The SfAA Podcast Archive

Part Three: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part Two: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Part One: “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders

“Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders
 
CHAIRS: RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT)
 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: SILVA HERNANDEZ, Aida (UABC), MISAEL HERNANDEZ, Oscar (COLEF-Matamoros), AURORA SIERRA, Ligia (UQROO-Chetumal), CHINCHILLA, Norma (UCLB), ZOLTAN, Paul (Immigration Lawyer), ANDERSON, Jill (Otros Dreams en Accion)
 
RE CRUZ, Alicia, NUNEZ-JANES, Mariela, and KOEBER, Ryan (UNT) “Witnessing” the Migration Crisis across Borders. The unprecedented increase of border crossings in the summer of 2014 has been associated to alarming reports of human rights violations. In this context, anthropologists play numerous interconnecting roles working as and with activists, organizers, volunteers, advocates and witnesses. This roundtable is integrated by anthropologists and a variety of professionals from the USA and Mexico who work collaboratively in “witnessing” the dehuminanizing of migrant lives. The discussion will focus on what witnessing means in the context of migration, how witnessing relates to anthropological praxis, and what implications witnessing brings to the practice of anthropology in contexts of social injustice.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Debuys

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Stuart

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Kann

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Johnston

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive - Paskas

A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive
 
CHAIRS: FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU)
 
PANELISTS: KANN, Deirdre (NWS), STUART, David E. (UNM), PASKAS, Laura (Santa Fe Reposrter), NANASI, Mariel (New Energy Economic), MCMAHAN, Ben (CLIMAS), DEBUYS, Bill (Author/Conservationist)
 
FISKE, Shirley (UMD) and CRATE, Susan (GMU) A Changing Climate: How Will the Southwest Survive. Given the growing urgency to develop state and local responses to a changing climate, this panel invites local scholars, journalists, authors and activists to share their thoughts and projections on how a changing climate will affect our lives, families and cultures—and our cities, villages and Pueblos in New Mexico and the Southwest region beyond. How will the Southwest survive? is the critical question that will be put to the panelists, who will describe the landscape, survivability and sustainability, as they see it, given their research, advocacy, and humanistic perspectives. What kinds of strategies, plans, and adjustments (or radical changes) will be needed across the landscape and across institutions? What will happen in New Mexico under conditions of climate change and how can these challenges be addressed?
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response - Q&A

Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response
 
CHAIRS: CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS)
 
JOHNSON, Katherine J., NEEDELMAN, Brian A., and PAOLISSO, Michael (UMD) Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change in a Rural Coastal Community RIVERA, Jason D. (SUNY Buffalo State) AccessingDisaster Recovery Resource Information: Reliance on Social Capital in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy MATTES, Seven (MI State U) Resiliency Tactics for Animals in Disaster: Lessons from Japan HUDDLESTON, Chad (SIUE) “Prepper” as Resilient Citizen: What Preppers Can Teach Us About Surviving Disasters DISCUSSANTS: CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS)
 
CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS) Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response. The field of disaster mitigation has grown and expanded, becoming ever more professional and data-driven, as disaster professionals seek to build resilience in the face of shocks and mitigate against negative impacts. Despite the progress in this field, there is often an implicit bias that the “experts” are best at responding to disasters, with local knowledge treated as folk wisdom. These papers examine the ways in which “experts” sometimes failed to produce the desired response, and where greater reliance on indigenous knowledge systems and “insider” perspectives were warranted.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response - Huddleston

Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response
 
CHAIRS: CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS)
 
JOHNSON, Katherine J., NEEDELMAN, Brian A., and PAOLISSO, Michael (UMD) Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change in a Rural Coastal Community RIVERA, Jason D. (SUNY Buffalo State) AccessingDisaster Recovery Resource Information: Reliance on Social Capital in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy MATTES, Seven (MI State U) Resiliency Tactics for Animals in Disaster: Lessons from Japan HUDDLESTON, Chad (SIUE) “Prepper” as Resilient Citizen: What Preppers Can Teach Us About Surviving Disasters DISCUSSANTS: CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS)
 
CHAIKEN, Miriam S. (NMSU) and COMPANION, Michèle (UCCS) Learning from the Locals: The Importance of Community Perspectives in Countering “Expert” Bias in Disaster Response. The field of disaster mitigation has grown and expanded, becoming ever more professional and data-driven, as disaster professionals seek to build resilience in the face of shocks and mitigate against negative impacts. Despite the progress in this field, there is often an implicit bias that the “experts” are best at responding to disasters, with local knowledge treated as folk wisdom. These papers examine the ways in which “experts” sometimes failed to produce the desired response, and where greater reliance on indigenous knowledge systems and “insider” perspectives were warranted.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.