The SfAA Podcast Archive

Culture-Bound Illness Syndromes and Idioms of Distress: A Basis for Devising Anthropological Interventions - Schensul

Culture-Bound Illness Syndromes and Idioms of Distress: A Basis for Devising Anthropological Interventions
 
CHAIRS: WEAVER, Lesley Jo (U Alabama), KAISER, Bonnie (Duke U), and SCHENSUL, Steven (UCHC)
 
GUARNACCIA, Peter (Rutgers U) Why a Latino Popular Nosology?: Building Diagnostic Systems on Cultural Categories of Nervios KAISER, Bonnie (Duke U) Reflechi Twòp (“Thinking Too Much”): Description of a Cultural Syndrome in Haiti’s Central Plateau RODGER, James (U Exeter) and STEEL, Zachary (UNSW) The “Fulan-Lotuk” (Dark / Crescent Moon) and Remitting-Relapsing Psychosis in Timor- Leste: Cultural Associations, Social Response and Implications for Recovery WEAVER, Lesley Jo (U Alabama) “Tension” among Women in North India: An Idiom of Distress and a Cultural Syndrome SCHENSUL, Stephen L. (UCHC), BANKAR, Shweta (ICR), and JADHAV, Kalpita (RISHTA) The Cultural Syndrome of Safed Pani (Vaginal Discharge): A Mechanism for Addressing the Health and Mental Health of Indian Women
 
WEAVER, Lesley Jo (U Alabama), KAISER, Bonnie (Duke U), and SCHENSUL, Steven (UCHC) Culture-Bound Illness Syndromes and Idioms of Distress: A Basis for Devising Anthropological Interventions. Anthropologists have long recognized that manifestations of physical illness and psychological distress do not always conform to psychiatric disease states. While many of those who are biomedically-trained have been dismissive as a result, applied anthropologists have recognized their utility as the basis for interventions that can improve communication, adherence, treatment outcomes, stigma reduction and systems change. Session papers will present recent ethnographic and mixed-methods work that identifies and measures cultural syndromes and their incorporation into interventions. This session will include small-group brainstorming of potential interventional approaches and is a companion to a session organized at the recent Society for Psychological Anthropology meeting.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

On Integrating Refugees - Vasquez & Q&A

On Integrating Refugees
 
CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)
 
NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project
 
VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

On Integrating Refugees - Chrostowsky

On Integrating Refugees
 
CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)
 
NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project
 
VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

On Integrating Refugees - Manzano

On Integrating Refugees
 
CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)
 
NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project
 
VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

On Integrating Refugees - Ryazantsev

On Integrating Refugees
 
CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)
 
NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project
 
VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

On Integrating Refugees - Netherland

On Integrating Refugees
 
CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)
 
NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project
 
VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning - Q&A

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning
 
CHAIR: SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U)
 
PANELISTS: SCHULTZ, Jared S., FARRELL, Gianna, HOOD, Rosalie, GUSTAFSON, Kelsey, LINCOLN, Nicholas, and HARVEY, Victoria (Rowan U)
 
SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U) “It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning. This panel addresses the long-standing misperceptions of anthropology as a static social science about distant others rather than a dynamic exploration of relationships. We showcase experiential learning projects that challenge misrepresentations and misappropriations of ethnographic knowledge and practices. Projects include script-writing and other writing culture projects that educate and critique the process of ethnography, student-run development of a museum with audience engaged interactive displays, collaborative storytelling for an online archive— “Voices of the Garden State,” building a database of legal cases that affect traditional Native American/American Indian practices, and photo- ethnography as a collaborative relational effort.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning - Farrell

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning
 
CHAIR: SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U)
 
PANELISTS: SCHULTZ, Jared S., FARRELL, Gianna, HOOD, Rosalie, GUSTAFSON, Kelsey, LINCOLN, Nicholas, and HARVEY, Victoria (Rowan U)
 
SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U) “It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning. This panel addresses the long-standing misperceptions of anthropology as a static social science about distant others rather than a dynamic exploration of relationships. We showcase experiential learning projects that challenge misrepresentations and misappropriations of ethnographic knowledge and practices. Projects include script-writing and other writing culture projects that educate and critique the process of ethnography, student-run development of a museum with audience engaged interactive displays, collaborative storytelling for an online archive— “Voices of the Garden State,” building a database of legal cases that affect traditional Native American/American Indian practices, and photo- ethnography as a collaborative relational effort.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning - Gustafson

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning
 
CHAIR: SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U)
 
PANELISTS: SCHULTZ, Jared S., FARRELL, Gianna, HOOD, Rosalie, GUSTAFSON, Kelsey, LINCOLN, Nicholas, and HARVEY, Victoria (Rowan U)
 
SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U) “It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning. This panel addresses the long-standing misperceptions of anthropology as a static social science about distant others rather than a dynamic exploration of relationships. We showcase experiential learning projects that challenge misrepresentations and misappropriations of ethnographic knowledge and practices. Projects include script-writing and other writing culture projects that educate and critique the process of ethnography, student-run development of a museum with audience engaged interactive displays, collaborative storytelling for an online archive— “Voices of the Garden State,” building a database of legal cases that affect traditional Native American/American Indian practices, and photo- ethnography as a collaborative relational effort.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning - Schultz

“It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning
 
CHAIR: SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U)
 
PANELISTS: SCHULTZ, Jared S., FARRELL, Gianna, HOOD, Rosalie, GUSTAFSON, Kelsey, LINCOLN, Nicholas, and HARVEY, Victoria (Rowan U)
 
SCHUG, Seran (Rowan U) “It’s Not You, It’s Not Me—It’s Us!”: Challenging Public Perceptions of Anthropology through Experiential Learning. This panel addresses the long-standing misperceptions of anthropology as a static social science about distant others rather than a dynamic exploration of relationships. We showcase experiential learning projects that challenge misrepresentations and misappropriations of ethnographic knowledge and practices. Projects include script-writing and other writing culture projects that educate and critique the process of ethnography, student-run development of a museum with audience engaged interactive displays, collaborative storytelling for an online archive— “Voices of the Garden State,” building a database of legal cases that affect traditional Native American/American Indian practices, and photo- ethnography as a collaborative relational effort.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.