The SfAA Podcast Archive

Ethnographic Challenges of New Organizational Forms

CHAIR: BATTEAU, Allen W. (Wayne State U)
ABSTRACT: Even as anthropology has come to grips with rationalized, instrumental organizations (business firms, public agencies, and not-for-profit institutions), theseorganizations continue to evolve into new, hybrid forms: public-private partnerships, revenue-generating social networking, creative business models, and virtual and ad hocorganizations are a few examples of how the organizational form is evolving in unexpected ways. Simultaneously, other forms, such as family firms, show surprisingresilience. Situated ethnography, with its touchstone the immediacy of experience, is challenged by these new organizational forms. This session explores how ethnographersare approaching the emergence of new organizational forms and the resilience of traditional forms.
Session Participants:BUENO, Carmen (U Iberoamericana)JOSEFA SANTOS, Maria (UNAM)GLUESING, Julia (Wayne State U)GOLDMACHER, Amy (Wayne State U)PÉREZ LIZAUR. Marisol (U Iberoamericana)
Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Yes, We Can! Anthropologists Impact Public Policy (Part 2)

CHAIR: EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)
DISCUSSANT: DOWNING, Theodore (U Arizona)
HEYMAN, Josiah (UT-El Paso)AUSTIN, Diane (U Arizona)REGIS, Helen A. (Louisiana State U)
Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Yes, We Can! Anthropologists Impact Public Policy (Part 1)

CHAIR: EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)
ABSTRACT: As applied anthropologists, our work frequently has the potential to inform the development of public policy. However, the knowledge generated by appliedanthropologists does not usually penetrate the policy conversation. The papers in this session will provide examples of exceptions. After a brief review of social theories ofpolicy development, the presenters will relate their experiences generating policy relevant information and working with traditionally disenfranchised communities to influence thepolicy process in administrative and legislative contexts at the state and federal levels.
DISCUSSANT: DOWNING, Theodore (U Arizona)
EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)LEWIS, Nancy Owen (Sch for Adv Rsch)RUBINSTEIN, Robert A. and CORNELL, Caitlin (Syracuse U), HODGENS, Alexander (LeMoyne Coll), and LANE, Sandra D. (Syracuse U)EISENBERG, Merrill (U Arizona)
Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Educating for Action: The Past and Future of Creating Critically Engaged Anthropologists

CHAIR: HENRY, Doug (U N Texas)
ABSTRACT: Understanding and explicating pedagogical philosophy and praxis are crucial for guiding the preparation of future practicing anthropologists. UNT faculty, graduates,and current students present completed research and works-in-progress as examples of how training can develop a critically engaged habits, both inside the academy andout. Presentations will focus on class projects, community collaborations, and innovative instruction, as they foster an applied praxis surrounding assessing community needs,engaging stakeholders, evaluating programs, and empowering populations. This session is inspired by the 10th anniversary of the Applied Anthropology graduate program at theUniversity of North Texas.
DISCUSSANT: BURNS, Allan F. (U Florida)
Session Participants:KERSEY, Jen Cardew (Intrepid Consultants)SHAW, Bryan (Johns Hopkins)WASHINGTON, Keahnan and HENRY, Lisa (U N Texas)ROBLEDO, Andrea (Indiana U-Bloomington) and NUÑEZ-JANES, Mariela (U N Texas)HUELSMAN, Jocelyn, LIAO, Louis, TUCKNESS, Andrea, RYAN, Chris, and BALINE, Matthew, METCALF, Crysta (Motorola), and WASSON, Christina (U N Texas)
Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Sexual Risk Perceptions and Behaviors: Anthropologically Informed STI/HIV Prevention Reasearch around the Globe (SMA)

CHAIRS: RAGSDALE, Kathleen (Miss State U) and RODLACH, Alexander (Creighton U)
ABSTRACT: Medical anthropologists recognize that research to address sexual risk (such as non-condom use with partner/s of unknown STI/HIV status) and other risk behaviorsthat increase vulnerability to STI/HIV must encompass the gender, socioeconomic, cultural and political contexts that shape perceptions of risk and influence patterns of riskbehavior. Drawing on research in Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico, the US, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, we explore the diversity of risk perceptions, behaviors, and vulnerabilities that canexpose diverse populations to STI and HIV acquisition and the ways that STI/HIV prevention efforts can be informed and improved thorough anthropologically sound research.
Session Participants:COPELAND, Toni (Miss State U)FRANK, Emily (Indiana U)KATSULIS, Yasmina (Arizona State U), DURFEE, Alesha, PhD (Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University) and LOPEZ, Vera, PhD (AssociateProfessor of Justice Studies, Arizona State University)RAGSDALE, Kathleen (Miss State U), READ, Rebecca (U Alabama), MASON, Kimberly and ST. LAWRENCE, Janet S. (Miss State U)RODLACH, Alexander (Creighton U)ROMERO-DAZA, Nancy and HIMMELGREEN, David (U S Florida), and FREIDUS, Andrea (Michigan State U)
Session took place on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Global Research on Gender-Based Violence: Where Does Anthropology Fit?

CHAIR: HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)
ABSTRACT: This panel addresses the growing literature on gender-based violence here in the United States and around the world. Panelists will discuss critical issues such ashow anthropologists approach this topic, what we offering in terms of policy and practical solutions, and what it would mean for the discipline if we were to adopt a universallyaccepted terminology as part of our theorizing. Presenters will address how anthropology's passion for difference contributes in meaningful and illuminating ways to the debateover what can be done to decrease and prevent instances of gender-based violence around the world.
DISCUSSANT: HAUTZINGER, Sarah (Colorado Coll)
Session Participants:WIES, Jennifer (Xavier U) and HALDANE, Hillary (Quinnipiac U)BESKE, Melissa (Tulane U)FRIEDERIC, Karin (U Arizona)COY, Kathleen (Xavier U)
Session took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

New Technologies and Communication Flows (Part 2)

CHAIR: REYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London)
Session Participants:STEVENSON, Judith (CSU-Long Beach) Sociocultural Standpoints and Reactions to Representations of African Identitv in a Globalization Curriculum. Puntos de VistaSocioculturales y Reacciones Hacia Representaciones de la Identidad Africana en u Currículo GlobalizadorMEDHAT, Katayoun T. (U Coll-London) "I Seen, Ill Said". The Processing of Community Conflict through Local Media Web Forums. "Mal Visto, Mal Dicho". Procesando el ConflictoComunitario a Través de Foros de Medios de Comunicación LocalesREYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London) Building Equality Internationally through Policy and Online Student Activism. Construyendo Igualdad Internacionalmente Mediate Políticas yActivismo Estudiantil en la Red
Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

New Technologies and Communication Flows (Part1)

CHAIR: REYNOLDS, Rodney (U Coll London)
Session Participants:CROWDER, Jerome and WILSON, Jessica (U Houston) Mobile Devices as Communication Portals in Southeast Houston. Aparatos Móbiles como Portales de Comunicación en elSureste de HoustonSMITH, Daniel Jordan (Brown U) "Flash Me, I Flash You". Cell Phones and Nigeria's Sexual Economy in the Era of AIDS. "Deslúmbrame, Yo Te Deslumbraré": Teléfonos Celulares yla Economía Sexual de Nigeria en la Era del SIDABULLED, Nicola (U Connecticut) The Role of the Internet in the Emergent Health-Seeking Model of University Students in Connecticut. El Papel de la Internet en el ModeloEmergent de Procuración de Salud de los Estudiantes Unversitarios de ConnecticutNEW, Elizabeth (U Kentucky) Hillbillies in Cyberspace: Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes in a Virtual World. "Hillbillies" (Gente de Monte) en el Ciberespacio: ConfrontandoEstereotipos Apalaches en un Mundo Virtual
Session took place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Tradition, Community, Gender, and Family in Contemporary Mayan Communities of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala: Reports from the NC State Ethnographic Field School

CHAIRS: WALLACE, Tim (N Carolina State) and PEZZIA, Carla (UT-San Antonio)
ABSTRACT: Guatemala has been undergoing rapid change since the end of the Civil War in 1997; however, the Tz'tujil, Kaqchikel and Quiché Communities of Lake Atitlán havebeen successful in maintaining their connection to their traditions and identities. The papers in this session, derived from the NCSU EFS 2008 field session in Lake Atitlán,Guatemala, researched and reported on by the program's student participants, focus on themes especially related to issues of gender politics, family, change and credit coops.They show the persistence and resilience of Mayan identity and culture in the face of globalization.
RAPPORT, Erin (U British Columbia)MILIDRAGOVIC, Darja (U British Columbia)SCHMID, Mary Beth (UNC-Chapel Hill)MAGEE, Erin (Loyola U)
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2009.

The Politics of Place and the Ethics of Engagement (Part 2)

CHAIRS: LOW, Setha and KESSLER, Bree (CUNY Grad Ctr)
DISCUSSANT: LOW, Setha (CUNY Grad Ctr)
LAWRENCE-ZUNIGA, Denise (Cal Poly-Pomona)NEWMAN, Andrew (CUNY Grad Ctr)CURRANS, Elizabeth (William & Mary Coll), SCHULLER, Mark (York Coll), and WILLOUGHBY HEARD, Tiffany (UC-Irvine)UDVARHELY1, Eva Tessa (Grad Sch, CUNY)