The SfAA Podcast Archive

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• Interview: Amelia Fiske 27.04.2026 42m

  UNT anthropology students Ricardo Carrera del Valle and Natalie White sat down with 2026 Margaret Mead Award recipient Amelia Fiske to discuss her new book, Reckoning with Harm: The Toxic Relations of Oil in Amazonia. Recorded on March 20 at SfAA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
• Interview: Michael Paolisso 27.04.2026 45m

  UNT anthropology students Eva Perez Zepeda and Radhika Lade spoke with Michael Paolisso, recipient of the 2025 Sol Tax Award for Distinguished Service, about his career in natural resource management and applied anthropology. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 
• Interview: Robert Rubinstein 27.04.2026 1h 2m

  UNT anthropology students Natalie White and Radhika Lade sat down with Robert Rubinstein, recipient of the 2026 Sol Tax Award for Distinguished Service, about his work bringing an anthropological lens to the field of international peacekeeping. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 
• Interview: Roberto Alvarez 27.04.2026 59m

  UNT anthropology students Eva Perez Zepeda and Ricardo Carrera del Valle sat down with 2026 Malinowski Award recipient Roberto Alvarez to discuss his life, his work on the border, and the future of anthropology. Recorded on March 19, 2026 at SfAA in Albuquerque, NM. 
• Scaling Ethnography for Policy and Practice: What Works and Lessons Learned: Part II 28.04.2025 1h 38m

  CHAIR: MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) SINGH PUNI, Tirath and MILLER, Christine (SCAD) Breaking Barriers: Applying Ethnographic Tools and Service Design to Integrate Community-Based Research in Medical Education HERMANNS, Kwela (SCAD) and GAGE, Marty (Lextant) What Industry and Education Really Want: Lextant & SCAD Partnership on User-Centered Design Research Training MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) Towards a Method for Scaling Ethnography by Integrating Anthropology and Engineering DISCUSSANT: EDBERG, Mark (GWU)   For centuries ethnography has offered insights into culture, human behavior, language, social systems, and technology. Yet, they have often encountered barriers in translating their findings into policy and practice. In contrast, other disciplines (engineering and medicine) have proven methods for moving know-how into practice. Here the transfer of ethnographic findings into practice will be treated as a problem of scaling to practice, i.e., showing what applies to one or a few may also apply to many. Participants will report lessons learned and what works from their direct experience in scaling ethnography for business, education, public health, and product development.   SINGH PUNI, Tirath and MILLER, Christine (SCAD) Breaking Barriers: Applying Ethnographic Tools and Service Design to Integrate Community-Based Research in Medical Education. This study examines how ethnographic tools, applied through the lens of Service Design, can assist the medical school leadership of a satellite campus of a state university medical school to redesign their curriculum to incorporate community-based participatory research (CBR). By using mixed methods approaches such as contextual interviews, surveys, and co-creation workshops combined with journey mapping and blueprinting, the leadership can develop actionable strategies to integrate community research, fostering a deeper connection between academic structures and community needs. This approach highlights the potential for scaling ethnographic insights to reform curricula and educational institutions training future medical doctors.   HERMANNS, Kwela (SCAD) and GAGE, Marty (Lextant) What Industry and Education Really Want: Lextant & SCAD Partnership on User-Centered Design Research Training. A collaboration between SCAD and Lextant resulted in 1) curriculum re-designs to reflect actionable research and analysis approaches developed by Lextant in-house, 2) the creation of a textbook and 3) a stand-alone Certification in Design Research & Insight Translation for students. The session proposal falls into the panel’s focus on Educational Policy and Practice: Scaling ethnographic insights. The collaboration included shadowing and on-site participatory co-creation. The resulting curriculum redesign enables students to contribute to real-world problem solving in diverse sectors. This large-scale learning intervention constitutes a unique education / industry partnership within the US.   MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) Towards a Method for Scaling Ethnography by Integrating Anthropology and Engineering. Here the author will identify recurring themes and assess them through the lenses of applied anthropology, praxis theory, and the Engineering Design Process (EDP), i.e., identify a problem, research solutions, pick the optimal solution, build a prototype, test-evaluate, implement pilot solutions, monitor and redesign (as needed), expand what works. Drawing from cognitive anthropology and discourse analysis, the author will evaluate the methods for scaling according to expressivity, precision, accuracy, relevance, endogenous acceptability, exogenous validity, and reduction to practice. He will propose a method for scaling ethnography to policy and practice. Speakers Richard Morris, MGI Kwela Hermanns Christine Miller, Savannah College of Art and Design, Professor of Design Management Mark Edberg, George Washington University, Professor
• Scaling Ethnography for Policy and Practice: What Works and Lessons Learned: Part I 28.04.2025 1h 48m

  CHAIR: MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) BRUNA, Sean (WWU) An Ethnographic Look Inside a Federal‬‭ Initiative‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ MILLER, Christine Z. and SIGHN PUNI, Tirath (SCAD) Scaling Up: From Small Starts to Big Impacts TELLIEL, Yunus Doğan (WPI) Translational Anthropology: Scaling Ethnographic Inquiry in‬ Human-Computer Interaction MORRIS, J.S.K. (UWisc), LOUIS, C.N. (CNL), and MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) A Tool for Scaling Ethnography to Support Decision Makers in Public Education ZHENG, Mandy (SCAD) Digitalized Afterlife: A Study on the Management of Digital Preservation   For centuries ethnography has offered insights into culture, human behavior, language, social systems, and technology. Yet, they have often encountered barriers in translating their findings into policy and practice. In contrast, other disciplines (engineering and medicine) have proven methods for moving know-how into practice. Here the transfer of ethnographic findings into practice will be treated as a problem of scaling to practice, i.e., showing what applies to one or a few may also apply to many. Participants will report lessons learned and what works from their direct experience in scaling ethnography for business, education, public health, and product development.   BRUNA, Sean (WWU) An Ethnographic Look Inside a Federal‬‭ Initiative‬. In this presentation, a Senior Advisor at a federal agency explores the role of scaling from individual subject matter science to national policy and provides recommendations for anthropologists who wish to have their research inform national policy. Using a national initiative he led as a case study, he presents the strategic coordination of various components - research by scholars, national organizations, congress, career staffers, and representatives of multiple federal agencies, among others - to move from individual science to policy. While not ethnographic in the formal use of the term, he argues that the initiative's success stems from the application of ethnographic insights into the “field” of policy.   MILLER, Christine Z. and SIGHN PUNI, Tirath (SCAD) Scaling Up: From Small Starts to Big Impacts. This paper explores how student-led multidisciplinary collaborative projects with community actors can scale to have impact far beyond the classrooms in which they were initiated. We argue that applying a transdisciplinary approach that melds theoretical frameworks and methodological practice from anthropology with design’s communicative powers can boost the impact of “classroom projects” to resonate within networks over time. The temporal dimension is important to consider in thinking about scaling. Over time and through the strength of loose ties concepts and practices forged through transdisciplinary perspectives achieve scale in unanticipated ways.   TELLIEL, Yunus Doğan (WPI) Translational Anthropology: Scaling Ethnographic Inquiry in‬ Human-Computer Interaction. This paper focuses on challenges and possibilities of scaling ethnographic inquiry in two U.S.-based collaborative projects on human-computer interaction: the development of 1) an algorithm-based resource exchange platform for nonprofits and 2) of a large-scale program on (generative) AI literacy for faculty in higher education institutions. I have collaborated with industrial engineers in the first project and computer scientists in the second. Drawing on my fieldwork in these two projects, the paper shows that ethnographic inquiry can be used to create mobile and adaptable protocols for translation between different types of knowledge within the context of human-computer interaction.   MORRIS, J.S.K. (UWisc), LOUIS, C.N. (CNL), and MORRIS, Richard W. (MGI) A Tool for Scaling Ethnography to Support Decision Makers in Public Education. This paper shows how data gathered via participant observation can be refined and strengthened with parallel statistical analysis. An ethnography of S
• An Interview with Dr. Ralph Bolton 28.04.2025 5m
• Addressing Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing in Global Health 28.04.2025 1h 22m

  CHAIR: PAZ LEMUS, L. Tatiana (Vanderbilt U) PAZ LEMUS, L. Tatiana (Vanderbilt U) Rethinking Childhoods and Childhood Obesity Through a Cultural Contexts of Health Approach CUJ, Miguel (Vanderbilt U) Feasting on Knowledge: Exploring Guatemala’s Maya Food Groups in a Global Approach KOSS, Sophia (Vanderbilt U) The Cultural Context of Heat: Addressing Heat in the U.S. DISCUSSANT: HARVEY, T.S. (Vanderbilt U)   This session explores how many obstacles to health and wellbeing are grounded in colonial-legacy frameworks that privilege specialized scientific inquiry and give ‘individual autonomy’ and ‘personal responsibility’ outsized roles in their contribution to health outcomes and life chances. These papers will discuss the application of a Cultural Contexts of Health (CCH) approach to issues such as conceptions of childhood, pain, heat, and nutritional science. Building more just and equitable health futures requires addressing how unresolved colonial legacies in Guatemala, the US, and across the globe impact health and wellbeing.   PAZ LEMUS, L. Tatiana (Vanderbilt U) Rethinking Childhoods and Childhood Obesity Through a Cultural Contexts of Health Approach. This paper explores the application of the Cultural Contexts of Health approach to the conceptions of Childhoods and Childhood Obesity in Global Health. Based on the WHO’s Behavioral and Cultural Insights Unit model, the Vanderbilt Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing initiative aims to show how accounting for cultural contexts and lived experiences can help identify upstream sources of health inequalities. In this paper, I aim to map out the colonial legacies in producing scientific knowledge about childhoods and childhood obesity, and the challenges of including medical humanities and children’s epistemologies in public health policy. CUJ, Miguel (Vanderbilt U) Feasting on Knowledge: Exploring Guatemala’s Maya Food Groups in a Global Approach. This paper explores how the K’iche’ Maya people in Guatemala interact with the country’s food guidelines, regional food policies of classification, and nutritional global classification of food. The nutritional global and regional classification of food also influences recent food patterns of ultra-processed products in Guatemalan Indigenous communities. This biomedical approach dismisses Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies of food which classifies food according to relational taste and context. By analyzing contextual data, observing, and speaking with K’iche’ Maya ixoq’ib’ (women) in their food preparation and consumption practices, this paper highlights the cultural values of appropriate food that go unrecognized in food guidelines designed by global health experts.   KOSS, Sophia (Vanderbilt U) The Cultural Context of Heat: Addressing Heat in the U.S. As current heat waves affect different regions of the US, it is necessary to address how these impacts of heat are mostly human-created. As our bodies react to create environments and conditions that make us more vulnerable, exposure to heat can increase disparate health and wellbeing outcomes. This paper explores different angles where a cultural contexts of health approach can provide insights for heat and health policy in the US. By looking at global and local examples, I hope to highlight the potential importance of a cultural context approach to heat and health Speakers L. Tatiana Paz Lemus, Vanderbilt Cultural Contexts of Health Initiative, Program & Research Manager Miguel Cuj, Student Sophia Koss, Vanderbilt University T.S. Harvey, Vanderbilt University, Associate Professor of Medical and Linguistic Anthropology
• An Interview with Dr. Kelly Fayard 28.04.2025 7m

  Kelly Fayard University of Denver Kelly Fayard is speaking at (W-132) Preserving Heritage: Voices of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians March 26, 2025 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm Grand Ballroom II
• Revitalizing Applied Anthropology Through Field Schools: Insights and Advice on Starting and Running Applied/Engaged Field Schools 28.04.2025 1h 40m

  CHAIRS: ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis) and FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA) ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA), LAMBERT-PENNINGTON, Katherine and ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis)   Many students gain hands-on experience and training in applied anthropology through the dozens of field schools offered around the world. Field schools are incredibly helpful for revitalizing applied anthropology because they present the next generation of applied anthropologists with opportunities for reflection on the discipline’s past while they help to build our discipline’s future. This roundtable brings together applied anthropologists who have established field schools around the globe to share insights and advice on how to begin a new field school as well as how to run a field school once it is established. Speakers William Robertson, University of Memphis, Assistant Professor Katherine Lambert-Pennington, University of Memphis Full-time , Director School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy and Associate Professor of Anthropology
• An Interview with Dr. Joeva Rock 28.04.2025 8m
• Entrepreneurship as Pathways to Financial Independence 28.04.2025 1h 29m

  CHAIR: ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Arizona) JUNG, Yuson (Wayne State U), BATTS, Dawn (Milestone Capital Growth Inst), THOMAS, Frankee, REIMUELLER, Kayleigh, UNDERWOOD, Ricky, EDMOND, Nakim, and WALTER, Morgan (Wayne State U), GONZALEZ, Yoel (Independent) Beyond Hustling and the Individual Entrepreneur: Building a Black Tech Ecosystem in Detroit MINGEE, Jess (UIUC) Compatibility of the Entrepreneurial Mindset With Development Projects in Non-Industrialized Communities: A Case of Zambia ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Arizona) and MILLER, Shane (MS State U) Agent-Based Reality (ABR) in Real Life (IRL): Modelling Financial Uncertainties in the Slums of Greater Casablanca, Morocco BRAZELTON, Elizabeth “Lisa” (UA) Hemp for Hope: Agency Among Alabama Minority Hemp Farmers   JUNG, Yuson (Wayne State U), BATTS, Dawn (Milestone Capital Growth Inst), THOMAS, Frankee, REIMUELLER, Kayleigh, UNDERWOOD, Ricky, EDMOND, Nakim, and WALTER, Morgan (Wayne State U), GONZALEZ, Yoel (Independent) Beyond Hustling and the Individual Entrepreneur: Building a Black Tech Ecosystem in Detroit. While various efforts and initiatives attempt to close the racial wealth gap through economic growth in the US, little is known about underrepresented founders’ distinct experiences in tech ecosystems. The unique aspect of scalability in tech ventures presents both opportunities and challenges, especially for building an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. Based on a qualitative study with the stakeholders of Detroit’s emerging Black tech ecosystem, this paper discusses their values and practices rooted in Detroit’s deep history and culture of entrepreneurship to demonstrate the importance of reframing entrepreneurship and wealth generation beyond the individual.   MINGEE, Jess (UIUC) Compatibility of the Entrepreneurial Mindset With Development Projects in Non-Industrialized Communities: A Case of Zambia. Within international development work, Western organizations have the difficult task of meeting their own objectives and process requirements while designing a solution that supports community needs. This presentation discusses an autoethnographic investigation of a for-profit startup organization implementing a project in rural Zambia, focusing on how decision-making is driven by the organization’s needs. Despite a profit model centered around community impact, the organization has displayed limited bandwidth to thoughtfully assess local conditions. Instead, they utilize cookie-cutter techniques, prioritizing prompt results to please the funding entities which support the organization – even if those results do not reflect local perception of impact   ILAHIANE, Hsain (U Arizona) and MILLER, Shane (MS State U) Agent-Based Reality (ABR) in Real Life (IRL): Modelling Financial Uncertainties in the Slums of Greater Casablanca, Morocco. In this paper, we challenge conventional assumptions about how low-income Moroccan households earn, spend, borrow and save money and we provide novel ways of “seeing” financial instability flows in real life. Based on ethnographic interviews, financial diaries, and the use of principle component analysis and Sankey diagrams, we graphically categorize and visualize flows of money between households of different socio-economic levels in a world marked by casual labor. We also underscore the utility of financial diaries in revealing the continuous upswings and downswings of household budgets as well as the coping strategies mobilized by various households against precariousness.   BRAZELTON, Elizabeth “Lisa” (UA) Hemp for Hope: Agency Among Alabama Minority Hemp Farmers. Hemp farming is risky business. The 2023 USDA Hemp Report showed a 71% decrease in hemp farming from 2022, and Alabama’s permitted hemp farmers decreased by 90% from 2019-2024. Newly legalized in 2014/2018, hemp was touted as a replacement crop for tobacco. Historically, Southern Black farmers were the predominate U.S. tobacco cultivators, but they are a minority among hemp far
• AN Interview with Dr. David Natcher 28.04.2025 9m

  David Natcher David Natcher is speaking at (TH-84) In the Shadow of Development: The Persistence of First Nations’ Subsistence Economies in the Peace Country, Canada March 27, 2025 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Skyline II
• Embodying and Producing Stigma: Violence, Morality, and the Consequences for Healthcare 28.04.2025 1h 28m

  CHAIR: PODRABSKY, Dylan (U Oregon) ISLAM, Afsana (TX State U) Vitiligo and the Gender-Based Socio-Cultural Stigma: Contemporary Health Seeking Behaviour and Treatment Practices in Bangladesh NEHUSHTAN, Hilla (U Pitt) Body Size Perceptions Among American Jewish Women PODRABSKY, Dylan, HERBERT, Claire, SNODGRASS, Josh, and WEAVER, Lesley Jo (U Oregon) Symbolic Violence, Embodied Consequences: Stigma, Houselessness, and Health GANLEY, Karla (UF Coll of Med) “Unreliable Historians”: How Physicians Use Patient Clinical Notes as Discursive Tools for Moral Education and Denial of Care   ISLAM, Afsana (TX State U) Vitiligo and the Gender-Based Socio-Cultural Stigma: Contemporary Health Seeking Behaviour and Treatment Practices in Bangladesh. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that results in skin depigmentation, affecting 1-2% of the global population. In Bangladesh, vitiligo patients frequently endure stigma, stress, depression, shame, isolation, and low self-esteem, with notable gender disparities. This research employs a mixed-method design from a medical anthropological perspective to explore the lived experiences of vitiligo patients and the associated stigma in Bangladesh. It investigates pluralistic treatment practices and health-seeking behaviors while elucidating the patient-doctor relationship and therapy management dynamics. Study findings indicate that vitiligo patients face significant stigma in contexts such as marriage, employment, and public life, exacerbated by misconceptions about the disease’s contagiousness.   NEHUSHTAN, Hilla (U Pitt) Body Size Perceptions Among American Jewish Women. Historical studies reveal socio-medical views that associated Jews with immorality, fatness, and lust, connecting them to stereotypes of blackness and immigrants and positioning them as outsiders to the white bodily ideals in the U.S. The current study explores perceptions of bodywork among Jewish women in North America today. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews, this study ties the scholarly worlds of medical anthropology, religious studies, fat studies, and gendered bodywork and asks how religious Jewish women in the US perceive body size and negotiate the intersection of gendered expectations, religious prescriptions, food restrictions, and community ideals? Preliminary results focus on the pressure for thinness before wedlock, challenges with parenthood amid obesity scares and diet culture defiance, and complex relations with parents and family members about body and self-image.   PODRABSKY, Dylan, HERBERT, Claire, SNODGRASS, Josh, and WEAVER, Jo (U Oregon) Symbolic Violence, Embodied Consequences: Stigma, Houselessness, and Health. Stigma constantly exposes people experiencing houselessness (PEH) to symbolic violence – individual or collective actions which reinforce and reproduce internalized understandings of social values and hierarchies. This presentation draws on interviews conducted with government officials and PEH in a US city with a high rate of unsheltered houselessness. Thematic analysis revealed that symbolic violence enacted through stigmatization becomes embodied in PEH, leading to disproportionate health risks and further marginalization. This presentation seeks to illuminate how stigma functions as a form of symbolic violence, how this becomes embodied by the stigmatized, and how this social devaluation is translated into unequal material conditions.   GANLEY, Karla (UF Coll of Med) “Unreliable Historians”: How Physicians Use Patient Clinical Notes as Discursive Tools for Moral Education and Denial of Care. Clinical notes written by physicians are often regarded as objective records of patient health status. But what happens when the patient gives the physician an account of illness that doesn’t adhere to expected chronotopes of linear time and divisible space? By analyzing the case of a homeless patient who sought treatment for substance misuse, I show how this can led to testimonial injustice a
• An Interview with Dr. Charles Menzies 28.04.2025 10m

  Charles MenziesProfessor, The University of British Columbia Charles Menzies is speaking at (TH-114) Confronting Capitalism, Imperialism, and Settler Colonialism: First Nations Authority and Jurisdiction on the Northwest Coast of Canada March 27, 2025 3:45 pm – 5:30 pm Skyline II
• Applying Anthropology to Forest Management in the U.S. Pacific Northwest 28.04.2025 1h 31m

  CHAIRS: CHARNLEY, Susan and CERVENY, Lee (USFS PNRS) MCLAIN, Rebecca (Independent) Possibilities and Uncertainties in the Emerging Bigleaf Maple Sugaring Industry CHARNLEY, Susan (USFS PNRS) Community Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Addressing the “Leftovers” Problem SIZEK, Julia, COUGHLAN, Michael, and HUBER-STEARNS, Heidi (U Oregon) Planning Under Fire: How Changing Fire Regimes Reshape Forest and Community Planning Across the Pacific Northwest CERVENY, Lee (USFS PNRS), ARMATAS, Christopher (USFS RMRS), THOMAS, Alyssa (USFS PNRS), RANDRUP, Kristina (UW), and KAMINSKI, Abigail (USFS PNRS) Socio-Spatial Approaches to Engage the Public Around Post-Wildfire Planning in National Forests of the Pacific Northwest ANDERSON, Robert (USFS NRS) Contested Environmentalisms: Reconciling Care, Killing, and Science in Ecological Management   The Pacific Northwest is renowned for its temperate rainforests that harbor rich biodiversity, provide numerous ecosystem services, and form an integral part of the regional identity, while being culturally diverse and growing in population. Managing forests to meet multiple social and ecological goals and interests is challenging. In recent years, the region has met with significant forces of ecological and social change, with implications for community well-being, livelihoods, resource access, local identity, and the region’s forests, including wildlife. This session illustrates how social scientists are applying their research to address a cross-section of forest management issues in the region. MCLAIN, Rebecca (Independent) Possibilities and Uncertainties in the Emerging Bigleaf Maple Sugaring Industry. Maple sugaring is spreading from northeastern North America to the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The emerging PNW maple sugaring industry centers around bigleaf maple which occurs abundantly on small privately owned forests. This paper draws on semi-structured interviews with bigleaf maple sap producers to understand their motivations for engaging in maple sugaring, the types of resources they mobilize, and the logistical and marketing challenges they face. Our study suggests that a thriving bigleaf maple sugar industry could support ecological sustainability while enabling small-scale forest owners to reduce the livelihood risks associated with ecological and economic uncertainties brought about by climate change.   CHARNLEY, Susan (USFS PNRS) Community Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: Addressing the “Leftovers” Problem. The forest products industry, and controversy over industrial forest management, have a long history in the Pacific Northwest. Seeking control over how local forests are managed, communities have been purchasing former timber company land to establish community forests, managing them in an environmentally sound way for local community benefit. A key challenge is obtaining funding for land acquisition and operations. Community groups typically can only afford marginal or cutover forestland that others don’t want: “leftovers,” which don’t generate sufficient revenue to be financially sustainable. I explore this challenge and potential policy solutions to support community forestry in the Pacific Northwest.   SIZEK, Julia, COUGHLAN, Michael, and HUBER-STEARNS, Heidi (U Oregon) Planning Under Fire: How Changing Fire Regimes Reshape Forest and Community Planning Across the Pacific Northwest. Changing wildfire regimes are disrupting communities and surrounding forests across the Pacific Northwest, upending livelihoods, economies, and forest management plans. As summer events are cancelled, recreation-based businesses shut down, and timber sales burn before they can be harvested, both communities and land managers are faced hard decisions of how and what to prioritize in these landscapes. Drawing on case study research from the 30-year social and economic monitoring for the Northwest Forest Plan, this presentation will examine how federal agency employees and community members
• An Interview with Dr. Andrew Gardner 28.04.2025 7m

  Andrew GardnerProfessor of Anthropology, University of Puget Sound Andrew Gardner is speaking at (TH-09) Lost Ethnographers in the Anthropological Tradition March 27, 2025 9:00 am – 10:45 am Captain Gray II (Duniway Hotel) (TH-129) P.K. New Award Presentation March 27, 2025 5:45 pm – 7:30 pm Pavillion West (F-12) Professional Strangers in Rural America: A Redux March 28, 2025 9:00 am – 10:45 am Grand Ballroom II (F-69) Applied Anthropological Research Design in the Middle East and North Africa March 28, 2025 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm Captain Gray II (Duniway Hotel)
• P.K. New Award Presentation 28.04.2025 58m

  MODERATORS: WIES, Jennifer (EKU) HÀ, Tiên-Dung (Stanford U) Power of Identification: Transnational Science and Sacred Obligations in Identifying Vietnamese War Dead GILLARD, Sharon (UNCC) Mental Health Stigma Disparities: Cultural Identities and Cultural Values Among Black Women THOMPSON-CAMPITOR, Carly (NAU) “You’re One of Us”: A Reflexive Account of Conducting Insider Research With Lyme Disease Advocates DISCUSSANT: GARDNER, Andrew (U Puget Sound) Speakers Jennifer Wies, Eastern Kentucky University, Associate Provost and Professor of Anthropology Tien-Dung Ha Sharon Gillard Carly Thompson-Campitor, Northern Arizona University Andrew Gardner, University of Puget Sound, Professor of Anthropology
• Invisible Battles: Disability, Power, and  Powerlessness 30.07.2024 1h 39m

  Invisible Battles: Disability, Power, and Powerlessness (Disability TIG) Speakers: CHAIR: KLEIN, Wendy (CSULB)LILLY, Samantha (U Michigan) A Case Study on the Efficacy of Argentina’s National Mental Healthcare Law ‘Ley Nº 26.657’MCILRATH, Grace (Luther Coll) Invisible Battles of “Ordinary” Mothers: Stories of Disability Advocacy in IowaROBERTS, Michelle (UKY) Everyday Ablenationalism: “Drawing a Check” in Appalachian KentuckyDREXLER, Livy (MI State U) Not Like Any Other School: How the Environment at a Tribal School Challenges Conceptions of DisabilityKLEIN, Wendy (CSULB) Autism and Bilingual Socialization: Perspectives and Practices in Bilingual Families Abstract MCILRATH, Grace (Luther Coll) Invisible Battles of “Ordinary” Mothers: Stories of Disability Advocacy in Iowa. This paper discusses the results from conversations with 17 mothers of children with special health-care needs in Iowa. Interviews covered a range of themes, including pregnancy, discovering the disability, doctors, schools, the child, speaking about the disability, parenting, and leadership. Many mothers expressed their longing for a “normal” life doing things “normal families” often take for granted. A fascinating facet of our explorations were the lessons learned about the invisibility of social movements and activism for disability rights in the United States. The erasure of the dominant role of women leaders fighting for maternal and child healthcare rights was astounding. mcilgr01@luther.edu (W107)   Our Mission The SfAA Podcast Project is a student-led initiative to provide audio records of sessions from the Annual Meetings to the public, free of charge. We strive to include a broad range of interests from diverse perspectives with the intent of extending conversations throughout the years. Our ultimate goal is to make these dialogues accessible to a global audience.
• Towards a Cultural Ballistics of Guns 30.07.2024 1h 32m

  PRIBILSKY, Jason (Whitman Coll) Towards a Cultural Ballistics of Guns. This panel brings together new research into gun culture and the aftereffects of gun violence in the contemporary US. In the spaces between the protracted gun debate between unfettered access to firearms and calls for gun control, we highlight ways ethnographic attention can serve to reveal emerging structures of feelings around guns whereby citizens may be simultaneously “shocked and outraged” but also largely accepting of the conditions of gun violence. We also address new forms of visibility in the wake of gun violence that reveal hidden and as yet unexplored manifestations of the proliferation of firearm dangers. pribiljc@whitman.edu (W-78)