The SfAA Podcast Archive

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms - Q&A

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms
CHAIRS: HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver), ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) 
GUEVARA, Emilia and SANGARAMOORTHY, Thurka (UMD) Health-related Deservingness and Illegality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 
ALEXANDER, William L., GUEVARA, Anthony, and BRANNOCK, Mary (UNCW) Casting Light in the Shadows of Checkpoints: An Ethnographic Video Project on Immigration Enforcement and Migrant Health in North Carolina HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) “Burning Up”: Addressing the Heat Stress-Hypertension Syndemic in California’s Fields 
SMITH-MORRIS, Carolyn (SMU) Salience and Food Sales: Ethnographic Evidence about Dietary Change in Mexican Im/Migrants 
MENDENHALL, Emily (Georgetown U) Melding Methods in Anthropological Research for Public Health DISCUSSANT: CASTANEDA, Heide (USF)
 
ABSTRACT:
HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) and ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms. This panel considers how applied anthropologists are broadening dominant public health approaches to conceptualizing the high rates of morbidity and mortality among migrants.  Ethnographic analyses help “radically contextualize” the high burden of social suffering among migrants, focusing on the social causation of illness rather than individual “lifestyle” behaviors. By presenting nuanced and rich data about migrants’ lived experiences, critical medical anthropologists complicate univocal public health paradigms. Taking up the theme of “Continuity and Change,” we examine the various relationships anthropologists have forged with public health approaches and practitioners, as they work in collaboration while offering a valuable critique. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms - Mendenhall

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms
CHAIRS: HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver), ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) 
GUEVARA, Emilia and SANGARAMOORTHY, Thurka (UMD) Health-related Deservingness and Illegality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 
ALEXANDER, William L., GUEVARA, Anthony, and BRANNOCK, Mary (UNCW) Casting Light in the Shadows of Checkpoints: An Ethnographic Video Project on Immigration Enforcement and Migrant Health in North Carolina HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) “Burning Up”: Addressing the Heat Stress-Hypertension Syndemic in California’s Fields 
SMITH-MORRIS, Carolyn (SMU) Salience and Food Sales: Ethnographic Evidence about Dietary Change in Mexican Im/Migrants 
MENDENHALL, Emily (Georgetown U) Melding Methods in Anthropological Research for Public Health DISCUSSANT: CASTANEDA, Heide (USF)
 
ABSTRACT:
HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) and ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms. This panel considers how applied anthropologists are broadening dominant public health approaches to conceptualizing the high rates of morbidity and mortality among migrants.  Ethnographic analyses help “radically contextualize” the high burden of social suffering among migrants, focusing on the social causation of illness rather than individual “lifestyle” behaviors. By presenting nuanced and rich data about migrants’ lived experiences, critical medical anthropologists complicate univocal public health paradigms. Taking up the theme of “Continuity and Change,” we examine the various relationships anthropologists have forged with public health approaches and practitioners, as they work in collaboration while offering a valuable critique. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms - Smith-Morris

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms
CHAIRS: HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver), ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) 
GUEVARA, Emilia and SANGARAMOORTHY, Thurka (UMD) Health-related Deservingness and Illegality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 
ALEXANDER, William L., GUEVARA, Anthony, and BRANNOCK, Mary (UNCW) Casting Light in the Shadows of Checkpoints: An Ethnographic Video Project on Immigration Enforcement and Migrant Health in North Carolina HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) “Burning Up”: Addressing the Heat Stress-Hypertension Syndemic in California’s Fields 
SMITH-MORRIS, Carolyn (SMU) Salience and Food Sales: Ethnographic Evidence about Dietary Change in Mexican Im/Migrants 
MENDENHALL, Emily (Georgetown U) Melding Methods in Anthropological Research for Public Health DISCUSSANT: CASTANEDA, Heide (USF)
 
ABSTRACT:
HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) and ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms. This panel considers how applied anthropologists are broadening dominant public health approaches to conceptualizing the high rates of morbidity and mortality among migrants.  Ethnographic analyses help “radically contextualize” the high burden of social suffering among migrants, focusing on the social causation of illness rather than individual “lifestyle” behaviors. By presenting nuanced and rich data about migrants’ lived experiences, critical medical anthropologists complicate univocal public health paradigms. Taking up the theme of “Continuity and Change,” we examine the various relationships anthropologists have forged with public health approaches and practitioners, as they work in collaboration while offering a valuable critique. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms - Horton

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms
CHAIRS: HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver), ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) 
GUEVARA, Emilia and SANGARAMOORTHY, Thurka (UMD) Health-related Deservingness and Illegality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 
ALEXANDER, William L., GUEVARA, Anthony, and BRANNOCK, Mary (UNCW) Casting Light in the Shadows of Checkpoints: An Ethnographic Video Project on Immigration Enforcement and Migrant Health in North Carolina HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) “Burning Up”: Addressing the Heat Stress-Hypertension Syndemic in California’s Fields 
SMITH-MORRIS, Carolyn (SMU) Salience and Food Sales: Ethnographic Evidence about Dietary Change in Mexican Im/Migrants 
MENDENHALL, Emily (Georgetown U) Melding Methods in Anthropological Research for Public Health DISCUSSANT: CASTANEDA, Heide (USF)
 
ABSTRACT:
HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) and ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms. This panel considers how applied anthropologists are broadening dominant public health approaches to conceptualizing the high rates of morbidity and mortality among migrants.  Ethnographic analyses help “radically contextualize” the high burden of social suffering among migrants, focusing on the social causation of illness rather than individual “lifestyle” behaviors. By presenting nuanced and rich data about migrants’ lived experiences, critical medical anthropologists complicate univocal public health paradigms. Taking up the theme of “Continuity and Change,” we examine the various relationships anthropologists have forged with public health approaches and practitioners, as they work in collaboration while offering a valuable critique. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms - Guevara

Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms
CHAIRS: HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver), ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) 
GUEVARA, Emilia and SANGARAMOORTHY, Thurka (UMD) Health-related Deservingness and Illegality on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 
ALEXANDER, William L., GUEVARA, Anthony, and BRANNOCK, Mary (UNCW) Casting Light in the Shadows of Checkpoints: An Ethnographic Video Project on Immigration Enforcement and Migrant Health in North Carolina HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) “Burning Up”: Addressing the Heat Stress-Hypertension Syndemic in California’s Fields 
SMITH-MORRIS, Carolyn (SMU) Salience and Food Sales: Ethnographic Evidence about Dietary Change in Mexican Im/Migrants 
MENDENHALL, Emily (Georgetown U) Melding Methods in Anthropological Research for Public Health DISCUSSANT: CASTANEDA, Heide (USF)
 
ABSTRACT:
HORTON, Sarah B. (UC-Denver) and ALEXANDER, William L. (UNCW) Reconsidering Migrant Health: Anthropologists in Conversation with Public Health Paradigms. This panel considers how applied anthropologists are broadening dominant public health approaches to conceptualizing the high rates of morbidity and mortality among migrants.  Ethnographic analyses help “radically contextualize” the high burden of social suffering among migrants, focusing on the social causation of illness rather than individual “lifestyle” behaviors. By presenting nuanced and rich data about migrants’ lived experiences, critical medical anthropologists complicate univocal public health paradigms. Taking up the theme of “Continuity and Change,” we examine the various relationships anthropologists have forged with public health approaches and practitioners, as they work in collaboration while offering a valuable critique. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Part One: My Experience in Grad School: A RoundTable Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology

My Experience in Grad School: A RoundTable Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology
CHAIRS: SHADE, Molly (UNT), MANDACHE, Luminita-Anda (CoPAA) 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: TEZAK, Ann (USF), NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis), SURVANT, Cerinda (Portland State U), SHADE, Molly (UNT), PETERSON, Soren M. (UMD), STINNETT, Ashley (U Arizona)
 
ABSTRACT:
SHADE, Molly (UNT) and MANDACHE, Luminita-Anda (CoPAA) My Experience in Grad School: A Round-Table Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology. This roundtable will feature current graduate students from 8 established applied anthropology programs in the United States and Mexico. We plan to briefly discuss our intentions, experiences, and reflections regarding our respective programs. In so doing, we hope to initiate an open dialogue regarding why and how applied programs bring value to and strengthen the discipline. We believe this conversation will benefit: 1) future graduate students as they explore and define their academic and career objectives, 2) anthropology faculty members in understanding what the contemporary anthropology student is looking to achieve from an applied program, and 3) the discipline at large as we navigate future steps in our field. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Part Two: My Experience in Grad School: A RoundTable Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology

My Experience in Grad School: A RoundTable Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology
CHAIRS: SHADE, Molly (UNT), MANDACHE, Luminita-Anda (CoPAA) 
ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: TEZAK, Ann (USF), NEWTON, Kevin (U Memphis), SURVANT, Cerinda (Portland State U), SHADE, Molly (UNT), PETERSON, Soren M. (UMD), STINNETT, Ashley (U Arizona)
 
ABSTRACT:
SHADE, Molly (UNT) and MANDACHE, Luminita-Anda (CoPAA) My Experience in Grad School: A Round-Table Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology. This roundtable will feature current graduate students from 8 established applied anthropology programs in the United States and Mexico. We plan to briefly discuss our intentions, experiences, and reflections regarding our respective programs. In so doing, we hope to initiate an open dialogue regarding why and how applied programs bring value to and strengthen the discipline. We believe this conversation will benefit: 1) future graduate students as they explore and define their academic and career objectives, 2) anthropology faculty members in understanding what the contemporary anthropology student is looking to achieve from an applied program, and 3) the discipline at large as we navigate future steps in our field. 
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion - Q&A

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion 
 
CHAIRS: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC), EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) Striving for “Meaningful Use” in Health Information Technology Adoption among Health Care Organizations: Anthropology’s Role SQUIRES, Susan (UNT) Workflow and Communities of Practice among Computational Scientists WRIGHT, Rachel (Independent) The Making and Unmaking of Class in Nonprofit Organizations RAMER, Angela (UNT & HKS Inc) Anthropology in an Organizational Setting: Architecture
 
DISCUSSANT: STEWART, Alex (Marquette U)
 
BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC) and EATON, Tara (Karmanos Cancer Inst) Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part I: Theory and Practice in Anthropology. Anthropological practice in, for, and about organizations has been an important area of practice since the 1980s. Professional and applied anthropologists work in or consult for businesses, non- profit organizations, governmental agencies, and NGOs. Yet, SfAA and AAA conferences have few sessions that emphasize or address organizational issues. Part 1 of this session draws attention to the underrepresentation of organizational work and offers some reasons why. Topics covered include anthropological approaches to organizational work, the role of anthropologists in organizational and change management research, and the place of organization studies in Masters and Ph.D. training. Part 2 focuses on case studies.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion - Wright

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion 
 
CHAIRS: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC), EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) Striving for “Meaningful Use” in Health Information Technology Adoption among Health Care Organizations: Anthropology’s Role SQUIRES, Susan (UNT) Workflow and Communities of Practice among Computational Scientists WRIGHT, Rachel (Independent) The Making and Unmaking of Class in Nonprofit Organizations RAMER, Angela (UNT & HKS Inc) Anthropology in an Organizational Setting: Architecture
 
DISCUSSANT: STEWART, Alex (Marquette U)
 
BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC) and EATON, Tara (Karmanos Cancer Inst) Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part I: Theory and Practice in Anthropology. Anthropological practice in, for, and about organizations has been an important area of practice since the 1980s. Professional and applied anthropologists work in or consult for businesses, non- profit organizations, governmental agencies, and NGOs. Yet, SfAA and AAA conferences have few sessions that emphasize or address organizational issues. Part 1 of this session draws attention to the underrepresentation of organizational work and offers some reasons why. Topics covered include anthropological approaches to organizational work, the role of anthropologists in organizational and change management research, and the place of organization studies in Masters and Ph.D. training. Part 2 focuses on case studies.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion - Squires

Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part II: Case Studies and Discussion 
 
CHAIRS: BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC), EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) EATON, Tara (Wayne State U, Karmanos Cancer Inst) Striving for “Meaningful Use” in Health Information Technology Adoption among Health Care Organizations: Anthropology’s Role SQUIRES, Susan (UNT) Workflow and Communities of Practice among Computational Scientists WRIGHT, Rachel (Independent) The Making and Unmaking of Class in Nonprofit Organizations RAMER, Angela (UNT & HKS Inc) Anthropology in an Organizational Setting: Architecture
 
DISCUSSANT: STEWART, Alex (Marquette U)
 
BRIODY, Elizabeth K. (Cultural Keys LLC) and EATON, Tara (Karmanos Cancer Inst) Moving Organizations into the Foreground, Part I: Theory and Practice in Anthropology. Anthropological practice in, for, and about organizations has been an important area of practice since the 1980s. Professional and applied anthropologists work in or consult for businesses, non- profit organizations, governmental agencies, and NGOs. Yet, SfAA and AAA conferences have few sessions that emphasize or address organizational issues. Part 1 of this session draws attention to the underrepresentation of organizational work and offers some reasons why. Topics covered include anthropological approaches to organizational work, the role of anthropologists in organizational and change management research, and the place of organization studies in Masters and Ph.D. training. Part 2 focuses on case studies.
 
Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.