The SfAA Podcast Archive

NGO Practices and Their Consequences

CHAIR: GRIEB, Suzanne Dolwick (Johns Hopkins SPH)
Session Participants:CHOI, Minhae and PETERS, Rebecca (Syracuse U) Professional Distinctions: The Politics of Human Resources Policies in International NGOsSTIGLICH, Janice (U Central Florida) The Role of Nongovernmental, Private and Community Organizations in the Lives of Female Domestic Workers in Lima, Pert
Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

Addressing Human Trafficking

CHAIR: SALVI, Cecilia Maria (CSU-Los Angeles)
Session Participants:TORRES, Melissa I.M. (U Houston) and ARANGO, James (U S Florida) You Don't See Them in the Day Time: Perceptions on Sex Trafficking and Sex Work among Mexican-American Johns in Houston, TexasRUSSELL, Rosalie (SMU) The Development of Social, Cultural, and Economic Capital in the DC Human Trafficking Task ForceDOCARMO, Tania (U N Texas, Chab Dai) Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Address Human Trafficking in Cambodia: A Case StudyALBAUGH, Kurt (US Naval Academy) Somali Refugees at Sea: Implications for Theory and Policy
Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

Space, Place, and Cultural Impacts

Session Participants:WEIDLICH, Stephen and DOWNS, Mike (AECOM) Exploring Community Cohesion: The Boundaries and Traits of Historic Barrio Carlsbad, California.
ABSTRACT: When the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) determined that their latest project would significantly affect the historic community of Barrio Carlsbad,the research team conducted a first-of-its-kind research project to define the level of community cohesion present in the community. This presentation describes the results ofthat research and illustrates the demographic, mathematic, geographic, and ethnographic methods with the potential to describe the boundaries, tangible and intangible traits,and overall level of cohesion present in a community. These characteristics can either be adversely affected or enhanced through thoughtful transportation planning, includingthe protection/creation of "Third Places"
Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

Digital and Virtual Communities

CHAIR: CHANDLER-EZELL, Karol (Stephen F. Austin State U)
Session Participants:THORN, Mary Katherine (NC State U) The Creation of Transnational Spaces among Latino Youth in North CarolinaVIZENOR, Katie (U Buffalo, American Fdn for the Blind) Gaming (Dis)abled: How Legal Changes in Understanding the Meaning of Space and Place Could Help Make Online VirtualWorlds More Inclusive and AccessibleAPPLIN, Sally A. and FISCHER, Michael D. (U Kent-Canterbury) Blurry Borders and Blended Boundaries: PolySocial Reality in Digitallv Individuated CommunitiesJEMIELNIAK. Dariusz (Kozminski U) Wikipedia: An Effective Anarchv
Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

Women, Empowerment, and Health in Urban India (SMA)

CHAIR: SCHENSUL, Stephen L. (UConn)
ABSTRACT: This session will present qualitative and quantitative data on sexual and reproductive health for women in low income communities in Mumbai,India. Specific topicswill focus on smokeless tobacco use, marital sexuality, sterilization, gynecological problems, and vaginal discharge in the context of gender norms and practices in the family,health care system and community that serve to contribute to health problems and undermine approaches to addressing these problems. Each paper will discuss thedevelopment of interventions and their impact in ameliorating these issues at multiple levels.
Session Participants:BRAULT, Marie A. (UConn), JADHAV, Kalpita (Topiwala Nat'l Med Coll), and VERMA, Ravi K. (Int'l Ctr for Rsch on Women)KOSTICK, Kristin (Inst for Community Rsch)SCHENSUL, Stephen L. and SINGH, Rajendra (UConn)
Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.

2011 SfAA Awards Ceremony: The Malinowski Award

Malinowski Award Recipient: Salomón Nahmad Sittón
Introduced by: Allan Burns
 
The Role of Anthropology with the Changes and Challenges of the 21st Century in Mexico and the World
 
Anthropology in Mexico has always been applied, and this often puts anthropologists, indigenous peoples, and anthropological principals in direct conflict with state policy andthe national project. This paper summarizes the history of anthropology and applied anthropology in Mexico, using my career in the National Indigenist Institute (IN) and theIndigenous Education Office (GEl) of the Education Secretariat (SEP). It illustrates the risks and challenges anthropologists face when the side with indigenous peoples in favorof their individual and collective self-determination and autonomy.
Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011.

A Tribute to Franz Boas by Amelia Susman Schultz, His Last Ph.D. Student

CHAIR: MILLER, Jay (Lushootseed Rsch)
ABSTRACT: After her undergraduate degree, Amelia Susan entered the Columbia University anthropology graduate program, knowing that Boas was one of the few professorswho would accept women students. Later, he came out of retirement to direct her second PhD dissertation in Linguistics after she was asked by Ruth Benedict to withdraw herfirst PhD work based an innovative "ethnohistory" of Round Valley, California. Over a long career, she applied her anthropology in expanded ways and maintains a deep andabiding affection for Boas.
PRESENTER: Amelia Susman Schultz
Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011.

Ethics in Applied Online Research

CHAIRS: CARDEW KERSEY, Jen and BANNON, Megan (Sapient)
ABSTRACT: The popularity of conducting research online is growing exponentially in both academia and the practicing world. While culture is being brought online and createdonline, anthropologists and researchers are taking their pursuits into the virtual world. There are ethical concerns being expressed through informal discussions and channels butmost of the American associates and societies have not included online research in their code of ethics. The purpose of this discussion panel is to continue the conversationabout ethics in online research with practitioners and thought leaders. The panel will welcome audience participation. The outcome of the panel will include a set of next steps.
PANELISTS: CARDEW KERSEY, Jen and BANNON, Megan (Sapient), NOLAN, Riall W. (Purdue U), CAMPBELL, Annicka (Sapient) and Townsend, Colin (University of SouthCarolina).
Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011.

Environmental Impact on Public Health: Domestic and International

CHAIR: SINGER, Merrill (U Conn)
Session Participants:VANDERLINDEN, Lisa (TX Christian U) Left in the Dust: Environmental Illness after 9/11SINGER, Merrill (U Conn) Down Cancer Alley: Medical Anthropology and Environmental CrisesMETHAPHAT, Chingchai (Burapha U) Organic Discourses in Mitigating Risks of Chemical Pesticides in Eastern ThailandSHARMA, Satya P. (U Saskatchewan) Ignorance Can Often Work against You: Health Effects of Pesticide Use among the Farm Workers of Yuba and Sutter Counties of NorthernCalifornia
Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011.

Corporate Ethnography: Issues and Challenges (Part 2)

CHAIRS: JORDAN, Brigitte (PARC) and CEFKIN, Melissa (IBM)
PANELISTS: HEPSO, Vidar (Norwegian Tech U) and WALKER, Mary (MarketTools.com), SUNDERLAND, Patricia and DENNY, Rita (Practica Grp) MAXWELL, Chad (Razorfish) andJORDAN, Brigitte (PARC)
Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011