2010 Podcasts

1

New Technologies and Communication Flows Part 1

CHAIR: REYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London)

Session Participants:

CROWDER, Jerome and WILSON, Jessica (U Houston) Mobile Devices as Communication Portals in Southeast Houston. Aparatos Móbiles como Portales de Comunicación en el Sureste de Houston
SMITH, Daniel Jordan (Brown U) “Flash Me, I Flash You”: Cell Phones and Nigeria’s Sexual Economy in the Era of AIDS. “Deslúmbrame, Yo Te Deslumbraré”: Teléfonos Celulares y la Economía Sexual de Nigeria en la Era del SIDA
BULLED, Nicola (U Connecticut) The Role of the Internet in the Emergent Health-Seeking Model of University Students in Connecticut. El Papel de la Internet en el Modelo Emergente de Procuración de Salud de los Estudiantes Unversitarios de Connecticut
NEW, Elizabeth (U Kentucky) Hillbillies in Cyberspace: Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes in a Virtual World. “Hillbillies” (Gente de Monte) en el Ciberespacio: Confrontando Estereotipos Apalaches en un Mundo Virtual

Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

New Technologies and Communication Flows Part 2

CHAIR: REYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London)

Session Participants:

STEVENSON, Judith (CSU-Long Beach) Sociocultural Standpoints and Reactions to Representations of African Identity in a Globalization Curriculum. Puntos de Vista Socioculturales y Reacciones Hacia Representaciones de la Identidad Africana en un Currículo Globalizador
MEDHAT, Katayoun T. (U Coll-London) “Ill Seen, Ill Said”: The Processing of Community Conflict through Local Media Web Forums. “Mal Visto, Mal Dicho”: Procesando el Conflicto Comunitario a Través de Foros de Medios de Comunicación Locales
REYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London) Building Equality Internationally through Policy and Online Student Activism. Construyendo Igualdad Internacionalmente Mediante Políticas y Activismo Estudiantil en la Red

Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

2

Global Research on Gender-Based Violence: Where Does Anthropology Fit?

CHAIR: HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)

ABSTRACT: This panel addresses the growing literature on gender-based violence here in the United States and around the world. Panelists will discuss critical issues such as how anthropologists approach this topic, what we offering in terms of policy and practical solutions, and what it would mean for the discipline if we were to adopt a universally accepted terminology as part of our theorizing. Presenters will address how anthropology's passion for difference contributes in meaningful and illuminating ways to the debate over what can be done to decrease and prevent instances of gender-based violence around the world.

DISCUSSANT: HAUTZINGER, Sarah (Colorado Coll)

Session Participants:

WIES, Jennifer (Xavier U) and HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)
BESKE, Melissa (Tulane U)
FRIEDERIC, Karin (U Arizona)
COY, Kathleen (Xavier U)

Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

3

Sexual Risk Perceptions and Behaviors: Anthropologically Informed STI/HIV Prevention Reasearch around the Globe (SMA)

CHAIRS: RAGSDALE, Kathleen (Miss State U) and RODLACH, Alexander (Creighton U)

ABSTRACT: Medical anthropologists recognize that research to address sexual risk (such as non-condom use with partner/s of unknown STI/HIV status) and other risk behaviors that increase vulnerability to STI/HIV must encompass the gender, socioeconomic, cultural and political contexts that shape perceptions of risk and influence patterns of risk behavior. Drawing on research in Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, the US, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, we explore the diversity of risk perceptions, behaviors, and vulnerabilities that can expose diverse populations to STI and HIV acquisition and the ways that STI/HIV prevention efforts can be informed and improved thorough anthropologically sound research.

Session Participants:

COPELAND, Toni (Miss State U)
FRANK, Emily (Indiana U)
KATSULIS, Yasmina (Arizona State U), DURFEE, Alesha, PhD (Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University) and LOPEZ, Vera, PhD (Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Arizona State University)
RAGSDALE, Kathleen (Miss State U), READ, Rebecca (U Alabama), MASON, Kimberly and ST. LAWRENCE, Janet S. (Miss State U)
RODLACH, Alexander (Creighton U)
ROMERO-DAZA, Nancy and HIMMELGREEN, David (U S Florida), and FREIDUS, Andrea (Michigan State U)

Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

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Educating for Action: The Past and Future of Creating Critically Engaged Anthropologists

CHAIR: HENRY, Doug (U N Texas)

ABSTRACT: Understanding and explicating pedagogical philosophy and praxis are crucial for guiding the preparation of future practicing anthropologists.  UNT faculty, graduates, and current students present completed research and works-in-progress as examples of how training can develop a critically engaged habitus, both inside the academy and out. Presentations will focus on class projects, community collaborations, and innovative instruction, as they foster an applied praxis surrounding assessing community needs, engaging stakeholders, evaluating programs, and empowering populations.  This session is inspired by the 10th anniversary of the Applied Anthropology graduate program at the University of North Texas.

DISCUSSANT: BURNS, Allan F. (U Florida)

Session Participants:

KERSEY, Jen Cardew (Intrepid Consultants)
SHAW, Bryan (Johns Hopkins)
WASHINGTON, Keahnan and HENRY, Lisa (U N Texas)
ROBLEDO, Andrea (Indiana U-Bloomington) and NUÑEZ-JANES, Mariela (U N Texas)
HUELSMAN, Jocelyn, LIAO, Louis, TUCKNESS, Andrea, RYAN, Chris, and BALINE, Matthew, METCALF, Crysta (Motorola), and WASSON, Christina (U N Texas)

Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

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Yes, We Can! Anthropologists Impact Public Policy Part 1

CHAIR: EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)

ABSTRACT: As applied anthropologists, our work frequently has the potential to inform the development of public policy.  However, the knowledge generated by applied anthropologists does not usually penetrate the policy conversation. The papers in this session will provide examples of exceptions.  After a brief review of social theories of policy development, the presenters will relate their experiences generating policy relevant information and working with traditionally disenfranchised communities to influence the policy process in administrative and legislative contexts at the state and federal levels.

DISCUSSANT: DOWNING, Theodore (U Arizona)

EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)
LEWIS, Nancy Owen (Sch for Adv Rsch)
RUBINSTEIN, Robert A. and CORNELL, Caitlin (Syracuse U), HODGENS, Alexander (LeMoyne Coll), and LANE, Sandra D. (Syracuse U)
EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)

Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Yes, We Can! Anthropologists Impact Public Policy Part 2

CHAIR: EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)

DISCUSSANT: DOWNING, Theodore (U Arizona)

HEYMAN, Josiah (UT-El Paso)
AUSTIN, Diane (U Arizona)
REGIS, Helen A. (Louisiana State U)

Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

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Ethnographic Challenges of New Organizational Forms

CHAIR: BATTEAU, Allen W. (Wayne State U)

ABSTRACT: Even as anthropology has come to grips with rationalized, instrumental organizations (business firms, public agencies, and not-for-profit institutions), these organizations continue to evolve into new, hybrid forms:  public-private partnerships, revenue-generating social networking, creative business models, and virtual and ad hoc organizations are a few examples of how the organizational form is evolving in unexpected ways.  Simultaneously, other forms, such as family firms, show surprising resilience. Situated ethnography, with its touchstone the immediacy of experience, is challenged by these new organizational forms.  This session explores how ethnographers are approaching the emergence of new organizational forms and the resilience of traditional forms.

Session Participants:

BUENO, Carmen (U Iberoamericana)
JOSEFA SANTOS, Maria (UNAM)
GLUESING, Julia (Wayne State U)
GOLDMACHER, Amy (Wayne State U)
PÉREZ LIZAUR, Marisol (U Iberoamericana)

Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

7

Innovations in Applied Anthropology Methods Part 1

CHAIR: FREIDENBERG, Judith (U Maryland)

Session Participants:

GREENAWALT, David (SmartRevenue Inc) Pile Sorts to Planograms: Applying Anthropology in Shopper Research. Del Apilamiento al Planograma: Aplicando la Antropología a la Investigación de los Compradores

TOLEDO ORTIZ, Francisco (U Montréal) Social Exclusion in Leisure: Sport Habitus of the Elites in a Globalized World. Exclusión Social y Deporte: Hábitos Deportivos de las Élites en un Mundo Globalizado

FREIDENBERG, Judith (U Maryland) Researching Global Spaces Ethnographically: Queries on Methods for the Study of Virtual Populations. Investigando Etnográficamente Espacios Globales: Cuestionamientos sobre Métodos para el Estudio de Poblaciones Virtuales

O’DONNELL, Deborah A. and ROBERTS, Bill (St. Mary’s Coll-MD) Weaving Transnational Solidarity from the Catskills to Chiapas and Beyond. Tejiendo Solidaridad Transnacional desde las Catskills hasta Chiapas y Más Allá

Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Innovations in Applied Anthropology Part 2

CHAIR: FREIDENBERG, Judith (U Maryland)

Session Participants:

TAMIR, Orit (NM Highlands U) From Relocation to Life History: Twists and Turns of Long-Term Research in a Community. De la Relocalización a la Historia de Vida: Recovecos de la Investigación de Largo Plazo en una Comunidad

CASTRO, Pedro, CASTILLO, Teresa, and DICKINSON, Federico (Cinvestav-Merida), and GARCIA, Carmen (UADY) Participatory Research (PR) and Housing Building in a Vulnerable Community.Investigación Participativa (IP) y Construcción de Viviendas en una Comunidad Vulnerable

WILLEMS, Roos (Catholic U-Leuven) Putting into Question the Global Applicability of Participatory Approaches to Include Vulnerable Groups. Cuestionando la Aplicabilidad Global de Enfoques Participativos para Incluir a Grupos Vulnerables

Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

8

Travel, Infection, and Syndemology (SMA)

CHAIR: WILSON, Susan

Session Participants: 

GINSBURG, Ellen S. (Mass Coll of Pharmacy) Dental Tourists Will Travel. Turistas Dentales Viajarán

DICKSON-GOMEZ, Julia (CAIR, Med Coll Wisc) The Relationship between Macro and Micro-Social Factors on HIV Risk Behaviors and Prevalence in San Salvador, El Salvador. Las Relaciones entre los Factores Marcosociales y Microsociales en los Comportamientos de Riesgo para Contraer HIV y su Prevalencia en San Salvador, El Salvador

WILSON, Susan L. and HUTTLINGER, Kathleen (New Mexico State U) Pandemic Flu Knowledge and Behaviors among Dormitory Housed University Students. Conocimiento de la Pandemia de Gripe y Comportamientos entre Estudiantes de Dormitorios Universitarios

Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

9

The Role of Anthropology in Post-Earthquake Haiti: A Roundtable

CHAIR: TARTER, Andrew (U Florida)

ABSTRACT: Post-earthquake Haiti will continue to experience rapid changes over the months and years to come.  In addition to receiving large amounts of foreign aid, Haitians are coming into contact with a variety of other cultures via the influx of aid and development workers, the U.S. military, missionary groups, members of the Haitian diaspora abroad, and others.  Public debates and private conversations are taking place that may shape many different aspects of Haitian’s futures. What can anthropology contribute to these conversations and efforts to assist the Haitian people? In this round-table on post-earthquake Haiti, we will hear perspectives from a variety of sub-disciplines within anthropology, as we seek to adress this important question.

Roundable Participants: 

PROSPER, Mamyrah (Florida Int’l U)
KOONS, Adam (International Relief and Development, Inc.)​​​​​​​
WOLFSON, Amy (Florida Int’l U)​​​​​​​
PAGE, Bryan (U Miami)
BROWN, Peter (Emory U)

Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

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2010 SfAA Awards Ceremony: The Malinowski Award

Malinowski Award Recipient: Jean Schensul 

Introduced by: Margaret Weeks

Engaged Universities, Community Based Research Organizations and Third Sector Science in a Global System

Over the past three decades, since the civil rights era of the late 1960s and 70s, public science funding has shifted to support for military and industrial purposes and the health sciences. Most universities are now heavily subsidized through private sources, shifting the emphasis in research away from civic society engagement. Engaged scholarship and research conducted by, with and for communities are approaches that together have the potential to reinstate an emphasis on public scholarship that addresses structural inequities and social, health and cultural disparities. This paper argues that among various approaches to engaged social science, Action Research, endorsed by four generations of anthropologists in the United States, Canada and Latin America has the greatest potential to create knowledge that can be used to address social injustices at the local, national and international levels. Subsuming Action Research conducted by university centers, community based research organizations and other community partners under the rubric of Third Sector Science, the paper links third sector anthropologists with other national and global movements promoting action research to transform the nature of science and scientific knowledge production. It concludes with suggestions for new science and communication technology that can link people in communities with global social movements and the construction of new knowledge “from the ground up.”

Lecture took place on Friday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.