Kelly Fayard, Director, Native American Cultural Center at Yale University Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Title: “Kinship, Race, and Identity: Belonging among the Poarch Band of Creek Indians” The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, first noted in published records in the 1940s by anthropologist Frank Speck, is located in Alabama, a place where many incorrectly assume that no…
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November 16th, 2015- Patricia Mathews-Salazar (Yale PhD ’97), Professor of Social Sciences, Human Services & Criminal Justice Director, Center for Ethnic Studies Borough of Manhattan Community College
Patricia Mathews-Salazar (Yale PhD ’97) Professor of Social Sciences, Human Services & Criminal Justice Director, Center for Ethnic Studies Borough of Manhattan Community College Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Title: “Teaching in the Nation’s Largest Urban University System: Challenges, Opportunities, and Advice” This session is a dialogue with Professor Mathews-Salazar about her wide-ranging experience working in the CUNY…
November 10th, 2015- Dr. Bianet Castellanos, Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota
Dr. Bianet Castellanos, Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Title: “Embracing Debt and Risk: Maya Migrants and Housing Reform in Cancún, México.” Yucatec Maya migrants in México have long associated debt with a history of indentured servitude and land with freedom and autonomy. As the Mexican government pivots away from land redistribution, Yucatec Maya…
November 3rd, 2015- Sahar Romani, Singh Postdoctoral Associate in South Asian Studies
Sahar Romani, Singh Postdoctoral Associate in South Asian Studies Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Title: “Being NGO Girls: Mobilizing Development Femininities in Kolkata’s Red-light Areas” I examine the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as a cultural and political force in shaping gendered and classed subjectivities of young women growing up in ‘red-light areas’ in Kolkata, India. I foreground the…
October 13, 2015- Lisa Barthelmes, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Lisa Barthelmes, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Title: “Itinerant Vendors and Local Officials in Hanoi” This paper unravels the multiple facets of street level politics by analyzing interactions between local officials and itinerant street vendors in Hanoi. Despite various bans and hostile state policies, street vendors continue to exist in large numbers the streets…
October 08, 2015- Reed Malcolm, Executive Editor for Anthropology at the University of California Press
Thursday, October 8, 2015 Reed Malcolm, Executive Editor for Anthropology at the University of California Press Location: 10 Sachem, Room 105 Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm Please register at the following link: http://bit.ly/1N6gYaH Title: “The Future State of Book Publishing, Scholarly or Otherwise” Reed Malcolm will discuss the state of book publishing in light of recent changes within the scholarly publishing industry, declining…
October 07, 2015- Lisa Wynn, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macquarie University
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Lisa Wynn, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia Location: 51 Hillhouse, Room 101 Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm Title: “Hymenoplasty, virginity testing, and the simulacra of female respectability” Based on ethnographic research, formal interviews with laypeople and physicians, and a review of Egyptian court rulings and revolutionary graffiti, this article situates Egyptian political protesters’…
September 21, 2015- Emma Kowal, Deakin University
Tuesday, September 21, 2015 Emma Kowal, Associate Professor, Deakin University Location: 10 Sachem Street, Room 105 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Title: “Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia” Associate Professor Emma Kowal, Deakin University. In Australia, a ‘tribe’ of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. Drawing on ethnography of an Indigenous health research…
September 15, 2015- Roger Sanjek, Queens College
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Roger Sanjek, Professor Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY Location: 10 Sachem Street, Room 105 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Title: “Fieldwork and Fieldnotes in the Making of Ethnography: A Conversation with Roger Sanjek” Roger Sanjek trained at Columbia in the 1960s and taught anthropology at Queens College from 1972 until 2008. His early fieldwork and publications were in rural Brazil and…