to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. “RadicalArchaeologyasCriticalAnthropology: Papers Honoring Thomas C Patterson” is sponsored by the Archeology Division. Papers will examine such issues as the influence of archaeology on anthropological theory and articulations between native communities and archaeologists. “The Legacy of Daphne Berdahl” will be presented by the Society for the Anthropology of Europe. Daphne Berdahl was one of anthropology’s leading scholars of Central and Eastern Europe. Papers will assess her contributions to such areas as the anthropology of borderlands, memory and consumption. One of the roundtables sponsored by the NationalAssociationofStudentAnthropologists,
“Graduate Student Collaborations and Engagements in Environmental Change Research,” will stress how graduate students can collaborate on integrative research programs focused on the human dimensions of environmental change. The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness and the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology will cosponsor the invited session “Black Atlantic and Caribbean Religions: Transnational Flows and Local Histories.” This session will bring together researchers documenting the histories of specific religious communities throughout the region. The Society for East Asian Anthropology highlights its session “Reinventing the Chinese State.” This panel shows, through five finelyetched ethnographic portraits, that the Chinese state has reinvented itself as an omnipresent force. NAPA and the Anthropology and Environment Section have collaborated to produce “Researching a Moving Target: Anthropological Models and Methods in an Age of Unprecedented Climate Change.” Experienced researchers and practitioners will show how their work engages their research communities in collaboration, consultation and public debate about how to address global climate change locally. The Society for Visual Anthropology’s 2008 lineup includes a diverse and engaging range of papers, screenings and special events. Highlights include the Annual Film, Video and Interactive Media Festival, which received a record number of contributions and promises to be one of the best programs to date. The Society for the Anthropology of North America will present “New States of War and Policing,” which will focus on the relationship between war-making, states and policing, and probe their convergence in the current global war on terror. The Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology and Society for the Anthropology of Work will co-sponsor “Locating Labor: Anthropologists Engage Service Worker Struggles.” David Bacon, labor photojournalist and author, will put the actions of the San Francisco hotel strike into the context of transna-
tional labor politics and help us delineate an ethnology of labor struggles. The newly formed Society for Anthropological Sciences will sponsor its first AAA sessions, which will highlight various formal methods of collecting, analyzing and visualizing data from the field, in particular methods of cognitive anthropology and social network analysis. The Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists will co-sponsor, with the Executive Program Committee, a session titled “Anthropology and Transgender: Rethinking Inclusion, Collaboration and Engagement.” Trans and non-trans anthropologists, historians, lobbyists and community-based activists will constitute the exciting panel of speakers. “Rethinking Race, Biology and Genetics” is an Executive Program Committee session that promises to explore the difficult debate about the biology and social construction of race. Papers show a recognition that anthropology, despite its long engagement with the complex relationship of race, biology and genetics, has yet to formulate an effective and relevant response to the recent surge of public interest in, and misconceptions about, these concepts. “Multiple Indigenous Views of Anthropology’s Future: Envisioning a New Anthropology” is a Presidential Session that will focus on indigenous anthropologists, and their communities, who are engaging in a new, collaborative anthropology that is directed by, rather than directed at, their heritage. There are two sessions to which the public will be explicitly invited: “Pulse of the Planet: Human Rights and Social Justice in the 21st Century” and “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Role of Anthropology.” This latter panel will consider the opportunities and challenges that the declaration presents for anthropology and anthropological practice. This year, the concepts of inclusion, collaboration and engagement guide our meeting program. With more than 500 sessions from which to choose, those who attend the San Francisco meeting are bound to connect with research and colleagues that will provide useful feedback and new insights and opportunities. I hope that you will find it to be a truly valuable experience.
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What Every Student Should Know about the Meeting Setha Low AAA President
The annual meeting can be a whirlwind— trying to attend all the sessions you want, presenting your own work, connecting with new and longtime colleagues, sharing ideas, participating in section meetings, attending workshops, seeing the book exhibit and much more. All these aspects of the meeting work towards the larger goal of building and strengthening our community of anthropologists. A key part of this is helping graduate students join our community of scholars and professionals, and that is why I’m writing this letter to you. As many of the more seasoned members dive right into our sessions, meetings and, of course, catching up with friends, it is easy for the opportunity to meet emerging anthropologists to slip past us. But there are a few straightforward actions you as graduate students can take to increase your network of colleagues and make the most of your meeting experience.
Go to sessions related to your work
A challenge every year is deciding what sessions to attend. One complicating factor is the desire to support your friends when they give their own papers. While such support is important, be sure to balance it with activities that relate to your own work and research, where you can learn the most about current research, projects and theories in your field. To support your friends, review and practice papers with each other before the meeting.
community, and the first step in that is to know each other’s names. You may feel uncomfortable introducing yourself to people you haven’t met before, but it is an important part of the meeting. Be forthright and friendly, polite and understanding. If someone is unable to talk to you when you greet them, hand them your card or try to catch up with them later. For some people, the meeting is the best time to talk; for others, communicating after the meeting might be better.
Ask for feedback
Have you met someone who is working in your field or working on a related topic? That person may be able to give you valuable feedback or suggestions, but you won’t know unless you ask. Your active participation in the meeting is very important both for the development of your own careers and the growth of our discipline. Not only do you as graduate students bring a fresh perspective to the issues and challenges facing our field, but you are the future leaders of the anthropological community at all levels, including the AAA. And please, if you see me there, come introduce yourself.
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Johnnetta Cole will present the 2008 Distinguished Lecture titled “Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: A Mirror on US Culture.” For information, please see page 40.
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107th AAA Annual Meeting | November 19–23, 2008 | San Francisco Hilton and Towers
General Information The 107th AAA Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton San Francisco, 333 O’Farrell at Mason, San Francisco, CA 94102. This preliminary program will be available soon on the AAA website (www.aaanet.org). Registration forms and housing information will also be available online.
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Association Travel Concepts (ATC) is the official travel agency for the meeting in San Francisco. The following discounts apply to travel between November 16 and November 26, 2008 to SFO, OAK and SJC airports:
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All members who submitted proposals for papers, posters, sessions and special events for the AAA Annual Meeting were emailed letters of acceptance or rejection between July 25 and August 15. If you are a session participant and have not yet heard about your session, contact your session organizer. If you submitted an individually volunteered paper or poster, and have not yet received a letter, contact the meetings department at 703/528-1902 ext 3025 or
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Discounts of up to 5% (American Airlines) or 15% (United Airlines) on applicable classes of service for tickets purchased more than 30 days prior to the meeting. Restrictions may apply.
REGISTRATION You can pre-register online for the meeting, workshops and roundtables at www.aaanet. org until October 15. If you registered for the meeting when submitting a session, paper or poster proposal, you do not have to register again. Advance registrants will receive a receipt to present at the advance registration desks to pick up badges, programs and other meeting materials. Advance and on-site registration will be open Wednesday, November 19 at 10:00 am and will continue through Saturday, November 22 at the Hilton San Francisco.
Registration Refunds Cancellations received by email or fax by October 15 will be eligible for a refund. After October 15, registrants will no longer be eligible for refunds or credits. A $35 processing fee is applied against all registration fees refunded. Registration fees will not be refunded to presenters who cancel their participation on the program. Refunds will be processed after the meeting.
Online Travel Center Direct access to ATC online booking. Go to www.atcmeetings.com and click on “meetings.” When you register using the online booking tool please enter “AAA” in the Company or Organization or Association field. Make your reservation from one of the following options: • Web: www.atcmeetings.com • Email:
[email protected] • Phone: 800/458-9383 ATC agents are available for reservations 8:30 am–8:00 pm (EST), Monday through Friday. Some restrictions may apply. Service fees apply.
The Hilton San Francisco is 17 miles (30 minutes, non-rush hour traffic) from SFO. Transportation via taxi is $41 one way (typical minimum charge). For Super Shuttle, a typical minimum charge is $17. See www.flysfo.com.
Oakland International Airport (OAK) The Hilton San Francisco is 18 miles (40 minutes, non-rush hour traffic) from OAK.Transportation via taxi is $45 one way (typical minimum charge). For Super Shuttle, a typical minimum charge is $27. See www.flyoakland.com.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) BART is a fast, convenient and inexpensive way to get from SFO or OAK to the Hilton San Francisco. BART to downtown San Francisco costs $5.15 (SFO) or $5.30 (OAK) and takes just a half hour. The 103-mile BART system links eight San Francisco stations with SFO to the south and 29 stations in the East Bay. Trains operate seven days a week from 4:00 am to midnight weekdays, 6:00 am to midnight Saturdays, and 8:00 am to midnight on Sundays. See www.bart.gov.
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Hilton San Francisco—Meeting Headquarters The Hilton San Francisco is centrally located in the theatre district, 333 O’Farrell St, two blocks from Union Square, the city’s best in shopping, entertainment, restaurants and sightseeing attrac-
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tions. Hotel features include Spa Fusion and Health Club, outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool, WiFi on the lobby level and five on-site restaurants, featuring the 46th floor Cityscape. Guest room amenities include high-speed Internet access, coffee maker, iron, hair dryer, CD clock radio, 27 television with on-demand movies and in-room safe deposit boxes. ||
Hilton Rates (Single/Double) Standard: $179.50/$199.00 Superior: $197.00/$217.00 Deluxe: $208.00/$228.00 Towers: $280.00/$310.00 To make a reservation call 800/HILTONS or visit www.hilton.com. For meeting rates mention the code “ant.” A special student triple rate of $150.00 per room is available at the hotel. This rate must be arranged in groups of three people. All three occupant’s names must be provided. The number of rooms at the student rate is limited.
STUDENT ACCOMODATIONS Hostelling International San Francisco, Downtown Stay just one block from Union Square and Hilton San Francisco at a hostel with rates starting at just $25/person/night for a dormitorystyle room or $79-$99/room/night for a private room. You’ll be in the heart of San Francisco’s tourist district, steps from Chinatown and SoMa. For information on getting to and from the downtown hostel, please go to http://sfhostels.com/downtown/directions. The hostel offers safe, affordable accommodations in clean, spacious, gender-separate dorm rooms for four people with shared bathroom. Private rooms are also available with or without private bathroom. Amenities include free continental breakfast, free WiFi, a self-service kitchen, guest lounges and on-site laundry. Book online at http://sfhostels.com/downtown or call 415/788-5604. Please mention that you are coming for the American Anthropological Association meeting. Hostelling International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization helping to
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CHILDCARE ACCENT on Children’s Arrangements will provide childcare during the meeting at Hilton San Francisco. ACCENT is a nationally recognized professional company that provides onsite children’s activities in a nurturing, safe, educational environment. ACCENT employs professional supervisors who are CPR and Pediatric First Aid Certified. The cost is $10 per child per hour with a three hour minimum. Fees are slightly higher for infants and toddlers. The non-refundable pre-registration fee is $10 per child. The program will be available Wednesday through Sunday and space is limited, so please register early. If you have questions or would like to receive a registration form, please call 504/524-0188.
ACCESSIBILITY If you require accessibility assistance because of wheelchair use or hearing impairment, please send a request by October 10th to AAA Meetings Department, 2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington VA 22201, or visit www. aaanet.org and complete the online request for meeting accessibility form.
PLACEMENT CENTER The Placement Service at the AAA meeting is primarily for employers to begin face to face interviews with job candidates. AAA provides space for job-seekers to meet with potential employers in Plaza B on the lobby level. We will post all jobs offered by participating employers in addition to posting the interview schedule. The center will be open Thursday–Saturday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm. For more information please visit the website at www.aaanet.org/meetings/AAA-PlacementService-at-the-Annual-Meeting.cfm, or contact Richard Thomas at
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EXHIBITS AAA’s annual meeting exhibition hours are 9:00 am– 5:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, and 9:00 am–4:00 pm on Saturday. For information about exhibiting, contact the AAA Meetings Department, 703/528-1902 ext 3025.
Guide to Section Names A&E Anthropology and Environment Section ABA Association of Black Anthropologists AD Archeology Division AES American Ethnological Society AFA Association for Feminist Anthropology AfAA Association for Africanist Anthropology AIA Association of Indigenous Anthropologists ALLA Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists APLA Association for Political and Legal Anthropology ASA Association of Senior Anthropologists BAS Biological Anthropology Section C&A Culture and Agriculture CAE Council on Anthropology and Education CMA Council for Museum Anthropology CSAS Central States Anthropological Society EAS Evolutionary Anthropology Society GAD General Anthropology Division MES Middle East Section NAPA National Association for the Practice of Anthropology NASA National Association of Student Anthropologists SAC Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness SACC Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges SAE Society for the Anthropology of Europe SAFN Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition SANA Society for the Anthropology of North America SAR Society for the Anthropology of Religion SAS Society for Anthropological Sciences SAW Society for the Anthropology of Work SCA Society for Cultural Anthropology SEAA Society for East Asian Anthropology SHA Society for Humanistic Anthropology SLA Society for Linguistic Anthropology SLACA Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology SMA Society for Medical Anthropology SOLGA Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists SPA Society for Psychological Anthropology SUNTA Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology SVA Society for Visual Anthropology
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Preliminary Program Schedule 9:00 am–2:00 pm Please check the final AAA ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM for possible schedule changes. A guide to sponsoring section names and acronyms is available on page 5.
Tuesday, Nov 18 9:00 am–5:00 pm AAA Nominations Committee MEETING Chair(s): Daniel A Segal
9:00 am–6:00 pm 24TH ANNUAL VISUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE, PART 1 (Sponsored by SVA) Organizer(s): Thomas D Blakely, Joanna C Scherer Participant(s): Peter Biella, Katharine G Young, Carlos D Torres, Jelani K Mahiri, Jennifer M Wolowic, Jenny T Chio
Wednesday, Nov 19 8:00 am–11:00 am Workshop: WHERE TO BEGIN ON PROGRAM EVALUATION (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Satish K Kedia
9:00 am–11:00 am Workshop: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Sunil K Khanna
9:00 am–12:00 pm AAA Committee on Public Policy MEETING
9:00 am–1:00 pm AAA Executive Board MEETING I Chair(s): Setha M Low
24TH ANNUAL VISUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE, PART 2 (Sponsored by SVA) Organizer(s): Thomas D Blakely, Joanna C Scherer Participant(s): Patricia G Lange, Craig A R Campbell, Wayne H Osborn, Jean Dennison, Sara E Brandon, Oscar F Gil
11:30 am–3:30 pm Workshop: ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE CORPORATION (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Julia C Gluesing, Brigitte Jordan
12:00 pm–1:45 pm MEDICAL TOURISM: SEEKING STEM CELLS, KIDNEYS, BABIES AND BEAUTY IN A GLOBAL WORLD Chair(s): Amy Speier Organizer(s): Amy Speier, Beth E Kangas Participant(s): Beth E Kangas, Priscilla P Song, Sara L Ackerman, Andrea M Whittaker, Amy Speier, Diane M Tober Discussant(s): Marcia C Inhorn AFROCENTRICITY AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: EXPLORING THE CENTER Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Jonathan I Gayles Participant(s): Jonathan I Gayles, Allan Charles Dawson, Andrea C Abrams Discussant(s): Jacqueline Copeland–Carson, A A Akom REMIXING ANTHROPOLOGY: COLLABORATION 2.0 IN THE REPUTATION ECONOMY Chair(s): P Kerim Friedman Organizer(s): P Kerim Friedman, Michael L Wesch Participant(s): P Kerim Friedman, Todd S Harple, Kimberly A Christen, Eric C Kansa, Casey K O’Donnell, Michael L Wesch Discussant(s): Christopher M Kelty ON THE EDGE OF THE DREAM: NARRATIVES OF ARRIVAL AND FORECLOSURE Chair(s): Sarah E Lamb Organizer(s): Caitrin Lynch, Kristin L Bright Participant(s): Caitrin Lynch, Ann J Russ, Kate Schechter, Kristin L Bright, Amy A Donovan, Jean N Scandlyn Discussant(s): Anahi Viladrich Invited Session: THEORY, RELEVANCE,
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METHODS, AND THE FUTURE OF COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by SAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David B Kronenfeld Participant(s): David B Kronenfeld, Giovanni Bennardo, Victor C de Munck, John B Gatewood, Michael D Fischer, Norbert O Ross, Claudia Strauss Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL CONTEXTS (Sponsored by GAD) Chair(s): Susan Buck Sutton Organizer(s): Kiran Cunningham Participant(s): Kiran Cunningham, Joseph J Kinsella, Russell D Rhoads, Hilary E Kahn, Susan Buck Sutton, Andrea M Allen FORGING FAMILY: LEGAL DOCUMENTS AS NEW KINSHIP TECHNOLOGIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Sameena Mulla Participant(s): Srimati Basu, Sidharthan Maunaguru, Christine M Hegel–Cantarella, Shonna L Trinch, Sameena Mulla, Jennifer A Hamilton THE POLITICS OF UN–NATURAL NATURES: SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT AND WORLD MAKING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Andrew S Mathews, Adam P Henne Participant(s): Andrew S Mathews, Adam P Henne, Peter S Alagona, Paul F Robbins, Sarah Hunt Discussant(s): Timothy Choy, J Peter Brosius CATCH 22: ANTHROPOLOGY IN MILITARY SETTINGS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Erin E Fitz–Henry, Erica Weiss Participant(s): Robertson Allen, Ilisa Lam, Erin E Fitz–Henry, Erica Weiss PEOPLE IN MOTION, THINGS IN MOTION: TALES OF TRANSNATIONAL WORK Chair(s): Mathangi Krishnamurthy Organizer(s): Mathangi Krishnamurthy, Elizabeth H LeFlore Participant(s): Gordon C Mathews, Elizabeth H LeFlore, Yoonhee Kang, Srabani Maitra, Behzad B S Sarmadi, Mathangi Krishnamurthy DIVERSITY, MULTICULTURALISM AND HEGEMONY Chair(s): Boone W Shear Organizer(s): Boone W Shear, Ashley Spalding Participant(s):
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Liz Braun, Boone W Shear, Ashley Spalding, Susan D Greenbaum, Juan G Ruiz, Christopher M Sweetapple Discussant(s): Vincent Lyon– Callo LANGUAGE IN DC: THE BIDIRECTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF ETHNORACIAL IDENTITY AND PLACE Chair(s): Cala A Zubair Organizer(s): Robert J Podesva, Cala A Zubair Participant(s): Natalie Schilling–Estes, Cala A Zubair, Robert J Podesva, Jia Lou, Gabriella Modan Discussant(s): Bonnie McElhinny ENGAGING IMAGES: INSCRIPTION, NEGOTIATION AND RE–CONTEXTUALIZATION IN VISUAL PRODUCTIONS Chair(s): Michael M J Fischer Organizer(s): Jenny T Chio, Alex L Fattal Participant(s): Benjamin K Hodges, Alex L Fattal, Jenny T Chio, Jelani K Mahiri Discussant(s): Krisjon R Olson RECONSIDERING SELVES IN SOCIETY: INTERSECTIONAL APPROACHES ON INCLUSION, WELLBEING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Karen Gainer Sirota Participant(s): Elizabeth Nickrenz, Judith LM McCoyd, Justin B Richland, Mi Kyung Kim, Suzanne Pelka Discussant(s): Kathleen Barlow, Marjorie Faulstich
PUZZLE Chair(s): Henrietta L Moore Organizer(s): Ylva K Hernlund Introduction: Lucrezia L Catania Participant(s): Birgitta Essen, Christopher J Vaughn, Ylva K Hernlund, Sara Johnsdotter, Fuambai S Ahmadu Discussant(s): Ellen Gruenbaum LATIN AMERICA–BORDERLANDS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Chair(s): Gabriele Kohpahl Participant(s): Gabriele Kohpahl, Jose L Santos, Fazila F Bhimji, Lauren A Hayes ANTHROPOLOGIZING THE LATINO LIFE COURSE Chair(s): Cristina L Ortiz Participant(s): Cristina L Ortiz, Hilda I Lloréns, Iraida V Carrion ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ONLINE AND HYBRID EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES Chair(s): Chia Yuan Hung Participant(s): Chia Yuan Hung, S A Mousalimas, Sundy L Watanabe, Wesley R Shumar, JoAnne Kleifgen, Katalin J Kabat
12:00 pm–2:00 pm CMA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Alex Barker
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TALKING BACK: MEDIA, MUSLIMS AND MARGINALIZATION IN SOUTH ASIA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Carla Bellamy, Sally A Steindorf Participant(s): Carla Bellamy, Joel Lee, Sally A Steindorf, Anand V Taneja Discussant(s): Peter S Gottschalk USING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE: BIOARCHAEOLOGY AND FORENSICS Chair(s): Heidi J Bauer–Clapp Participant(s): Lisa Y Rios, Kathryn Baustian, Conrad B Quintyn, Sharyn Jones, Heidi J Bauer–Clapp MODES OF COLLABORATION: HOW TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Sherylyn H Briller Participant(s): David M Fetterman, Charles H Seagle, Alexandra L Crampton, Maria Amelia Viteri, Sherylyn H Briller FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AND THE ORGASM
Invited Session: ADVOCACY ON THE FRONTLINES: REFLECTIONS FROM ACTIVIST SCHOLARS WORKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE (Sponsored by AAA Committee for Human Rights) Chair(s): Sara L M Davis Organizer(s): Victoria D Sanford Participant(s): Ana C Zentella, Sara LM Davis, Kathryn R Libal, Kimberly S Theidon, Victoria D Sanford Discussant(s): Terence S Turner, Aldo Civico, Alex Hinton GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY: PUTTING INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT INTO ENVIRONMENTAL PRAXIS Chair(s): Maria L Cruz–Torres Organizer(s): Pamela D McElwee, Maria L Cruz–Torres Participant(s): Maria L Cruz–Torres, Linda D’Amico, Stephanie J Buechler, Rebecca Meuninck, Dana E Powell, James F Eder, Poranee Natadecha–Sponsel, Georgina R
Drew, Neera M Singh, Hong Anh T Vu, Pamela D McElwee Discussant(s): Lisa L Gezon, Joan P Mencher SURGICAL FUTURES: PERSON, NATION, POPULATION Chair(s): Lawrence Cohen, Elizabeth FS Roberts Organizer(s): Fouzieyha Towghi, Lawrence Cohen, Elizabeth FS Roberts Introduction: Lawrence Cohen Participant(s): S Lochlann Jain, Lori Leonard, Fouzieyha Towghi, Lawrence Cohen, Alexander B Edmonds, Megan Crowley–Matoka, Eric D Plemons, Elizabeth F S Roberts Discussant(s): Warwick Anderson, Susan Stryker REPRESENTATION, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY Chair(s): J Daniel Rogers Organizer(s): Alex Barker Participant(s): J Daniel Rogers, Annu Jalais, Melissa S Biggs Coupal, Kathryn K Klein, Margaret B Bodemer, Anita L Harris, Eika Tai, Alexander V Benitez, Soma W Morse, W Warner Wood, Patricia L Nietfeld
1:00 pm–3:00 pm AAA Anthropology Education Committee MEETING AAA Committee on Ethics MEETING Workshop: HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL GRANT Leader(s): Leslie C Aiello
1:00 pm–4:00 pm Workshop: HOW TO TURN YOUR DISSERTATION INTO A BOOK (Sponsored by SHA) Leader(s): Gary Dunham
1:00 pm–5:00 pm NAPA PLANNING MEETING Organizer(s): Dennis Wiedman, Mary Odell Butler
1:30 pm–3:30 pm AAA Committee on Scientific Communications MEETING AAA Association Operations Committee
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2:00 pm–3:45 pm THE COSTS OF MOVING: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION Chair(s): Martha W Rees Organizer(s): Jeffrey H Cohen, Anna O O’Leary Participant(s): Jeffrey H Cohen, Richard C Jones, Anna O O’Leary, Aaron C Thornburg, Cynthia A Werner Discussant(s): Lisa Cliggett Invited Session: GLOBALIZATION AND ANTHROPOLOGY: BUILDING THEORIES THROUGH A SCHOLAR–PRACTITIONER LENS (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Christina Wasson, Mari H Clarke, Mary Odell Butler Participant(s): Mary Odell Butler, Mari H Clarke, Jacqueline Copeland–Carson, Madelyn A Iris, Susan E Squires Discussant(s): Jean J Schensul EMPIRICAL SCIENCE, CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE AND SPIRITUALITY: CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION IN LATIN AMERICA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Catherine M Tucker Participant(s): Kristin Norget, Colleen M Scanlan Lyons, Andrea Ballestero, Catherine M Tucker Discussant(s): Andrew S Mathews, Arturo Escobar COMMUNITY INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Julie Hartley Participant(s): Catherine M Cameron, James Tim M Wallace, Carol J Evans, Julie Hartley, David L Houston, Valene Smith Discussant(s): Carla Guerron-Montero Invited Session: ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM, ETHICS, AND EMOTION: HONORING THE WORK OF KARL GHEIDER (Sponsored by SVA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kimberly K Cavanagh, Bridget McDonnell Discussant(s): James Peacock, Karen Nakamura, Pamela AR Blakely, Thomas D Blakely, Charles Goodwin, James B Hoesterey INTERTEXTUALITY AND MISUNDERSTANDING Chair(s): Charlene E Makley Organizer(s): Eleanor Nevins Participant(s): Richard Henne,
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Kathryn M Howard, Eleanor Nevins, Frances Trix, Thomas J Nevins, Charlene E Makley Discussant(s): Richard Bauman
Rebecca L Golden, Frehiwot Tesfaye, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Mougo Nyaggah, Stephanie K Rupp, Mark Davidheiser
POPULAR MUSIC AND THE POLITICS OF ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICAN PUBLIC SPHERES Chair(s): Mike McGovern Organizer(s): Bob W White Participant(s): Kelly M Askew, Mike McGovern, Brian Larkin, Bob W White, Eric E Gable, Dorothea Schulz
CULTURED YOUTH Chair(s): Suad A Khabeer Participant(s): Soo Ah Kwon, Marie E Lowe, Louis H Marcelin, Oneka LaBennett, Suad A Khabeer, Christina M Getrich
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Ben C Campbell Participant(s): Alan Mann, Jennifer L Thompson, Ben C Campbell, Karen L Kramer, Mark V Flinn, David F Lancy Discussant(s): Thomas S Weisner Invited Session: MOVING EXPERIENCES: DANCE, PERFORMANCE AND EMBODIED ETHNOGRAPHY (Sponsored by SHA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Anya P Royce, Jonathan S Marion Participant(s): Anya P Royce, Susan G Lamberth, Carol Subino Sullivan, Kazuko Yamazaki, Corinna M Quintana, Jonathan S Marion Invited Session: CURRENT RESEARCH IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY, PART 1 (Sponsored by EAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): John Q Patton Participant(s): Bram T Tucker, Christopher R von Rueden, Douglas M Jones, Wesley AllenArave, Ulrich H Reichard, Eric Schniter, Mary K Shenk RECONCEPTUALIZING HOMELESSNESS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Joann Martin Introduction: Joann Martin Participant(s): Ferit Guven, Sandrine Sanos, Daniel M Price, Joann Martin Discussant(s): Philip C Parnell IMMORAL ECONOMIES, AFRICAN REALITIES AND WESTERN IMAGINATIONS: GLOBAL DISCOURSES WITH AFRICA Chair(s): Nancy P Schwartz Participant(s): Martin Lindhardt, Batamaka Some, Nancy P Schwartz, Douglas J Falen, Remi Warner, John C McCall, Michelle A Osborn CONCEPTUALIZING, NEGOTIATING AND EXECUTING POWER: CASE STUDIES FROM AFRICA Chair(s): Stephanie K Rupp Participant(s):
2:00 pm–5:45 pm Invited Session: THE LEGACY OF DAPHNE BERDAHL (Sponsored by SAE) Chair(s): Martha Lampland Organizer(s): Matti Bunzl, Krisztina Fehervary, Martha Lampland Introduction: Martha Lampland Participant(s): Dominic C Boyer, Jason C James, Andreas Glaeser, Marko Zivkovic, Matti Bunzl, Krisztina Fehervary, William F Kelleher, Gloria G Raheja, Thomas C Wolfe Discussant(s): Katherine M Verdery, Edward M Bruner, James W Fernandez Invited Session: BLACK ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN RELIGIONS: TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS AND LOCAL HISTORIES (Sponsored by SAC and SLACA) Chair(s): George E Brandon Organizer(s): George E Brandon, Stephen D Glazier Participant(s): Raquel Romberg, Kenneth Routon, Karen E Richman, Joseph M Murphy, Jalane D Schmidt, Elizabeth McAlister, Alice Baldwin–Jones, Nzinga Metzger, Brian C Brazeal, Dolores J Shapiro Discussant(s): J L Matory, Stephen D Glazier Invited Session: TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS, GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (Sponsored by AES and SCA) Chair(s): Lamia Karim Organizer(s): Lamia Karim, Arturo Escobar Participant(s): Arturo Escobar, David R Graeber, Marisol de la Cadena, Tatsuro Fujikura, Lamia Karim, Jeffrey S Juris, Michal Osterweil, Giuseppe Caruso, Mary Sterpka King Discussant(s): John Burdick, Lynn M Stephen OFF STAGE AND INTO THE FIELD: UNCONVENTIONAL THEATRES OF MEMORY AND HISTORICAL PRESENCE Chair(s): Karalee Dawn Organizer(s): Laurie Frederik Meer, Susan Seizer Participant(s): Ashley L Duncan, Laura Ivins–Hulley, James Hesla, Kristiana M Willsey, Robert C Thompson, Karalee Dawn, Justin A Poole, Elise M DeCamp,
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Gina Pisasale, Julie A Searcy Discussant(s): Susan Seizer, Laurie Frederik Meer Presidential Invited Session: SITUATING TRANS-FORMATIONAL PRACTICES (Sponsored by AES) Chair(s): Jean C Lave, Donald Brenneis Organizer(s): Lucy Suchman, Dorothy C Holland Introduction: Jean C Lave Participant(s): Dorothy C Holland, Paul Duguid, Penelope M Harvey, Sharon Traweek, Lucy Suchman, Helen Verran (NEO)LIBERALIZING SOCIALISM? HISTORICIZING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SOCIALIST LIBERALIZATION AND POSTSOCIALIST NEOLIBERALIZATION Chair(s): Mary N Taylor Organizer(s): Csilla Kalocsai, Mary N Taylor Participant(s): Yiching Wu, Michal J Buchowski, Mary N Taylor, Zhanara Nauruzbayeva, Michele DeSando, Larisa L Honey, Csilla Kalocsai, Sabina Doyon, Emily Chua Discussant(s): Ivan Szelenyi, Douglas J Rogers, Judith B Farquhar
4:00 pm–5:45 pm FIGURES OF INDONESIAN MODERNITY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Johan Lindquist, Joshua Barker Participant(s): Tom Boellstorff, Dadi Darmadi, James B Hoesterey, Karen Strassler, Aryo Danusiri, Johan Lindquist, Doreen Lee, John M MacDougall, Jesse H Grayman, Sheri Lynn Gibbings, S Chris Brown, Joshua Barker Discussant(s): Rosalind Morris Invited Session: TRANSNATIONAL LIVES, POLITICAL PRACTICES (Sponsored by SANA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Miranda C Hallett Participant(s): Sujey Vega, Kassahun H Kebede, Miranda C Hallett, Leo R Chavez, Leila Rodriguez, Joseph L Wiltberger Discussant(s): Michael Peter Smith CONFLICT, POST–CONFLICT AND THE RETURN OF VIOLENCE Chair(s): Billie J Isbell Organizer(s): Ellen E Moodie, Stefan Senders Participant(s): Jin– Heon Jung, Arion Melidonis, Stefan Senders, Ellen E Moodie Discussant(s): Billie J Isbell, Carolyn R Nordstrom UNCERTAINTY AND EVENTS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EVENT– APPROACH PRACTICES
Chair(s): Limor Darash Organizer(s): Meg Stalcup Participant(s): Limor Darash, Lyle Fearnley, Gaymon Bennett, Meg Stalcup, Nick Allyn Bartlett, Mary E Murrell, Monica E Eppinger Discussant(s): Todd Ramón Ochoa
SPA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kristen E Cheney Discussant(s): Helen B Schwartzman, Pia Christensen, Myra Bluebond–Langner, Jane E Baxter, Paul B Garrett
AFFECTING GLOBAL MOVEMENT: THE EMOTIONAL TERRAIN OF TRANSNATIONALITY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah A Boehm, Heidi A Swank Participant(s): Deborah A Boehm, Cati M Coe, Emily W Manetta, Rachael J Stryker, Heidi A Swank Discussant(s): Louisa Schein
DEMOCRACIES, PUBLIC SPHERES AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN BOLIVIA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Tobias Reu, Caroline S Conzelman Participant(s): Laurence J Cuelenaere, Tobias Reu, Caroline S Conzelman, Nancy G Postero, Robert D Albro Discussant(s): Thomas Abercrombie, M Barbara Leons
Invited Session: GLOBAL PROCESSES, LOCAL PLACES: REDEFINING MARGINALIZED FOODS (Sponsored by C&A) Chair(s): Elizabeth Finnis Organizer(s): Elizabeth Finnis, Wini P Utari Participant(s): Elizabeth Finnis, Lisa B Markowitz, Lois M Stanford, Wini P Utari, Karin S M Vaneker, Richard R Wilk Discussant(s): John Brett Invited Session: HIV/AIDS: UNDERSCORING NEEDS FOR AND CHALLENGES TO COLLABOR-ATION (Sponsored by AfAA and NAPA) Chair(s): David S Turkon Organizer(s): Alexander Rodlach, David S Turkon Participant(s): Fraser G McNeill, Roos A Willems, John Mazzeo, David S Turkon, Alexander Rodlach EMBLEMS OF INDIGENEITY: LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRUGGLES FOR THE POWERS SIGNIFIED BY EAST AFRICAN MATERIAL CULTURE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Monica Udvardy Participant(s): Linda L Giles, Monica Udvardy, Celia K Nyamweru, Rebecca K Gearhart Discussant(s): Bilinda S Straight EMBLEMATIC RELIGIOUS POLITICS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Matt Tomlinson, Susanna Trnka Participant(s): Matt Tomlinson, Susanna Trnka, Deirdre L de la Cruz, Dominica M Tolentino Discussant(s): Susan Lepselter, Ilana Gershon, Gautam Ghosh Invited Roundtable Session: WORKING WITH CHILDREN: METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD (Sponsored by Anthropology of Children and Childhood Interest Group and
Invited Session: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF EXCLUSION, FRAGMENTATION AND DISCONNECT (Sponsored by AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology) Chair(s): Pearl Chan, Erik P Reavely Organizer(s): Erik P Reavely Participant(s): Erik P Reavely, Jennifer L Hale–Gallardo, Margi Nowak, Debarati Sen, Aaron A Greer, Pearl Chan BEING “JAPANESE” AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WORLD WAR II: CULTURE, CITIZENSHIP AND LEGAL POWER Chair(s): James Stanlaw Organizer(s): Nobuko Adachi Participant(s): James Stanlaw, Sachiko Takita–Ishii, Shun Ohno, Mariko Tamanoi, Nobuko Adachi Discussant(s): Harumi Befu Invited Session: POLITICAL PARTIES AND SUB-JECTIVITY IN AFRICA (Sponsored by AfAA and APLA) Chair(s): Kristin D Phillips Organizer(s): Kristin D Phillips, Erin Dean Introduction: Kristin D Phillips Participant(s): Dillon J Mahoney, Kristin D Phillips, Erin Dean, Jennie E Burnet Discussant(s): Angelique Haugerud TOWARD A CULTURAL GRAMMAR OF SCHOOL: PRACTICES AND FUTURE PROMISES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION Chair(s): Martin T Connell Organizer(s): Jason D Raley, Frederick D Erickson, Raymond P McDermott Participant(s): Jason D Raley, Ingrid C Li, Eva M Oxelson, Jesse A Gillispie, Martin T Connell Discussant(s): Susan Florio– Ruane, Hugh Mehan
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL COLLABORATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Chair(s): Susan J Rasmussen Participant(s): Maia Green, Zoe H Wool, Susan J Rasmussen, John M Coggeshall, Isabelle S Schulte– Tenckhoff, Craig Tower, Randa A Kayyali MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION POLICIES AND IDEOLOGIES Chair(s): Huamei Han Participant(s): Huamei Han, Kimberly S Anderson, Kara D Brown, Luz A Murillo, Lauren R Zentz, Preetam Prakash CONTESTING AND IMAGINING LEARNING ACROSS COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE Chair(s): Loukia K Sarroub Participant(s): Loukia K Sarroub, Sylvia Bereknyei, Jessica A Skolnikoff, Mari Haneda, Tamara J Warhol, Justin Geer ANTHROPOLOGISTS ENGAGED: REFLECTIONS FROM LATIN AMERICA Chair(s): Fernando Santos-Granero Participant(s): Anne E Kraemer, Angela N Castaneda, Beatriz Morales, S Ashley Kistler, Alcira Forero–Pena, Fernando SantosGranero
4:00 pm–6:00 pm AAA Resource Development Committee TRAINING SESSION
4:00 pm–7:45 pm ROOTED COSMOPOLITANISM: HONORING ORIOL PI-SUNYER Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Jacqueline Urla Participant(s): Kathryn A Woolard, Jaro Stacul, Sharon R Roseman, Ruth Behar, Thomas M Wilson, Stanley H Brandes, James W Fernandez, Wayne Fife, Andrew Lass Discussant(s): William A Douglass, Oriol Pi–Sunyer AFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTALITY: CULTIVATING AND ADJUDICATING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE “SELF” Chair(s): Kevin L O’Neill Organizer(s): Jocelyn L Chua, Tomas A Matza, Ramah Mckay, Introduction: Kevin L O’Neill Participant(s): Kathleen C Stewart, Jocelyn L Chua, Tomas A Matza, William M Reddy, Liisa H Malkki, Ramah Mckay, Oded M Korczyn, Kevin L
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O’Neill Discussant(s): Lisa B Rofel, Ann L Stoler
4:00 pm–8:30 pm AFA BOARD RETREAT AND MEETING Organizer(s): Cheryl R Rodriguez
4:30 pm–7:30 pm Workshop: TOURISM RESEARCH: WORKSHOP IN NEW THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICES (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Quetzil E Castaneda, James Tim M Wallace
5:00 pm–7:00 pm Workshop: FUNDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS (Sponsored by SVA) Leader(s): Cynthia L Close
5:00 pm–8:00 pm AAA Committee for Human Rights MEETING
6:00 pm–7:45 pm TROUBLED CITIZENS, TROUBLING CITIZENSHIP: PARADOXES OF INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT Chair(s): Kathleen M Coll Organizer(s): John Clarke Introduction: John Clarke Participant(s): Kathleen M Coll, Catherine Neveu Discussant(s): Sandra L Morgen, Tania M Li RADICAL THEATER AS CULTURAL INTERVENTION: EXPLORING ART AND POLITICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY’S CENTER– STAGE Chair(s): Mariana L Ferreira Organizer(s): Mariana L Ferreira, Ariane Dalla–Dea Participant(s): Brad E Erickson, Debra J Kajiyama, Ariane Dalla–Dea, Eva Langman, Shane Boyle, Jennifer Krier, Ashley R Marinaccio INCLUDING NATIONALIST–MINORITIES (OTHERS) IN EXCLUSIVE NATIONALIST– DISCOURSE: SOME NEW THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR NATIONALISM AND ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Chris M Beyers Organizer(s): J P Linstroth Participant(s): Richard Warren Perry,
nov 19
Eben Kirksey, Scott E Simon, Rosa De Jorio, Hamdesa Tuso Discussant(s): Dru C Gladney, Vered Amit AIDS AND IDENTITY: NEW ANALYSES, SHIFTING PARADIGMS Chair(s): Jill Owczarzak Organizer(s): Anika Wilson, Carey E Scheerer Participant(s): Jill Owczarzak, Robert Wyrod, Fanny FC Chabrol, Anika Wilson, Carey E Scheerer, Celina E Kapoor Discussant(s): James T Pfeiffer TRANSREGIONAL EXCHANGE AND CONNECTION: BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL SPACETIME AND DISCIPLINARY COORDINATES Chair(s): Michael J Puett Organizer(s): Rusaslina Idrus, Prista Ratanapruck Participant(s): Jessica L O’Reilly, Prista Ratanapruck, Rusaslina Idrus, Lindsay A Smith, Amita Satyal Discussant(s): Michael J Puett REMEMBERING, EXPERIENCING AND PERFORMING SELF AND COMMUNITY IN POST–SOCIALIST VIETNAM Chair(s): Merav Shohet Organizer(s): Merav Shohet, Allen L Tran Participant(s): Allen L Tran, Merav Shohet, Maria E Stalford, Lauren D Meeker, Nina M Hien, Ivan V Small Discussant(s): Christina L Schwenkel INTIMATE STATE(S): ENGAGING WITH THE “FAMILY” OF NEOLIBERALISM Chair(s): Lisa M Hoffman, Michelle A Marzullo Organizer(s): Michelle A Marzullo, John Cho, Jessica A Johnson Introduction: Lisa M Hoffman Participant(s): John Cho, Young– Gyung Paik, Jessica A Johnson, Lavinia M Nicolae Discussant(s): Marcia Ochoa THE PROBLEM WITH “COMMUNITY”: RETHINKING PARTICIPATION, CONTESTATION AND IMAGINATION IN SPACES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Doris S Warriner Participant(s): Tricia Niesz, Mollie V Blackburn, Doris S Warriner, Mindi Rhoades Discussant(s): Kris Gutierrez IMPUNITY, COMPLICITY, AND THE EXCEPTION: RETHINKING ARENAS OF SOVEREIGNTY BEYOND THE STATE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Haley Duschinski, Kenneth MacLean Participant(s): Kenneth MacLean, Haley Duschinski, Caroline A
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Yezer, Rebecca M Klenk, Ashley B Lebner Discussant(s): Victoria Bernal
Gabriela Vargas–Cetina, Travis A Du Bry
MOURNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IN KOREA AND JAPAN Chair(s): Eleana J Kim Organizer(s): Elise Marie Prebin, Nan Youngnan Kim–Paik Participant(s): Elise Marie Prebin, Nan Youngnan Kim–Paik, Fabienne Duteil–Ogata Discussant(s): Ellen Schattschneider, Michael Herzfeld CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION Chair(s): Brian Thom Participant(s): Seline A Szkupinski Quiroga, Maissa S Bakri, Brian Thom, Milan Shrestha, Randi Kaarhus HEALTH AND HEALING IN CULTURAL CONTEXTS Chair(s): Mario A Cubas Participant(s): Mario A Cubas, Louise M C Badiane, Taewoo Kim, Daniel J Foy, Amy B Nichols–Belo, Hung–Yu Ru, Margaret A Karnyski RACE, MULTICULTURALISM AND PARADOXES OF “EQUALITY” Chair(s): Jennifer E Alvey Participant(s): Jennifer E Alvey, Jessica A Walker, Banseng Hoe, Craig N Cipolla, Theodor P Gordon INDIA: SYMBOLS, CULTURE AND POLITICS Chair(s): Bruce D Roberts Participant(s): Bruce D Roberts, Yulia Egorova, Melanie Dean, Jason G Cons DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE IN CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Anthony Kwame Harrison Participant(s): Anthony Kwame Harrison, Lawrence E Fisher, Naoko Tamura, Priscille Touraille, Dara Culhane, Ole Dreier
6:00 pm–8:00 pm ABA TRANSFORMING ANTHROPOLOGY BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Deborah A Thomas, John L Jackson SLA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Organizer(s): J Joseph Errington SLACA BOARD MEETING Chair(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina Organizer(s):
ABA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Dana–Ain Davis SUNTA EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING I Chair(s): Petra Y Kuppinger, David W Haines
6:00 pm–9:45 pm CERAMIC ECOLOGY XXII: CURRENT RESEARCH ON CERAMICS 2008 Chair(s): Charles C Kolb Organizer(s): Charles C Kolb Introduction: Marilyn Beaudry–Corbett Participant(s): Anabel Ford, Marcie L Venter, Dean E Arnold, Ana Lucia Gonzalez, Brenda J Bowser, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Claire Corniquet, Tara L Tetrault, Kostalena Michelaki, Julie Woods Discussant(s): Marilyn Beaudry– Corbett RACIALIZING DISCOURSES Chair(s): Hilary P Dick Organizer(s): Kristina S Wirtz Participant(s): Valentina Pagliai, Hilary P Dick, Stanton E Wortham, J Kathe Managan, Ryan E Blanton, Lanita Jacobs–Huey, Jonathan G Hill, Natasha Pravaz, Kristina S Wirtz, John Baugh Discussant(s): Kathleen D Hall, Bonnie Urciuoli CONJUNCTURES AND DISJUNCTURES OF SOCIAL IDENTITY IN GLOBALIZED, POST–NATIONAL AND NATIONAL SPACES: EXAMPLES FROM THE LUSOPHONE WORLD Chair(s): Jose Manuel Sobral Organizer(s): Paula M Santos, Shawn Parkhurst Participant(s): Naomi M Leite, Jose Manuel Sobral, James B Beard, Paula M Santos, Shawn Parkhurst, Paulo C Seixas Discussant(s): Kesha Fikes, Cristiana Bastos ILLEGIBILITY, AMBIVALENCE AND THE POLITICAL Chair(s): Elana Zilberg Organizer(s): Brandt G Peterson Participant(s): Anna Lim, Jennifer Stampe, David M Bozzini, Joanie L McCollom, Vincent Lyon–Callo, Allison Truitt, Rebecca B Galemba, Brandt G Peterson, Elana Zilberg Discussant(s): Kaushik Ghosh, Diane M Nelson ETHNOLOGIST, THEORIST, ACTIVIST, PIONEER: PAPERS IN HONOR OF THE ERNESTO DE MARTINO CENTENNIAL Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Dorothy
L Zinn Participant(s): Gilles Bibeau, Giovanni Pizza, Filippo Furri, Marja–Liisa Honkasalo, Sabina Magliocco, Sara M Bergstresser, Cristina Grasseni Discussant(s): Alessandro Duranti, Erick Castellanos ON THE URBAN/RURAL BORDER: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL LANDSCAPE Chair(s): R McKenna Brown Organizer(s): Judith MS Pine Participant(s): Paul R Tamburro, Thea R Strand, Rachael Allbritten, Rezenet Moges, Mollie Callahan, Judith MS Pine, Debra J Occhi, Holly HK Didi–Ogren, Alicia A DeNicola, Natalie JK Baloy Discussant(s): Barbara C LeMaster ANTHROPOLOGIES OF POPULATION Chair(s): William Webb Sprague Organizer(s): Jennifer Johnson–Hanks Participant(s): William Webb Sprague, Allison Alexy, Katrina L Moore, China R Scherz, Daniel Jordan Smith, Jennifer Johnson–Hanks, Elise L Andaya, Sondra L Hausner Discussant(s): Ryan A Brown, Sarah S Willen, Vinay R Kamat, Vanessa L Fong MAKING MODERNITIES IN YOUTH CULTURES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Karen J Brison Participant(s): Karen J Brison, Sayumi Yamakawa, Christina P Davis, Susan C Dewey, Jacquelyn A Lewis–Harris, Bianca Dahl, Leigh M Campoamor, Dawn M Grimes–MacLellan, Dwayne Dixon, Cathy Vaughan, Mary K Good, Joseph W Esser, Eileen P Anderson–Fye, Jae Hun Jung, Leticia J Braga POSTSOCIALIST DEVELOPMENT ENCOUNTERS:INTERNATIONAL AID AND ITS IDEOLOGIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Ruth Mandel Participant(s): Melissa L Caldwell, Noor Borbieva, Sean R Roberts, Armine Ishkanian, Andrew Gilbert, Jessica Greenberg, Kimberley A Coles, Janine R Wedel Discussant(s): Patricia L Fogarty, Elizabeth C Dunn THE PRAGMATICS OF VISIBILITY AND INVISIBILITY Chair(s): Sarah S Ono Organizer(s): Alexis R Matza, Kenda Stewart Participant(s): Sarah S Ono, Erika Hoffmann–Dilloway, Abby Wightman, Lisa M Anderson–Levy, Alexis R Matza, Ben Peacock, Kenda Stewart, Fae G Goodman, Jason C Romero, Lauren D
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Heidbrink, Athena McLean, Erik A Aasland Discussant(s): Meena R Khandelwal, Virginia R Dominguez
7:00 pm–8:00 pm SVA AWARDS CEREMONY Chair(s): Joyce D Hammond Organizer(s): Kate Hennessy, Joyce D Hammond
8:00 pm –9:30 pm CAE STUDENTS OF COLOR MENTORING PROGRAM Organizer(s): Amina U Tawasil, Aide Acosta
8:00 pm–9:45 pm VIOLENCE AS EXPERIENCE AND VIOLENCE AS HEARSAY: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCUSSION Chair(s): Mariane Ferme Organizer(s)/ Introduction: Maria–Pia Di Bella Participant(s): Giacomo Loperfido, Frederic Le Marcis, Daniel M Goldstein, Mariella R Pandolfi Discussant(s): Allen Feldman ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kim L Shively Participant(s): Lars Rodseth, Margaret A Crouch, Kim L Shively, Karin U Friederic, Hillary J Haldane, Maria Cristina Alcalde, Kaoru KK Kuwajima DISTILLING KOREA: MATTERS OF PURITY Chair(s): Eleana J Kim Organizer(s): Rachael M Joo Participant(s): Eleana J Kim, Yoon S Choi, Rachael M Joo, Ju Hui Judy Han Discussant(s): Lisa B Rofel HISTORICIZING INCLUSION: TENSIONS OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Chair(s): Yarimar Bonilla Organizer(s): Mayanthi L Fernando, Yarimar Bonilla Introduction: Tyler Stovall Participant(s): Gary Wilder, Yarimar Bonilla, Mayanthi L Fernando Discussant(s): Susan J Terrio, Paul Silverstein INSURANCE AND CITIZENSHIP IN A NEW MILLENNIUM Chair(s): Tiffany M Romain Organizer(s): Seth D Messinger, Tiffany M Romain Participant(s): Matthew J Wolf Meyer, Tiffany M Romain, Emily M Lynch, Seth D Messinger, Goran Dokic
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Discussant(s): Lisa L Wynn DOOMSDAYS AND CAPITALIST PROMISED LANDS: EVANGELICAL ESCHATOLOGIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Chair(s): Emily J Hogue Organizer(s): Pilar K Rau Participant(s): Emily J Hogue, Pilar K Rau, Erik L Kjeldgaard, Astrid de Hontheim Discussant(s): Bruce M Knauft HOW COMMUNITIES BECOME “THEMSELVES”: THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE, COLLABORATION AND MEMORY DURING CULTURAL REVIVAL Chair(s): Pia Moriarty Organizer(s): Jennifer R Cash Participant(s): Julie Fairbanks, Yi–tze Lee, Silvia Forni, Jennifer R Cash, Stefano Fiorini Discussant(s): Marjorie M Balzer, Diana A N’Diaye MYTHS OF COLLABORATION: “PARTNERSHIPS” BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS Chair(s): Svea H Closser Organizer(s): Svea H Closser, Patricia L Fogarty Participant(s): Patricia L Fogarty, Svea H Closser, Kari R Olson, Peter J Brown, Mark A Schuller Discussant(s): Mark Nichter “INIMICAL TERRAINS” IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK Chair(s): Brendan Mullan Organizer(s): Sophia Koufopoulou, Brigitte H Bechtold Introduction: Brigitte H Bechtold Participant(s): Sophia Koufopoulou, Donald E Socha, Angela R Demovic, Ioannis Papageorgiou, Bernard Gallin, Mark A Ferguson ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCOURSE Chair(s): Azizur R Molla Organizer(s): Azizur R Molla, Catherine Hodge McCoid Participant(s): Carol J Colfer, Martha L Lincoln, Michael C Ennis–McMillan, Anna L Lora–Wainwright, Catherine Hodge McCoid, Azizur R Molla Discussant(s): Peter J Brown INTEGRALISM, CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL CULTURES OF EUROPE Chair(s): Neringa Klumbyte Organizer(s): Neringa Klumbyte, Nitzan Shoshan Participant(s): Nitzan Shoshan, Neringa Klumbyte, Anwen M Tormey, Davide Torsello Discussant(s): Douglas R Holmes
nov 20
RECULTURING A CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL AND ITS IMPACT ON MINORITY ACHIEVEMENT Chair(s): Lea A Hubbard Organizer(s): Rucheeta V Kulkarni Participant(s): Lea A Hubbard, Joi A Spencer, Rucheeta V Kulkarni, Mark Silver Discussant(s): Hugh Mehan ISSUES IN LATINO HEALTH Chair(s): Catherine A Timura Participant(s): Mary F Campbell, Jonathan N Maupin, Catherine A Timura, Janet E McLaughlin, Alejandra A Estrin, Elaine J Waldman, Rita L Ailinger ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, PRAXIS, TRANSFORMATIONS Chair(s): David R Wilcox Participant(s): David R Wilcox, William Werner, Jack Bilmes, Eugenia Ramirez, Brian S Sutton PERSPECTIVES ON POWER, KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY Chair(s): Allen R Maxwell Participant(s): Allen R Maxwell, Santa C Hughes, Melissa F Baird, Heath G Bell, Sadie S Moore MEDIATION IN THE METHODOLOGICAL MIDDLE: REFLECTIONS ON ETHNOGRAPHIC POSITIONING Chair(s): Anna J Willow Participant(s): Anna J Willow, Netta R van Vliet, Lisa Modenos, Lynnette K Mawhinney, Matthew C Watson DYNAMICS OF POWER: INDIGENOUS SELF– GOVERNANCE, ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Chair(s): Harvey A Feit Participant(s): Harvey A Feit, Shauna C McGarvey, Karen E Pennesi, James S Hill, Matthew T Lauer
Thursday, Nov 20 8:00 am–9:45 am WHITHER CREATIONISM AFTER KITZMILLER? Chair(s): Eugenie C Scott Organizer(s): Eugenie C Scott Participant(s): Barbara Forrest, Raymond A Eve, Debra S Walker, Lawrence S Lerner, Jason R Wiles, Richard B Katskee Invited Session: A ROUNDTABLE ON
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GRADUATE STUDENT COLLABORATIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE RESEARCH (Sponsored by NASA) Chair(s): Laura A Ogden Organizer(s): Rebecca I Garvoille Introduction: Laura A Ogden Discussant(s): Kathryn A Fulton, Amelia M Moore, Eric J Cunningham, Georgina R Drew, Katarina Altshul, Rebecca I Garvoille Presidential Invited Session: INCLUSION, COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT: ADVANCING THE BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY, PART 1 (Sponsored by BAS) Chair(s): Thomas W McDade Organizer(s): Thomas W McDade, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Catherine Panter–Brick, William W Dressler, Alexandra A Brewis, Elizabeth Sweet, Thomas L Leatherman, Cheryl K Ritenbaugh Discussant(s): Alan Goodman UNPACKING THE TINDER BOX: LOCAL HISTORIES AND KENYA’S POST–ELECTORAL VIOLENCE Chair(s): Philip L Kilbride Organizer(s): Jon D Holtzman Participant(s): Jon D Holtzman, Justus M Ogembo, Philip L Kilbride, John G Galaty, Jacqueline M Klopp Discussant(s): J Christopher Kovats–Bernat IDENTITY, CONTEXT AND MEANING: YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LENS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Beth C Rubin, Kysa Nygreen Participant(s): Margaret Eisenhart, Ben Kirshner, Genevieve M Negron–Gonzales, Kysa Nygreen, David A Quijada, Beth C Rubin Discussant(s): Thea R Abu El–Haj Invited Session: RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE (Sponsored by SAC and SAR) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Emma EA Cohen, Nicola Knight Participant(s): Harvey H Whitehouse, Rita Astuti, Stewart E Guthrie, Jonathan A Lanman, Denice J Szafran, Maurice E Bloch TRANSFORMATION POLITICS: RELIGION ENCOUNTERS MODERNITY/ POSTMODERNITY Chair(s): Marc L Moskowitz Organizer(s): Shirley S Lin, Wei–ping Lin Participant(s): Wei–ping Lin, Chang–Kwo Tan, Shirley S Lin, Elana Chipman, Gareth J Fisher, Keping Wu Discussant(s): Joseph Bosco
NEW STATES OF WAR AND POLICING Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Andrew Bickford Discussant(s): Hugh Gusterson, Uli Linke, Roberto J Gonzalez, Catherine Lutz, David S Vine, Roger N Lancaster
AND MEANING MAKING ACROSS EDUCATIONAL SPACES Chair(s): Lesley Bartlett Organizer(s): Lalitha M Vasudevan Participant(s): Linda J Lin, Angelina E Castagno, Lalitha M Vasudevan, Ali Michael
Invited Session: ENGAGING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: RACE, IDENTITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE (Sponsored by ABA) Chair(s): Ermitte St Jacques Organizer(s): Ermitte St Jacques, Sybil D Rosado Participant(s): Antoinette T Jackson, Flemming Daugaard–Hansen, Sybil D Rosado, Amanda D Holmes, Dawn–Elissa TI Fischer Discussant(s): Faye V Harrison
REMEMBERING AND RELOCATING HEALTH WITHIN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Chair(s): Ann J Russ Organizer(s): Lakshmi Fjord Participant(s): Lakshmi Fjord, Helen S Chapple, Lenore H Manderson, TS Harvey Discussant(s): Ann J Russ
THE INTIMACY OF TRANSGRESSION Chair(s): Kimberly L Hart Organizer(s): Kimberly L Hart, Vasiliki Neofotistos Participant(s): Anna Fournier, Brian Palmer, Tilman Lanz, Kimberly L Hart, Vasiliki Neofotistos Discussant(s): Thomas M Malaby LATINO MIGRANT HEALTH IN TROUBLED TIMES: DEALING WITH STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY, XENOPHOBIA AND POLITICS Chair(s): James Quesada Organizer(s): James Quesada, Adrienne Pine, Michael R Duke Participant(s): Elizabeth Cartwright, Adrienne Pine, Linda Green, Sandy Smith– Nonini, Michael R Duke, Seth M Holmes Discussant(s): Philippe Bourgois WORKING THE MIGRATION PUZZLE: SECURITY, LABOR AND SMUGGLING ACROSS THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, THE BALKANS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION Chair(s): Alexia Bloch Organizer(s): Gregory M Feldman, Alexia Bloch Participant(s): Jacqueline Berman, Susanne Schatral, Alexia Bloch, Russell G Zanca, Aija Lulle, Gregory M Feldman
ANDEAN WORLDS AND AMERICAN IMAGINATIONS: FORMS OF COLLABORATION, INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT Chair(s): Mary J Weismantel Organizer(s): Jason C Pribilsky Participant(s): Adam Warren, Jason C Pribilsky, Ann H Peters, Paul L Doughty, Jason Antrosio, Mary J Weismantel Discussant(s): Karsten Paerregaard Poster Session: AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITIES: URBAN AND RURAL Participant(s): Susie Donaldson, Monique D Hassman FEMININE FLUIDS: DRINKS AND IDENTITY IN THE FEMALE LIFE CYCLE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Janet Chrzan Participant(s): Penny Van Esterik, Andrea S Wiley, Rachel E Black, Janet Chrzan, Geraldine Moreno–Black, Susan L Johnston Discussant(s): Virginia J Vitzthum ETHNOPSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Atwood D Gaines Participant(s): Atwood D Gaines, Stephanie J Lloyd, Jonathan M Metzl, Alessandra Miklavcic, Junko Kitanaka, Megan Nordquest Schwallie Poster Session: BODIES AND HEALTH Participant(s): Michelle Ramirez, Shelley R Adler, Keiko Yasuoka, Sumi Colligan, Tim C Keenan, Adrienne L Bouard, L Zachary DuBois
Invited Poster Session: NEW SCHOLAR INVITED POSTER SESSION (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Tricia Niesz Participant(s): Guangyu Tan, Aliah R Carolan– Silva, Rebecca M Hodges, Omaia Dessureault, Ellen Moore, Seonsook Park, Greg McClure, Yenhoa Ching, Roseann Hugh, Deborah R Marrott, Elaine A McNeil–Girmai, Louise Lamphere Beryl, Norma S Rodriguez
POST–INDUSTRIAL REALITIES: WORK, WELFARE AND HEALTH CARE Chair(s): Rebecca Adkins Fletcher Participant(s): Brian A Hoey, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Apryle J Pickering, David V Fazzino, Terese Lawinski
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PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Amanda J Davis Participant(s): Amanda J Davis, Patty Kelly, Shelly Habecker, Stephen Lubkemann, Ashidhara Das, Aminata Cairo Poster Session: SOCIETY OF LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Participant(s): Rachel D Emerine, Cinde J Calton, Katyn M Adams, Autumn Cahoon Poster Session: RECENT RESEARCH IN MAYA STUDIES Chair(s): Ivy A Rieger Participant(s): Ivy A Rieger, Santiago Andres Garcia Invited Session: THE PROBLEM OF GLOBAL TRANSLATION: FEMALE/QUEER MASCULINITIES IN A SAME–SEX WORLD (Sponsored by AFA and SOLGA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Evelyn Blackwood Participant(s): Karen Kelsky, Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen, Megan J Sinnott, Evelyn Blackwood, Kira Hall Discussant(s): Judith M Halberstam, Jeffrey M Dickemann
8:00 am–10:00 am AAA Commission on World Anthropologies MEETING Chair(s): Ida S Susser, Frances Rothstein Organizer(s): Dinah A Winnick
8:00 am–11:45 am
Butler, Erin L Hasinoff Discussant(s): Lynn Meskell, Paul K Eiss NARRATIVES OF MODERNITY AND FAITH: JAMES PEACOCK’S LEGACY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s)/ Introduction: Carla M Jones Organizer(s): Carla M Jones, Kenneth M George Participant(s): Karl G Heider, James A Boon, Ruel W Tyson Jr, Mary M Steedly, Kenneth M George, Suzanne A Brenner, Carla M Jones, Julie M Flowerday Discussant(s): Lorraine V Aragon, James Peacock Invited Session: BEYOND GOOGLING: ELUSIVE FIGURES IN ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by ASA) Chair(s): Phyllis Passariello Organizer(s): Alice B Kehoe, Myrdene Anderson Participant(s): Sabra J Webber, Alice B Kehoe, Myrdene Anderson, Richard T Meyers, Phyllis Passariello, Margaret L Buckner, Harriet J Ottenheimer, Ada S Jaarsma, Herbert S Lewis, Susan C Seymour HOW IS ANTHROPOLOGY GOING? AN INQUIRY INTO MOVEMENT, MODE AND METHOD IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Chair(s): Kevin G Karpiak Organizer(s): Kevin G Karpiak, Chris Vasantkumar, Mattias Viktorin Participant(s): Chris Vasantkumar, Nadezhda D Savova, Erik Nilsson, Helene L Mialet, Mattias Viktorin, Marc A Goodwin, Kevin G Karpiak, Jane I Guyer Discussant(s): Kim Fortun, Aihwa Ong, George E Marcus
WHAT GOES ON IN THE MINDS OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS?: A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF KENNETH A R KENNEDY Chair(s): Diane Hawkey Organizer(s): Leslie E Sponsel, Diane Hawkey Participant(s): Michael A Little, Diane Hawkey, Gregory L Possehl, Brian E Hemphilll, Cynthia A Wilczak, Angela R Lieverse, Nancy C Lovell, John R Lukacs, David Aftandilian, Leslie E Sponsel Discussant(s): R Brooke Thomas, Kenneth A Kennedy
Invited Session: EXTREME EVENTS: SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND GLOBAL POLICY/LOCAL REALITY (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Anthony R Oliver Smith Organizer(s): Linda M Whiteford, Arthur D Murphy, Anthony R Oliver Smith Introduction: Anthony R Oliver Smith Discussant(s): Roberto E Barrios, Marisa O Ensor, Susanna M Hoffman, Gregory V Button, Monica L Schoch–Spana
RESISTING ENCLOSURE: EMERGENT DIALOGUES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ETHNOGRAPHY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels, Joshua W Samuels Participant(s): Susan M Kus, Hamish A Forbes, Lindsay M Weiss, Lena Mortensen, Lisa C Breglia, Elizabeth E Ferry, Julie Hollowell, Beverley
PRIVATES AND COUNTERPRIVATES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Thomas Strong, Gretchen E Pfeil Participant(s): Gretchen E Pfeil, Paul Manning, Lilith Mahmud, Ayla Samli, Megan E Clark, Thomas Strong, Leo C Coleman, Sarah K Pinto, Sasha Newell, Julie S Archambault, Erin K Debenport Discussant(s): Hylton White, James A Boon
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QUESTIONING EXPERTISE: REFLEXIVITY, ETHICS AND ETIQUETTES OF POWER Chair(s): Victor Braitberg Organizer(s): Victor Braitberg, Thomas H Chivens Participant(s): Summerson Carr, Lorna A Rhodes, Thomas H Chivens, Tara A Schwegler, Arthur L Mason, Susan J Shaw, William S Lachicotte, Barry F Saunders, Victor Braitberg Discussant(s): John Clarke, James D Faubion, Steven G Epstein, Dominic C Boyer Invited Session: THE ENCULTURED BRAIN: NEUROANTHROPOLOGY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT (Sponsored by SPA and CSAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Daniel H Lende, Gregory J Downey Participant(s): Daniel H Lende, Peter G Stromberg, Rachel S Brezis, Harold L Odden, Christina Toren, Ryan A Brown, Katherine C MacKinnon, M Cameron Hay, Rebecca Seligman, Gregory J Downey Discussant(s): Claudia Strauss, Naomi Quinn, Robert Sapolsky THEORIZING CHILDHOOD: INCLUDING THE CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David M Rosen, Ignasi Clemente Participant(s): Helen B Schwartzman, Cindy D Clark, Jill E Korbin, Elisa J Sobo, Mary Lawlor, Myra Bluebond–Langner, David M Rosen, Ignasi Clemente, Kristen E Cheney, Hilary Levey, Barrie Thorne Discussant(s): Jennifer F Reynolds, Thomas S Weisner TOWARD AN ANATOMY OF MOCKING Chair(s): Angela R Reyes Organizer(s): Chantal M Tetreault, Elaine W Chun Participant(s): Satoko Kobayashi, Barbara C LeMaster, Ayumi Miyazaki, A Ashley Stinnett, Maisa C Taha, Elaine W Chun, Deborah L Cole, Mie Hiramoto, Chantal M Tetreault, Anna Marie Trester Discussant(s): Shirley B Heath, Jane H Hill LINGUISTIC EXPERTISE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Jenny L Davis, Madeleine Adkins Participant(s): Elena Skapoulli, Heidi A Orcutt–Gachiri, Lal Zimman, Paja L Faudree, Elizabeth A Spreng, Jing Lei, Penelope Brown, Madeleine Adkins, Jennifer Quincey, Jenny L Davis, Jennifer N Garland, Richard J Senghas Discussant(s): Alexandra M Jaffe, Rusty Barrett FROM REFLEXIVITY TO ACTION: TOWARD A HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL
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ENGAGEMENT Chair(s): Bob W White Organizer(s): Kiven Strohm, Lea LK Kalaora Participant(s): Ronald Niezen, Blair A Rutherford, Amanda J Hammar, Kiven Strohm, Alban Bensa, Udo R Krautwurst, Lea LK Kalaora, Petra Rethmann Discussant(s): Bob W White
AAA Long–Range Planning Committee MEETING Chair(s): Virginia R Dominguez
9:00 am–11:30 am
THE UNMENTIONABLE: HAZARDS OF ADDRESSIVITY, STRATEGIES OF CONTAINMENT Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Luke Fleming, Michael Lempert Participant(s): Rupert Stasch, Susan Frekko, Robert E Moore, Sabina M Perrino, Joel Kuipers, Luke Fleming, Eve Danziger, Michael Lempert, John B Haviland, Susan Seizer Discussant(s): Judith Temkin Irvine, Michael Silverstein PROJECTIVE SELF PRACTICES: REPRESENTATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Chair(s): Jeannette M Mageo Participant(s): Andrea Baltazar, Aura A Newlin, Hyejun Park, Kevin P Groark, Jeannette M Mageo, Katayoun T Medhat, Lainie Goldwert, Graham St John Participant(s): Nicholas Grosse MEDIATING MOBILITIES: POLITICS, CULTURE AND SPACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Chair(s): Kristin V Monroe Organizer(s): Kristin V Monroe, Farha Ghannam Participant(s): Elizabeth A Faier, Thomas P Abowd, Kristin V Monroe, Farha Ghannam, Livia Wick, Christa Salamandra, Roxanne Varzi Discussant(s): Rachel Newcomb, Soraya Altorki GETTING IT DONE: ETHNOGRAPHY OF AND IN NGOS AND EXAMINATIONS OF POWER Chair(s): Anastasia Hudgins Organizer(s): Andria D Timmer, Anastasia Hudgins Participant(s): Christian N Vannier, R Nalika Gajaweera, Andria D Timmer, Chelsea D Voytek, Lance D Laird, Anastasia Hudgins, Lucas Bessire, Chunghee S Soh, Lauren J Silver, Brad A Casucci Discussant(s): Roos A Willems, Sangeeta Kamat
8:30 am–10:30 am AAA Section Treasurers’ MEETING
9:00 am–11:00 am AA Editorial Board BREAKFAST Chair(s): Tom Boellstorff
AAA Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities MEETING
9:00 am–12:00 pm GAD BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Susan Buck Sutton
9:00 am–5:00 pm Workshop: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS (Sponsored by SAS) Leader(s): Chris McCarty, Jeffrey C Johnson
10:00 am–12:00 pm Workshop: HOW TO SELL YOURSELF: CREATING ANTHROPOLOGICAL CURRICULA VITAE (CVs) AND RESUMES (Sponsored by NASA) Leader(s): Jason E Miller, Marcy M Hessling
10:15 am–12:00 pm WANTED AND UNWANTED BODIES: AGE, HEALTH AND FAMILY ROLES AS DETERMINANTS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN PROCESSES OF TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Vanessa L Fong Participant(s): Michele R Gamburd, Vanessa L Fong, Sarah B Horton, Biao Xiang, Carolyn S Stevens Discussant(s): Karen Leonard Presidential Invited Session: COLLABORATION AGAINST MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS: RECONSIDERING ANTHROPOLOGISTS FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ACTION 35 YEARS AFTER THE FACT Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David H Price Participant(s): Richard B Lee, James C Faris, Gerald M Sider, David H Price, Marshall D Sahlins, Karen Brodkin IDENTITY, MUSEUMS AND ANTHROPOLOGY IN FRANCE: AFRICAN ART AND MUSEUM CULTURE Chair(s): Bennetta Jules–Rosette Organizer(s):
Bennetta Jules–Rosette, Wayne H Osborn Introduction: Bennetta Jules–Rosette Participant(s): Bennetta Jules–Rosette, Dominci Thomas, Solen Roth Discussant(s): Peter Bloom, Wayne H Osborn Presidential Invited Session: INCLUSION, COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT: ADVANCING THE BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY, PART 2 (Sponsored by BAS) Chair(s): Agustin Fuentes Organizer(s): Agustin Fuentes, Thomas W McDade Participant(s): Darna L Dufour, Thomas W McDade, Lawrence M Schell, Jennifer S Hirsch, James J McKenna, Carol M Worthman Discussant(s): Merrill C Singer TRANSNATIONAL SPACES, TRANBORDER PLACES: ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES–MEXICO, MEXICO–GUATEMALA AND MEDITERRANEAN BORDERLANDS Chair(s): Francisca L James Hernandez, Aida Hernandez Organizer(s): Francisca L James Hernandez Participant(s): Francisca L James Hernandez, Aida Hernandez, Federico Besserer, Liliana Suarez–Navaz Discussant(s): Patricia Zavella SOCIAL SUPPORT IN EAST ASIA: PRACTICES, IDEOLOGIES, ISSUES Chair(s): Charlotte Ikels, Yunxiang Yan Organizer(s): Friederike Fleischer Participant(s): Friederike Fleischer, Dorota Szawarska, Markus Schlecker, Jason A Danely Discussant(s): Charlotte Ikels, Yunxiang Yan Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY ON–THE– GROUND: INTERPRETING THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE AS A COMPETENCY IN HEALTH CARE (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Myrna Jean Gilbert Organizer(s): Myrna Jean Gilbert, Noel J Chrisman Participant(s): Noel J Chrisman, Diana M Carr, Myrna Jean Gilbert, Robert C Like, Beatriz Solis, Jacquelyn H Flaskerud, Cayla R Teal Invited Session: GRETEL PELTO AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION (Sponsored by SAFN) Chair(s): Craig A Hadley Organizer(s): Miriam Chaiken, Craig A Hadley Participant(s): John
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Brett, Deborah L Crooks, Miriam Chaiken, Craig A Hadley, Alyson G Young, Gretel H Pelto Invited Session: “LOCATING THE FACTORY IN THE FARM”: FORMS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES (Sponsored by C&A) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Alexander Blanchette, Kendall M Thu Participant(s): Alexander Blanchette, Ronald Rich, Brian D Haley, Juan– Vicente Palerm, Julie Hogeland, Kendall M Thu Discussant(s): E Paul Durrenberger Invited Session: SPECIES AT SEA: AQUEOUS ANTHROPOLOGIES OF NONHUMAN STRANGERS AND COMPANIONS (Sponsored by SCA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Stefan G Helmreich Participant(s): Karen Barad, Stefan G Helmreich, Celia Lowe, Bill M Maurer, Astrid Schrader Discussant(s): Donna J Haraway “EVERYTHING WAS DUST AND PANIC”: CRISIS MOMENTS AND THE PRODUCTION OF SERENDIPITY IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH Chair(s): Bernard C Perley Organizer(s): Bernard C Perley, Tracey Heatherington Participant(s): R Benjamin Penglase, Vilma Santiago–Irizarry, Bernard C Perley, Ann Marie Leshkowich, Tracey Heatherington, Frederic Gleach Discussant(s): Regna D Darnell YOUTH AND THE STRUGGLE FOR ADULTHOOD IN 21ST CENTURY AFRICA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Daniel C Mains Participant(s): Emily J Margaretten, Daniel C Mains, Ana E Schaller de la Cova, Sarah M Mathis Discussant(s): Shanti A Parikh Invited Session: TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY 2.0: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR INCORPORATING VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES INTO TEACHING AND LEARNING (Sponsored by NASA) Chair(s): Jason E Miller Organizer(s): Jason E Miller, Lakshmi Fjord Participant(s): John K Trainor, Marc K Hebert, Jennifer Cool, Jen A Cardew, Rebekah Sobel, Joy Marie Sather– Wagstaff, Riannan Wade NEW TECHNOLOGIES, GENDERED MEANINGS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES Chair(s): Barbara Herr Harthorn Organizer(s): Barbara Herr Harthorn, Laury Oaks
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Participant(s): Barbara Herr Harthorn, Theresa A Satterfield, Muriel Vernon, Kathi R Kitner, Lucia L S Siu, Laury Oaks Discussant(s): Jo Murphy–Lawless “UNSETTLING BODIES”: ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND CORPOREALITY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Salih C Aciksoz Participant(s): Kenneth T MacLeish, Salih C Aciksoz, Hisyar Ozsoy, Serap R Sengul Invited Session: IMMIGRANTS AND THE NEW DIASPORA: WHEN IS CULTURAL? (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s): Alfredo J Artiles Organizer(s): Kris Gutierrez Participant(s): Barbara Rogoff, Angela E Arzubiaga, Marjorie Faulstich, Kris Gutierrez Invited Session: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF LITERARY ETHNOGRAPHY (Sponsored by SHA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kent Maynard Participant(s): Melisa (Misha) S Cahnmann– Taylor, Michael D Jackson, Kent Maynard, Kirin Narayan, Renato I Rosaldo Discussant(s): Ruth Behar, Paul Stoller Poster Session: ANTHROPOLOGY OF WORK POSTERS Participant(s): Rebecca J Crosthwait, Rebakah L Daro PERFORMANCE, PLACE AND POWER IN EUROPE Chair(s): Brian A Horne Participant(s): Brian A Horne, Julia Carolino, Elise McCarthy, Toomas Gross, Rozita N Dimova, Franca E Boag, Nadeen M Thomas Poster Session: CAE POSTER SESSION Chair(s): David L McConnell Participant(s): David L McConnell, Craig A Campbell Jr, Sandra J Wolf, Leah J Barnum, Dorothy M Taylor, Maureen K Porter, Thomas Hardy Poster Session: THEATER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM Chair(s): Jessica L Rau Participant(s): Jessica L Rau, Dorothy Abram INDIGENOUS ADAPTATIONS Chair(s): Neal B Keating Participant(s): Neal B Keating, David L DeHass, Brandon C Ledward,
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11:00 am–1:00 pm Workshop: LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE IN ANTHROPOLOGY Leader(s): Virginia R Dominguez
11:00 am–2:00 pm Workshop: POETIC WRITING FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS (Sponsored by SHA) Leader(s): Renato I Rosaldo
12:00 pm–2:00 pm AAA Committee on Practicing Applied and Public Interest Anthropology MEETING AAA Resource Development Committee MEETING
12:15 pm–1:30 pm GAD Council for the Anthropology of Jews and Judaism BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Marcy Brink–Danan Organizer(s): Matti Bunzl, Marcy Brink–Danan CAE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Organizer(s): Norma E Gonzalez NASA STUDENT ORIENTATION TO THE ANNUAL MEETINGS Organizer(s): Jason E Miller, Marcy M Hessling SAE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Chair(s): Anastasia Karakasidou Organizer(s): Sascha Goluboff SEX IN THE SYLLABUS: OPEN FORUM ON TEACHING THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SEX Chair(s): Anne Bolin Organizer(s): Anne Bolin, Patricia Whelehan Participant(s): Douglas A Feldman, Ralph Bolton Anthropology of Aging and the Life Course Interest Group ORGANIZING MEETING Organizer(s): Jay Sokolovsky SANA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Sandra L Morgen NAPA Evaluation Anthropology Interest Group MEETING
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Organizer(s): Paul L Doughty
HOW TO WRITE A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE (Sponsored by SCA) Organizer(s): Kim Fortun
1:00 pm–3:00 pm
AIA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): JoAllyn Archambault SAC EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): John R Baker SAW EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Ann E Kingsolver
Workshop: TEACHING TIPS FROM WINNERS OF THE AAA/OXFORD PRESS UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Leader(s): Patricia C Rice, Scott A Lukas Participant(s): Conrad P Kottak, David W McCurdy, Elizabeth J Chin, Richard H Robbins, Scott A Lukas, Patricia C Rice
ABA WORKS-IN-PROGRESS MENTORING SESSION Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kevin M Foster
Workshop: “FIELDWORKS DATA NOTEBOOK”: A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR WRITING AND MANAGING FIELDNOTES IN A DIGITIZED WORLD INEXPENSIVELY (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Tom Woodward, James Tim M Wallace
SMA AIDS and Anthropology Special Interest Group MEETING Chair(s): Vinay R Kamat Organizer(s): Delia E Easton
Workshop: DESIGNING AND TEACHING SUNTA–BASED INTRODUCTORY COURSES (Sponsored by SUNTA) Leader(s): Robert Rotenberg
COLLABORATIONS FOR HUMAN SECURITY IN DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION: ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT BEYOND NEOLIBERAL STRATEGIES (Sponsored by NAPA) Organizer(s): Nandini Gunewardena, Mark A Schuller Participant(s): Gregory V Button, Barbara Rose Johnston, Carolyn R Nordstrom, Anthony R Oliver Smith, Linda M Whiteford, Joan P Mencher
1:30 pm–4:00 pm
SHA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Michael Harkin
Special Panel: URBAN OUTCASTS: A COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY OF ADVANCED MARGINALITY (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Setha M Low Participant(s): Philippe Bourgois, Akhil Gupta, John L Jackson, Setha M Low, Loïc Wacquant AAA Committee for Human Rights OPEN FORUM Organizer(s): Victoria D Sanford C&A BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Benjamin G Blount
12:15 pm–6:00 pm ASA BOARD AND BUSINESS MEETING
AD EXCUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Chair(s): Janet E Levy Organizer(s): Randolph J Widmer
1:45 pm–3:00 pm REVAMPING THE MODERN GIRL IN JAPAN Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Christine R Yano Participant(s): Gabriella Lukacs, Laura Miller, Christine R Yano, Sabine M Fruhstuck Discussant(s): Mariko Tamanoi
1:45 pm–3:30 pm DYNAMICS OF INCLUSION IN COLLABORATIVE ARCHAEOLOGIES Chair(s): Carol McDavid Organizer(s): Christopher Matthews, Carol McDavid Participant(s): Chip Colwell–Chanthaphonh, K Anne Pyburn, Janet Six, Whitney L Battle– Baptiste UNDER THE RADAR: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF SUB–NATIONAL FORCES IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA Chair(s): Erik L Harms Organizer(s): Jane M
Ferguson, Tyrell C Haberkorn Participant(s): Hjorleifur R Jonsson, Tyrell C Haberkorn, Erik L Harms, Jane M Ferguson, Jonathan E Padwe Discussant(s): Mary–Beth Mills Invited Session: MULTISPECIES SALON II (Sponsored by AES and SCA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Eben Kirksey Participant(s): Donna J Haraway, Jake Kosek, Agustin Fuentes, Sarah B Franklin Discussant(s): Celia Lowe, Geoffrey Bowker Invited Session: URBAN SUBJECTS OF VALUE: ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE NEOLIBERALIZING CITY (Sponsored by SANA and SUNTA) Chair(s): Julian B Brash Organizer(s): Julian B Brash, Jeffry Maskovsky Participant(s): Julian B Brash, Arlene Davila, Robert P Fairbanks, Jeffry Maskovsky, Gayle Rubin Discussant(s): John M Hartigan Invited Session: KNORKS AND MEZZALUNAS: CUTTING EDGES OF FOOD STUDIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by SAFN) Chair(s): Rachel E Black Organizer(s): Rachel E Black, Carole M Counihan Participant(s): David I Beriss, Helen Vallianatos, Heather A Paxson, Carole M Counihan, Lidia Marte, David Sutton Invited Session: EXPLORING WORK AND WORKSCAPES THROUGH NEW MEDIA (Sponsored by SAW and SVA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Charles R Menzies Participant(s): Jens Kjaerulff, Marko A Monteiro, Ann L Davidson, Penny M Howard Discussant(s): Krista M Harper, Peter Biella RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF SOCIAL SUFFERING IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Jarrett Zigon Participant(s): Tunde Komaromi, Mathijs E Pelkmans, Jarrett Zigon, Katherine R Metzo, Detelina Tocheva Discussant(s): Melissa L Caldwell Presidential Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY PUT TO WORK: A WENNER–GREN INTERNATIONAL FORUM Chair(s): Les Field Organizer(s): Les Field, Richard G Fox Introduction: Richard G Fox Participant(s): Esteban Krotz, Andrew D Spiegel, Amrit Srinivasan, Joe E Watkins Discussant(s): Les Field
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Invited Session: COLLABORATION IN THE STUDY OF CHILDHOOD: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING (Sponsored by SPA and EAS) Chair(s): Suzanne Gaskins Organizer(s): Suzanne Gaskins, John A Bock, David F Lancy Introduction: David F Lancy Participant(s): Kerry M Ossi, Elinor Ochs, Leslie C Moore, Jon M Wolseth Discussant(s): John A Bock, Robert A LeVine TRANSNATIONAL EXIGENCIES: DEPORTATION AS SOCIAL EXPERIENCE Chair(s): Rachel Buff Organizer(s): Rachel Buff, Lisa M Knauer Participant(s): Tricia Gabany–Guerrero, Sunaina Maira, Kate E Masley, Rachel Buff, Lisa M Knauer Discussant(s): Guillermina G Nunez CULTURAL CITIZENSHIP, PERSONHOOD AND PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAS Chair(s): Misha Klein Organizer(s): Misha Klein, Robert H McLaughlin Introduction: Robert H McLaughlin Participant(s): Misha Klein, Natasha Zaretsky, Theresa Alfaro– Velcamp, Robert H McLaughlin Discussant(s): Kathleen M Coll FOSTERING RESILIENCE IN COUPLED HUMAN/NATURAL SYSTEMS Chair(s): Constanza V Ocampo–Raeder Organizer(s): Flora E Lu, Constanza V Ocampo–Raeder Participant(s): Constanza V Ocampo–Raeder, Flora E Lu, Gabriella Valdivia, Mark Sorensen, Paul W Leslie Discussant(s): William H Durham Invited Session: GLOBAL FLOWS: HIP HOP CULTURES, YOUTH IDENTITIES AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE (Sponsored by SLA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): H Samy Alim Participant(s): Ian Condry, Jennifer Roth– Gordon, Cecelia Cutler, Karl F Swinehart, H Samy Alim Discussant(s): Marcyliena H Morgan PLEASURE IN THE GLOBALIZING CITY Chair(s): Chad Haines Organizer(s): Clare V Talwalker Participant(s): Rodney W Collins, Clare V Talwalker, Joshua Tucker, Chad Haines Discussant(s): Orin Starn Invited Session: LIVING AND LEARNING IN THE NEW LATINO DIASPORA: DISCOURSES
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OF DIFFERENTIATION IN THE NEW BORDERLANDS (Sponsored by ALLA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Katherine Bruna, Stanton E Wortham Introduction: Katherine Bruna Participant(s): Ryan Evely Gildersleeve, Katherine Bruna, Sofia A Villenas, Bradley A Levinson, Edmund T Hamann Discussant(s): Jenelle Reeves
PERFORMING IDENTITY: VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE POLITICAL STRATEGIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA. Chair(s): Carlos Y Flores Organizer(s): Angela Torresan Participant(s): Carlos Y Flores, Angela Torresan, Joceny Pinheiro, Carlos Guilherme Do Valle Discussant(s): Angela Torresan
Presidential Invited Session: THE ACADEMY AND THE PUBLICS Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Participant(s): Paula L Sabloff, Jeremy A Sabloff Discussant(s): Nancy Scheper–Hughes, John L Jackson, Linda A Bennett, Setha M Low
GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE HISTORY: RESEARCH FROM THE FIELD AND LAB Chair(s): John A Bock Participant(s): Julienne N Rutherford, Courtney Helfrecht, John A Bock, Elizabeth A Quinn, Katherine C Sharrock, Charla McCormick, Sara E Johnson
PRODUCING PLACE, SPACE AND MORAL GEO-GRAPHIES IN THE US–MEXICO BORDERLANDS Chair(s): Jessica A Piekielek Organizer(s): Jessica A Piekielek, David F Seibert Participant(s): Maribel L Alvarez, Jessica A Piekielek, David F Seibert, Thomas E Sheridan, Lawrence J Taylor
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH INTERVENTIONS Chair(s): Ruthbeth Finerman Participant(s): Chad T Morris, Rebecca M Langford, John S Luque, Ruthbeth Finerman, Amy A Moffat, Patricia Antoniello, Rochelle K Rosen
BELOW THE RADAR OF STATE POLITICS AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA, II: INITIATIVES FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE IN ISRAEL/ PALESTINE Chair(s): Gelya Frank Organizer(s): Gelya Frank, Steven Rousso–Schindler, Aseel Sawalha Participant(s): Lori A Allen, Haim Beliak, Laure J Bjawi–Levine, Gelya Frank, Jasmin Habib, Zev Kalifon, Anne T Meneley, Steven Rousso–Schindler, Moshe Shokeid, Abigail Sone, Jess P Weinberg Discussant(s): Pnina Motzafi–Haller, Amalia Sa’ar, Aseel Sawalha
PERFORMANCE, AGENCY AND THE MEANING OF BLACKNESS Chair(s): Nichole D Payne Participant(s): Worku Nida, Linda Williamson Nelson, Kimberly E Simmons, Nichole D Payne, Marvin D Sterling, Sheila J Walker
COLLABORATING WITH THE ENEMY: PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH WITH FRIENDS AND OTHERS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Margaret D LeCompte Participant(s): Sheryl A Ludwig, Elias L Martinez, Marlene J Berg, Donna Deyhle, Margaret D LeCompte Discussant(s): Sally A Galman
Poster Session: IDENTITY, TRADITION AND CHANGE Chair(s): Jessica V Amato Participant(s): Jessica V Amato, Mario Alfredo Gonzalez, Paul V McDowell, Faedah M Totah
FOOD FIGHTS: LOCAL CHALLENGES TO US FOOD COMMODITIES Chair(s): Joan Gross, Nancy R Rosenberger Organizer(s): Joan Gross Participant(s): Joan Gross, Sarah E Cunningham, Guadalupe M Rodriguez–Gomez, Ayesha Nibbe, Nancy R Rosenberger, Tiffany A Rinne
EPISTEMOLOGIES OF EDUCATION IN VARIED CULTURAL CONTEXTS Chair(s): Paloma Visscher Participant(s): Paloma Visscher, Janis Massa, Amanda L Holmes, Jaskiran K Dhillon, Joseph J Tobin, Alberto Arenas
GREEN LIFESTYLES, GREEN COMMODITIES AND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTALISM Chair(s): Tendai Chitewere Participant(s): Tendai Chitewere, Daniel E Renfrew, Laura M Davis, Hannah Rumble, Eileen M Smith– Cavros Poster Session: TEACHING STRATEGIES AND THE CULTURE OF COLLEGE SUCCESS
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Participant(s): Maren J Wilson, Lisa M Malley, Jacqueline C Robinson Hunsicker
1:45 pm–5:30 pm MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AS ANTHROPOLOGY: DIVERSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Pearce Paul Creasman, Ben L Ford Participant(s): Andrew T Pietruszka, Frederick H Hanselmann, Pearce Paul Creasman, Ben L Ford, Thomas Kurt Knoerl, James P Delgado, Amanda M Evans, Dominique Rissolo, Gregory D Cook, Rachel L Horlings, Filipe V Castro, Michelle Damian SOCIALIST AFTERMATHS: PAPERS IN HONOR OF KATHERINE VERDERY Chair(s): Elizabeth C Dunn Organizer(s): Krista Hegburg, Elizabeth C Dunn Participant(s): Martha Lampland, Robert M Hayden, Pamela L Ballinger, Emanuela Grama, Elizabeth C Dunn, Krista Hegburg, David Karjanen, Douglas J Rogers, Katherine M Verdery Discussant(s): Ewa K Hauser LOST IN TRANSITION: DECOLONIZING INDIGENOUS HISTORIES AT THE “PREHISTORIC/COLONIAL” INTERSECTION THROUGH INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT Chair(s): Siobhan M Hart Organizer(s): Maxine H Oland, Siobhan M Hart Participant(s): Siobhan M Hart, Stephen W Silliman, Matthew J Liebmann, Jonathan R Walz, Ann B Stahl, Francois G Richard, Alistair G Paterson, Claire E Smith, Maxine H Oland, Enrique Rodriguez–Alegria, Stacie M King, Steven A Wernke Discussant(s): Patricia E Rubertone, Kent Lightfoot Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY AND TRANSGENDER: RETHINKING INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee and SOLGA) Chair(s): David Valentine, William L Leap Organizer(s): William L Leap, David Valentine, Elijah A Edelman Participant(s): Susan Stryker, Stephen Whittle, Masen Davis, Chris Roebuck, Mara Keisling, William L Leap, Megan E Davidson, Alexander Lee, Willy Wilkinson, David Valentine, Marcia Ochoa, Elijah A Edelman Invited Session: ENGAGING A MOVING
TARGET: ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH MODELS AND METHODS IN AN AGE OF UNPRECEDENTED CLIMATE CHANGE (Sponsored by A&E and NAPA) Chair(s): Susan A Crate Organizer(s): Susan A Crate Participant(s): Karina Yager, Peter P Schweitzer, Donald R Nelson, Heather Lazrus, Susan A Crate, Katja Neves, Susan Charnley, Amber Wutich, Sara E Alexander, Shirley Fiske, Daniel H De Vries, Laurie J Price Discussant(s): Carla Roncoli, Ben Orlove THE MULTIPLE VOICES OF JANE HILL PART I: Chair(s): Jennifer Roth-Gordon Organizer(s): Jennifer Roth-Gordon, Norma Mendoza-Denton Participant(s): William Hanks, Janet M Chernela, Regna D Darnell, Karen Dakin, Ofelia Zepeda, Alexandra Y Aikhenvald, Paul V Kroskrity, Laura R Graham, Marcyliena H Morgan, Charles L Briggs, Rudolf P Gaudio, Ben Rampton Discussant(s): Ana C Zentella PART 2: Chair(s): Norma Mendoza-Denton Organizer(s): Norma Mendoza-Denton, Jennifer Roth-Gordon Participant(s): Bruce Mannheim, Judith Temkin Irvine, Michael Silverstein, Webb Keane, Alessandro Duranti, Susan Gal, Bambi B Schieffelin, Susan U Philips Discussant(s): Asif Agha
1:45 pm–5:45 pm SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Arthur D Murphy Participant(s): Thomas Pluckhahn, Carly L Hertz, Arthur D Murphy, Linda J Jencson, Chris McCarty, Christine B Avenarius Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER: A COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION (Sponsored by AAA Anthropology Education Committee) Chair(s): Beverly Chiarulli Organizer(s): Colleen P Popson Discussant(s): John M Coggeshall, David Homa, Guven P Witteveen
2:00 pm–4:00 pm AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology MEETING Workshop: ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOLS: TECHNIQUES AND TIPS (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): James Tim M Wallace, George
Gmelch
2:00 pm –5:00 pm NAPA GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING Organizer(s): Dennis Wiedman, Mary Odell Butler CAE BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Norma E Gonzalez
2:30 pm–4:00 pm AAA Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology MEETING Chair(s): Carla Guerron–Montero
3:00 pm–5:00 pm Workshop: COLLABORATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Luke Eric Lassiter, Elizabeth Campbell
4:00 pm–5:45 pm GLOBAL QUEER ACTIVISMS AND THE POLITICS OF “INCLUSION” Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Naisargi N Dave Participant(s): Naisargi N Dave, Margot Weiss, Brian S Riedel, Gayatri Reddy, Scott Morgensen Discussant(s): David Valentine Invited Session: UNIONS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (Sponsored by SAW and CSAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): E Paul Durrenberger Participant(s): Steve M Striffler, E Paul Durrenberger, Luis L Aguiar, Andrew Herod, David Griffith, Gerrie Casey Discussant(s): Sharryn Kasmir Roundtable Discussion: MOTHERING (IN) THE FIELD Chair(s): Colleen M Scanlan Lyons Organizer(s): Carole McGranahan, Colleen M Scanlan Lyons, Laura M Deluca Discussant(s): Carole McGranahan, Louise Lamphere, Donna Goldstein, Alma Gottlieb, L Kaifa Roland, Mary H Moran, Laura M Deluca Invited Session: INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE RESEARCH AND PRAXIS OF KAREN BRODKIN (Sponsored by SANA and AFA)
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Chair(s): Sandra L Morgen Organizer(s): Sandra L Morgen, Cynthia M Strathmann Participant(s): Carol B Stack, A Lynn Bolles, Kesha Fikes, Tritia Toyota, David Kamper, Lynn M Stephen Discussant(s): Karen Brodkin
IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Chair(s): Sandra T Hyde Organizer(s): Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good, Byron J Good Participant(s): Byron J Good, Erica C James, Devon E Hinton, Christopher Dole, Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good Discussant(s): Sandra T Hyde, Sarah K Pinto
MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY: COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN REPRESENTING CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE Chair(s): Robin M DeLugan Organizer(s): Rosemary Joyce, Robin M DeLugan, Gwyneira L Isaac Participant(s): Robin M DeLugan, Doris Maldonado, Gwyneira L Isaac, Howard Morphy, Christina Kreps Discussant(s): Ana M Alonso, Rosemary Joyce
IS CROSS–CULTURAL TRAINING A KEY TO ANTHROPOLOGY’S GLOBAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? Chair(s): Analiese M Richard Organizer(s): Laura Bathurst Participant(s): Bruce La Brack, Laura Bathurst, Analiese M Richard, Benjamin H Bailey Discussant(s): R Michael Paige, Janet Bennett
THE LIMITS OF GOVERNMENTALITY IN EUROPE Chair(s): Fred Ketchum Organizer(s): Jonah S Rubin, Michal Ran Participant(s): Elizabeth A Kelley, Megan M Foreman, Alexandre B Beliaev, Michal Ran, George Paul Meiu, Jonah S Rubin Discussant(s): Mayanthi L Fernando
INTIMATE VIOLENCE, GLOBAL MIGRATION, SUFFERING AND SURVIVAL Chair(s): Maria Cristina Alcalde Organizer(s): Nia C Parson Participant(s): Madelaine B Adelman, Nia C Parson, Emily Mendenhall, Marla Frederick, Haeng–ja Chung Discussant(s): Mary K Anglin, Mindie Lazarus– Black
Invited Session: DOING AND BEING: STANCE AND IDENTITY IN INTERACTION (Sponsored by SLA) Chair(s): Mary Bucholtz Organizer(s): John W Du Bois, Mary Bucholtz Participant(s): John W Du Bois, Norma Mendoza–Denton, Robin A Shoaps, Maeve Eberhardt, Mary Bucholtz, Charles Goodwin Discussant(s): Kira Hall
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CRITICAL VIEW Chair(s): Richard M Leventhal, Brian I Daniels Organizer(s): Brian I Daniels Participant(s): Neil J Brodie, Ian R Hodder, Christina Luke, Brian I Daniels, Lynn Meskell, Morag M Kersel, Richard M Leventhal
JEWISH AND MUSLIM NEIGHBORS: NARRATIVES OF THE PAST Chair(s): Oren Kosansky Organizer(s): Alanna E Cooper, Sarah F Levin Participant(s): Samuel R Thomas, Alanna E Cooper, Nefissa N Naguib, Joelle Bahloul, Sarah F Levin, Naomi S Stone Discussant(s): Harvey E Goldberg Invited Session: SOUND BUSINESS: MUSIC MATTERS IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMIES (Sponsored by SAW and SCA) Chair(s): Jelani K Mahiri, Duncan P Allard Organizer(s): Jelani K Mahiri, Duncan P Allard, Marie Abe Participant(s): Marie Abe, Christina M Zanfagna, Duncan P Allard, Patricia Moonsammy Discussant(s): Olga Najera– Ramirez, George Lipsitz POSTCOLONIAL DISORDERS: SUBJECTIVITY
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NEGOTIATING INDIGENOUS AGENDAS: PERSPECTIVES ON COLLABORATION WITH/IN AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Samuel R Cook Participant(s): Samuel R Cook, Karenne Wood, Luke Eric Lassiter, Gus Palmer, James C Woods, Sonya L Atalay, Charles R Menzies THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND THE SEARCH FOR HIGHER GROUND Chair(s): Derrick Willis Organizer(s): Derrick Willis, Judy V Rosenthal Participant(s): Judy V Rosenthal, Derrick Willis, Akissi M Britton Discussant(s): Andrea P Sankar, Jacalyn D Harden MODALITIES OF VIOLENCE AND THE EVERYDAY Chair(s): Shahla Talebi Organizer(s): Ozge N Serin, Khashayar Beigi Participant(s): Ruchi
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Chaturvedi, Kristen Drybread, Ozge N Serin, Khashayar Beigi, Shahla Talebi Discussant(s): Stefania Pandolfo PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY THROUGH CROSS DISCIPLINARY AND CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATION, INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT: “LOOKING FOR ANGOLA” IN FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Rosalyn Howard Participant(s): Vickie J Oldham, Uzi Baram, Rosalyn Howard, Terrance M Weik CONTACT ZONES II: SITUATING LANDSCAPES AMONG GEOPOLITICAL RELATIONS, TERRITORIALITIES AND IDENTITIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Crystal L Fortwangler, Meredith E Dudley Participant(s): Alicia l Davis, Meredith E Dudley, Derick A Fay, Pei–yi Guo, Laura C Zanotti Discussant(s): Crystal L Fortwangler ASKING THE EXPERTS: MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRODUCTION OF THE SOCIAL Chair(s): K Sivaramakrishnan Organizer(s): Poornima Paidipaty Participant(s): Ravindran Sriramachandran, Poornima Paidipaty, Antina von Schnitzler, Sivakumar V Arumugam, Adam H Bund Poster Session: ANTHROPOLOGY, ADVOCACY, AGENCY AND IDENTITY Chair(s): Pamela M Godde, Jonathan S Marion Organizer(s): Pamela M Godde, Jonathan S Marion, Jerome W Crowder Participant(s): Rosalyn Hansrisuk, Elana B Marion, Nara K Cox, Jessica L Wilson, Jeremy S Huey, Pamela M Godde, Jerome W Crowder ENGAGING IN ETHNOGRAPHY TO INFORM EDUCATIONAL POLICY FOR EQUITY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Maria Timmons Flores Participant(s): Mica Pollock, Clara A Martinez, Kathleen A King, Mary Ann Maslak, Jennifer D Lucko, Esperanza De La Vega, Steven M Borish Poster Session: ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO TIME, SPACE AND MATERIALITY Chair(s): Andrew P Roddick Participant(s): Keith Eppich, Christopher B Wolff, Anna M Ashbrook, Nicholas Tripcevich, Chester R
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Cain, A Gabriela Castro Gessner, Andrew P Roddick
Organizer(s): Paige West
NEO–LIBERALISM AND AGRARIAN CHANGE: THE STATE, CAPITAL AND RURAL SOCIETY Chair(s): Mark A Moberg Participant(s): Casey Walsh, Nicholas L Babin, Mark A Moberg, Betty J Harris, Yuson Jung, Sasikumar Balasundaram, Anna Marie Nicolaysen COLLABORATIVE MEDIA (PART 2): VISUAL ECONOMIES OF COMMUNITY AND PLACE Chair(s): Scott M Edmondson Participant(s): Janet I Hecsh, Scott M Edmondson, Sarah R Taylor, Maryam Kashani, Charles R Menzies NEW DIRECTIONS WITH CORE HEURISTICS IN POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Anush Kapadia Participant(s): Anush Kapadia, Olaf Zenker, Steven L Gardiner, Maj Nygaard-Christensen, Dolly Kikon, Susan H Ellison EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CONTROL AND AGENCY AMONG ADOLESCENT YOUTH Chair(s): Enora R Brown Participant(s): Enora R Brown, Kathleen O Elliott, Melinda Gurr, Shayla R Griffin, Sara L Young, Ida Fadzillah Poster Session: SOLGA POSTER SESSION Participant(s): Yu–Ying Hu GOVERNING THE “GRASSROOTS”: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT POLITICS Chair(s): Jessica S Cattaneo Participant(s): Marcus D Watson, Jessica S Cattaneo, Nicholas J Long, Kirsten M Brown, Robert R Lorway, Canay Ozden ASA PAPER SESSION Chair(s): Catherine S Fowler Participant(s): Catherine S Fowler, Elena Portacolone
4:00 pm–6:00 pm SCA EDITORIAL INTERN PROGRAM Organizer(s): Kim Fortun
5:00 pm –7:00 pm A&E BOARD MEETING
6:00 pm–7:30 pm NASA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Jason E Miller, Marcy M Hessling
6:15pm–7:30 pm AAA Presidential Session WELCOME RECEPTION HOSTED BY SETHA M LOW, AAA PRESDENT
SLACA BOARD MEETING Chair(s): Andrew L Canessa Organizer(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina SUNTA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): David W Haines
AAA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND AWARDS CEREMONY
SPA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Ashley E Maynard, Tanya M Luhrmann
7:30 pm–8:30 pm Chair(s): Setha M Low
6:15 pm–7:30 pm SVA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Mary Strong AFA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Cheryl R Rodriguez ALLA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Vilma Santiago–Irizarry C&A BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Benjamin G Blount
Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology
George Armelagos
AAA/Oxford University Press Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology
AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology COMMISSION ON RACE AND RACISM IN ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Yolanda T Moses Organizer(s): Janis F Hutchinson, Karen Brodkin
Paula K Clarke
CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE AMERICAS (Sponsored by SLACA) Chair(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina Organizer(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina, Travis A Du Bry Participant(s): Kay B Warren, Ramona L Perez, Fernando Santos–Granero, Hortensia Caballero–Arias, Francine F S Saillant
David C Grove
SANA Network of Concerned Anthropologists OPEN MEETING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David S Vine SANA RECEPTION AND ROAST IN HONOR OF KAREN BRODKIN Organizer(s): Karen Brodkin
Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology
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James McKenna
Solon T Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology
Rosita Worl
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Friday, Nov 21 7:30 am–8:45 am AfAA BOARD BREAKFAST Organizer(s): Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Nancy P Schwartz
8:00 am–9:00 am AAA Finance Committee MEETING
8:00 am–9:45 am SYMBOLIC AFFINITIES, PRAGMATIC ENGAGEMENTS: SHAPING LATIN AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE WORK OF NORMAN AND DOROTHEA SCOTT WHITTEN, PART I Chair(s): Linda J Seligmann Organizer(s): Michelle C Wibbelsman Participant(s): Linda J Seligmann, Michelle C Wibbelsman, Jennifer A Hardin, Kathleen Fine–Dare, Rudi Colloredo– Mansfeld Discussant(s): Mary J Weismantel
CONSERVATISM: ETHNOGRAPHIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND EMOTIONAL WORLDS OF THE RIGHT (Sponsored by SEAA) Chair(s): Lisa Yoneyama Organizer(s): Nathaniel M Smith, Tomomi Yamaguchi Introduction: Lisa Yoneyama Participant(s): Andrea GArai, Ryo Kawaguchi, Nathaniel M Smith, Tomomi Yamaguchi Discussant(s): David Leheny THE MOVEMENT OF QUEER AFFECT Chair(s): Roshanak Kheshti Organizer(s): Roshanak Kheshti, Shaka P McGlotten Participant(s): William F Schroeder, Roshanak Kheshti, Shaka P McGlotten, Michelle R Baron, Juana Maria Rodriguez Discussant(s): William L Leap CONTEMPORARY RURALITIES: LANGUAGE, IDENTITY AND PLACE Chair(s): Daisy Rosenblum Organizer(s): Christy Bird Participant(s): Colleen M Cotter, Petra S Shenk, Mary A Rose, Michael Wroblewski, Daisy Rosenblum, Christy Bird Discussant(s): Aaron A Fox
DEBATING POLICIES OF INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CIRCUMCISED AFRICAN WOMEN IN GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Chair(s): Ellen Gruenbaum Organizer(s): Fuambai S Ahmadu, Richard A Shweder Introduction: Richard A Shweder Participant(s): Bettina K Shell–Duncan, Heather L Lindkvist
CHILDREN’S PEER LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION: FORMAT–TYING, CODE– SWITCHING AND IDEOLOGY IN CHILDREN’S PEER GROUP INTERACTIONS Chair(s): Susan M Ervin–Tripp Organizer(s): Amy Kyratzis Participant(s): Bahar Koymen, Seyda DTarim, Inmaculada M Garcia Sanchez, Amy Kyratzis, Ann–Carita Evaldsson Discussant(s): Susan M Ervin–Tripp
COMMON WORK AND COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS Chair(s): Patrick J Heady Organizer(s): Liesl L Gambold Participant(s): Patrick J Heady, Brian R Donahoe, Liesl L Gambold, Danning Wang Discussant(s): John Leavitt
INCREDIBLE INDIA: TOURISM, PLACE– MAKING AND THE IMAGINATION IN SOUTH ASIA Chair(s): David M Geary Organizer(s): David M Geary, Tapoja Chaudhuri Participant(s): Tapoja Chaudhuri, Christian A Anderson, Meena R Khandelwal, David M Geary, Jason A Rodriguez Discussant(s): Jenny M Huberman
“TRANSBORDER” NETWORKS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MIGRATION, MARKETS, ACTIVISM AND CITIZENSHIP Chair(s): Joshua B Fisher Organizer(s): Jennifer L Erickson Participant(s): Elissa Helms, Kristen E Hudgins, Joshua B Fisher, Tami R Hill, Jennifer L Erickson, Maurice R Magana Discussant(s): Marc Edelman Invited Session: UNPACKING JAPANESE
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Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY’S LITTLE SECRETS (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee and NAPA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Inga E Treitler ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLICS IN CONTEMPORARY TURKEY Chair(s): Kabir Tambar Organizer(s): Kabir Tambar, Jeremy F Walton Participant(s):
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Jeremy F Walton, Genevra F Murray, Ceren Ozgul, Kabir Tambar Discussant(s): Ayse Parla PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC SOUNDS Chair(s): Charles K Hirschkind Organizer(s): Matt Sakakeeny Participant(s): David E Novak, Ana M Ochoa, Louise Meintjes, Matt Sakakeeny, Andrew J Eisenberg, Ryan T Skinner, Steven Feld Invited Session: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION (Sponsored by EAS) Chair(s): Dawn B Neill Organizer(s): Brooke A Scelza Participant(s): Michael S Alvard, Robert J Quinlan, Deborah E Schechter, Brooke A Scelza, Bobbi S Low, Donna L Leonetti, Julia C Berbesque HUMOR WITHIN AND OUT OF BOUNDS: ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON LUDIC LIMITS Chair(s): Christopher E Garces Organizer(s): Jamie Sherman Participant(s): Susan C McArver, Otto Santa Ana, Elise A Kramer, Suzanne M Menair, Jamie Sherman Discussant(s): Christopher E Garces THEORY IN PRACTICE: REFLECTING ON THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSNATIONAL IMPACT OF THE WORK OF JEAN LAVE Chair(s): Carole Nagengast Organizer(s): Susan Shepler, Raymond June Participant(s): Erik Axel, Klaus Nielsen, Carsten Osterlund, Raymond June, Susan Shepler, Amanda Lashaw Discussant(s): Jean C Lave NEGOTIATING SELVES: EXPLORING PATHS FROM GIRLHOOD TO WOMANHOOD IN SOUTH ASIA Chair(s): Jenny M Huberman Organizer(s): Bambi L Chapin, Jeanne Marecek Participant(s): Jenny M Huberman, Jocelyn Marrow, Jeanne Marecek, Bambi L Chapin, Sandya Hewamanne Discussant(s): Caitrin Lynch Invited Poster Session: CURRENT STUDIES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY, PART 2 (Sponsored by EAS) Chair(s): Rebecca Bird Organizer(s): Michael S Alvard Participant(s): Carolyn R Hodges, Cameron Griffith, Thomas J Flamson, Jonathan Stieglitz, Matthew D Bridges, Sarah Mathew, Rebecca Bird
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THE SLIPPERY SPACE OF ANALYTIC INTERFACE: PARADIGMS OF KNOWLEDGE IN ETHNOGRAPHY Chair(s): Amanda T Snellinger Organizer(s): Amanda T Snellinger, Peter Graif Participant(s): Mark Turin, Susan F Hirsch, Ana M Wandless, Averill J Leslie, Peter Graif, Amanda T Snellinger Discussant(s): David H Holmberg LOCAL IDENTITY, NEOLIBERALISM AND THE REGULATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN CHILE Chair(s): Frederick J Conway Organizer(s): Anton T Daughters Participant(s): Juan C Skewes, Frederick J Conway, Ana Pitchon, Anton T Daughters, Anita Carrasco Discussant(s): William L Alexander SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: HOW CAN INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS WORK IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CONTEXTS? Chair(s): Megan Biesele Organizer(s): Jennifer Hays Introduction: Megan Biesele Participant(s): Robert K Hitchcock, Sidsel Saugestad, Renee Sylvain, Rodney Hopson, Jennifer Hays
BORDERS, MIGRATION AND IDENTITIES Chair(s): Leela K Tanikella Participant(s): Victoria M Phaneuf, Tomomi J Emoto, Judith Boruchoff, Mary E Haycox, Yuka Mizutani, Leela K Tanikella
M Knauft, Ann G Gold, Sandra C Bamford, Christopher Krupa, Jerry Jacka, Asli Baykal, Holly Wardlow, Joanna Davidson, Paige West, Gaston R Gordillo Discussant(s): Joel L Robbins, Stuart Kirsch, James G Ferguson
ROUTES, ROADBLOCKS AND RESIDENCE: SITUATING AND CHALLENGING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE Chair(s): Maja Hojer Participant(s): Dimitrios Dalakoglou, Jennifer D Carlson, Lisa Dikomitis, Eddy Plasquy, Maja Hojer, Jesse O Harasta
Invited Session: CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE WAR IN IRAQ (Sponsored by APLA and MES) Chair(s): Antonius C Robben Organizer(s): Jeffrey A Sluka, Antonius C Robben Participant(s): Jeffrey A Sluka, William O Beeman, Allen Feldman, Francisco Ferrandiz, Matthew C Gutmann, Hugh Gusterson, Alex Hinton, Catherine Lutz, Joseba Zulaika, Carolyn R Nordstrom, Julie Peteet, Robert A Rubinstein, Nancy Scheper–Hughes Discussant(s): Robert Borofsky, Marshall D Sahlins
COLLABORATIVE MEDIA (PART 1): ENGAGING YOUTH, STORIES AND CITIES Chair(s): Elizabeth A Landesberg Participant(s): Elizabeth A Landesberg, Karoline Truchon, Jennifer M Wolowic, Patricia Feindel Poster Session: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS Participant(s): Roberta D Baer, Meredith A Jackson, Linda Anne Rebhun, Lianne Straus, Renee S Hosang, Juan C Valdez
Invited Session: UNDERSTANDING AND NEGOTIATING RACISM IN ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by ABA) Chair(s): Kalfani Nyerere Ture Organizer(s): Kalfani Nyerere Ture Participant(s): Alisha R Winn, Aimee M Cox, Beatriz Morales, Nicole D Truesdell, Sam Beck, A Lynn Bolles RECIPROCITY AND CO–CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE: THE EXPERIENCE OF MENTORSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND NON–INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS Chair(s): Bryan M Brayboy Organizer(s): Christine P Sims, Mary Eunice Romero–Little, Marilee Coles–Ritchie Introduction: Christine P Sims Participant(s): Mary Eunice Romero– Little, Christine P Sims, Marilee Coles–Ritchie Discussant(s): Donna Boynton, Walkie Charles Poster Session: ARCHAEOLOGIES OF HERITAGE AND HISTORY Participant(s): Andrew Duff, Alison E Rautman, Christopher R Lindner, Katherine Shakour, Kristrina A Shuler
CONTESTED SPACES AND PLACES IN A LANDSCAPE OF GLOBALIZATION Chair(s): Belinda Leach Participant(s): Jesse S Mumm, Mieka Brand, Claudine M Pied, Belinda Leach, Kelly M Ernst SCHOOLS AND IMMIGRANT SELVES IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBALIZATION Chair(s): Anita P Chikkatur Participant(s): Anita P Chikkatur, Andrew I Epstein, Ameena Ghaffar–Kucher, Eleni Theodorou, Alba–Lucy Guerrero, Shabnam Koirala–Azad
8:00 am–10:00 am Workshop: THE THRILLS (AND CHILLS) OF TAKING STUDENTS ABROAD (Sponsored by SHA) Leader(s): Lynn A Meisch, Jeanne Simonelli
8:00 am–11:45 am DECLINE: DETERIORATION AMID EXPECTATIONS OF PROGRESS Chair(s): Bruce M Knauft Organizer(s): Jerry Jacka, Bruce M Knauft Participant(s): Ryan Schram, Patience Sindani Kabamba, Bruce
DISCOURSES OF DISTANCE AMONG THE MAYA Chair(s): Cameron L McNeil Organizer(s): Timothy W Pugh, Cameron L McNeil Participant(s): Alexandre A Tokovinine, Katherine A Miller, Marlene S Linville, Zachary X Hruby, Cameron L McNeil, Ellen E Bell, Lisa J Lucero, Kathryn E Sampeck, Scott E Simmons, Yuko Shiratori, Timothy W Pugh, Johanna Kufer, Betty B Faust Presidential Invited Session: ADVANCING INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS AND SCHOLARSHIP IN ANTHROPOLOGY THROUGH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE REVITALIZATION RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: CREATING A BETTER KIND OF ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Perry Gilmore, Ofelia Zepeda Introduction: Perry Gilmore Participant(s): Larry L Kimura, Beth R Leonard, Sheilah E Nicholas, Catherine A Edmonds, Walkie Charles, Maxine R Baptiste, Phillip Cash Cash, Kathy R Sikorski, Tracy M Williams, Hiapo K Perreira Discussant(s): Bryan M Brayboy, Lawrence D Kaplan, Ofelia Zepeda IMAGINED FUTURES AND LIMITED PRESENTS: ENGAGING PARENTING AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICA Chair(s): Sallie S Han Organizer(s): Tina M Lee, Nicole D Laborde Participant(s): Diane M Hoffman, Jenny R Leon, Sarah Lipinoga, Nicole S Berry, Eve L Tulbert, Susan M Barrow, Tina
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M Lee, Paul Spicer, Nicole D Laborde, Sallie S Han Discussant(s): Linda L Layne, Charlotte R Faircloth Invited Session: COLLABORATIONS, EXPERIMENTS AND CARE: AT THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE (Sponsored by SMA and GAD) Chair(s): Christopher A Furlow, João Biehl Organizer(s): João Biehl, Alexandra A Choby Participant(s): Linda F Hogle, Claire L Somerville, Marcia C Inhorn, Alexandra A Choby, Angela N Garcia, Vincanne Adams, Betsey B Brada, Jessica M Mulligan, Stefan Ecks, Clara Y Han Discussant(s): Michael MJ Fischer, Adriana M Petryna AGRICULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: INCLUDING THE LOCAL, ENGAGING THE GLOBAL Chair(s): Todd A Crane Organizer(s): Todd A Crane, Carla Roncoli Participant(s): William Derman, Florencia G Palis, Hari B Gurung, Todd A Crane, Carla Roncoli, Nicole D Peterson, Deborah S Rubin, Anita Spring, Sarah G Grant, Kimberly D Hedrick, Kiho Kim, Eugene N Anderson Discussant(s): Robert E Rhoades, William M Loker
8:30 am–10:30 am AAA Committee on the Future of Print and Electronic Publishing MEETING
9:00 am–11:00 am Anthropology News CONTRIBUTING EDITORS’ BREAKFAST
9:00 am–12:00 pm AAA Section Assembly MEETING Chair(s): Florence Babb
9:00 am–5:00 pm Workshop: TEXT ANALYSIS: SYSTEMATIC METHODS FOR ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA (Sponsored by SAS) Leader(s): Clarence C Gravlee, Amber Wutich
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10:00 am–12:00 pm Workshop: EVALUATION ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE FIELD: APPLICATION IN CASE STUDY EVALUATION (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Lenora Bohren, Susan E Squires, Mary Odell Butler Workshop: DESIGNING ANTHROPOLOGICAL “BOUNDARY OBJECTS”: HOW TO COMPELLINGLY AND EFFECTIVELY VISUALIZE ANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA FOR HETEROGENEOUS AUDIENCES (Sponsored by NAPA) Leader(s): Elizabeth D Tunstall, Hugh Dubberly
10:00 am–4:00 pm NAPA EMPLOYER EXPOSITION Organizer(s): Dennis Wiedman, Cathleen E Crain
10:15 am–12:00 pm GENDER AND POLITICS FROM A FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Patricia J Higgins Organizer(s): Carol C Mukhopadhyay, Damla Isik Participant(s): Carol C Mukhopadhyay, Hugh Gladwin, Melissa S Fisher, Damla Isik, Nicole W Fabricant Discussant(s): Cheryl R Rodriguez GLOBAL COMINGS OF AGE: ELDERS, GENERATIONS AND LATE LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Roger Sanjek Participant(s): Sarah E Lamb, Lisa Cliggett, Caroline J Oliver, Roger Sanjek Discussant(s): Jay Sokolovsky WORK, GENDER AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Chair(s): Sarah A Marion Participant(s): Amalia Sa’ar, Jessica A Chelekis, Ayami Nakatani, Sarah A Marion, Tomomi Naka Discussant(s): Jim Weil Invited Session: RETHINKING ISLAM AND MUSLIM YOUTH CULTURE (Sponsored by SAR and AfAA) Chair(s): Benjamin F Soares Organizer(s): Benjamin F Soares, Marloes Janson
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Participant(s): Hudita N Mustafa, Samuli Schielke, Adeline Masquelier, Marloes Janson, Filippo Osella, Magnus Marsden Discussant(s): Linda A Herrera Invited Session: NEW LANDSCAPES OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY (Sponsored by AES) Chair(s): Jane L Collins Organizer(s): Jane L Collins, Micaela di Leonardo Participant(s): Micaela di Leonardo, Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Roger N Lancaster, Melissa A Checker, Ana Croegaert Discussant(s): Michael J Watts Invited Session: WIND OVER WATER: AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATION FROM AN EAST ASIAN SETTING (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David W Haines Participant(s): Jijiao Zhang, Shinji Yamashita, Eunshil Kim, Keiko Yamanaka, Jeremy S Eades, David W Haines SCALES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN THE SOUTHERN MAYA LOWLANDS OF BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA Chair(s): Liza M Grandia Organizer(s): Sean S Downey, David G Buck Participant(s): Maia Campbell, David G Buck, Sean S Downey, Rick Stepp, Shoshaunna P Parks, James Stinson Discussant(s): Richard R Wilk Invited Session: MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH: TOWARDS A PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT (Sponsored by BAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Debra L Martin Participant(s): Trudy R Turner, George J Armelagos, Daniel C Benyshek, David A Himmelgreen, Ventura R Perez, Debra L Martin Discussant(s): Leslie C Aiello VISIONS OF THE PAST: HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND A COLLABORATIVE VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Oscar F Gil Organizer(s): Ritu G Khanduri Participant(s): Oscar F Gil, Jana Fortier, Ritu G Khanduri, Janet A Hoskins, Samuel J Redman Discussant(s): Kamran A Ali Invited Session: DRESS, PERFORMANCE AND SOCIAL ACTION IN AFRICA (Sponsored by AfAA and SUNTA) Chair(s): Karen Tranberg Hansen Organizer(s):
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Karen Tranberg Hansen, D Soyini Madison Participant(s): Misty L Bastian, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Yolanda D Covington–Ward, Elisha P Renne, DSoyini Madison Discussant(s): Joanne B Eicher Invited Session: ISSUES IN HUMANS AS COOPERATIVE BREEDERS (Sponsored by SAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Barry S Hewlett Participant(s): Courtney L Meehan, Adam H Boyette, Alyssa N Crittenden, Barry S Hewlett, Shane J Macfarlan Discussant(s): Sarah B Hrdy ENCOUNTERS WITH SPIRITS OR OTHER EXTRAORDINARY BEINGS: TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM Chair(s): Joan D Koss–Chioino Organizer(s): Joan D Koss–Chioino, Marlene Dobkin de Rios Participant(s): David J Hufford, Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Joan D Koss–Chioino, Bonnie K Glass–Coffin, Antonia C Mills, Evgenia Fotiou Discussant(s): Edith L Turner ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE AFTERMATH OF WAR: POLITICS, RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN BOSNIA–HERZEGOVINA Chair(s): Andrew Gilbert Organizer(s): Peter A Locke, Emira Ibrahimpasic, Adam Moore Introduction: Andrew Gilbert Participant(s): Emira Ibrahimpasic, Kirstin Swagman, Peter A Locke, Adam Moore, Daniel S Hammer Discussant(s): Elissa Helms INDIGENOUS SUBJECTS, DIABETES, RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY PRACTICES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Francoise Dussart, Daniela Heil Participant(s): Mariana L Ferreira, Maureen T Schwarz, Alan Cass, Naomi Adelson Discussant(s): Noel J Chrisman CONTACT ZONES: RESEARCHING, THEORIZING AND WRITING LANDSCAPE ETHNOGRAPHY Chair(s): Felice S Wyndham Organizer(s): Laura A Ogden Participant(s): Laura A Ogden, Susanne Kuehling, Cynthia T Fowler, Yoshitaka Ota, Genese M Sodikoff, Felice S Wyndham Discussant(s): Jim Igoe LEGACIES OF VIOLENCE: MEMORY, SYMPTOM, INTERVENTION Chair(s): Devon E Hinton Organizer(s): Devon E Hinton, Alex Hinton Participant(s): Alexandra M Argenti, Uli Linke, Robert B Lemelson, Christopher C Taylor Discussant(s): Byron J
Good, Laurence J Kirmayer LAW, CUSTOM AND THE COMMENSURABILITY OF DECIDABILITY Chair(s): Niklas Hultin Organizer(s): Niklas Hultin, Kristin C Doughty Participant(s): Kristin C Doughty, Livia Holden, Niklas Hultin, Karen E Smid, Katherine Lemons, Christy K Schuetze Discussant(s): Janet Roitman PROBLEMATIZING AGENCY IN CHILD CIRCULATION AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION Chair(s): Megan B McCullough Organizer(s): Megan B McCullough, A Katherine Lambert– Pennington Participant(s): Ramona L Perez, Lea E Pickard, Megan B McCullough, Veronica Miranda Discussant(s): Jessaca B Leinaweaver, Jon M Wolseth ANIMAL SUBJECTS: EXPLORING THE SHIFTING GROUND OF HUMAN/ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Amanda L Moore Participant(s): Josh Wisniewski, James J Siegel, Natalie C Hansen, Regina W Luna, Carlos G Garcia–Quijano, Etienne Benson, Amanda L Moore ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: MIXED METHODS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kathryn M Borman, Susan Chanderbhan Forde Participant(s): Kathryn M Borman, Susan Chanderbhan Forde, Bridget A Cotner, Jason E Miller, Arland Nguema Ndong, Chrystal A Smith, Cassandra L Workman RE–SIGNIFYING AND RE–PRESENTING POLITICAL STRUGGLES IN THE MIDDLE EAST Chair(s): Zainab M Saleh Participant(s): Fadi A Bardawil, Danny Kaplan, Zainab M Saleh, Nathalie M Peutz, Nerina Weiss, Bayard E Lyons, Ramazan Aras COPING WITH TRAUMA IN POST–CONFLICT SOCIETIES Chair(s): Sharon A Abramowitz Participant(s): Kathryn J Azevedo, Erin Finley, Sharon A Abramowitz, Nadia El–Shaarawi, Brian P Tyler HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN AFRICA Chair(s): Mark R Luborsky Participant(s): Kaja Tretjak, Sophie S K Kotanyi, Daniel T Halperin,
Jessica E Price, Mark R Luborsky, Toni J Copeland ETHICS AND POLITICS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT Chair(s)/Introduction: E J Ford Participant(s): E J Ford, Mantas Kvedaravicius, Edward Sankowski, Madeline Landau, Kristin B Sandvik AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE POLITICS OF FORCE Chair(s)/Introduction: Zongze Hu Participant(s): Zongze Hu, S George Vincentnathan, Miguel A Montoya, Pak Nung Wong, Nicholas M Copeland, Heather Settle Poster Session: THE ARTS AND AESTHETICS OF RACE MAKING Participant(s): Arnold Perey, Kyshawn T Hooks, Bethany Meadows Poster Session: HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Carl W McCabe Participant(s): Dawn B Neill, Peter B Gray, Ethan E Cochrane, Stacey L Rucas, Carolynn L Fitterer, Rikki B Murphy, Alissa A Miller, Cynthia J Marquez, Kersti M Harter, Michelle R Dillon, Michelle A Kline, Daniel Hruschka, Jordan Serin, Henry F Lyle, Carl W McCabe CULTURAL TOURISM: CASE STUDIES FROM THE AMERICAS Chair(s): Howard C Kress Participant(s): Jennifer P Mathews, Jennifer A Goett, Christopher A Loperena, Paul B Bick, Katherine A Faust, Howard C Kress
12:15 pm–1:30 pm SEAA EXECUTIVE BOARD Organizer(s): Laurel Kendall NASA BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Jason E Miller Organizer(s): Jason E Miller, Marcy M Hessling SAE BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Anastasia Karakasidou Organizer(s): Sascha Goluboff SMA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Carolyn Sargent AAA Human Sexuality and Anthropology
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Interest Group BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Hulya Demirdirek MES Event: TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST Organizer(s): Fida J Adely BAS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Trudy R Turner SAS EXECUTIVE BOARD Organizer(s): John B Gatewood SANA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Sandra L Morgen SOLGA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Martin F Manalansan AAA Commission on World Anthropologies COMMISSION LAUNCH: A SPECIAL EVENT WITH WCAA Chair(s): Ida S Susser, Fran Rothstein Organizer(s): Ida S Susser, Mwenda Ntarangwi Participant(s): Chandana Mathur, Mwenda Ntarangwi, Frances Rothstein, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, World Council of Anthropological Associations Special Guests NAPA Design and Anthropology Special Interest Group COMMITEE MEETING Organizer(s): Elizabeth D Tunstall
Borofsky ABA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Dana–Ain Davis ALLA BUSINESS METTING Organizer(s): Vilma Santiago–Irizarry EAS BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Patricia C Draper CAE Open Forum: EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: FOLLOW UP ON 2007 REPORTS Chair(s): Norma E Gonzalez Organizer(s): Edmund T Hamann Participant(s): Mica Pollock, Teresa L McCarty, Bryan M Brayboy, Perry Gilmore SPA ETHOS EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Ashley E Maynard, Janet D Keller THE ETHICS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN LATIN AMERICA (Sponsored by SLACA) Organizer(s): Luise Margolies, Jeffrey Ehrenreich AAA Scholarly Communication Interest Group BUSINESS AND PLANNING MEETING Organizer(s): Lynne M Schmelz, Myra L Appel
CMA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Alex Barker
APLA NGO and Nonprofit Interest Group MEETING Organizer(s): Mark A Schuller
AIA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): JoAllyn Archambault
CAE WORKS–IN–PROGRESS DISCUSSION Organizer(s): Kris Gutierrez
MES BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): William O Beeman
AAA Committee for Human Rights ADVOCACY TRAINING Organizer(s): Victoria D Sanford
AAA Interest Group for the Anthropology of Public Policy BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Janine R Wedel Organizer(s): Gregory M Feldman, Janine R Wedel NAPA MEMBERSHIP SPEAK OUT Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Madelyn A Iris HELPING OTHERS IN THEIR TERMS (Sponsored by SPA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Robert Borofsky Participant(s): Gavin Newsom, Nancy Scheper–Hughes, Philippe Bourgois, Robert
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12:30 pm–1:30 pm SUNTA EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING II Organizer(s): David W Haines, Petra Y Kuppinger
1:00 pm–3:00 pm Workshop: PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE FIELD:
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CAMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS, PART 1 (Sponsored by SVA) Leader(s): Jonathan S Marion, Jerome W Crowder AAA Workshop: HOW TO FIND AN ACADEMIC JOB Leader: Lynne Goldstein
1:00 pm–4:00 pm Workshop: KAES: THE NEW PARADIGM IN KINSHIP ANALYSIS (Sponsored by SAS) Leader(s): Murray J Leaf, Dwight W Read, Michael M J Fischer
1:45 pm–3:30 pm Invited Session: REINVENTING GOVERNANCE IN CHINA: RATIONALITIES, STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES (Sponsored by SEAA) Chair(s): Susan Greenhalgh Organizer(s): Frank N Pieke, Lisa M Hoffman Participant(s): Susan Greenhalgh, Frank N Pieke, Lisa M Hoffman, Luigi Tomba, David M Bray Presidential Invited Session: RETHINKING RACE: BIOLOGY, GENES AND CULTURE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): John M Hartigan Participant(s): John M Hartigan, Sandra S Lee, Linda M Hunt, Clarence C Gravlee, Ron B Eglash, Christopher W Kuzawa Presidential Invited Session: THE INDIGENOUS FUTURES OF MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Dorothy T Lippert Organizer(s): Chip Colwell–Chanthaphonh, Dorothy T Lippert Participant(s): Antonio R Chavarria, Ann McMullen, John Beaver, Karl A Hoerig, Stephen Loring, Wendy G Teeter, Emil Her Many Horses Invited Session: GOSSIP, RUMOR AND SCANDAL: ENGAGING IN PUBLIC MATTERS (Sponsored by SLA) Chair(s): Jack Sidnell Organizer(s): Alejandro Paz, Jack Sidnell Participant(s): Christopher Ball, Jennifer L Jackson, John F Thiels, Shaylih R Muehlmann, Jack Sidnell, Alejandro Paz Discussant(s): John B Haviland Invited Session: THE SQUEAKY WHEEL SQUEAKS AGAIN: REFLECTIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ANTHROPOLOGY (AAA Committee on the Status of Women in
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Anthropology) Chair(s): Carla Guerron–Montero Organizer(s): Keri Brondo, Catherine P Kingfisher Introduction: Carla Guerron–Montero Discussant(s): Joan M Gero, Adrienne L Zihlman, Naomi Quinn, Louise Lamphere THE INTERPLAY OF THE SENSES: REINTEGRATING POETICS INTO LINGUISTIC IDEOLOGY, LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY AND IDENTITY Chair(s): Gus Palmer Organizer(s): Anthony K Webster, Sean P O’Neill Participant(s): Lev D Michael, Sean P O’Neill, Anthony K Webster, Janis B Nuckolls Discussant(s): David W Samuels, Gus Palmer Invited Session: TOWARD CRITICAL COLLABORATIVE AND RECIPROCAL RESEARCHES (Sponsored by SAC and SHA) Chair(s): Caroline B Brettell Organizer(s): Luke Eric Lassiter, Stephen D Glazier Participant(s): Stephen D Glazier, Helen A Regis, Elizabeth Campbell, Luke Eric Lassiter, Joanne Rappaport Discussant(s): Caroline B Brettell Invited Session: COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Gracia Clark Organizer(s): Robert C Marshall Participant(s): Gracia Clark, Albert A Duncan, Rahul C Oka, James M Acheson, Carolyn K Lesorogol, Robert C Marshall Invited Session: COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY METHODS IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH (Sponsored by SAS) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Margo-Lea Hurwicz Participant(s): Lynn M Sibley, Jon A Poehlman, David P Kennedy, Margo-Lea Hurwicz, Gery W Ryan Invited Session: INTEGRATING “LOCAL” AND “WESTERN” PSYCHOTHERAPIES: PROSPECTS FOR DISCIPLINARY AND CLINICAL COLLABORATION (Sponsored by SMA and SPA) Chair(s): Tanya M Luhrmann Organizer(s): Carolyn Sargent, Tanya M Luhrmann Participant(s): Carolyn M Smith–Morris, Carolyn Sargent, Joseph P Gone, Tanya M Luhrmann, Stefania Pandolfo, Rebecca J Lester Discussant(s): Lawrence Cohen TRANSFORMING POLITICAL ECOLOGY:
ARTICULATING SYMBOLIC/POLITICAL/ TECHNOLOGICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE Chair(s): Benedict J Colombi Organizer(s)/ Introduction: Kristina Tiedje Participant(s): Lisa L Gezon, Nicolas Ellison, Charles Zerner, James B Greenberg Discussant(s): Paige West, Paul F Robbins DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTH OF “TRADITIONAL” RESEARCH Chair(s): Joan P Webster Organizer(s): Patrick E Marlow Participant(s): Joan P Webster, Patrick E Marlow, Laura Henry-Stone, Sabine Siekmann REPRESENTING EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTION THROUGH ETHNOGRAPHIC MEDIA PRACTICE Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Diana K Allan Participant(s): Verena Paravel, Stephanie Spray, JP Sniadecki, Emily Zeamer, Diana K Allan Discussant(s): Christopher Pinney
OTHER” (Sponsored by NASA) Participant(s): Melissa A Stevens, Bryce J Peake, Seth T Palmer, D Seth Murray, Steven I Garte–Wolf, Valerie V Feria–Isacks Invited Session: BRICKS, BLOGS AND BUNGALOWS: REDEFINING LEISURE, REINVENTING SELF (Sponsored by NASA) Chair(s): Lisa Bintrim Participant(s): Lisa Bintrim, Amelia M Moore, Maria T Brodine BUREAUCRATIC ATTACHMENTS Chair(s)/Introduction: Jerome Whitington Participant(s): Jerome Whitington, Seth A Curley, Aurora Donzelli, Medea K Csoba DeHass PERSPECTIVES ON COLLABORATION AND APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGIES Chair(s): Rachel Douglas–Jones Participant(s): Rachel Douglas–Jones, Richard L Warren, Catherine Trundle, Julie S Armin, Mikel M Hogan, Patricia P Kingori, Velana A Huntington
REFRAMING BIOCULTURAL RESEARCH: INTEGRATING SYMBOLIC AND MATERIALIST APPROACHES Chair(s): Ernesto Ruiz Organizer(s): Edgar A Amador Participant(s): Ernesto Ruiz, Elizabeth J Danforth, Racine Marcus Brown, Kent M Johnson, Mallorie A Hatch, Edgar A Amador Discussant(s): David A Himmelgreen
NAMING AND SEXUAL POLITICS: QUEER IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD Chair(s): Jordan H Kraemer Participant(s): Gregory C Mitchell, Sarah E Page–Chan, Katja Sarajeva, Elizabeth R Busbee, Robert F Phillips, Jordan H Kraemer
ENGAGEMENT WITH ART AND TECHNOLOGY Chair(s): Joshua P Feola Participant(s): Joshua P Feola, Shelia Pozorski, Ruben G Mendoza, Louis W Fortin, Jeb J Card, Amy J Hirshman
TEACHER BELIEFS AND PRACTICES: NARRATIVE OF IDENTITY AND PEDAGOGY Chair(s): Katherine Schultz Participant(s): Katherine Schultz, Christopher Lawrence, Jennifer Adair, Alfredo J Artiles, Sally A Galman, Steve Bialostok
Poster Session: THE MANY THREADS OF ENGAGEMENT IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Laurie M Kauffman Participant(s): Laurie M Kauffman, Sarah Etheridge, Scherry Momin YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: FOOD, DISCOURSE AND IDENTITY IN MEXICO AND CUBA Chair(s): Hanna F Garth Organizer(s): Hanna F Garth, Jena Barchas Lichtenstein Participant(s): Lauren A Wynne, Dvera I Saxton, Elizabeth T Newman, Jena Barchas Lichtenstein, Hanna F Garth Discussant(s): Lauren (Robin) H Derby Invited Poster Session: ALL INCLUSIVE? TOURISM AND ENGAGEMENT WITH “THE
Poster Session: ANTHROPOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT Chair(s): Douglas W Hume Participant(s): Douglas W Hume, Annika Ericksen, Mark Moritz, Matthew J Minarchek, Nicholas C Kawa, Jacqueline Martinez TECHNOLOGIES, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND THE HUMAN AGENTS WHO CARE ABOUT THEM Chair(s): Kent A Wayland Participant(s): Selma Sabanovic, Kent A Wayland, Jeffrey C Kaufmann, Susan M Kahn, Akio Tanabe, Yuka Suzuki
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CONSERVATIVE SETTINGS Chair(s): Catherine P Kingfisher Organizer(s): Catherine P Kingfisher Participant(s): Christine W Gailey, Theresa L McCarthy, Michelle A Marzullo, Erica T Lehrer, Christa C Craven, Katja K Pettinen, Denielle A Elliott, Maria D Vesperi, Bonnie Urciuoli, Alisse Waterston Discussant(s): Brett Williams, Judith Goode, Ida S Susser INCLUSION OF AUTISM AND DISABILITY, COLLABORATION WITH DISABILITY STUDIES AND OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE, AND ENGAGEMENT OF KINSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE Chair(s): Pamela Block Organizer(s): Devva Kasnitz, Gelya Frank Participant(s): Joan A Tucker, Brendan G Hart, Gail H Landsman, Pamela Block, Dawn Prince–Hughes, Devva Kasnitz, Gillian R Hayes, Alison D Renteln, Kristen J Loutensock, Judith A Rosenberg, Melissa M Park Discussant(s): Mary Lawlor, Olga Solomon, Gelya Frank KINSHIP IN K’ICHE’: FAITH IN FAMILY AND COHERENCE IN COMMUNITY AMONG THE MAYA OF NAHUALÁ AND SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACÁN, GUATEMALA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): John P Hawkins Participant(s): John P Hawkins, Stephen R Brady, Kristine K Whipple, Emily F Brady, Silvia P Solis, Jose L Napoles, Tristan Call, Keith A Bond, Melarie K Wheat, Roberto E Rivera Lalonde, Francisco C Kortman, Adriana L Smith Discussant(s): Walter R Adams, John P Hawkins RECENT PERSPECTIVES ON ECOTOURISM: QUESTIONS OF TERRITORY, IDENTITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair(s): Rodrigo Paranhos Faleiro Organizer(s): David I Fleischer Participant(s): Keri Brondo, Signe Th Strom, Joanne E Gallaher, Robert Fletcher, Eric J Schissler, Shafqat Hussain, David I Fleischer, Rodrigo Paranhos Faleiro, Elizabeth A Olson, Angeles A Lopez, Grace L Bascope, Rodrigo Grunewald, Gayatri S Thampy, Mora del Pilar Castro Discussant(s): Jeffrey H Cohen MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS: HOW NEOLIBERALISM AND GOVERNMENTALITY STRUCTURE HEALTH PRACTICE, POLICY AND RESEARCH Chair(s): Mary M Cameron Organizer(s): Donna
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Teeman Participant(s): Amy J Lonetree, Tracey L Pierre, Elizabeth E Coahran, Diane L Teeman, Edith Thomas, Deana D Dartt–Newton Discussant(s): H Martin Wobst
1:45 pm–5:45 pm IDENTITY, PLACE AND POWER IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY: CASE STUDIES FROM MESOAMERICA Chair(s): Cynthia Robin Organizer(s): Eleanor Harrison–Buck Participant(s): Julia A Hendon, Cynthia Robin, Bradley E Ensor, Traci A Ardren, Aline Magnoni, Eleanor Harrison–Buck, Emily Umberger, Matthew G Looper, Marc NLevine, Claudia Garcia–Des Lauriers, Marie H Hopwood Discussant(s): Patricia A McAnany, Scott R Hutson, Barbara L Stark ANTHROPOLOGY’S KULEANA: RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE Chair(s): Christopher Fung Organizer(s): Sabine A Deiringer Participant(s): Ulla Hasager, Mascha Gugganig, Kathleen L Kawelu, Jesse W Stephen, Daniel R Maile, Roderick N Labrador, Lucy Pickering, Sabine A Deiringer, Christopher Fung Discussant(s): Ty P K Tengan, Judith Schachter, Wende E Marshall, Geoffrey White, Virginia R Dominguez Invited Session: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF POWER, PRIVILEGE AND DIVERSITY IN ACADEMIA (Sponsored by AFA and ABA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Yolanda T Moses, Linda Basch Introduction: Linda Basch Participant(s): Susan Scrimshaw, Gertrude J Fraser, Linda Basch, Beverlee J Bruce, Constance R Sutton Discussant(s): Yolanda T Moses, Lee D Baker, A Lynn Bolles, Tony Whitehead, Irma McClaurin
2:00 pm–4:00 pm AAA Program Committee 2008–09 MEETING Chair(s): Noel J Chrisman SACC BOARD MEETING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): P Ann Kaupp Workshop: DOCUMENTING ACTUALITIES: RECORDING, LOGGING, TRANSCRIBING, ARCHIVING AND EDITING AUDIO AND VIDEO
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ACTUALITIES (Sponsored by SHA) Leader(s): Robin Ridington
by AFA and SUNTA) Chair(s): Susan E Frohlick Organizer(s): Ara Wilson, Susan E Frohlick Participant(s): Susan E Frohlick, Maria Tornqvist, Ana Dragojlovic, Anastasia N Panagakos, Akiko Takeyama Discussant(s): Ara Wilson
3:00 pm–5:00 pm AAA MEETING FOR CURRENT EDITORS Organizer(s): Tom Boellstorff
CONSUMERISM, CULTURE AND THE CITY Chair(s): Andrew M Gardner, Rylan Higgins Organizer(s): Andrew M Gardner Participant(s): Marilynne Diggs–Thompson, Andrew M Gardner, Rylan Higgins, Sanjay Srivastava, Sarah A Tobin, Jie J Yang
Workshop: PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE FIELD: DIGITAL FLOW, PART 2 (Sponsored by SVA) Leader(s): Jonathan S Marion, Jerome W Crowder
4:00 pm–5:45 pm
EXTERNAL FORMS, INTERNAL NORMS: INVESTIGATING CRITICAL TERMS OF INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION Chair(s): Zeynep D Gursel Organizer(s): Zeynep D Gursel, Elif M Babul Participant(s): Petra Y Kuppinger, Elif M Babul, Catherine E Bolten, Eitan Y Wilf, Cari C Kapur Discussant(s): Laurie K Hart
AWARD WINNING WRITING IN HUMANISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by SHA) Organizer(s): Michael Harkin Invited Poster Session: FIRST RITES: INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH I (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah Rotman, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Christina L D’Anna, Francisco A Montiel–Ishino, Angela L Toole, Kathryn M Sabella, Jessica Elaine Zapanta Chua, Jillian Brems Invited Session: TEMPLES, MOSQUES AND CHURCHES: SPACES FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG “NEW” IMMIGRANTS IN NORTH AMERICA (Sponsored by SUNTA and SAR) Chair(s): Caroline B Brettell Organizer(s): Deborah Reed–Danahay Participant(s): Karen Leonard, Jennifer A Selby, Sarah J Mahler, Ethan P Sharp, Deborah Reed–Danahay, Caroline B Brettell Discussant(s): Nina Glick Schiller Invited Session: INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT: THE CONTINUING ROLE FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN THE WORLDWIDE HIV/AIDS CRISIS. (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David K Beine Introduction: Merrill C Singer Participant(s): Douglas A Feldman, Frederick Bloom, Edward C Green Invited Session: EROTIC MOBILITIES: AFFECT, DESIRE AND NATIONAL IMAGINARIES IN WOMEN’S CROSS–BORDER SEX (Sponsored
Invited Session: COMPARING NOTES: MULTI-VOCALITY AND THE SHIFT TO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (Sponsored by SAC and SHA) Chair(s): Jeffery L MacDonald Organizer(s): Mira Z Amiras Participant(s): Angela L Daniel Silver Star, Jeffery L MacDonald, Marjorie M Balzer, Brad Fortier, Philip A Grant, Maria D Glowacka, Mira Z Amiras AMBIVALENT ALLIANCES: EXPLORING COLLABORATIVE COMPLEXITIES AMONG DIGITAL YOUTH Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Patricia G Lange Participant(s): C J Pascoe, Christo Sims, Patricia G Lange, Dilan Mahendran, Dan Perkel, Rebecca Herr AAA TASK FORCE RESPONDS TO THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS Chair(s): Tom Marchione Organizer(s): Barrett P Brenton, Solomon H Katz Introduction: Solomon H Katz Discussant(s): Tom Marchione, Miriam Chaiken, Lois M Stanford, Barrett P Brenton, Ellen Messer SIBLINGS SOCIALIZING SIBLINGS: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF SIBLING ACTIVITIES, STYLES AND AFFECT IN CROSS– CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Lourdes de Leon Organizer(s): Jennifer F Reynolds, Lourdes de Leon
Participant(s): Akira Takada, Amanda G Minks, Amy L Paugh, Lourdes de Leon, Marjorie H Goodwin, Jennifer F Reynolds THE DYNAMICS OF BELIEF AND EXPERIENCE: CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES ACROSS RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Chair(s): Steven G Carlisle Organizer(s): Gregory M Simon, Steven G Carlisle Participant(s): Douglas A Kline, Abby Day, James S Bielo, Gregory M Simon, Julia Cassaniti, Steven G Carlisle Discussant(s): Charles Lindholm SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND: MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL–BEING IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD Chair(s): Paul E Voninski Organizer(s): Cyril T Schafer, Ruth P Fitzgerald Participant(s): Charles W Nuckolls, Martine M L Darrou, Ruth P Fitzgerald, Chrystal Jaye, Cyril T Schafer, Paul E Voninski Discussant(s): Monte H Aranga GENDERED SPACES: BEYOND THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE Chair(s): Stuart A Rockefeller Organizer(s): Ana I Vivaldi, Marie–Eve Carrier–Moisan, Tal Nitsan Participant(s): Susanna Rosenbaum, Brian L Adams–Thies, Tal Nitsan, Melissa M Forbis, Marie–Eve Carrier–Moisan Discussant(s): Stuart A Rockefeller GOVERNING PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF POPULATION SCIENCES AND THE EVIDENCE–BASED POLICY– MAKING MOVEMENT Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Dominique P Behague Participant(s): Helen Lambert, Sahra E Gibbon, Dominique P Behague, Melissa A Parker, Ian Harper, Leslie Butt Discussant(s): James Trostle A GLOBAL SOLUTION? ENGAGING THE REALITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS TREATMENT SCALE–UP IN DEVELOPING NATIONS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Marita Eibl, Joel C Reed Participant(s): Marita Eibl, Joel C Reed, Kathryn A Rhine, Gaelle P Krikorian, Jonathan S Metcalfe, Maj–Lis A Foller Discussant(s): Betsey B Brada Invited Session: GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT: INNER–CITY
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STUDENTS EXAMINE ANCESTRAL ORIGINS AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY (Sponsored by SACC) Chair(s): Vincent C Huffman Organizer(s): Vincent C Huffman, Richard E Ward Introduction: Dominique Rissolo Participant(s): Richard E Ward ETHNOGRAPHY OF CLINICAL TRIALS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Galen Joseph Participant(s): Gergely Mohacsi, Julie Laplante, Sienna R Craig, Jennifer Cuffe, Galen Joseph, Jill A Fisher Invited Session: DIRECT–TO–CONSUMER GENOMICS COMPANIES: ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN NEW TERRITORY (Sponsored by AAA Committee on Practicing Applied and Public Interest Anthropology) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Barbara A Koenig Participant(s): Joanna L Mountain, Jennifer R Fishman, Kristina Tiedje, Henry T Greely
BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Patricia A McAnany Organizer(s): Judith E Marti
6:00 pm–8:00 pm SAR BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Stephan Palmié
SCA PUBLIC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Kim Fortun
6:00 pm–8:30 pm
AES BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): David Nugent
SEAA CASH BAR AND BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Laurel Kendall
6:15 pm–7:30 pm A&E Section BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Paige West SLA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): J Joseph Errington SMA AWARDS EVENT Organizer(s): Carolyn Sargent
AFRICA ON THE MOVE: MIGRATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN TURBULENT TIMES Chair(s): Abdoulaye A Kane Participant(s): Timothy M Mechlinski, Scott M Youngstedt, Eric Worby, Liza S Buchbinder, Angela M Beck, Abdoulaye A Kane
SVA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Mary Strong BAS BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Trudy R Turner SAS BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): John B Gatewood GAD Federation of Small Anthropology Programs (FOSAP) BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): John D Rhoades
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF WORK AND THE WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY: BUSINESS AND PARTICIPATION Chair(s): Hillary A Melchiors Participant(s): Wendy Gunn, Benedicte Brogger, Hillary A Melchiors, Marietta L Baba, Susan R Passmore
SACC BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): P Ann Kaupp
5:00 pm–6:30 pm
AAA Melanesia Interest Group (MIG) BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Joshua A Bell Organizer(s): Joshua A Bell, Jamon A Halvaksz
Workshop: SUPPORTING AND GROWING PUBLICATIONS Leader(s): Andrea S Wiley Participant(s): Richard Thomas, Oona Schmid, Andrea S Wiley
SLACA BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina Organizer(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina, Travis A Du Bry
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SMA Disability Research Interest Group MEETING Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Devva Kasnitz
Society for Economic Anthropology
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Poster Session: FOOD AND NUTRITION Participant(s): Kristen S Borre
Poster Session: BREWING THE CHINESE NATION: NATION BUILDING IN CHA CHAAN TENG IN HONG KONG AND CHICAGO CHINATOWN Chair(s)/Participant(s): Chun Yi Sum
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CAE Public Forum: MAPPING THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY Organizer(s): Bradley A Levinson SAC DISTINGUISHED LECTURE AND BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Antonia C Mills Organizer(s): John R Baker SAW BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Ann E Kingsolver SHA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Michael Harkin SPA BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Tanya M Luhrmann Organizer(s): Ashley E Maynard SCA BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Bruce Grant Organizer(s): Stacy L Pigg SAFN BUSINESS MEETING AND DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Organizer(s): Barbara A Piperata
6:15 pm–8:30 pm GAD Distinguished Lecture by Claire Smith “ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN ACTION: COLLABORATION, INCLUSION, AND ENGAGEMENT,” FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION AND CASH BAR Organizer(s): Susan Buck Sutton
6:30 pm–8:30 pm AfAA Presidential Address and Reception: INNOVATION AND AGENCY: STRUCTURES FOR CHANGE IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Organizer(s): Bennetta Jules–Rosette, Nancy
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Organizer(s): Trudy R Turner
University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni & Friends RECEPTION Organizer(s): Elizabeth Chilton
8:00 pm–9:00 pm
CMA RECEPTION AT THE DEYOUNG MUSEUM Organizer(s): Alex Barker
7:00 pm–8:00 pm AD BUSINESS MEETING Chair(s): Janet E Levy Organizer(s): Randolph J Widmer
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
8:00 pm–9:30 pm SHA AAA WRITERS’ GROUP Chair(s): Kent Maynard Organizer(s): Michael Harkin Participant(s): Renato I Rosaldo
NASA AAA STUDENT RECEPTION Organizer(s): Jason E Miller, Sandhya Ganapathy
8:00 pm–10:00 pm
School for Advanced Research J I STALEY AWARD CEREMONY
JOINT RECEPTION AND CASH BAR (CAE, ABA, AFA, ALLA, SLACA, SOLGA, SANA) Organizer(s): Norma E Gonzalez
7:00 pm–9:00 pm
8:30 pm–9:45 pm
Wenner–Gren Foundation WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION: INTRODUCING THE AAA COMMISSION ON WORLD ANTHROPOLOGIES Organizer(s): Victoria Malkin, Leslie C Aiello
AfAA BUSINESS MEETING FOLLOWS THE AFAA RECEPTION AND PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY BENNETTA JULES–ROSETTE Organizer(s): Bennetta Jules–Rosette, Nancy P Schwartz
7:30 pm–8:30 pm SAW ARENSBERG AWARD AND RECEPTION. MARIETTA L BABA. ANTHROPOLOGIES OF WORK IN LATE CAPITALISM: CONSTRUCTING A DISCIPLINE FOR “WARNER’S QUADRANT” Chair(s): Jim Weil Organizer(s): Charles R Menzies, Jim Weil Participant(s): Marietta L Baba SPA CASH BAR Organizer(s): Ashley E Maynard
AD Patty Jo Watson Distinguished Lecture by Alison Wylie “Legacies of Collaboration: Transformative Criticism in Archaeology” Chair(s): Janet E Levy Organizer(s): Randolph J Widmer
10:00 pm–11:45 pm ANNUAL PARTY FOR ALUMS AND FRIENDS OF MICHIGAN ANTHROPOLOGY Organizer(s): Judith Temkin Irvine
Saturday, Nov 22 8:00 am–9:45 am
SCA, AES, SANA CASH BAR RECEPTION Organizer(s): Stacy L Pigg, Carla S Freeman
HONORING RONALD J KURTZ: OUTSTANDING TEACHER AND MENTOR Chair(s): Mac Marshall Organizer(s): Mac Marshall Participant(s): Joel L Robbins, David S Simmons, Nicola Tannenbaum, Mac Marshall, Peggy F Barlett Discussant(s): William W Dressler
BAS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE AND RECEPTION
COMPROMISING POSITIONS: CAN ANTHROPOLOGY SURVIVE GOING PUBLIC?
7:30 pm–9:00 pm AAA DONOR RECEPTION
Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Rebecca Etz Participant(s): Elizabeth A Lilliott, Johnelle C Lamarque, Pamela E Munroe, Rebecca Etz Discussant(s): Gretchen Schafft, Rena Lederman Invited Session: THE CULTURE CONCEPT IN POLITI-CAL STRUGGLE: INSIGHTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (Sponsored by SCA and MES) Chair(s): Amahl A Bishara Organizer(s): Jessica Winegar, Amahl A Bishara Participant(s): Paul Silverstein, Lara Deeb, Ahmed I Kanna, Jessica Winegar, Amahl A Bishara Discussant(s): Kelly M Askew, Fred R Myers ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITIES AND THE DEMANDS OF RELIGIOUS COEXISTENCE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Angie D Heo, Sonja Luehrmann Participant(s): Sonja Luehrmann, Jeffers Engelhardt, Angie D Heo, Boris I Nikolov, Emily Hein Discussant(s): Sergei Kan Presidential Invited Session: AFTER FIELDWORK: ON THE DUTY OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO COLLABORATE, ENGAGE AND RECIPROCATE WITH THEIR HOST COMMUNITIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Ralph Bolton Discussant(s): Charles L Briggs, Orin Starn, Ellen R Kintz, Susan C McCombie, R Brooke Thomas, Clara E Mantini-Briggs RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS: BETWEEN HIDDEN AND HEGEMONIC REGIMES OF KNOWLEDGE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Joseph B Hill, Richard Payne Participant(s): Jonathan K Roberts, Joseph B Hill, Noah Butler, Richard Payne, Matthew D Meyer Discussant(s): Dorothea Schulz LEVELS OF DISTINCTION: ON THE REGIMENTATION AND LAMINATION OF LINGUISTIC LEVELS Chair(s): Matthew S Wolfgram Organizer(s): Matthew S Wolfgram, Mark Sicoli Participant(s): Mark Sicoli, Katherine HY Chen, Terra Edwards, Sonia N Das, Viviana H Quintero, Matthew S Wolfgram Discussant(s): Stephen C Levinson “IRRATIONAL” REPRODUCTION: POPULATION POLITICS AND PRACTICES AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH Chair(s): Silvia S De Zordo Organizer(s): Milena
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Marchesi Participant(s): Silvia S De Zordo, Erica M Nelson, Joanna Z Mishtal, Milena Marchesi, Andrea D Cardarello, Renee E Karl Discussant(s): Elizabeth L Krause ENGAGING TRANS–MIGRANT LIVES: VOICES OF FEMALE REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS Chair(s): Laura M Deluca Organizer(s): Denise L Spitzer Participant(s): Carol Silverman, Denise L Spitzer, Ermitte St. Jacques Invited Poster Session: FIRST RITES: INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH II (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah Rotman, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Lauren E Deal, Paula S Dias, Stephen Fisher, Lynn Godino, Natalie R Glynn, Ann McCullough “DO YA FEEL ME”: EXPLORING BLACK AMERICAN GENDER AND SEXUALITY THROUGH EMOTION AND AFFECT Chair(s): Bianca C Robinson, Jennifer A Woodruff Organizer(s): Bianca C Robinson Introduction: Jennifer A Woodruff Participant(s): Jennifer A Woodruff, Micah C Gilmer, C Riley Snorton, Bianca C Robinson Discussant(s): Fred Moten MAYAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL CHANGE Chair(s): Sergio F Romero Organizer(s): Rusty Barrett, Sergio F Romero Participant(s): Pierre R Colas, Marc C Maddox, Timothy J Smith, Rusty Barrett, Sergio F Romero Discussant(s): Judith M Maxwell WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Carole McGranahan Participant(s): L Kaifa Roland, Gina A Ulysse, Carole McGranahan, Ann A Armbrecht Discussant(s): Kirin Narayan, Jeanne Simonelli Invited Session: THE AFTERMATH OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: ITS IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE PART I (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Robert T Trotter Organizer(s): Elizabeth Briody Participant(s): Robert T Trotter, Julia C Gluesing, Christine Z Miller, Shawn T Collins, Crysta J Metcalf Discussant(s): Edward Liebow ENGAGING IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY
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PRAXIS: COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, METHODS AND EVIDENCE OF ANTHROPOLOGY’S DISCIPLINARY INTERLOCUTORS Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Elizabeth D Tunstall Participant(s): Charlotte Linde, Mary Walker, Christopher K Travis, Todd Warfel STORAGE: CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHIES OF CONTAINMENT AND TRANSMISSION Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Nicolette M Makovicky Participant(s): Catherine M Alexander, Fabio R Gygi, Ellie F Reynolds, Fiona R Parrott, Laurence Douny Discussant(s): Victor A Buchli MEDIATING GENDER: COLLABORATION, CONTESTATION AND THE IMAGINED AUDIENCE Chair(s): Deborah C Matzner Organizer(s): Naomi Schiller, Deborah C Matzner Participant(s): Michael Birenbaum Quintero, Deborah C Matzner, Naomi Schiller, Nicole Margarete Wolf Discussant(s): Roxanne Varzi, Carla M Jones, Purnima Mankekar MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: EMERGING ISSUES IN COLLABORATION, INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT IN MARINE RESOURCE GOVERNANCE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Arielle S Levine, Courtney L Carothers Participant(s): Karma C Norman, Courtney L Carothers, Laura D Stanley, Arielle S Levine, Leila Sievanen, Mark A Calamia Invited Session: INCLUDING THE NATIVES IN THE DISCUSSION (Sponsored by NAPA) Chair(s): Cathleen E Crain Organizer(s): Cathleen E Crain, Nanthaniel Tashima Discussant(s): Nanthaniel Tashima, Phillip Herr, Cathleen E Crain, Suzanne Heurtin– Roberts, Edward Liebow, Linda M Whiteford, David P Kennedy Poster Session: FAIR TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA Chair(s)/Participant(s): Alison M Ketter MIGRATION, ECONOMY AND INTERDEPENDENCE Chair(s): Agapi Filini Participant(s): Agapi Filini, Ibrahim Sirkeci, M Mather George, Ann W Brittain, Niccolo Caldararo, Faidra Papavasiliou EXPERIENCE AND CONTESTED MEANINGS IN
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THE MIDDLE EAST Chair(s): Naomi Gale Participant(s): Naomi Gale, Angela D Storey, Sophia C Stamatopoulou–Robbins, Ozlem Goner WRITING, RHETORIC AND NARRATIVITY Chair(s): Ian Cosh Participant(s): Tamara Kohn, MElizabeth Dick, Ian Cosh, Heather E O’Leary, Emma L Gilberthorpe, Leonore A Phillips POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITIES Chair(s): Nadia Guessous Participant(s): Ari S Anand, Nadia Guessous, Leah M Koskimaki, Pinky Hota, Hadas Weiss, Kalyani D Menon PERFORMANCE, IDENTITY AND RITUAL IN LATIN AMERICA Chair(s): Angela E Roe Participant(s): Angela E Roe, Gabriela Vargas–Cetina, Silvia VCitro, Marianna P Keisalo–Galvan, Anne M Galvin, Heather J Levi FACETS OF DEVELOPMENT: RESEARCH FROM LATIN AMERICA Chair(s): Antonio De la Pena Participant(s): Ronald B Loewe, Christine A Hippert, Suzanne L Simon, Xochitl Ruiz, Jong–Taick Joo, Maria Moreno, Antonio De la Pena
8:00 am–10:00 am DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND REPRESENTATIVES BREAKFAST (BY INVITATION) AAA STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY SCA EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Kim Fortun
8:00 am–11:45 am ETHICS AND PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Sam Beck Organizer(s): Carl A Maida, Sam Beck Participant(s): Jean J Schensul, Josiah Heyman, Robert T O’Brien, Sam Beck, Matthew S Durington, Angela C Stuesse, Krista M Harper, Carl A Maida Discussant(s): Brian M McKenna, Susan Hyatt, Charles R Hale THE OLMEC WORLD IN MIDDLE FORMATIVE MESOAMERICA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Michael W Love, David C Grove Introduction: Michael W Love
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Participant(s): David C Grove, Paul Schmidt, Andrew K Balkansky, Christopher A Pool, Travis W Stanton, Francisco Estrada–Belli, Rosemary Joyce, Barbara Arroyo, Julia Guernsey, John E Clark RELIGION IN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Michael J Winkelman Organizer(s): Michael J Winkelman, Carol P Weingarten Introduction: Michael J Winkelman Participant(s): Barbara J King, James S Chisholm, Michael J Winkelman, Dwight W Read, William Irons, Carol P Weingarten, Ross R Maxwell, Montserrat Soler, Phillips Stevens, John R Baker Discussant(s): Kathleen R Gibson MOVEMENT AND CONTROL: TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES OF ALIEN CONFINEMENT Chair(s): Carolina Kobelinsky Organizer(s): Chowra Makaremi, Carolina Kobelinsky Participant(s): Jonathan Xavier Inda, Susan J Terrio, Anna C Pratt, Sarah S Willen, Chowra Makaremi, William H Walters, Susan C Coutin, Niels W Frenzen, Marie–Claude Haince, Carolina Kobelinsky Discussant(s): Josiah Heyman Invited Session: POTENTIALITY AND HUMANNESS: REVISITING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBJECT (Sponsored by SMA) Chair(s): Klaus Hoeyer, Mette N Svendsen Organizer(s): Karen–Sue Taussig, Mette NSvendsen, Klaus Hoeyer Participant(s): Mette NSvendsen, Kalindi Vora, Lynn M Morgan, Tine M Gammeltoft, Hannah Landecker, Jonathan M Marks, Nicholas B King, Karen–Sue Taussig, Carlos Novas, Klaus Hoeyer Discussant(s): Sarah B Franklin, Stefan G Helmreich, Emily Martin Invited Session: MULTIPLE INDIGENOUS VIEWS OF ANTHROPOLOGY’S FUTURE: ENVISIONING A NEW ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Richard M Begay Organizer(s): Richard M Begay, Kerry F Thompson Participant(s): Kerry F Thompson, Michael V Wilcox, Sonya LAtalay, Janine A Bowechop, Sven D Haakanson, Richard M Begay, Edward A Jolie, Ty P K Tengan, Desiree R Martinez, Karen Capuder Discussant(s): Joe E Watkins, Cynthia Chavez Lamar ETHNO PARALLEL WORLDS: GENRE, DISCOURSE AND POETICS IN
CONTEMPORARY, COLONIAL AND CLASSIC MAYA LITERATURE Chair(s): Michael D Carrasco Organizer(s): Michael D Carrasco, Kerry M Hull Participant(s): J Kathryn Josserand, Kerry M Hull, Alfonso Lacadena, Michael D Carrasco, Lloyd B Anderson, Dennis Tedlock, Allen J Christenson, Robert M Laughlin, Timothy W Knowlton, Danny Law, John G Fought, Karen E Bassie Discussant(s): Charles A Hofling ETHNOGRAPHIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN AID: CHALLENGING DIS–/ ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Carl Kendall Organizer(s): Laetitia Atlani–Duault, Kristina Tiedje Introduction: Laetitia Atlani–Duault Participant(s): Carl Kendall, Paula Uimonen, Tania M Li, Anne–Meike Fechter, Hugh (Sher) S Plunkett, Francoise MORIN, Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, Irène Bellier, Alessandro Monsutti, Boris Petric, Amy R Pollard Discussant(s): Kimberley A Coles, Giorgio Blundo MESOAMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Chair(s): Laura J Levi Participant(s): Matthew D Moriarty, Astrid M Runggaldier, Jessica H Craig, Linnea H Wren, David M Hyde, Susan D Gillespie, Sandra L Lopez Varela, Laura J Levi, Andrew R Wyatt, Keith Prufer, Michelle ERich, John Millhauser, Melissa A Goodman–Elgar, Jerry D Moore
8:00 am–12:00 am SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: BUILDING A NEW INTELLECTUAL COMMONS Chair(s): Daniel E Renfrew Organizer(s): Thomas W Pearson Participant(s): Karen E Stocker, Anita J Chan, Nicholas Q Emlen, Lorraine V Aragon, Allison E Fish, Stephanie J Gliege, Paul E Little, Thomas W Pearson, Scott M Lacy, Luis Felipe R Murillo, Cara E Shank, Salvatore Poier Discussant(s): Robert D Albro, Rosemary J Coombe REVISITING THE BEAUTY/JUSTICE DEBATE AND ANTHROPOLOGY’S PLACE IN IT: NEW ETHNOGRAPHIES OF AESTHETIC PRACTICES AND INDUSTRIES Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Stephanie N Sadre– Orafai, Todd E Nicewonger Participant(s): Todd E Nicewonger, Keith M Murphy, Laura Hubbard,
M Elaine Combs–Schilling, Stephanie N Sadre–Orafai, Fletcher Linder, Robert Y Chang, Thais M Borges, Michael Ralph Discussant(s): Kathleen C Stewart, Lesley A Sharp
8:30 am–10:30 am AAA PAST PRESIDENTS BREAKFAST Chair(s): Alan Goodman
9:00 am–11:00 am AAA Workshop: WORKING WITH JOURNALISTS IN A SHIFTING MEDIA LANDSCAPE Leader(s): Maria Vesperi
9:00 am–12:00 pm GAD BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Susan Buck Sutton CSAS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Claude FJacobs, Harriet J Ottenheimer
9:00 am–5:00 pm Workshop: DEMYSTIFING SPSS™: ANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS MADE EASY Leader(s): William W Dressler, Kathryn S Oths
9:30 am–5:00 pm AAA Executive Board MEETING II Chair(s): Setha M Low
10:00 am–1:00 pm SVA Workshop: CAMERAS, PHOTOGRAPHS IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH Leader(s): Malcolm Collier
10:15 am–12:00 pm Invited Session: LIBERAL RELIGIOSITIES (Sponsored by APLA and SAR) Chair(s): Brian Silverstein Organizer(s): Daromir Rudnyckyj, Brian Silverstein Participant(s): Asad A Ahmed, Brian Silverstein, Paul K Eiss, Daromir Rudnyckyj, Jon Bialecki Discussant(s): Simon M Coleman Invited Session: COLLABORATION AND
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ARCHAEOLOGY (Sponsored by GAD) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Celeste Ray Participant(s): Michael J Heckenberger, Larry J Zimmerman, Liam M Brady, Elizabeth Chilton, T J Ferguson Discussant(s): Dorothy T Lippert MOVING STORIES IN MEDICINE Chair(s): Lynn M Morgan Organizer(s): Louisa Schein, Janelle S Taylor Participant(s): Janelle S Taylor, Noelle J Mole, Nancy L McNaughton, Louisa Schein, Emily A McDonald Discussant(s): Linda L Layne THE AFTERMATH OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: ITS IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE, PART II Chair(s): Robert T Trotter Organizer(s): Elizabeth Briody Introduction: Robert T Trotter Participant(s): Wendy D Bartlo, Ann T Jordan, Tomoko Hamada Connolly, Peter T Burgi, Elizabeth Briody Discussant(s): Susan E Squires Invited Session: PRIVATIZING CHINA: POWERS OF THE SELF, SOCIALISM FROM AFAR (Sponsored by SEAA and SCA) Chair(s): Aihwa Ong Organizer(s): Li Zhang, Aihwa Ong Discussant(s): Ralph A Litzinger, Li Zhang, Matthew Kohrman, Yongming Zhou, Mei Zhan, Ann S Anagnost, Biao Xiang Presidential Invited Session: IMPLEMENTING THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOLOGY (Sponsored by Committee for Human Rights and Cultural Survival) Chair(s): Mililani Trask Organizer(s): Miriam A Frank, Paul D Oldham Introduction: Les Malezer Discussant(s): Victoria Tauli–Corpuz, Matthias Ahren, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Craig Benjamin, Jennifer Preston, William van Genugten
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HAIR, PUBIC AND BEYOND Chair(s): Alix L Little Organizer(s): Angelique MG Lalonde Participant(s): Aruna Panday, Gretchen A Bakke, Chrisy Moutsatsos, Julie E Truesdell, Einat Bar–On Cohen, Angelique MG Lalonde, Joke Clijsters, Sarah G Cheang, Billie Leslie, Sherrema A Bower Discussant(s): Hulya Demirdirek, Barbara D Miller
CAROL A SMITH FEITSCHRIFT… NOT! ESSAYS IN HONOR OF AN IRREVERENT MIND Chair(s): Les Field Organizer(s): Shannon Speed, Brackette F Williams, Charles R Hale Participant(s): Joanne Passaro, Circe Sturm, Irma Velasquez Nimatuj, Kathleen E Dill, Stefano Varese
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Chair(s): Daria Loi Organizer(s): Tatyana Mamut, Jay Hasbrouck Introduction: Tatyana Mamut Participant(s): Jay Hasbrouck, John W Sherry, Daria Loi, Tatyana Mamut Discussant(s): Allison J Arieff BEYOND TRANSPARENCY Chair(s): Leticia Barrera-Lopez Organizer(s): Amy B Levine, Gemma L John Introduction: Leticia Barrera-Lopez Participant(s): Gemma L John, Jason M Cross, Amy B Levine, Leticia Barrera-Lopez Discussant(s): Andrea Ballestero GOVERNING THROUGH CARE: THE POLITICS OF EXPERTISE AND THE MAKING OF EMPOWERED CHILDREN Chair(s): Karen L Greene Organizer(s): Jan Newberry, Karen L Greene Participant(s): Jan Newberry, Mary W Crabb, Olga Nieuwenhuys, JChristopher Kovats–Bernat, Karen L Greene Discussant(s): Erica L Bornstein, Veena Das Invited Session: WRITING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: USING WRITING STRATEGIES TO BRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ACTIVISM (Sponsored by SAW) Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Ann E Kingsolver Participant(s): Dana Frank MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE Chair(s): Maria M Stoilkova Participant(s): Maurizio Albahari, Angele P Smith, Maria M Stoilkova, Laurie N McIntosh, Anton Fernandez de Rota, Michele M Hanks LIVING IN COMMUNITY: (RE)SOCIALIZATION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE COURSE Chair(s): Katie R Hejtmanek Participant(s): Junehue Ahn, Jennifer L Kuzara, Katie R Hejtmanek, Lori L Jervis, Denise A Lin, Daniel P Wolk ARCHAEOLOGIES OF HISTORY Chair(s): Jenna Wallace Coplin Participant(s): Ninian R Stein, Jenna Wallace Coplin, Suzanne M Spencer–Wood, Amy M Stine, Steve Lenik, DeeAnne Wymer Invited Session: ONE LESS OR ONE MORE?: YOUTH, HEALTH AND AUTONOMY (Sponsored by NASA) Chair(s): Elizabeth E Cooper Participant(s): Elizabeth E Cooper, Stephanie T Melton, Heather T Battles, Amanda Kpoplawsky, Melina
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T Czymoniewicz–Klippel RESOURCE POLITICS: THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT, RESETTLEMENT AND CONSERVATION IMAGERY Chair(s): Julie L Velasquez Runk Participant(s): Julie L Velasquez Runk, Rebecca C Witter, Hideki Yoshikawa, Jessica E Barnes, Eric C Poncelet, Erin P Riley HUMAN–ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT REGIMES: CASE STUDIES IN CONFLICT AND COMMODITIZATION Chair(s): Jamon A Halvaksz Participant(s): Jamon A Halvaksz, Michael M Walker, Peter Redvers–Lee, Meredith L Welch Devine, Christopher M Annear, Danielle DiNovelli–Lang CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE AMERICAS Chair(s): Giles B Harrison–Conwill Participant(s): Giles B Harrison–Conwill, Kendra Fehrer, Hugo Santos–Gomez, Maria L Vidart, Xochitl Leyva, Taylor C Nelms, Jon H Carter
subscription) Organizer(s): Jennifer J Patico Participant(s): Krisztina Fehervary, Amy L Ninetto, Levent Soysal, Douglas R Holmes, Emanuela Guano, Jack Murphy
12:15 pm–1:30 pm CAE Mission Committee OPEN MEETING Organizer(s): Neriko M Doerr, Marta P Baltodano HOW AND HOW MUCH?: A DISCUSSION ON ACTION AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND EMERGING SCHOLARS (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s): Chiara M Cannella Organizer(s): Chiara M Cannella, Amina U Tawasil Participant(s): Teresa L McCarty, Julio Cammarota AAA Anthropology of Children and Childhood Interest Group ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING Organizer(s): Kristen E Cheney, Susan Shepler GAD CASTAC BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Christopher A Furlow
Invited Poster Session: FIRST RITES: INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH III (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah Rotman, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Ian E McKinnon, Matthew G Roth, Brandon A Sparks, Kristen Vliet, Stepahanie G Fairhurst, Samantha Seasons
EAS BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Patricia C Draper FROM RESEARCH TO POLICY: PRACTICING MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY EVENT (Sponsored by SMA) Chair(s): Carolyn M Smith–Morris Organizer(s): Carolyn M Smith–Morris, Carolyn Sargent
Invited Poster Session: PERSPECTIVES ON PRACTICE: SOCIAL ACTION (Sponsored by NAPA) Chair(s): Philip E Coyle Participant(s): Patricia J Hammer, Katherine S Nutter, Sarah D Cote, Philip E Coyle, Marcela Uribe
10:30 am–12:30 pm NAPA Workshop: ENGAGING WITH UN PROCESSES: USING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Leader(s): Eva Friedlander, Pamela J Puntenney
GAD Committee On Teaching Anthropology BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): John M Coggeshall SMA Medical Anthropology Students Association (MASA) Special Interest Group MEETING Chair(s): Vinay R Kamat Organizer(s): Amorita E Valdez SMA Medical Anthropology Quarterly Editorial Board MEETING Organizer(s): Mark R Luborsky, Andrea P Sankar
12:00 pm –2:00 pm SAE ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON (Attendance by
GAD Roundtable Discussion: ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CULTURE OF AAA MEETINGS
Organizer(s): Peter J Brown SMA Critical Anthropology Of Global Health Study Group MEETING Chair(s): Vinay R Kamat Organizer(s): James T Pfeiffer INCLUSION, COLLABORATION, AND ENGAGEMENT: A DISCUSSION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s): Teresa L McCarty Organizer(s): Bryan M Brayboy, Alfredo J Artiles THE FIELD ROOM: A GLOBAL WORKSPACE FOR ALL ANTHROPOLOGISTS (Sponsored by NASA) Organizer(s): Elizabeth A Spreng Workshop: EXAMINATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ON REVISING THE AAA CODE OF ETHICS Chair(s): Dena Plemmons
12:15 pm–1:45 pm LAUNCHING ANTHROPOLOGY NOW (Sponsored by AES) Chair(s): Susan Harding Organizer(s): Emily Martin, Ida S Susser, Katherine McCaffrey
1:00 pm–3:00 pm AAA Library Advisory Council MEETING NASA Workshop: EIGHTH ANNUAL NASA/AAA MENTOR WORKSHOP Leader(s): Marcy M Hessling SHA Workshop: ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITING Leader(s): Ruth Behar
1:00 pm–4:00 pm AAA Workshop: HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL Leader(s): Jeffrey C Johnson AAA Section Webmaster MEETING
1:45 pm–3:30 pm Invited Session: SAINTHOOD IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION (Sponsored by
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MES and SAR) Chair(s): Amira Mittermaier Organizer(s): Anthony Shenoda, Amira Mittermaier Participant(s): Oren Kosansky, Emilio Spadola, Edith A Szanto Ali–Dib, Amira Mittermaier, Anthony Shenoda Discussant(s): Brian Larkin TRICKY POSITIONS OR UNNATURAL RELATIONS?: PROBING THE LIMITS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL COLLABORATION WITH NON–LIBERAL OR NON–WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Hanna H Kim Participant(s): Rebecca M Joseph, Mary I O’Connor, Jill M Wightman, Omri Elisha, Hanna H Kim, Lucinda Ramberg Discussant(s): Susan Harding Presidential Invited Session: BEYOND TOLERATION AND LIP SERVICE: TOWARD A MUTUALLY ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Wendy Ashmore Organizer(s): Thomas C Patterson, Wendy Ashmore Participant(s): Jane E Buikstra, Juliet M McMullin, Yolanda T Moses, James Collins, Robert W Paynter, Carole L Crumley Discussant(s): Carlos G Velez–Ibanez FASHIONABLE ACTS: INNOVATION, DISSIMULATION AND PRODUCTION Chair(s): Clare M Wilkinson–Weber Organizer(s): Clare M Wilkinson–Weber Participant(s): Heather Marie Akou, B Lynne Milgram, Rosana Miss Pinheiro–Machado, Sandra Cate, Victoria LRovine, Clare M Wilkinson–Weber Discussant(s): Karen Tranberg Hansen Invited Session: THE RETURN OF GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY: BIG THINKING IN SMALL PROGRAMS (Sponsored by GAD) Chair(s): Lynn L Sikkink Organizer(s): Clare L Boulanger Participant(s): Clare L Boulanger, Thomas H Johnson, Lynn L Sikkink, Jon G Wagner, Robert A Myers, Merrily Stover INDIGENEITY EMPOWERED: THE IMPACTS OF GAMING ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THE US AND CANADA Chair(s): Carolyn R Anderson Organizer(s): Paula L Wagoner Participant(s): Paula L Wagoner, Susan Applegate Krouse, Darrel Manitowabi, Meghan Y McCune, Julie A
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Pelletier, Carolyn R Anderson Discussant(s): Heather A Howard–Bobiwash Invited Session: AFTER COLLABORATION: INDIGENOUS ONTOLOGIES, MEDIATION, MUSEUM PRACTICE (Sponsored by CMA) Chair(s): Jason B Jackson Organizer(s): Jennifer Kramer, Aaron J Glass Participant(s): Ruth B Phillips, Jennifer Kramer, Aaron J Glass, Haidy Geismar, Paul C Smith Discussant(s): James Clifford Invited Poster Session: FIRST RITES: INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IV (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah Rotman, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Aleksandra O Fedunchak, Casey McNeill, Elise M Docster, Jennifer M Zabel, Sean Mallin AUDIENCE RECEPTION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Peter M Wogan, Sam Pack Introduction: Peter M Wogan Participant(s): Miroslava Prazak, Matthew S Durington, Matthew H Amster, Adam R Fish, Elizabeth Bird, Sam Pack MULTIPLE LEVELS OF EXCHANGE: DISCOURSES OF INCLUSION IN EAST ASIA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Nona D Moskowitz Participant(s): Harumi Befu, Samuel G Collins, Nona D Moskowitz, Ellen V Fuller, Paul EFesta Discussant(s): Gordon C Mathews Invited Session: IS THE “SELF” STILL WORTH-WHILE TO THINK WITH? (Sponsored by SPA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Yehuda C Goodman Participant(s): Katherine P Ewing, Yehuda C Goodman, Elizabeth A Davis, Chikako Ozawa– de Silva, Michael Lambek, Geoffrey White Discussant(s): Rebecca J Lester Presidential Invited Session: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE US COMMUNITY– PRISON CONTINUUM: A “CULTURAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS” Chair(s): Faye V Harrison Organizer(s): Tony Whitehead, Faye V Harrison Introduction: Faye V Harrison Participant(s): Tony Whitehead Discussant(s): Pem D Buck, Brackette F Williams, Rachel J Watkins, Jason Bell, Susan Hyatt
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Invited Session: FINDING COMMON GROUND: OVERCOMING BARRIERS IN APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (Sponsored by NAPA) Chair(s): Daniel Hruschka Organizer(s): Brandon A Kohrt Participant(s): Joanna P de Berry, Kent S Glenzer, Lisa M Rende Taylor, Brandon A Kohrt, David M Citrin Discussant(s): Lynn M Sibley FIELD OF FRICTIONS: THE PRACTICE AND POLITICS OF TRANSNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA Chair(s): Saida Hodzic Organizer(s): Saida Hodzic, Johanna Crane Participant(s): Andi Johnson, Stacey A Langwick, Saida Hodzic, Johanna Crane, Rene P Gerrets Discussant(s): Vincanne Adams, Abena D Osseo–Asare LINGUISTIC CITIZENSHIP: MULTILINGUALISM, PEDAGOGY AND TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Saul Mercado Participant(s): Patricia Baquedano– Lopez, Shlomy Kattan, Jung–Eun Janie Lee, Saul Mercado Discussant(s): Mary Bucholtz ACTIVISM, INEQUALITY AND EPISTEMOLOGY: THE RESEARCHER–INFORMANT RELATIONSHIP IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF BRAZIL Chair(s): Ana Paula Pimentel Walker Organizer(s): Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, Clarice M Rios, James Holston Participant(s): Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, Sean T Mitchell, Clarice M Rios, Andrea M Alves, Benjamin Junge, Valerie Singer Discussant(s): Luis R Cardoso de Oliveira PERFORMANCES OF JAPAN, IDENTITIES AND ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Millie Creighton Participant(s): Scott R Schnell, Millie Creighton, Bruce LJ White, Kyle Cleveland, James E Roberson Discussant(s): Christine R Yano, Joy R Hendry Invited Session: PERFORMANCE, MEMORY AND PRODUCTION IN TRANSNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE CULTURE (Sponsored by ALLA) Chair(s): Russell C Rodríguez Organizer(s): Olga Najera–Ramirez Participant(s): Alex E Chavez, Elisa Diana Huerta, Olga Najera– Ramirez, Russell C Rodríguez Discussant(s): Richard Flores, Dorinne Kondo
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Invited Session: EDUCATION, NATIONALISM AND CITIZEN FORMATION IN A “POST– NATIONAL” ERA (Sponsored by CAE) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kathleen D Hall Participant(s): Ritty A Lukose, Azra Hromadzic, Ana M Alonso, Jennifer Riggan, Veronique S Benei, Amy Stambach Discussant(s): Douglas Foley Invited Session: INDIAN GAMING AND CASINOS IN AMERICA: A TWENTY YEAR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RETROSPECTIVE ON THE IMPACT OF THE 1988 INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT (Sponsored by AAA Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology) Chair(s): Katherine Spilde Contreras Organizer(s): Barrett P Brenton, Katherine Spilde Contreras Introduction: Barrett P Brenton Discussant(s): Katherine Spilde Contreras, John J Bodinger de Uriarte, David Kamper, Eve Darian–Smith, Jessica R Cattelino, Douglas Foley
HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Chair(s): Arachu Castro Participant(s): Fabian JB Cataldo, Arachu Castro, Lee M Kochems, Casey J Miller, Martha J Bojko, Jennifer L Fagan, Andrea P Sankar HERE AND THERE: APPLIED PERSPECTIVES ON IMMIGRANTS AND BEING LOCAL Chair(s): Bethany R Applebaum Participant(s): Ravit Cohen, Rebecca Read, Bethany R Applebaum, Ann Acheson, Eva Friedlander, Diane J Schiano Poster Session: GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY: DIVERSE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES Chair(s): Anne Bain Participant(s): Anne Bain, Gretchen M Herrmann
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Invited Session: BEHIND THE POWER: NATIVE AMERICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURES (Sponsored by AIA) Chair(s): Allan J Ryan Organizer(s): Phyllis A Fast, Hiroko Ikuta Introduction: Allan J Ryan Participant(s): Phyllis A Fast, Beckie Etukeok, Ernestine Hayes, Hiroko Ikuta, Angela Gonzales Discussant(s): Allan J Ryan MAKING PLANS IN AMAZONIA: SOME DILEMMAS OF FUTURE–POLITICS IN BRAZIL Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Jeremy M Campbell Participant(s): Leda L Martins, Robert PMiller, Kate Goltermann, Jeremy M Campbell Discussant(s): Marianne Schmink RETHINKING COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH “HOME–BASED” ETHNOGRAPHY Chair(s): Rachel V Gonzalez Organizer(s): Meredith L Johnson, Rachel V Gonzalez Participant(s): Rachel V Gonzalez, Brad Kroupa, Mintzi A Martinez–Rivera, Meredith L Johnson Discussant(s): Joelle Bahloul Invited Poster Session: DATA VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS (Sponsored by SAS) Participant(s): Harold D Green, Erin Muladore, Eric P Kightley, Jeffrey C Johnson, Rosalyn Negron–Goldbarg, Douglas A Monroe, Katy M Groves
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PENTECOSTALISM: COMPARATIVE CASES AND CRITICAL REFLECTIONS Chair(s): David C Knowlton Organizer(s): Simon M Coleman, Henri Gooren Participant(s): Ruy Blanes, Henri Gooren, David C Knowlton, Marleen De Witte, Fenella Cannell
1:45 pm–5:30 pm Presidential Invited Session: PULSE OF THE PLANET: HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Sponsored by A&E and AAA Committee for Human Rights) Chair(s): Gregory V Button Organizer(s): Barbara Rose Johnston, Gregory V Button Participant(s): Barbara Rose Johnston, Susan Slyomovics, Preston D Hardison, Joan P Mencher, Liza M Grandia, Shannon K May, Sarah M Lyon, Brian M McKenna, Holly Barker, Sarah Strauss, Gregory V Button, Bonnie McCay Discussant(s): Alison D Renteln GEORGE W STOCKING SYMPOSIUM IN THE HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Harriet D Lyons Organizer(s): Andrew P Lyons Participant(s): Robert G Launay, Robert GAdlam, Lee D Baker, Andrew P Lyons, Kath Weston, Sergei Kan, Priscilla P Faulhaber–Barbosa, Paul Shankman, Susan S Sperling, Elizabeth Stassinos, Robert V Kemper Discussant(s): Robert C Ulin, Frank A Salamone, Harriet D Lyons
EMERGING ADULTHOOD, EMERGING IDENTITIES: THE LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION OF YOUNG ADULTS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Cyndi Dunn Participant(s): Susanne M Cohen, Kenneth N Ehrensal, Cyndi Dunn, Akiko OKawasaki, Cindi Sturtz Sreetharan, Suzanne E Wagner, Sarah B Benor, Stephen L Mann, Jocelyn C Ahlers, Jacqueline Messing, Wai Fong Chiang, Inge B Kral Invited Session: COLLABORATION BETWEEN AAA SECTIONS IN ADVANCING THE POSITION OF PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGY WITHIN THE AAA (Sponsored by CSAS and AAA Committee on Practicing Applied and Public Interest Anthropology) Chair(s): Linda A Bennett Organizer(s): Linda A Bennett, Chip Colwell–Chanthaphonh, Nanthaniel Tashima Discussant(s): Janet E Levy, Janis B Alcorn, Kimberly E Simmons, Vilma Santiago–Irizarry, Madelaine B Adelman, Catherine S Fowler, Susan Buck Sutton, Dennis Wiedman, Lenore H Manderson, Nanthaniel Tashima Invited Session: RADICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AS CRITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: PAPERS HONORING THOMAS C PATTERSON (Sponsored by AD) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Christina T Halperin, Uzma Z Rizvi Participant(s): Uzma Z Rizvi, Patricia Hansell, Richard Burger, Charles E Orser, Philip L Kohl, Randy McGuire, Robert W Preucel, Peter R Schmidt, LouAnn Wurst, Ananthakrishnan G Aiyer Discussant(s): Jeremy A Sabloff, Robert W Paynter Invited Session: ENGAGEMENT, AUTHENTICITY AND TOURISM: GENDER, SEXUALITY, ETHNICITY/RACE AND SPACE IN THE AMERICAS (Sponsored by SLACA) Chair(s): Elayne L Zorn, Matthew J Hill Organizer(s): Annelou Ypeij, Elayne L Zorn, Nadine Fernandez Participant(s): Mark B Padilla, Carla Guerron–Montero, Elayne L Zorn, Annelou Ypeij, Florence E Babb, Walter E Little, Matthew J Hill, Nadine Fernandez, Alessandro M Angelini, Alicia Re Cruz Discussant(s): Andrew L Canessa, John F Collins RECENT TOPICS IN MAYAN LINGUISTICS Chair(s): David Mora-Marin Organizer(s): David Mora-Marin, Charles A Hofling Participant(s): David Mora-Marin, James T Dugan, Judith M
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Maxwell, Charles A Hofling, Michael J Grofe, Martha J Macri, Sunny J McGovern, Nicholas A Hopkins, Bethany J Myers, Yuki Tanaka THE POLITICS OF KINSHIP AND FAMILY IN “CRISIS” Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Risa D Cromer, R Sophie Statzel Participant(s): Chia Longman, R Sophie Statzel, Holly A Dygert, Lydia C Boyd, Arianne M Gaetano, Risa D Cromer, Alix L Little, Lynn E Horridge, Lara R Braff, Daisy Deomampo Discussant(s): Elizabeth E Brusco, Rayna Rapp
1:45 pm–5:45 pm Invited Session: ON THE USEFULNESS OF THE CONCEPT OF “DIASPORA”: PERSPECTIVES ON STUDYING BLACKNESS, AFRICA AND CONTEMPORARY FORMATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Sponsored by ABA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Jean M Rahier Introduction: Kamari M Clarke Participant(s): Bayo Holsey, Jacqueline N Brown, Deborah A Thomas, Percy C Hintzen, Kevin A Yelvington, Marlon M Bailey, Akin Ogundiran, Felipe Smith
Saturday 2:00 pm–4:00 pm NAPA Workshop: “BELOW THE RADAR” OF STATE POWER: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Leader(s): Alison D Renteln, Steven Rousso– Schindler, Kenda Stewart NASA Workshop: GETTING PUBLISHED: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS Leader(s): Jason E Miller, Marcy M Hessling
3:30 pm–5:30 pm SHA Workshop: SUBMITTING TO A PEER– REVIEWED JOURNAL Leader(s): Michael Harkin
4:00 pm–5:45 pm OTHER ETHICS (ETHICS OF AND FOR THE OTHER): SITUATIONAL ETHICS OF FIELDWORK AND MORAL IMPERATIVES OF ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY Chair(s): Peter Benson Organizer(s): Quetzil E Castaneda Participant(s): Kedron L Thomas, Quetzil E Castaneda, Karen M Sykes, Don F Seeman, C Jason Throop Discussant(s): Angela N Garcia, Donald Brenneis
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AND ENGAGEMENT (Sponsored by SVA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Jonathan S Marion Participant(s): Sara E Perry, Kate Hennessy, Anne Zeller TEXTUALITY, ORALITY AND LITERACY IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kelda Jamison Participant(s): Christine Allison, Tilman Hannemann, Wayne H Osborn, Kelda Jamison, Katharina Lange, Bryan F Gorrie Discussant(s): Andrew J Shryock
AFRICAN DIVINATION, DIALOGUE AND MORAL IMAGINATION Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Tonya N Taylor Participant(s): Knut Graw, Richard P Werbner, Koen Stroeken, Tonya N Taylor, Martin Holbraad
RE–IMAGINING CHINA: TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS, MIGRATION AND ADOPTION IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Chair(s): Suzanne Scheld Organizer(s): Suzanne Scheld, Christina L Von Mayrhauser Participant(s): Yifei Sun, Suzanne Scheld, Christina L Von Mayrhauser Discussant(s): Josephine Smart
COMPETING MODERNITIES: TRANSFORMATIONS OF RITUAL IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAM Chair(s): Hien Thi Nguyen Organizer(s): Karen Fjelstad Participant(s): Ben Chi Nguyen, Hong Nhung Thi Nguyen, Tu Thi Loan, Phuong Anh Phan, Pham Nam Thanh Discussant(s): Laurel Kendall
Invited Session: ANTHROPOLOGY, THE MILITARY AND WAR (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Phillips Stevens Participant(s): Roberto J Gonzalez, Montgomery McFate, Brian R Selmeski, Kerry B Fosher Discussant(s): David H Price, Robert A Rubinstein, Charles C Cheney
KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT, ETHICS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Narmala Halstead, Heather A Horst Participant(s): Helena Wulff, Paolo Favero, Heather A Horst, Narmala Halstead, Pilar Riano, Judith M Okely Discussant(s): Signe L Howell
Invited Session: BAHIA’S PLACE IN TRAVELING THEORY: DIASPORA, ETHNOGRAPHY AND COSMOPOLITANISM IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL (Sponsored by SLACA) Chair(s): Roger Sansi Organizer(s): John F Collins, Keisha–Khan Y Perry Participant(s): Roger Sansi, Sarah J Hautzinger, Keisha–Khan Y Perry, Olivia Gomes da Cunha, Jan H French, John F Collins Discussant(s): J L Matory
COLLABORATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY INSIDE THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Chair(s): Mariella R Pandolfi Organizer(s): George E Marcus, Marc Abeles Participant(s): Marc Abeles, Jae A Chung, Maximo Badaro, George E Marcus, Douglas R Holmes, David A Westbrook Discussant(s): Donald Brenneis RECONFIGURING GENDER, NEGOTIATING NEOLIBERALISM IN GLOBAL JAPAN Chair(s): Linda I Angst Organizer(s): Valerie H Barske Introduction: Linda I Angst Participant(s): Nana Okura, Ayako Takamori, Valerie H Barske Discussant(s): Linda I Angst Invited Session: THE ETHICS OF VISUAL DATA: PICTURING INCLUSION, COLLABORATION
WHEN ANTHROPOLOGISTS WORK THROUGH ART; TECHNICAL ALTERNATIVES FOR CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Chair(s): Rupert A Cox Organizer(s): Susan M Ossman Introduction: Susan M Ossman Participant(s): Andrew Irving, Wessie Ling, Rupert A Cox, Susan M Ossman Discussant(s): Nella N Arambasin PENAL CITIES AND CARCERAL STATES: ACTIVISM, ANTHROPOLOGY AND MASS INCARCERATION Chair(s): Nina E Brown Organizer(s): Kristi
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Brian, Nina E Brown Participant(s): Stephen C Pavey, Wendy Wilson–Fall, Kristi Brian, Anne Sutherland, Nicole I Torres, Andrea Morrell Discussant(s): Lorna A Rhodes TEMPORALITY AND CRISIS: ETHNOGRAPHIC REFLECTIONS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Noa Vaisman, Neta Bar Participant(s): Luther C Elliott, Neta Bar, Andrew Johnson, Jonathan L Larson, Noa Vaisman Discussant(s): Peter Redfield, Rachel Heiman Invited Session: RACE, GENDER AND ENGAGED RESEARCH: INTERROGATING THE ISSUES A DECADE LATER (Sponsored by ABA and NAPA) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Karla Slocum Participant(s): Kia L Caldwell, Gina Sanchez Gibau, Sabiyha R Prince, Karla Slocum Discussant(s): Erica L Williams Invited Poster Session: FIRST RITES: INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH V (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Deborah Rotman, Agustin Fuentes Participant(s): Judith A Steinhilper, Heather M Wurtz Invited Poster Session: VISUALIZING ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION AND INCLUSION: SEVEN RESEARCH AND APPLIED PROJECTS FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Sponsored by SVA) Chair(s): Joyce D Hammond Organizer(s): Joyce D Hammond, Margaret E Kelley Participant(s): Joyce D Hammond, Lisa G Spicer, Grace M Bouma, Katherine G Powell, Margaret E Kelley, Stephanie L Button, Andrew C Holcom “GATHERING DATA”: RECUPERATION, REPATRIATION AND REINCARNATION AT THE MARGINS Chair(s): Virginia D Nazarea Organizer(s): Kristine Skarbo, Virginia D Nazarea Participant(s): Robert E Rhoades, Karen E Hebert, Kristine Skarbo, Virginia D Nazarea AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIALOGUE AND ACTIVISM: IMMIGRATION, POLITICS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATION Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Lucila D Ek Participant(s): Yazmin Y Duarte, Eric J Johnson, Cindy Cruz, Pia Moriarty Discussant(s): Patricia Sanchez
PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH: COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE PROGRAMS THAT WILL INFORM EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Chair(s): Dorothy Aguilera Organizer(s): Dorothy Aguilera, Maria Timmons Flores Participant(s): Pauline Lipman, Aiko Miyatake, Dorothy Aguilera, Frances J Riemer, Emma H Fuentes Discussant(s): Maria Timmons Flores CHANGING SOCIOSCAPES OF URBAN AND RURAL CHINA Chair(s): Mun Young Cho Participant(s): Mun Young Cho, Trang X Ta, Yingjun Chen, Xia Zhang, Lihong Shi, Adam Frank LAND, TERRITORY AND IDENTITY Chair(s)/Introduction: Chris M Beyers Participant(s): Chris M Beyers, Ricardo Moreno–Contro, Mona Bhan, Krystyna Z Sieciechowicz, Barbara E Verchot, Sarasij Majumder
Gabriela Vargas–Cetina, Ramona L Perez
6:15 pm–7:30 pm SAR BUSINESS MEETING FOLLOWED BY CASH BAR RECEPTION Organizer(s): Stephan Palmié SOLGA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Martin F Manalansan SAE William Douglass Distinguished Lecture IN MEMORIAM FOR DAPHNE BERDAHL LEUDTKE, ALF (U ERFURT, GERMANY) Organizer(s): Jennifer J Patico SUNTA Committee on Refugee and Immigrants (CORI) MEETING Chair(s): Anna O O’Leary Organizer(s): Anna O O’Leary, Anahi Viladrich SOYUZ: Postsocialist Cultural Studies BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Amy L Ninetto
PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS Chair(s): Thomas Foster Participant(s): Thomas Foster, Laura H Mentore, Kirsten B Hastrup, Villia M Jefremovas, Elizabeth Weiss
MES BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): William O Beeman
Invited Session: LOCATING LABOR: ANTHROPOLOGISTS ENGAGE SERVICE WORKER STRUGGLES (Sponsored by SUNTA and SAW) Chair(s): David Bacon Organizer(s): Deborah Pellow Discussant(s): E Paul Durrenberger, Gerrie Casey, Sharryn Kasmir, Robert T O’Brien
NAPA BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Dennis Wiedman
LEARNING OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC BOUNDARIES Chair(s): Tryphenia B Peele-Eady Participant(s): Tryphenia B Peele-Eady, Anthony F Guest-Scott, Ruth H Kim, Shawn M Bender, Laura R Johnson, Leigh L Graham
ANTHROPOLOGY OF SPACE AND PLACE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Denise Lawrence–Zuniga
SMA Council for Anthropology and Reproduction BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Sarah Orndorff DARTMOUTH COLLEGE RECEPTION Organizer(s): Deborah L Nichols, Kirk Endicott Guatemala Scholars Network BUSINESS AND ORGANIZING MEETING Chair(s): Abigail E Adams Organizer(s): Abigail E Adams, Edward F Fischer
POLITICAL USES OF MEMORY Chair(s): Yukiko Koga Participant(s): Murat K Guney, Satendra Kumar, Yukiko Koga, Katja M Uusihakala, Aya Dr Ikegame
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SLACA Executive Committee MEETING Chair(s): Gabriela Vargas–Cetina Organizer(s):
SMA BOARD MEETING Organizer(s): Carolyn Sargent
CAE BUSINESS MEETING Organizer(s): Norma E Gonzalez
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6:30 pm–8:00 pm AAA DISTINGUISED LECTURE BY JOHNETTA COLE Chair(s): Setha M Low
AAA Distinguished Lecturer Saturday, Nov 22 | 6:30 pm–8:00 pm Johnnetta Cole will be presenting the 2008 Distinguished Lecture titled “Race and Gender in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: A Mirror on US Culture.” Cole has served as the president of Spelman College (1987–97) and Bennett College (2002–07) and is Presidential Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Women’s Studies and African American Studies at Emory University. She is currently chair of the board of the Johnnetta B Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion Institute founded at Bennett College for Women.
7:00 pm–8:00 pm AIA CASH BAR Organizer(s): JoAllyn Archambault
7:15 pm –8:30 pm SOLGA CASH BAR Organizer(s): Martin F Manalansan
7:30 pm–8:30 pm SAR CASH BAR RECEPTION Organizer(s): Stephan Palmié MES RECEPTION Organizer(s): William O Beeman
9:00 pm–11:45 pm SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE
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POSSIBILITY IN THE WORK OF MODERN MEDIA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Heiko Henkel, Anand Pandian Participant(s): Purnima Mankekar, Zeynep D Gursel, Anand Pandian, Heiko Henkel Discussant(s): Charles K Hirschkind, Arjun Appadurai CONTESTED GROUND: AGRICULTURAL GMOS AND RURAL FUTURES Chair(s): Christina P Holmes Organizer(s): Elizabeth (Liz) Fitting Participant(s): Elizabeth (Liz) Fitting, Kregg Hetherington, Abby J Kinchy, Chaia L Heller, Christina P Holmes, Karine Peschard Discussant(s): Glenn D Stone DISJUNCTIVE CHILDHOODS: CHILDREN’S AGENCY IN CULTURAL REPRODUCTION (Sponsored by the AAA Anthropology of Children and Childhood Interest Group) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Heather Rae–Espinoza Participant(s): Jill R Brown, Heather Rae– Espinoza, Lubna N Chaudhry, Tyler Bickford, Anna R Beresin Discussant(s): Paula Levin “ACTION, CUT, PRINT!” NEW CULTURES OF MEDIA PRODUCTION Chair(s): Adam R Fish Organizer(s): Adam R Fish Participant(s): Brent Luvaas, Harrison P Gish, Karen L Ishizuka, Jennifer Moorman, John Bridge, Candace I Moore, Jeremy W Wallach
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Velasquez Runk ENGAGING THE HOKEY POKEY: NEW DIRECTIONS, EMERGING THEORIES METHODS AND PEDAGOGIES IN UNDERSTANDING SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICES AND PRAXIS Chair(s): Janet I Hecsh Organizer(s): Janet I Hecsh, Mariela Nunez–Janes Participant(s): Chiara M Cannella, Mariela Nunez–Janes, Char Ullman, Kathryn N Hayes, Porfirio M Loeza, Jacque Ensign Discussant(s): Julio Cammarota RE–READING ETHNOGRAPHIES OF JAPAN AND KOREA Chair(s): William W Kelly Organizer(s): Amy B Borovoy, Robert M Oppenheim Participant(s): Robert M Oppenheim, William W Kelly, Amy B Borovoy Discussant(s): Allison Alexy, Nancy A Abelmann ALLURE TO DIALOGUE: PUBLICS, KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE IN THE TAIDAN AND ZADANKAI FORM IN MODERN JAPAN Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Lorraine D Plourde, Shunsuke Nozawa Participant(s): Miyako Inoue, Shunsuke Nozawa, Lorraine D Plourde, Takehiro Watanabe Discussant(s): Christopher T Nelson
GIVING MORE THAN WE TAKE: RECIPROCITY IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS Chair(s): Elizabeth Nickrenz Organizer(s): Neely A Myers Participant(s): Wende E Marshall, Kimbra L Smith, David B Pacifico, Neely A Myers, Tiantian Zheng, Suzanne E Wint Discussant(s): Angela C Stuesse
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND SYSTEMS– CHALLENGING PRAXIS IN CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN OBSTETRICS Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Melissa J Cheyney Participant(s): Melissa J Cheyney, Dana Walrath, Claire L Wendland, Paul Qualtere– Burcher, Betty–Anne Daviss Discussant(s): Robbie E Davis–Floyd
LANGUAGE, GESTURE AND COMMUNITY: ENGAGING WITH THEORIES OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION Chair(s): Angela M Nonaka Organizer(s): Leila Monaghan, Richard J Senghas Participant(s): Leila Monaghan, David W Samuels, Jenny L Singleton, Angela MNonaka, Karen Nakamura, Julie Gros–Louis
THE MORALITY OF WORK: PARENTING IDEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF DUAL–EARNER FAMILIES Chair(s): Tamar Kremer–Sadlik Organizer(s): Wendy L Klein Participant(s): Elisa Pigeron, Leah Wingard, Rachel George, Wendy L Klein, Tamar Kremer–Sadlik
RAPPAPORT STUDENT PRIZE Chair(s): Katja Neves Organizer(s): Nora M Haenn Participant(s): Guntra A Aistars, Eial Dujovny, Cindy J Isenhour, Yu Wang, Troy M Wilson Discussant(s): Jerry Jacka, Julie L
EMERGENT MODES OF PARTICIPATIVE ACTION IN TECHNOSCIENTIFIC CONTEXTS Chair(s): Carlo Caduff Organizer(s): Carlo Caduff Participant(s): Arpita Roy, Anthony Stavrianakis, Benjamin H Hickler, Carlo Caduff
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Fujita, Alexandra M Jaffe Discussant(s): Debra Spitulnik, Monica Heller
GEOGRAPHIES OF HEALTH AND AFFLICTION Chair(s): Barbara L Ley Organizer(s): Barbara L Ley, Erin Koch Participant(s): Hanspeter C W Reihling, Sarah Raskin, Barbara L Ley, Simon W Roberts, Lisa K Vanderlinden Discussant(s): Erin Koch THEORY, RELEVANCE, METHODS AND THE FUTURE OF COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY II Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Ken Jacobson Participant(s): Richard H Wallace, Robert L Moore, Ichiro Numazaki, Ken Jacobson, Stephen C Levinson, Benjamin G Blount, Tracy Van Holt TO WALK THE TALK: POLICY AS “APPROPRIATION” AND “LIVED EXPERIENCE” Chair(s): Cheryl Mattingly Organizer(s): Teresa Kuan, Lone Groen Participant(s): Lotte L Meinert, Teresa Kuan, Lone Groen, Anne L Dalsgaard Discussant(s): Cheryl Mattingly AESTHETIC REGIMES AND THE POLITICS OF THE SENSORY Chair(s): Britt E Halvorson Organizer(s): Emanuela Grama, Bridget L Guarasci Participant(s): Denise Lawrence–Zuniga, Yazan H Doughan, Bridget L Guarasci, Britt E Halvorson Discussant(s): Emanuela Grama CONJURING THE URBAN FUTURE: INDIAN CITIES AND THEIR “WORLD–CLASS” PURSUITS Chair(s): Llerena G Searle Organizer(s): D Asher Ghertner Participant(s): Llerena G Searle, Nikhil Anand, D Asher Ghertner, Sapana Doshi, Diya Mehra, Jonathan S Anjaria, Arjun Appadurai THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE IN THE POSTSOCIALIST PRESENT Chair(s): Hadley Z Renkin Organizer(s): Dace A Dzenovska, Hadley Z Renkin Participant(s): Karolina Szmagalska, Dace A Dzenovska, Justine B Quijada, Data Dea Barata, Hadley Z Renkin Discussant(s): Bruce Grant LANGUAGING IN THE MEDIA: REPRESENTATIONS, ENGAGEMENT AND IDEOLOGIES Chair(s): Tommaso M Milani Organizer(s): Alexandra M Jaffe Participant(s): Tommaso M Milani, Barbara Johnstone, Emily McEwan–
TECHNOLOGY, MASCULINITY AND MODERNITY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Hirofumi Katsuno Participant(s): Satsuki Takahashi, Paul S Hansen, Hirofumi Katsuno, Fumitaka Wakamatsu Discussant(s): James E Roberson THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UDHR: ANTHROPOLOGY, POLITICS, HISTORY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Edgar Krebs Participant(s): Anthony Pagden, Edgar Krebs, Poul Duedahl, Carol Anderson, Alan Campbell Discussant(s): Harald E Prins, Henrika Kuklick CAUSE, COMMODITY AND CRITIQUE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Mireille McLaughlin Participant(s): Mireille McLaughlin, Donna Patrick, Lindsay A Bell, Mary E Richards, Luisa Martin Rojo Discussant(s): Monica Heller BECOMING INSTITUTIONAL OTHERS?: RACIAL TROPES IN US URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS Chair(s): Laurence Ralph Organizer(s): Laurence Ralph, Jonathan D Rosa Participant(s): Amy E Brown, Naomi B Reed, Damien M Schnyder, Jonathan D Rosa, Laurence Ralph Discussant(s): Michael Ralph RITUALS IN MODERN SOCIETIES: AN EXPLORATION OF THE USE OF RITUAL IN VICTIMIZATION Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Dana Raphael Participant(s): William F Guinee, Letty Lincoln, Connie Valentine, Randy Noblitt Discussant(s): John R Baker CONTESTING WOMEN’S PLACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Chair(s): Anne Bennett Participant(s): Miriam R Gould, Amel Fahmy, Lindsay A Gifford, Anne Bennett, Amina U Tawasil WAR, DEBT AND CHARITY Chair(s): Christopher E Garces Participant(s): Conerly C Casey, Mihir A Pandya, Jennifer Hsieh, Evan Killick, Christopher E Garces ETHNO–CONNECTIONS OF FOOD, NUTRITION, HEALTH AND POLICY Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Valerie E Foster Participant(s): Valerie E Foster, Mariaelisa Graff, Ty S Matejowsky, Elaine G Gerber, Joylin
Namie, Leslie E Carlin RECONFIGURING FAMILY AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN EUROPE Chair(s): Caterina F Anderson Participant(s): Inna Leykin, Venetia Kantsa, Laura AM Vares, Caterina F Anderson, Christine Suck, Andrea C Mazzarino THE VISUAL PRODUCTION OF PAST AND PRESENT IDENTITIES IN THE AMERICAS Chair(s): Thomas Gregor Participant(s): Thomas Gregor, Ryan B Anderson, Susan Falls, Alicia JM. Colson, Trudi L Smith, Junaid A Rana FOOD AND CULTURE Chair(s): LeeRay M Costa Participant(s): Jolie N Nahigian, Goncalo Santos, Sveinn Sigurdsson, LeeRay M Costa DISCERNMENT IN DEVOTIONAL PRACTICES Chair(s): Jacqueline H Fewkes Participant(s): Anne Pryor, Julie A Jenkins, Jacqueline H Fewkes, Paivi Hasu REBUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Chair(s): Cheryl S Ajirotutu Participant(s): Cheryl S Ajirotutu, Beth Bruinsma Chang, Thomas Lyons, Kirk Dombrowski EASTERN EUROPE IN A GLOBAL AGE Chair(s): Lisa Pope Fischer Participant(s): Lisa Pope Fischer, Tatiana Tchoudakova, Kathleen Young, Tina M Palivos ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, BIODIVERSITY AND CONTESTED SPACES Chair(s): Rodrigo G Guimaraes Participant(s): Rodrigo G Guimaraes, Rebecca Ellis, Cassie M Hays, Analia Villagra ANTHROPOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION(S): MATERIAL CULTURE, PERFORMANCE AND MEDIA Chair(s): Sarah A Nohe Participant(s): Eric Dickerson, Steffan I Ayora–Diaz, Juan Thomas Ordonez, Martin RRosales, Theresa M Preston–Werner, Sarah A Nohe, Natalie M Underberg
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CHILD HEALTH Chair(s): Sarah Orndorff Organizer(s): Lauren Fordyce, Sarah Orndorff Participant(s): Sarah Orndorff, Lauren Fordyce, Noga Weiner, Matthew R Dudgeon, Qingyan Ma, Aaron R Denham, Anne–Marie Niekamp, Alison B Hamilton, Aminata Maraesa, Vania Smith–Oka Discussant(s): Laury Oaks, Carole H Browner Invited Session: THE CULTURES OF CHRISTIAN CONVERSION (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee and AAA Melanesia Interest Group) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): John Barker Participant(s): John Barker, Robert L Welsch, Laurie L Zadnik, Courtney J Handman, Sandra Widmer, Kun–Hui Ku, Yannick Fer, Aparecida Maria Vilaca, Andrew Orta, Aristoteles Barcelos Neto, Frederic B Laugrand Discussant(s): Dan Jorgensen, Rita S Kipp WHAT DO WE LEARN BY DOING LONG TERM FIELDWORK? Chair(s)/Organizer(s): James M Taggart Participant(s): Edith L Turner, Maria G Cattell, Frank A Salamone, Brian Moeran, Mitchell W Sedgwick, Lynn A Meisch, Catharine L Good, David L Robichaux, Alan R Sandstrom, Jeanne Simonelli, Heidi Kelley, Fran Markowitz, Robin Ridington, Rhoda Halperin, Bruce Grindal ETHNOGRAPHIES OF THE RECORD: THE CODES OF INCLUSION Chair(s): Joseph D Hankins Organizer(s): Rocio Magana, Catherine K Fennell Participant(s): Khiara M Bridges, Catherine K Fennell, Alvaro E Jarrin, Caroline McLoughlin, Maryna Yevgenivna Bazylevych, Sandhya Ganapathy, Rocio Magana, Kristin J Skrabut, Sohini Kar, Callie Maidhof Discussant(s): Summerson Carr, Marcy Brink–Danan QUEER ROUTES AND CRITICAL REGIONALITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND “ASIA” Chair(s): Mark Johnson Organizer(s): Mark Johnson, Gayatri Gopinath Participant(s): Gayatri Gopinath, Ara Wilson, Antonia Chao, Thomas P Gibson, Caroline Osella, Eufracio C Abaya, Paul Boyce, Michael G Peletz Discussant(s): Martin F Manalansan THE FRONTIERS OF RISK AND SECURITY Chair(s): Andrew Lakoff Organizer(s): Robert Samet, Emily C Cohen, Austin G Zeiderman Participant(s): Brian Axel, Mark P Whitaker,
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CONFRONTING VIOLENCE IN POST–WAR GUATEMALA Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Michelle J Bellino, Thomas A Offit Participant(s): Jacob Lesniewski, Yoshinobu Ota, Rachel A Hall– Clifford, Patricia Foxen, Jennifer L Burrell, Thomas A Offit, Avery Dickins de Girón, Eva Kalny, Ellen J Sharp, Brent E Metz, Doc M Billingsley, Michelle J Bellino, M Gabriela Torres Discussant(s): Timothy J Smith, Victoria D Sanford
SYMBOLIC AFFINITIES, PRAGMATIC ENGAGEMENTS: SHAPING LATIN AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE WORK OF NORMAN AND DOROTHEA SCOTT WHITTEN, PART 2 Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Kathleen Fine–Dare Participant(s): Jean M Rahier, Arlene Torres, Diego Quiroga, Rachel Corr, Jonathan D Hill, Mary–Elizabeth Reeve, Michael A Uzendoski, Eduardo Kohn, Michael L Cepek Discussant(s): William T Vickers, Michael F Brown, Norman E Whitten
CIVILIZING CHILDREN: THE LAST PRIMITIVES? Chair(s): Eva Gulloev Organizer(s): Sally D Anderson Participant(s): Noel E Dyck, Ushio Miura, Eva Gulloev, Gillian M Evans, Laura Gilliam, Laura M Rival, Sally D Anderson, Alma Gottlieb, Karen Fog Olwig, Lotte Louise Bach, Adrie Kusserow Discussant(s): Bradley A Levinson, Liisa H Malkki RACING HOME: RACE, SEX AND TRANSNATIONAL DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES Chair(s): Sylvia J Yanagisako Organizer(s): Aisha M Beliso–DeJesus, Sima Shakhsari Participant(s): Neha Vora, Katya D Wesolowski, Aisha M Beliso–DeJesus, Marlon M Bailey, Attiya Ahmad, Lalaie Ameeriar, Sima Shakhsari Discussant(s): Barnor Hesse, Gayatri Gopinath
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NEW TERRITORIALITIES: ENTITLEMENTS, RULE AND CITIZENSHIP Chair(s): Monique C M Nuijten Organizer(s): Monique C M Nuijten, Juliet S Erazo, Yves Pierre Benoit Leynseele Participant(s): Yves Pierre Benoit Leynseele, David Lorenzo, Juliet S Erazo, Michael J Hathaway, Francine F Olde Heuvelt Discussant(s): Jake Kosek, Nancy Lee Peluso ECSTATIC CATHOLICISM AND THE GLOBAL CULT OF MARY Chair(s): Ellen Badone Organizer(s): Katherine Boris Dernbach, Jennifer N Sime Participant(s): Katherine Boris Dernbach, Wade R Glenn, Ana M Bacigalupo, Hisako Omori, Stephen L Selka, Joyce M Bishop, Jennifer N Sime, Lisa M Bitel, Judith Samson, Sanne Derks, Jill Dubisch Discussant(s): Ellen Badone, Ellen Badone
THE SOCIALITY OF DRINKING: CROSS– CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ALCOHOL AND PERSONHOOD Chair(s): Magnus Course Organizer(s): Mette M High Participant(s): Eve M Zucker, Mette M High, Magnus Course, Roland S Moore, Casey R High, Daniele Moretti, W Wilson Will, Barbara A Bodenhorn, Joseph J Long, Lee Strunin Discussant(s): Josep M Comelles, Stanley H Brandes
Invited Session: CORPORATE OXYMORONS: ENTRY POINTS INTO THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF CAPITALISM (Sponsored by SCA) Chair(s): Stuart Kirsch Organizer(s): Peter Benson, Stuart Kirsch Participant(s): Peter Benson, Adriana M Petryna, Kim Fortun, Christopher M Kelty, Suzana M Sawyer, Stuart Kirsch Discussant(s): Robert J Foster
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH IDENTITY Chair(s): Chelsea Blackmore Participant(s): John M Chenoweth, C Broughton Anderson, Ben MShields, Hilary A Soderland, Chelsea Blackmore, John Gust, Liza A Gijanto, Justin M Jennings, Lisa Overholtzer, Olivia C Navarro Farr, Anatole Pohorilenko, Christine A Hastorf,
FIELDWORK AND THE CO–PRODUCTION OF INTERPERSONAL AND THEORETICAL ENGAGEMENTS Chair(s): Jessica M Smith Organizer(s): Sherina Feliciano–Santos Introduction: Jessica M Smith Participant(s): Jessica M Smith, Sherina Feliciano–Santos, Kelly N Fayard, Emily A Wentzell, Claire E Insel
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Discussant(s): Lanita Jacobs–Huey ARCHITECTING CONTINGENCY: KNOWLEDGE, POWER AND CHANCE IN VIRTUAL WORLDS Chair(s): Alex J Golub Organizer(s): Thomas M Malaby, Alex J Golub Participant(s): E Gabriella Coleman, Christopher D Damitio, Alex J Golub, Thomas M Malaby, Bonnie Nardi Discussant(s): Timothy J Burke MOBILITY MENTALITIES: MOVING THROUGH URBAN SPACES IN ASIA Chair(s): Beth E Notar Organizer(s): Joshua Roth Participant(s): Jun Zhang, Beth E Notar, Elizabeth F Vann, Joshua Roth Discussant(s): Emily K Chao, Helen F Siu PATIENTS, PRESCRIPTIONS AND POWER: NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF MEDICAL COMPLIANCE Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Michael J Oldani Participant(s): Ian Whitmarsh, Jerry E Floersch, Roberto Abadie, Kelly A McKinney, Michael J Oldani Discussant(s): Kalman Applbaum WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ART? BRIDGING THE WORLDS OF ART, RITUAL AND SCIENCE IN TEACHING, FIELDWORK AND PRACTICE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Andrea M Heckman, Liam M Buckley Participant(s): Andrea M Heckman, Lara Stein Pardo, Wendy B Dickinson, Tara A Holland, Mark R Westmoreland Discussant(s): Morgan Perkins, Liam M Buckley THE INCLUSIVE CITY: AFRICAN IMAGINARIES Chair(s): Ruti Talmor Organizer(s): Ruti Talmor, Deborah Pellow Participant(s): William Bissell, David A Eaton, Jon P Kirby, Anne S Lewinson, Deborah Pellow, Ruti Talmor, Ruth P Wilson Invited Session: RITUAL, MYTH AND MIND: SESSION IN HONOR OF CLAUDE LÉVI– STRAUSS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY (Sponsored by GAD and SHA) Chair(s): David Koester Organizer(s): David Koester, Patrick Plattet Participant(s): Claude Macherel, Patrick Plattet, Thierry J E Wendling, Sveta Yamin–Pasternak, David Koester Discussant(s): Patrick J Menget TOWARD A NEW SEMIOTIC ANTHROPOLOGY:
SOCIAL THEORIES OF MEANING, MOVEMENT AND SUBJECT FORMATION Chair(s): Jillian R Cavanaugh Organizer(s): Ayala Fader, Shalini Shankar Participant(s): Jillian R Cavanaugh, Ayala Fader, Graham M Jones, Shalini Shankar, Betsy Rymes Discussant(s): Webb Keane TRANSFORMATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS: REFLECTIONS ON LONG–TERM FIELD RESEARCH IN GREECE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Diane O’Rourke, Deborah R Altamirano Participant(s): Deborah R Altamirano, Diane O’Rourke, Peter S Allen, Margaret E Kenna, Neni E Panourgia Discussant(s): Anastasia N Panagakos, Roland S Moore BIOSOCIALITY WITHOUT BORDERS: CITIZENSHIP AND SUBJECTIVITY IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD Chair(s): Ippolytos A Kalofonos Organizer(s): Thurka Sangaramoorthy, Ippolytos A Kalofonos Participant(s): Ippolytos A Kalofonos, Jennifer A Liu, Thurka Sangaramoorthy, Amy Moran Thomas Discussant(s): Carlos Novas, Philippe Bourgois Invited Session: FIVE FIELDS UPDATE (Sponsored by SACC) Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Rob Edwards Participant(s): Dennis A Etler, Carolyn Martin Shaw, Kent Lightfoot, June A English–Lueck Discussant(s): Leanne Hinton ENGAGING IDENTITIES IN THE CLINIC: CONFLICTS, TENSIONS AND CRITIQUES OF SELF–CONCEPTS Chair(s): Theodore K Gideonse Organizer(s): Timothy M Hall Participant(s): Timothy M Hall, Elizabeth A Carpenter–Song, Sadeq Rahimi, Theodore K Gideonse, Adia Benton Discussant(s): Elizabeth A Davis DISCOURSE–BASED APPROACHES TO NARRATIVE: STANCE, IDENTITY, RESPONSIBILITY, MEMORY, TRADITION Chair(s): Maggie Ronkin Organizer(s): Minerva Oropeza, Joanne Neff–van Aertselaer Introduction: Maggie Ronkin Participant(s): Joanne Neff–van Aertselaer, Maris Thompson, Maarit H Niemela, Maggie Ronkin, Jill Brody, Patrick J Moore, John M Conley, RMcKenna Brown, Natasha M Azarian, Bradford S Strickland, Minerva Oropeza, Kyoim Yun
EMBODIED ENGAGEMENTS: SHIFTING SUBJECTIVITIES IN ETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Alexis Bunten, Naomi M Leite Introduction: Naomi M Leite Participant(s): Alexis Bunten, Shalini R Ayyagari, Jennifer Tucker, SMegan Mulet, Celia Weiss Bambara Discussant(s): Fran Markowitz THE SOCIAL LIVES OF NATURE: LANDSCAPE AND INCLUSION/EXCLUSION IN A RE(B)ORDERED EUROPE Chair(s): Adrian J Ivakhiv Organizer(s): Bettina Y Stoetzer Participant(s): Heath Cabot, Bettina Y Stoetzer, Eunice L Blavascunas, Adrian J Ivakhiv, Oana Mateescu Discussant(s): Pamela L Ballinger OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUSION, COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW MEDIA Chair(s): Lalitha M Vasudevan Organizer(s): Kate T Anderson Participant(s): Amy J Bach, Karen L Michaelson, Korina M Jocson, Kate T Anderson, Mark E Nelson, Elisabeth Johnson Invited Session: AN EMPIRE OF GOVERNANCE? DISJUNCTURES IN THE ANTICORRUPTION INDUSTRY (Sponsored by AAA Executive Program Committee) Chair(s): Raymond June Organizer(s): Raymond June Participant(s): Babken V Babajanian, Steven Sampson, Ruoyun Bai, Smoki Musaraj, Giorgio Blundo, Martin J Webb Discussant(s): Janine R Wedel DIVIDING SUBJECTS, BLURRING PREEMPTION, AND THE CITIZEN–NONCITIZEN DIVIDE Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Luis F B Plascencia Participant(s): Faith G Nibbs, De Ann Pendry, Luis F B Plascencia INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, IDENTITIES, AND EDUCATION: RESEARCH IN MULTIPLE CONTEXTS Chair(s): Beth R Leonard Organizer(s): Melissa J Rickey Introduction: Beth R Leonard Participant(s): Hyejin Nah, Patricio R Ortiz, Noemie N Waldhubel, Melissa J Rickey, Leisy T Wyman Discussant(s): Ray Barnhardt EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGICS OF CAPITAL Chair(s): Joseph Dumit Organizer(s): Kristin
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Peterson Participant(s): Joseph Dumit, Kristin Peterson, P Sean Brotherton, Michelle Murphy Discussant(s): Julia Elyachar STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE: OUTLINE OF MULTICULTURALISM IN JAPAN Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Kensuke Sumii Participant(s): Kensuke Sumii, Mitzi Uehara Carter, John J Ertl, Yoko Ikari Discussant(s): Nelson H Graburn BODY OF WORK: MIGRANTS AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RISK Chair(s): Megan A Sheehan Organizer(s): Robin C Reineke Participant(s): Megan A Sheehan, Prescott L Vandervoet, Daniel Eduardo Martinez, Francisco JBaires, Robin C Reineke, Allison R Davis Discussant(s): Linda Green GLOBALIZATION FROM BELOW: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMITTANCES, MICROFINANCE AND TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Chair(s): Paule C Takash Organizer(s): Paule C Takash Introduction: Paule C Takash Discussant(s): Raul A Hinojosa Ojeda, David Griffith, Isabel Cruz Hernandez LABOUR, WORKERS AND CORPORATE ORGANIZATION IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE Chair(s): Luke Plurkowski Participant(s): Francisco Arqueros, Liang Wu, Daena A Funahashi, Andrew S MacNaughton, Ed Chung, Luke Plurkowski Discussant(s): Michael Chibnik YOUTH AND TRANSGRESSION IN EUROPE Chair(s): Ahmet Yukleyen Participant(s): Airi–Alina Allaste, Jack Murphy, Elana F Resnick, Ahmet Yukleyen, Rachel Donkersloot GLOBAL MEDIA, JOURNALISM AND THE POLITICS OF RECEPTION Chair(s): Richard B Pace Participant(s): Richard B Pace, Amy E Cox, Sarina R Pearson, Sophia Powers, Carlos D Torres, Kristin L Dowell, Shanti H Avirgan Invited Session: INSIDE OUT: SPACE, PLACE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY (Sponsored by NASA) Chair(s)/Introduction: Dennis L Ward Participant(s): Dennis L Ward, Philip A
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10:15 am–12:45 pm NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN INTERACTION Chair(s): Elizabeth Keating Organizer(s): Elizabeth Keating, Chiho Sunakawa Inoue Participant(s): Chiho Sunakawa Inoue, Leighton C Peterson, Qing Zhang, Josh Iorio, John Handy Bosma, Elizabeth Keating Discussant(s): Lucy Suchman
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2008 FILM, VIDEO AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA SCREENING PROGRAM Society for Visual Anthropology, American Anthropological Association
Wednesday, November 19
12:00 pm–4:40 pm Americana and Immigration II
3:00 pm–7:00 pm
12:00 pm
3:00 pm 4:35 pm 4:50 pm 5:21 pm 5:41 pm 5:59 pm 6:18 pm 6:33 pm
World Ethnographies I
Jean-Luc Chevé, Holy Week in Sicily (La Settimana Santa Sicilienne) Hector Alarcon, Tunnel Vision Adam Fish, World of Wonder: Queer Television Kyi Phyu Shin, A Sketch of Wathone (in The Art of Documentary Editing) Lay Thida, Just a Boy (in The Art of Documentary Editing) Shin Daewa, Like Father, Like Son (in The Art of Documentary Editing) Thu Thu Shein, A Million Threads (in The Art of Documentary Editing) Break and Discussion
7:00 pm–9:00 pm
SVA Film, Video and Interactive Media Festival Awards Ceremony
Circe Sturm, Texas Tavola: A Taste of Sicily in the Lone Star State 12:39 pm Daniel B Gold and Judith Helfand, Everything’s Cool 2:14 pm Joseph Sousa, Festa 3:04 pm Jeremy Rocklin, Dollars and Dreams: West Africans in New York 4:14 pm J Fredrick Dent, Jorge Campos, Shoemaker 4:19 pm Break and Discussion 4:40 pm–8:15 pm America Without a Blush 4:40 pm 6:08 pm 6:27 pm 7:25 pm 7:57 pm
Rick Widmer, American Fair Monique Derenia, Why Not Dad? Steve Delano, No Bigger Than a Minute Alice Arnold, Teeth Discussion
Friday, November 21 8:00 am–12:27 pm
7:00 pm 7:53 pm 8:15 pm 8:30 pm
8:50 pm
Short Clips of Award Winners Tadashi Nakamura, Pilgrimage (Best Short Film) Discussion with the filmmaker Kate Hennessy and Amber Ridington, Dane Wajich: Dane-zaa Stories and Songs, Dreamers and the Land (Jean Rouch Award) From Behind the Lens in New Guinea to in Front of Classrooms Everywhere: A Retrospective of Karl G Heider’s Ethnographic Films
Thursday, November 20 8:00 am–12:00 pm Americana and Immigration I 8:00 am
9:15 am 9:26 am 10:08 am 11:23 am 11:45 am
Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar, Made in LA Laura Terruso, The Last Butcher in Little Italy Matthew Durington, Record Store Mitch Teplitsky, Soy Andina Tadashi Nakamura,+ Pilgrimage (Best Short Film) Break and Discussion
Kate Hennessy and Amber Ridington, Dane Wajich: Dane-zaa Stories and Songs, Dreamers and the Land (Jean Rouch Award) 3:05 pm Break and Discussion 3:20 pm–8:00 pm 3:20 pm 4:16 pm 5:17 pm 6:20 pm
Elvira Dones, Sworn Virgins Franco Sacchi, This is Nollywood Susan Vogel, The Future of Mud Aoife Nugen, Allan Shinohara, Peter Scheele, and Nozomi Ito, On the Other Side 7:16 pm Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, Baby-Dropping and Firewalking Rituals (in Music for a Goddess, Part III, Ch 12) 7:30 pm Sarah Taylor, Gracias a los Gringos 7:48 pm Discussion
Saturday, November 22 8:00 am–12:46 pm
Native Americans
8:00 am Suree Towfighnia, Standing Silent Nation 8:58 am Catherine Mullins, Being Innu 9:56 am Erwin Wagenhofer, We Feed the World 11:34 am Bennie Klain and Leighton C Peterson, Weaving Worlds (Award of Commendation) 12:31 pm Break and Discussion 12:46 pm–3:15 pm Race, Class and Economy I 12:46 pm
Collaborative Filmmaking and Participatory Research
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Jennifer Adair and Michelle Keys, Beginning a New Life: Caring for Infants in an Orphanage Setting 12:46 pm Margie Connolly and Chris Simon, Visit with Respect 1:01 pm Laura R Graham, David Hernández Palmar and Caimi Waiásse, Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration Over Rivers 1:41 pm Berit Madsen and Anne Mette Jorgensen, Friends, Fools, Family: Rouch’s Collaborators in Niger
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World Ethnographies II
Middle East and War
8:00 am Ya-Hsuan Huang, Through the Negev 8:22 am Jack Silberman, Raised to be Heroes 9:20 am Roxanne Varzi, Plastic Flowers Never Die 9:54 am John Pilger, The War on Democracy 11:32 am Emily C Cohen, IVAW Presents Operation First Casualty 11:40 am Brandon Kohrt, Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal’s Maoist Army (Best Student Film) 12:10 pm Break and Discussion 12:27 pm–3:20 pm
2:45 pm
Laura Pacheco and John de Graaf, The Motherhood Manifesto Dawn Logsdon, Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (Award of Commendation) Break and Discussion
3:15 pm–8:00 pm
Race, Class and Economy II
3:15 pm Marc Isaacs, All White in Barking 4:33 pm Charles Menzies and Jennifer Rashleigh, Weather the Storm 5:12 pm Liz Miller, The Water Front 6:10 pm Marco Williams, Banished (Award of Commendation) 7:34 pm Edward S Curtis, In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
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Charles Cheney, Mari Clarke, TJ Ferguson, Lance Gravle, Faye Harrison, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Barbara Rose Johnson, Marjorie Kagawa Singer, Bill Leap, Setha Low, Amy Snipes, Linda Whiteford
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Carla Freeman and Julia Paley American Ethnological Society Benedict J Colombi Anthropology & Environment Section Lisa Frink and Stephen Silliman Archeology Division David S Turkon and Maria G Cattell Association for Africanist Anthropology Donna F Murdock and Lara Deeb Association for Feminist Anthropology Christopher Timura Association for Political & Legal Anthropology Marla Frederick Association of Black Anthropologists Carmen Ferradas and Vilma Santiago-Irizzary Association of Latina & Latino Anthropologists David Himmelgreen Biological Anthropology Section Claude Jacobs Central States Anthropological Society Alex Barker Council for Museum Anthropology Ellen Skilton-Sylvester and Thea Renda Abu El-Haj Council on Anthropology & Education Todd Crane Culture & Agriculture John Patton Evolutionary Anthropology Section Samuel R Cook General Anthropology Division Laura Deeb and Sherine Hamdy Middle East Section Kate Gillogly National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Marcy Hessling National Association of Student Anthropologists Rebecca L Stein-Frankle Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges Peter Peregrine and David P Kennedy Society for Anthropological Sciences Stacy Pigg and Danilyn Rutherford Society for Cultural Anthropology Gordon Mathews Society for East Asian Anthropology Frederic W Gleach and Vilma Santiago-Irizarry Society for Humanistic Anthropology Travis Dubry Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology Kira Hall Society for Linguistic Anthropology Thomas Leatherman and Carolyn Smith Morris Society for Medical Anthropology Rebecca Lester Society for Psychological Anthropology Stephen D Glazier Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Sascha L Goluboff Society for the Anthropology of Europe John Brett and Barbara Piperata Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Sarah Horton Society for the Anthropology of North America Melissa L Caldwell Society for the Anthropology of Religion Charles Menzies and Lourdes Gutierrez Najera Society for the Anthropology of Work Deborah Pellow Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology Kate Hennessy and Aaron Glass Society for Visual Anthropology Margot Weiss and Nais Dave Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists
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