The SfAA Podcast Archive

Preparing Applied Anthropologists for the 21st Century (Part 2)

CHAIRS: GUERRÓN-MONTERO, Carla (U Delaware) and YOUNG, Philip D. (U Oregon)
Session Participants:FISKE, Shirley J. (Consultant, U Maryland)PILLSBURY, Barbara (Int'l Hith & Dev Assoc)CONZALEZ-CLEMENTS, Emilia (Dev Systems/Applications Int'l Inc) and Carla Littlefield (Littlefield Assoc)MAYNARD-TUCKER, Gisele (UC-Los Angeles)
 
Session took place in Memphis, TN at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2008.

Preparing Applied Anthropologists for the 21st Century (Part 1)

CHAIRS: GUEERRÓN-MONTERO, Carla (U Delaware) and YOUNG, Philip D. (U Oregon)
ABSTRACT: These two sessions, organized by Carla Guerrón-Montero and the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs (COPAA), featured practitioners andacademics who have contributed to NAPA Bulletin No. 29 (2008). Participants in these two sessions discussed, from a variety of perspectives, the theoretical and practical skillsthat anthropology students should develop during the course of their studies to prepare themselves for careers in applied anthropology, whether as full-time practitioners or asapplied anthropologists within academia. Speakers also provided specific advice to undergraduate and graduate students on the benefits and challenges of careers in appliedanthropology, in both the national and the international arenas.
Session Participants:VAN ARSDALE, Peter (U Denver)YOUNG, Philip D. (U Oregon)LASSITER. Luke (Marshall U)
 
Session took place in Memphis, TN at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2008.

Working with Governmental Agencies

CHAIR: STEVENS JR., Phillips (SUNY-Buffalo)
ABSTRACT: This panel continues the conversation begun in Tampa, last year. The military interventions in rag and Afghanistan with their stated aims of regime change, and the2007 employment of anthropologists alongside troops, raise many questions about social science involvement in governmental efforts in other cultures. How can we worksuccessfully with governmental agencies, and persuade them to consider our advice in their planning and in their field operations - and should we, if we disapprove of their plansin the first place? How strong are memories of Project Camelot today? What are the ethical implications for our profession?
Session Participants:NIBBS, Faith (S Methodist U)FLUEHR-LOBBAN, Carolyn (Rhode Island Coll)SELMESKI, Brian (Air Force Culture & Language Ctr, Air U)
Session took place in Memphis. TN at the 68th Annual Meetina of the Society for Applied Anthropologv in March 2008.

2007 SfAA Awards Ceremony: The Malinowski Award

Malinowski Award Recipient: Gretel PeltoIntroduced by Peggy Bentley
Taking Care of Children: Applying Anthropology in Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health
This paper describes main features of a program of technical assistance in South Asia (primarily India) designed to help comm -unity health researchers develop more effectivedata gathering and analysis in applied studies of reproductive health issues. The program was funded by the Ford Foundation (India) and organized under a grant to JohnsHopkins University. Recipients of the technical assistance have been mainly small nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and some social science researchers in academicinstitutions in India. In most cases, the participants have been involved in community-based intervention programs, so the research activities have had a directly applied focus.The increasing challenge of the AIDS epidemic brought about a shift in emphasis in the program, as many organizations and individuals took up research on sexual behavior tobetter understand the patterns of individual actions that are associated with higher risks of HIV infection. An informal "sexual behavior research network" has developed as theprogram of technical assistance and the communications among the various participants matured. The use of computers for data management and e-mail communication hasfacilitated these developments.
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

Applying Linguistic Anthropology in the Classroom & Beyond

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CHAIR: MESSING, Jacqueline (USF)
ABSTRACT: This panel includes several undergraduate students from the University of South Florida's Anthropology program and their mentor. We will discuss the teaching oflinquistic anthropology and applied linquistics in the classroom, including ideas for a variety of "real-world" research projects. The students wrote ethnographic papers based ontheir own research for a course on "Language and Culture" and then served as peer editors, to produce a special issue of USF's Journal of Undergraduate Research. This journalshowcased fourteen students, ethnographic research papers, including studies of lanquage as it relates to: health and community, identity, linquistic variation, archeology,religion, technology, and deaf culture.
Session Participants:CARDEW. Jen (University of North Texas)GILLOGY, Marianne (University of South Florida)
 
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

Environment & Conservation Policy

CHAIR: CATTANI, Jacqueline (University of South Florida)
Session Participants:KELLEY, Geoff (University of Georgia) From the State to the Local: Conservation along the Mexico-United States BorderCASAGRANDE, David (Western Illinois University) Residential Landscape Preferences in the Phoenix OasisGARTIN, Meredeth and WUTICH, Amber (Arizona State University) The Social Dynamics of Policy-maker CollaborationCATTANI, Jacqueline (University of South Florida) Lifting the Ban on DDT for Malaria Control: Health, Environmental, and Economic Perspectives
 
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

South Florida’s Impact on Anthropology & Society

DISCUSSANT: ANGROSINO, Michael (University of South Florida)
ABSTRACT: Between 1974 and 1994, forty-two works descriptive of the University of South Florida MA and PhD programs in applied anthropology were published. In that periodsome two hundred graduates of those programs entered the work force. Since then, another hundred have been added. It is time to consider the impact of those professionalpractitioners on the discipline of anthropology and on the various professional sectors in and around which they work. This roundtable approaches these issues with ananthropological perspective - encouraging former students and faculty "natives" of different classes to speak for themselves, encouraging audience participation.
Session Participants:WOLFE, Alvin (University of South Florida)DEITRICK, Lynn (Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network)OGILVIE. Michele (University of South Florida Alumni)BIRD, Elizabeth & HIMMELGREEN, David (University of South Florida)PRIMO, John (University of Georgia) - audio not available
 
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

Global Health in the Time of Violence (Part 2)

CHAIRS: RYLKO-BAUER, Barbara; FARMER, Paul; and WHITEFORD, Linda
Session Participants:BOURGOIS, Philippe (University of Pennsylvania-School of Arts and Sciences & School of Medicine)SINGER, Merrill (Hispanic Health Council)QUESADA, James (San Francisco State University)
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

Global Health in the Time of Violence (Part 1)

CHAIRS: RYLKO-BAUER, Barbara, FARMER, Paul, and WHITEFORD, Linda
ABSTRACT: There is growing recognition amongst many involved in global health policy that narrowly-defined health initiatives need to be linked to broader efforts in addressingroot causes of the global burden of disease, including poverty, lack of clean water, malnutrition, gender inequity and maternal health. More recently, they have begun to examinethe multiple facets of violence and its impact on factors that directly determine health and the provision of health care. The panelists bring to this discussion a critical analyticperspective embedded in first hand knowledge of the experiences of those whose lives are shaped by global and local violence.
Session Participants:RYLKO-BAUER, Barbara (Michigan State University)FARMER, Paul (Harvard University and Partners in Health)WHITEFORD, Linda (University of South Florida)FASSIN, Didier (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Socials, Paris)NORDSTROM, Carolyn (University of Notre Dame)
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.

”Dude, That’s My Space!”

DISCUSSANT: HORST, Heather
ABSTRACT: The public prominence of social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook and media attention to the "effects" of violent video games and mobile phone usehave put these technologies at the forefront of contentious national debates. Advocating a kid-driven perspective on new media influenced by the resurgence of childhoodstudies in anthropology, we explore how young people use, share, create with, interact with, and perceive digital technologies in their day-to-day lives.
Session Participants:TRIPP. Lisa (Florida State University)HOST, Heather (University of California, Berkeley)YARDI, Sarita (Georgia Institute of Technology)LANGE, Patricia (Annenberg Center for Communication | University of Southern California)
Session took place in Tampa, FL at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2007.