Public Anthro Day
Does anyone want to to to Public Anthropology Day ("Integrating Activism and Academia!") at American University with me? It's on October 6th, there are interesting-looking panels, and it's free!
8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Session: Welcome and Overview
9:15-10:30 a.m. Careers in Public Anthropology: Joan Gero, William Leap, and Sabiyha Prince (American U)* Q&A/discussion to follow
10:30 - 5:00 p.m. Media Room is open, with installations showcasing AU students’ and other work in public visual anthropology
Network of Concerned Anthropologists: Read, discuss, and sign the pledge against counter-insurgency work and the “war on terror”
10:45-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions
• Deadly Inequalities: Racism, Poverty, and Illness
Sara Artes (American U): The Soft Drink Industry in the Colonias of the Texas-Mexico Border
Rachel Watkins (American U): Suffering in the Past: Exploring How Poverty Damages Bodies through the Remains of People Who Were Cast Away
Brett Williams (American U): Why Do Poor People in Washington, D.C. Get So Sick and Die So Young?
• Opposing War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond
Hugh Gusterson (George Mason University)
Geoff Miller (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Samantha Miller (Code Pink DC)
Jack Rasmussen (American U)
• Power and Processes in Displacement in DC
Zein El-Amine (Save Our Schools)
Parisa Nourzi or Linda Leaks (Empower DC)
Susie Resper (American U, US Census Bureau)
Sabiyha Prince (American U)
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch break and Roundtable Discussions
• Graduate Studies in Public Anthropology at American University
Dolores Koenig and William Leap (American U)
• Ethics and Dilemmas of Activism in Academia
Joan Gero and David Vine (American U)
1:15-2:45 p.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions
• The Body Politic: Health and the State
Kathy Grant (American U): Moderator
Jennie Simpson (American U): Anthropology and Mental Health
Abby Weil (American U): Torture and Healing
Sue Taylor (American U): Anthropology and Aging
Meredith Fraser: Archaeology and Disability [not confirmed]
• Power and Processes of Displacement Around the World
Michael Cernea (George Washington University)
Matthew Durington (Towson University)
Trisha Miller (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law)
• The “War on Terror” and Its Alternatives
Cathy Lisa Schneider (American U)
Sam Goodstein (Office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI])
David Vine (American U)
3:00-4:15 p.m. Roundtable: Disobedience and Everyday Acts of Resistance
Cymene Howe (American U): Moderator
Ryan Commerson (Galludet University)
Elijah Edelman (American U and Trans Academics)
Sarah Swick (American U)
Audrey Cooper (American U)
[Others to be announced]
4:15-5:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Building a “Family”: Successful Neighborhood Activism across Faultlines
Gabriella Modan (Ohio State University)
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
The Public Anthropology Day is free of charge and open to the public. Advance registration is requested. Please email your name, email address, school or business address to: wlm@american.edu NO LATER THAN Monday, October 1, 2007.
The conference facility is HC-accessible. ASL and other services are available on request; please give two weeks notice to daddona@american.edu or when registering.
The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a Graduate School Open House on Friday, October 5. Informal social gatherings related to Public Anthropology Day are planned for Friday and Saturday evenings.
For more information about the Saturday schedule or any of the related events, please visit the department website: www.american.edu/cas/anthropology or email wlm@american.edu.
8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Session: Welcome and Overview
9:15-10:30 a.m. Careers in Public Anthropology: Joan Gero, William Leap, and Sabiyha Prince (American U)* Q&A/discussion to follow
10:30 - 5:00 p.m. Media Room is open, with installations showcasing AU students’ and other work in public visual anthropology
Network of Concerned Anthropologists: Read, discuss, and sign the pledge against counter-insurgency work and the “war on terror”
10:45-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions
• Deadly Inequalities: Racism, Poverty, and Illness
Sara Artes (American U): The Soft Drink Industry in the Colonias of the Texas-Mexico Border
Rachel Watkins (American U): Suffering in the Past: Exploring How Poverty Damages Bodies through the Remains of People Who Were Cast Away
Brett Williams (American U): Why Do Poor People in Washington, D.C. Get So Sick and Die So Young?
• Opposing War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond
Hugh Gusterson (George Mason University)
Geoff Miller (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Samantha Miller (Code Pink DC)
Jack Rasmussen (American U)
• Power and Processes in Displacement in DC
Zein El-Amine (Save Our Schools)
Parisa Nourzi or Linda Leaks (Empower DC)
Susie Resper (American U, US Census Bureau)
Sabiyha Prince (American U)
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch break and Roundtable Discussions
• Graduate Studies in Public Anthropology at American University
Dolores Koenig and William Leap (American U)
• Ethics and Dilemmas of Activism in Academia
Joan Gero and David Vine (American U)
1:15-2:45 p.m. Concurrent Panel Sessions
• The Body Politic: Health and the State
Kathy Grant (American U): Moderator
Jennie Simpson (American U): Anthropology and Mental Health
Abby Weil (American U): Torture and Healing
Sue Taylor (American U): Anthropology and Aging
Meredith Fraser: Archaeology and Disability [not confirmed]
• Power and Processes of Displacement Around the World
Michael Cernea (George Washington University)
Matthew Durington (Towson University)
Trisha Miller (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law)
• The “War on Terror” and Its Alternatives
Cathy Lisa Schneider (American U)
Sam Goodstein (Office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI])
David Vine (American U)
3:00-4:15 p.m. Roundtable: Disobedience and Everyday Acts of Resistance
Cymene Howe (American U): Moderator
Ryan Commerson (Galludet University)
Elijah Edelman (American U and Trans Academics)
Sarah Swick (American U)
Audrey Cooper (American U)
[Others to be announced]
4:15-5:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Building a “Family”: Successful Neighborhood Activism across Faultlines
Gabriella Modan (Ohio State University)
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
The Public Anthropology Day is free of charge and open to the public. Advance registration is requested. Please email your name, email address, school or business address to: wlm@american.edu NO LATER THAN Monday, October 1, 2007.
The conference facility is HC-accessible. ASL and other services are available on request; please give two weeks notice to daddona@american.edu or when registering.
The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a Graduate School Open House on Friday, October 5. Informal social gatherings related to Public Anthropology Day are planned for Friday and Saturday evenings.
For more information about the Saturday schedule or any of the related events, please visit the department website: www.american.edu/cas/anthropology or email wlm@american.edu.