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703-528-1902, ext. 3008 SAMPLINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION'S
ANNUAL MEETING IN ATLANTA
DEC. 15-19, 2004
Anthropologists from around the world will gather at the Atlanta Hilton
on December 15-19, 2004 for the American Anthropological Association's
103rd annual meeting. The conference theme is Magic, Science and Religion
but included are multiple sessions on food research, violence, aspects
of health care including pharmaceuticals, and panels on Islam and the
Middle East. There are also talks on parenting, old age and much more.
Several authors will visit the Press Room to discuss their new books.
They write about global economics and the fish market at the center
of the world, untold facts about twins and the Holocaust, and takes
on Fat around the globe. Please check the Press Room for times.
The American Anthropological Association is the world's largest organization
of anthropologists, representing all specialties within the profession
from cultural, physical/biological, archeology, linguistics and applied
anthropology. This conference was originally scheduled for San Francisco
but was moved to Atlanta to avoid crossing striking union workers' picket
lines...Below is a sampling of sessions with potential media interest.
Full programs with speakers and room assignments as well as abstracts
of each session will be available in the Press Room.
Wednesday
Anthropological Approaches to Central Asia and the Middle East:
Scholars working on both sides of the Atlantic discuss new approaches
to replace notions of tribe, state, gender.( Noon-3.45)
Emergent Representations: Violence, Ethnography and the Everyday:
A panel discusses the challenges of violence to everyday lives. (2-5.45
p.m.)
Aging and Projects of Modernity: How aging in Japan, China and
India is changing to become closer to how people imagine it in the "West".
(6-7.45 p.m)
New Writing Systems: Indigenous peoples and minority groups
are developing new writing systems for their languages. (6-7.45 p.m.)
Thursday
Crossing Borders: Religion in Transregional Contexts: Balinese
temples, relocations in Fiji, ritual symbols in Singapore, and female
traditions in Senegal and Spain and transnational faith communities
in the U.S. (10.15-Noon)
Tsukiji, The Fish Market at the Center of the World,
author Theodore Bestor (12.30 p.m. Press Room)
Anthropology Beyond Bagdad: A Roundtable Discussion. (1.45-3.30
p.m.)
Marginal Muslims? Discussions on Muslim people in Pakistan,
Iran, Chile and Argentina, Egypt and more...(1.45-3.30 p.m.)
Witchcraft, Science and Religion in Latin America. Discussions
of witchcraft and healing in Mexico, Chile, Panama, Brazil (1.45 - 3.30
p.m.)
Fast Food - Slow Food: Anthropologists have a history of conducting
work on food and food systems. Here they discuss fast food and slow
food as two visions of the future. (4-5.45 p.m.)
Friday
The Prehistory Of New World Shamanisms. Spiritual leaders with
healing powers, sponsored by the AAA Executive Program Committee and
Archeology Division (8 - 11.45 a.m.)
Women and Work: new ways to examine working women. (8-11.45
a.m.)
Fat, The Anthropology of an Obsession Anne Meneley
(Press Room, 10.30 a.m)
Sahrawi and Afghan Refugee Youth and Prolonged Forced Migration:
four papers on research of older children and youth, a population that
has been largely ignored. (10.15-Noon)
Offshoring White-Collar and Professional Work: How the shift
of jobs overseas affects the lives, languages and perspectives of workers
from America and India. (10.15-Noon)
Health Issues Among Latinos in the US: this panel addresses
cultural diversity and health disparities. (10.15-Noon)
Food Tourism. Talks about food patterns from Tuscany to Costa
Rica. (10.15-Noon)
From Racism to Genocide: Anthropology in the Third Reich,
author Gretchen Schafft: the untold story of twins, their bitter fate
and the role of German anthropologists.(1 p.m. Press Room)
What's All the Fuss About Same-Sex Marriage? A roundtable discussion
asks what are the myths about marriage, family and civilization that
fueled the attack. (1.45-3.30 p.m.)
New Perspectives in Biocultural Studies of Health: Biological
anthropologists discuss recent field research on health in different
parts of the world, from pre-birth, infancy to old age(4-5.45p.m)
Saturday
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling: Asia and Latin America
(8-9.45a.m.)
Service Learning and Anthropology - Case Studies: Community
service projects are recommended to help students understand the relevance
of academic learning. (8-9.45)
Restaurants. Current research on restaurants which are often
blamed for the homogenization of culture on a global scale. (8-11.45
a.m.)
Urban Violence in a Global Perspective: Trying to understand
the roots of current urban militancy and their consequences. (10.15-Noon)
Building Mesoamerica: The origins of monumental architecture: This
session brings together archeologists who study "first generation"monuments.
(4-5.45 p.m.).
Media Notes:
Press Room, Assembly Room, 4th floor, Atlanta Hilton Hotel.
Members of the media must sign in and pick up their pass. Programs
and abstracts available for credentialed media .
Hours: The Press Room will be open Wednesday Dec. 15 from 2
- 6 p.m and 9 - 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Press Opportunities will be posted on the Press Room Bulletin
Board. See list of authors. |
