Podcasts were recorded in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
Christina Wasson, UNT Advisor
Jo Aiken, Chair
Angela Ramer
Ian Watt, Interactive Media
Molly Shade, Communications
Shane Pahl, Interactive Media
Randy Sparrazza, Sound
CHAIR: NUSSBAUM-BARBERENA, Laura (UIC).
ABSTRACT: Where organized groups and communities encounter slippages between their daily forms of interaction and their broader oppositional politics, they often attempt to implement widespread deliberate everyday actions that intentionally engage the politics of representation, incorporation, intersectionality, gender work and direct democracy, among others. Such practices (re-)structure motives, spaces, and methods of communication and interaction in the course of constructing nuanced forms of sociality within and beyond particular “communities.” This panel presents ethnographically grounded and theoretically connected accounts of deliberate transformations of everyday practices among organized groups.
Panel Participants:
NUSSBAUM-BARBERENA, Laura (UIC) “Our Arms Are Lengthening”: Disrupting Everyday Reproductions of Gender-Based Violence
COOK, Jennifer A. (UConn) ”Alguien quien te invite”: An Ethnography of Transnational Migrant Farmworker Employment Networks
SHANI, Serah (Yale U) The New York City Ghanaian Network Village
CHAIR: NUSSBAUM-BARBERENA, Laura (UIC)
DISCUSSANT: DOANE, Molly (UIC)
SCANLAN LYONS, Colleen Mary (UC) Using “Tools of Citizenship” to Build a New Bahia
RIOS, Aisha Angelyn (Temple U) Shelter Staff “Appreciation Days”: Intentional Conversations about Intersectionality and LGBTQI Intimate Partner Violence
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: PREISTER, Kevin (Ctr for Soc Ecology & Public Policy)
Session Participants:
CUSTRED, Glynn (CSUEB) Anthropology as an Integrated Science
VAN DOLAH, Elizabeth (UMD) Enhancing Anthropology’s Relevance: New Opportunities to Engage in Multi-Disciplinary Research
PREISTER, Kevin (Ctr for Soc Ecology & Public Policy) Social Ecology as Social Action Theory: A Model of Empowerment
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIRS: KATZ, Solomon H. (U Penn, World Food Forum), HOFFMAN, Susanna M. (Hoffman Consulting), and BRENTON, Barrett P. (St. John’s U).
ABSTRACT: An emerging consensus is that small, indigenous farmers have enormous potential to improve local food systems to alleviate hunger/poverty, more than "big-industrial-agriculture." However, realizing this consensus requires a degree of experience and sophistication in working with small peasant farmers that current global institutional agencies need. This indigenous focus fits the strengths of the anthropological model, which can provide paradigmatic and experiential bridges to facilitate knowledge exchange between traditional food producers and processors and outside agencies dedicated to help with technologically and economically sophisticated resources. This panel clarifies the causes and consequences of hunger/ malnutrition in light of new roles anthropologists can serve in creating sustainable solutions.
Session Participants:
KATZ, Solomon H. (U Penn, World Food Forum) Mapping Our Future Options - Creating Sustainable Solutions to the World Food Crisis: A 50 Year Anthropological Perspective on Avoiding Food Disasters
RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, M. Guadalupe (CIESAS) Supporting Small Scale Farmers on Behalf of the World Food and Agricultural Systems Future: The Case of Mexico and FAO (read by Lois Stanford)
BRENTON, Barrett and GADHOKE, Preety (St. John’s U) The Biocultural Paradox of Childhood Hunger and Obesity: Implications for Food Security and Public Health Policy and Applied Community-Based Interventions
DISCUSSANTS: MENCHER, Joan P. (CUNY) and STANFORD, Lois M. (NMSU)
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIRS: HEURTIN-ROBERTS, Suzanne (NCI, UMD) and HAMILTON, Alison B. (VA, UCLA)
ABSTRACT: A broad gap exists betweenhealth research findings and their real world implementation, which the interdisciplinary and still emerging field of implementation science (I.S.)seeks to bridge. Applied anthropology has a strong role to play in the development of implementation science as both strive to solve human problems in dynamic, complex, real-world settings, in real time. This panel presents several anthropologists’ work in implementation science as examples of what applied anthropology can offer. We will discuss how anthropology can and does clearly strengthen the implementation of health innovations. We will also consider some of the challenges met by implementation science as it matures.
Session Participants:
HEURTIN-ROBERTS, Suzanne (NCI, UMD) and FINLEY, Erin P. (VA) Anthropology and Implementation Science: Possibilities and Challenges
HAMILTON, Alison, ZUCHOWSKI, Jessica, STOCKDALE, Susan, HUYNH, Alexis, and RUBENSTEIN, Lisa (VA, UCLA) Making Sense of VA’s Medical Home Model: Key Stakeholder Perceptions during Early Implementation
MCCULLOUGH, Megan, SOLOMON, Jeffery, PETRAKIS, Beth Ann, and ROSE, Adam (VA) Middle Managers, Micro-Practices and Change: Examining the Dynamics between Implementation and Leadership in an Anticoagulation Care Improvement Initiative
CHAIRS: HEURTIN-ROBERTS, Suzanne (NCI, UMD) and HAMILTON, Alison B. (VA, UCLA)
Session Participants:
HARROD, Molly (VA) Who’s at Risk?: Understanding Healthcare Workers‚ Beliefs about the Necessity of Medical Practice Change
CADZOW, Renee B. (DYC) Urban Low-Income Adolescent Perceptions of Breastfeeding: Implications for Public Health Promotion
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIRS: BLOMBERG, Jeanette (IBM) and JORDAN, Brigitte (Lifescapes).
ABSTRACT: While many worry about the fate of Ethnography in the Age of Analytics, we argue that anthropology offers methodological resources and conceptual perspectives that can help us understand and navigate societal changes and potential threats posed by Big Data analytics. This Roundtable brings together researchers who have been exploring the serious, fateful, and sometimes amusing claims made by and about Big Data, data mining, and algorithmic analytics. In particular the Roundtable will address issues such as the nature and limits of big data, the politics of the algorithm, and the epistemological positioning of data analytics in relation to ethnography.
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Part 2
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: SANTEE, Amy (Empirical Rsch & Design)
ABSTRACT: More and more anthropologists are finding employment in the business world. But what is it actually like to work there? This session will feature an open discussion between attendees and five anthropologists who are in the early stages of their professional careers. They have worked as freelancers, researchers, consultants, and interns for Fortune 50 companies, consulting firms, design agencies, and other businesses. Audience questions are welcome, and topics may include the academy-to-business transition, practitioner issues, job roles, the anthropologist identity, and what life is like as a young professional-anthropologist in business
Roundtable Participants:
AIKEN, Jo (UNT)
DORNADIC, Alicia (Independent)
KERSEY, Jen Cardew (SapientNitro)
SCHILL, Elizabeth (Partnership for Public Service)
RIOS, Danyel (UNT)
Roundtable Discussion
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: RAMER, S. Angela (UNT)
ABSTRACT: The process of taking anthropology from the safety of the classroom into the chaos of the corporate office can be awkward, intimidating, and yet highly rewarding. It involves observing new rituals, learning new languages, and embracing cultural norms in “exotic” industry environments. This session presents a cumulative breadth of experiences from undergraduate studies through graduate theses and first jobs, to a return to academia after a career in industry. These lessons learned provide valuable insights for those considering a career path in business and design anthropology.
Session Participants:
PAHL, Shane (UNT) So You’re Interested in Business Anthropology, Now What?
RAMER, S. Angela (UNT) Design Research for Designer Clients: A Study of an Architecture Firm’s Own Workspace
SANTEE, Amy (Empirical Rsch & Design) What Are You Doing Here?: Making the Academy-to-Business Transition as a Practicing Anthropologist
TAYLOR, E. Gigi (TX State U) On Becoming an Anthropologist: The Transition from a Practicing Qualitative Researcher (“the Other”) to an Academically Trained Anthropologist (“Us”)
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: BEVER, Sandra Weinstein (Walden U)
ABSTRACT: Graduates with an anthropology degree are often faced with the question of how such a degree will help them reach their desired destination. The purpose of this session is to explore the ways to seek or create employment opportunities as anthropologists. We are a panel of working anthropologists whose trajectories, or “destinations,” have landed each of us outside of a traditional academic location. Despite our varied professional settings, we all utilize our anthropological background and training on a daily basis. Further, we argue that our anthropological “stamp” often sets us apart in our chosen professions.
Session Participants:
WILLIAMS, Nathan L. (UNHCR) Heard but Not Seen: Anthropology and Anthropologists in Humanitarian Assistance (given by Sandra Bever)
BENNER, Timothy (Samsung) All I Really Need to Know about Anthropology I Learned Outside of Grad School, Or How I Learned What Employers Really Want
MASON, David (World Bank, UCLA) “Make [Only] Little Plans”: Anthropology and Incrementalism in Urban Planning
BEVER, Sandra Weinstein (Walden U) Administrative Destination: Bringing Anthropology into Academic Assessment
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: STEWART, Alex (Marquette U)
Session Participants:
STEWART, Alex (Marquette U) Why Do Anthropologists Have So Little Impact on Management Research?
GORBEA, Laura (Altamente) Running to a Standstill: Developing a High Technology Sector in Puerto Rico
ROBERTS, Bruce (MSUM) Plastic Waste Management in Africa
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: BLATTEL, Carrie (IUPUI)
Session Participants:
BLATTEL, Carrie (IUPUI) Evaluating the Effective Distribution of Services to Latinos: Non-profit Fair at the Liga Latina
FITZPATRICK, John (UNL) Lincoln Literacy: A Case Study in Community-Based Non-Profit English Literacy Programs
SARDIER, Marie (Action Contre La Faim) From Rural to Urban: New Challenges for Humanitarian Actors
SIEBER, Timothy (UMass) Putting Anthropological Skills to Use in Engagement with Grassroots Community Organizations
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U)
ABSTRACT: Most practitioners work across disciplines, but few students are trained to do this. This panel examines how two universities are bringing anthropology and engineering students together on community development projects, and what they learn by working together. Nolan will discuss transdisciplinary work in the context of anthropologicalpractice. Dare and Gattuso will present specific examples from Purdue andMemphis. Briody, as a discussant, will highlight comparisons and contrasts between the two university programs, and will relate lessons learned to contemporary issues of practitioner training. There will be ample time for audience discussion and debate.
Session Participants:
NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) Working across Disciplines as an Integral Part of Anthropological Practice
DARE, Anne (Purdue U) Facilitating Collaboration between Anthropology and Engineering Students
GATTUSO, Anna (U Memphis) Complementary Styles: Engineering and Anthropology at the University of Memphis
DISCUSSANT: BRIODY, Elizabeth (Cultural Keys LLC)
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Kentucky)
ABSTRACT: Poverty is a social construct specifying prescribed modes in which scholars and practitioners frame the concept of poverty, the ways of measuring it, and the modalities of alleviating it. This panel will critique the economic and capabilistic approaches to poverty by providing anthropological perspectives that focus on providing a historical and social context for understanding poverty as a social and institutional relationship. Ethnographically grounded perspectives from (re)development contexts in the north and in the globalizing south will critique the reductionist approaches of economism and capability to poverty and will provide an enhanced understanding of the categories of poverty and the poor.
Session Participants:
ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Kentucky) Le Maroc est Très Noir: Al-noir and the Perpetuity of Poverty in Morocco
MCDONALD, Juliana (U Kentucky) It’s Not about the Money: The Real Emic and the Sticky Wicket of Poverty in Davis Bottom, KY
HÅKANSSON, N. Thomas (Swedish U Ag Sci, U Kentucky) Poverty, Development, and the Misunderstanding of Landesque Capital in Northeastern Tanzania
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: JORDAN, Ann (UNT)
Session Participants:
WRIGHT, Rachel (Independent) Paid in Different Ways: New Solutions to Nonprofit Employee Compensation
BONNEKESSEN, Barbara (NMT) The Applied Anthropologist at Home: Campus Culture and the Anthropologist as Catalyst
O’STEEN, Brianna (USF) Applying Anthropological Methodology in the Nonprofit Sector in the Neoliberal Age: History, Theory, and a Case Study
SCHUMAN, Andrea F. (Ctr for Sci & Soc Studies) Living Well: A Case Study in the Social and Solidarity Economy
JORDAN, Ann (UNT) Playing with Complexity: Applying the Theory to Organizations
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: CHIN, Elizabeth (Art Ctr Coll of Design)
ABSTRACT: This session highlights work exploring the ways in which ethnography, technology, process and product might be mixed and remixed in the context of collaboration and community engagement. Making, remaking, and deploying media in a variety of critical modes, the projects here demonstrate some of the ways in which technology and new media themselves mediate and re-design ethnographic work both as a process and as a product. How might cameras become characters moderating relationships? What new possibilities emerge for knowledge production in the ethnographic domain? Projects explore engagements including Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, neighborhoods in Baltimore and Johannesburg.
Session Participants:
DURINGTON, Matthew and COLLINS, Sam (Towson U) Creating an Applied Networked Anthropology
MARZEC, Morgan, MCCRAE, Cayla, and ZENG, Tina L. (Art Ctr Coll of Design) Caminemos Juntos: Designers’ Ethnographic Journey with Homeless Youth
KITNER, Kathi R. and DE WET, Thea (Intel Labs) Smart Phones, Dumb Anthropology: Re-thinking Ethnography and Mobility in a South African Urban Landscape
BARBOSA, Erika (U Manchester) Concrete Ecology: Sensing Change along the Los Angeles River
DISCUSSANTS: WALI, Alaka (Field Museum) and CHIN, Elizabeth (Art Ctr Coll of Design)
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: TASHIMA, Nathaniel (LTG Assoc)
ABSTRACT: Health disparities in the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) populations are increasingly garnering attention, particularly a high prevalence of obesity-related chronic illnesses among some AAPI groups. In this panel, we present some of the environmental, ecological, cultural, social and historical dimensions of AAPI health and childhood obesity to contextualize the disparate situations. With the goal of improving culturally competent health and human services for AAPI peoples, we will highlight the complexities in assessing and understanding the causes and practices that lead to children and adolescents becoming overweight and obese.
Session Participants:
CRAIN, Cathleen, TASHIMA, Nathaniel, ISHIHARA-BRITO, Reiko, and DAO, Lillie (LTG Assoc) Complexities of Specificity and Inclusiveness in Focusing on Health and Human Services for Asian American and Pacific Islanders
ISHIHARA-BRITO, Reiko, CRAIN, Cathleen, TASHIMA, Nathaniel, and DAO, Lillie (LTG Assoc) The Childhood Obesity Epidemic in the US - Says Who?: Asian American and Pacific Islander Perceptions of and Attitudes toward Body Image and Relevant Factors
DAO, Lillie, TASHIMA, Nathaniel, CRAIN, Cathleen, and ISHIHARA-BRITO, Reiko (LTG Assoc) Over Two Million of the United States’ “Model Minority” Living in Poverty: Health Implications and Dispelling Myths
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: COLÓN-CABRERA, David (UMD)
ABSTRACT: Students and recent graduates often wonder about intangible knowledge that they did not learn in their academic programs; knowledge that is often tied to “real-world” experience. Anthropology’s holistic perspective is in part due to its ethnographic roots; a perspective that provides the basis of a pedagogical exercise for this session. First, practicing and applied anthropologists share short stories about “what they should’ve known then” in a roundtable discussion, Then, these experienced anthropologists lead small group discussions with students and recent graduates to allow more participation. Finally, panelists contribute to a student led concluding discussion about anthropology degrees and applied/practicing anthropology.
Session Participants:
MASON, Amanda and BUTLER, Mary Odell (UMD), and BENNER, Timothy (Samsung)
Q&A
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
CHAIR: STRUTHERS, Elaine (UTEP)
Session Participants:
WILLIAMS, Ann and ANDREWS, Smaranda (UWM) Re-creating Her Story: The Identity of Women Entrepreneurs in Organic Agriculture
STRUTHERS, Elaine (UTEP) Profession and Diffusion: Occupational Therapy in Bulgaria
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
Life Time Achievement Award: Alvin Wolfe
Margaret Mead Award: Sera Young
Sol Tax Award: Ted Downing
Bronislaw Malinowski Award: Paul Durrenburger
Recording of Malinowski Award:
Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.
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