The SfAA Podcast Archive

Part Two: Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism (Higher Ed TIG)

Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism (Higher Ed TIG) 
 
CHAIR: ALEXANDER, William (UNC Wilmington) SHERWOOD, Yvonne (UCSC) When We Follow: Social Movement Camps as Learning Places 
DAVIS, Brittany (Regis U) Critical Self-Reflection and Personal Transformation in the EJ Classroom 
WELLS, E. Christian (USF) Cultivating a Critical Environmental Justice Perspective among Students through University-Community Engaged Research in Tampa Bay, Florida 
LINCOLN, Martha (SFSU) Teaching Environmental Justice in the Field 
ALEXANDER, William (UNCW) The Classroom After the Disaster: Hurricane Florence and Environmental Justice Ethnography in Coastal North Carolina 
 
DISCUSSANT: LITTLE, Peter C. (RIC)
ABSTRACT: ALEXANDER, William (UNC Wilmington) Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism, Inspiring Involvement. Ethnographic research on ways people organize and take action to protect their families and communities from exposure to toxins while demanding accountability is a significant topic in applied anthropology. When students encounter this through curriculum they come to understand policies and factors that place communities at risk and appreciate the role of activist ethnography in documenting inequities and promoting change. In this session, anthropologists share experiences teaching ethnography courses on environmental justice issues. Panelists discuss course design, ethnographic literature, pedagogy, and class projects in which students apply what they learn to participation in environmental justice movements in their own communities. 
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part One: Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism (Higher Ed TIG)

Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism (Higher Ed TIG) 
 
CHAIR: ALEXANDER, William (UNC Wilmington) SHERWOOD, Yvonne (UCSC) When We Follow: Social Movement Camps as Learning Places 
DAVIS, Brittany (Regis U) Critical Self-Reflection and Personal Transformation in the EJ Classroom 
WELLS, E. Christian (USF) Cultivating a Critical Environmental Justice Perspective among Students through University-Community Engaged Research in Tampa Bay, Florida 
LINCOLN, Martha (SFSU) Teaching Environmental Justice in the Field 
ALEXANDER, William (UNCW) The Classroom After the Disaster: Hurricane Florence and Environmental Justice Ethnography in Coastal North Carolina 
 
DISCUSSANT: LITTLE, Peter C. (RIC)
ABSTRACT: ALEXANDER, William (UNC Wilmington) Environmental Justice Ethnography in the Classroom: Teaching Activism, Inspiring Involvement. Ethnographic research on ways people organize and take action to protect their families and communities from exposure to toxins while demanding accountability is a significant topic in applied anthropology. When students encounter this through curriculum they come to understand policies and factors that place communities at risk and appreciate the role of activist ethnography in documenting inequities and promoting change. In this session, anthropologists share experiences teaching ethnography courses on environmental justice issues. Panelists discuss course design, ethnographic literature, pedagogy, and class projects in which students apply what they learn to participation in environmental justice movements in their own communities. 
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Four: Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse - Q&A

Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse 
CHAIR: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) 
 
PANELISTS: JAMES, Sophie (USF) Unpaid, Emotional Labor: The True Cost of Vulnerability in Trusting AntiTrafficking Advocates 
DANLAG, Jaine (USF) Tales of Trafficking: Performing Women’s Narratives in a Sex Trafficking Rehabilitation Program in Florida 
JOHNSON, Melissa Hope (USF) Somewhere between Victim and Agent: Rethinking the Public Narrative on Sexually Exploited Youth frIday, march 2253 
LAWHORN, Joshlyn (USF) Racialized Gender in (Re)integration of Victim-Survivors of CSEC in Community Advocacy Work
 
ABSTRACT: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse. Human trafficking is an issue that has gained significant global attention over the last two decades, resulting in the rapid growth of anti-trafficking initiatives. The particular ways in which human trafficking is framed by various stakeholders, including policy-makers, state agencies, advocates, and humanitarian organizations, have important implications for the development of anti-trafficking policy and practice. The papers in this session take a critical approach in examining the particular ideologies underlying anti-trafficking policy, practice, and discourse in the United States, and the implications for those who have experienced or are vulnerable to human trafficking.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Three: Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse

Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse 
CHAIR: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) 
 
PANELISTS: JAMES, Sophie (USF) Unpaid, Emotional Labor: The True Cost of Vulnerability in Trusting AntiTrafficking Advocates 
DANLAG, Jaine (USF) Tales of Trafficking: Performing Women’s Narratives in a Sex Trafficking Rehabilitation Program in Florida 
JOHNSON, Melissa Hope (USF) Somewhere between Victim and Agent: Rethinking the Public Narrative on Sexually Exploited Youth frIday, march 2253 
LAWHORN, Joshlyn (USF) Racialized Gender in (Re)integration of Victim-Survivors of CSEC in Community Advocacy Work
 
ABSTRACT: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse. Human trafficking is an issue that has gained significant global attention over the last two decades, resulting in the rapid growth of anti-trafficking initiatives. The particular ways in which human trafficking is framed by various stakeholders, including policy-makers, state agencies, advocates, and humanitarian organizations, have important implications for the development of anti-trafficking policy and practice. The papers in this session take a critical approach in examining the particular ideologies underlying anti-trafficking policy, practice, and discourse in the United States, and the implications for those who have experienced or are vulnerable to human trafficking.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Two: Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse

Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse 
CHAIR: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) 
 
PANELISTS: JAMES, Sophie (USF) Unpaid, Emotional Labor: The True Cost of Vulnerability in Trusting AntiTrafficking Advocates 
DANLAG, Jaine (USF) Tales of Trafficking: Performing Women’s Narratives in a Sex Trafficking Rehabilitation Program in Florida 
JOHNSON, Melissa Hope (USF) Somewhere between Victim and Agent: Rethinking the Public Narrative on Sexually Exploited Youth frIday, march 2253 
LAWHORN, Joshlyn (USF) Racialized Gender in (Re)integration of Victim-Survivors of CSEC in Community Advocacy Work
 
ABSTRACT: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse. Human trafficking is an issue that has gained significant global attention over the last two decades, resulting in the rapid growth of anti-trafficking initiatives. The particular ways in which human trafficking is framed by various stakeholders, including policy-makers, state agencies, advocates, and humanitarian organizations, have important implications for the development of anti-trafficking policy and practice. The papers in this session take a critical approach in examining the particular ideologies underlying anti-trafficking policy, practice, and discourse in the United States, and the implications for those who have experienced or are vulnerable to human trafficking.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part One: Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse

Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse 
CHAIR: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) 
 
PANELISTS: JAMES, Sophie (USF) Unpaid, Emotional Labor: The True Cost of Vulnerability in Trusting AntiTrafficking Advocates 
DANLAG, Jaine (USF) Tales of Trafficking: Performing Women’s Narratives in a Sex Trafficking Rehabilitation Program in Florida 
JOHNSON, Melissa Hope (USF) Somewhere between Victim and Agent: Rethinking the Public Narrative on Sexually Exploited Youth frIday, march 2253 
LAWHORN, Joshlyn (USF) Racialized Gender in (Re)integration of Victim-Survivors of CSEC in Community Advocacy Work
 
ABSTRACT: JOHNSON, Melissa (USF) Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives on U.S. Policy, Practice, and Discourse. Human trafficking is an issue that has gained significant global attention over the last two decades, resulting in the rapid growth of anti-trafficking initiatives. The particular ways in which human trafficking is framed by various stakeholders, including policy-makers, state agencies, advocates, and humanitarian organizations, have important implications for the development of anti-trafficking policy and practice. The papers in this session take a critical approach in examining the particular ideologies underlying anti-trafficking policy, practice, and discourse in the United States, and the implications for those who have experienced or are vulnerable to human trafficking.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Six: Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) - Q&A

Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) 
CHAIR: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) 
 
PANELISTS: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) The Campus Access Project: Generating Activism and Improving Access through Classroom Assignments 
KONECZNY, Nell (UIC) Activism and Research: Anthropological Perspectives on Professor Engagement with Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion 
ACEVEDO, Sara (Bellevue Coll) Naming Silences: Reclaiming Disability Narratives through Curricular Intervention 
ROSCIGNO, Robin (Rutgers U) Establishing “Rhetoricity”: Knowledge Production among Autistic Students in a College Support System 
OLSON, Krisjon (MCW) Propositions for Anthropology in Medical Education: Introducing Structural Competence into the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative on a Midwestern Campus
 
ABSTRACT: 
GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology. From professor perspectives and actions about disability, accessibility, and inclusion in university classrooms to student activism and initiatives to advocate for disability rights and expanded services… what is the role of anthropology on college campuses? In these turbulent times, we have seen disabled activists at the forefront of the culture wars, on the frontlines fighting to save health care in the US and as prominent players in the #MeToo movement. This panel examines whether and how that activism extends to college campuses, and the role of anthropology (faculty, departments, students, programs, curricular innovations, etc.) in that process.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Five: Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies)

Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) 
CHAIR: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) 
 
PANELISTS: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) The Campus Access Project: Generating Activism and Improving Access through Classroom Assignments 
KONECZNY, Nell (UIC) Activism and Research: Anthropological Perspectives on Professor Engagement with Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion 
ACEVEDO, Sara (Bellevue Coll) Naming Silences: Reclaiming Disability Narratives through Curricular Intervention 
ROSCIGNO, Robin (Rutgers U) Establishing “Rhetoricity”: Knowledge Production among Autistic Students in a College Support System 
OLSON, Krisjon (MCW) Propositions for Anthropology in Medical Education: Introducing Structural Competence into the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative on a Midwestern Campus
 
ABSTRACT: 
GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology. From professor perspectives and actions about disability, accessibility, and inclusion in university classrooms to student activism and initiatives to advocate for disability rights and expanded services… what is the role of anthropology on college campuses? In these turbulent times, we have seen disabled activists at the forefront of the culture wars, on the frontlines fighting to save health care in the US and as prominent players in the #MeToo movement. This panel examines whether and how that activism extends to college campuses, and the role of anthropology (faculty, departments, students, programs, curricular innovations, etc.) in that process.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Four: Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies)

Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) 
CHAIR: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) 
 
PANELISTS: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) The Campus Access Project: Generating Activism and Improving Access through Classroom Assignments 
KONECZNY, Nell (UIC) Activism and Research: Anthropological Perspectives on Professor Engagement with Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion 
ACEVEDO, Sara (Bellevue Coll) Naming Silences: Reclaiming Disability Narratives through Curricular Intervention 
ROSCIGNO, Robin (Rutgers U) Establishing “Rhetoricity”: Knowledge Production among Autistic Students in a College Support System 
OLSON, Krisjon (MCW) Propositions for Anthropology in Medical Education: Introducing Structural Competence into the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative on a Midwestern Campus
 
ABSTRACT: 
GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology. From professor perspectives and actions about disability, accessibility, and inclusion in university classrooms to student activism and initiatives to advocate for disability rights and expanded services… what is the role of anthropology on college campuses? In these turbulent times, we have seen disabled activists at the forefront of the culture wars, on the frontlines fighting to save health care in the US and as prominent players in the #MeToo movement. This panel examines whether and how that activism extends to college campuses, and the role of anthropology (faculty, departments, students, programs, curricular innovations, etc.) in that process.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.

Part Three: Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies)

Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) 
CHAIR: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) 
 
PANELISTS: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) The Campus Access Project: Generating Activism and Improving Access through Classroom Assignments 
KONECZNY, Nell (UIC) Activism and Research: Anthropological Perspectives on Professor Engagement with Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion 
ACEVEDO, Sara (Bellevue Coll) Naming Silences: Reclaiming Disability Narratives through Curricular Intervention 
ROSCIGNO, Robin (Rutgers U) Establishing “Rhetoricity”: Knowledge Production among Autistic Students in a College Support System 
OLSON, Krisjon (MCW) Propositions for Anthropology in Medical Education: Introducing Structural Competence into the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative on a Midwestern Campus
 
ABSTRACT: 
GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology. From professor perspectives and actions about disability, accessibility, and inclusion in university classrooms to student activism and initiatives to advocate for disability rights and expanded services… what is the role of anthropology on college campuses? In these turbulent times, we have seen disabled activists at the forefront of the culture wars, on the frontlines fighting to save health care in the US and as prominent players in the #MeToo movement. This panel examines whether and how that activism extends to college campuses, and the role of anthropology (faculty, departments, students, programs, curricular innovations, etc.) in that process.
 
Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.