The SfAA Podcast Archive

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.