Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel
72nd Annual Meeting
March 27-31, 2012
All workshop registrations are due by March 19. Your reservation is not secured until payment is received. Please print and fill out the Workshop Registration Form, indicate the number of persons per workshop that you are reserving seats for in the space provided, and mail or fax form with payment to:
SfAA
P.O. Box 2436
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-2436
Fax: (405) 843-8553
Workshop 1.
Becoming a Practicing Anthropologist: A Workshop for Students Seeking Non-Academic Careers
Wednesday 10:00-11:50
NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) This workshop shows students (undergraduate, Master’s and PhD) how to prepare themselves for practice, even within a traditional anthropology program. Six areas will be covered: 1) Practice careers; 2) Practice competencies; 3) Making graduate school count; 4) Career planning; 5) Job-hunting; and 6) Job success. This workshop has been extensively revised and incorporates recent data on practitioners and practice-oriented programs. The workshop is two hours long. rwnolan@purdue.edu
Limited to 30 participants
Cost: $15
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Workshop 2. -- THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Network Analysis
Thursday 9:00-5:00
JOHNSON, Jeffrey C. (E Carolina U) and MCCARTY, Christopher (U Florida) Network Analysis. Social network analysis (SNA) is the study of patterns of human relations. Participants learn about whole networks (relations within groups) and personal networks (relations surrounding individuals). This one-day, introductory, hands-on workshop uses examples from anthropological research. Whole networks are analyzed using UCINET and NetDraw; personal networks are analyzed using EgoNet. Free short-term demos are available for these programs. Participants furnish their own laptops. johnsonje@ecu.edu
Limited to 16 participants
Cost $95, includes lunch and coffee break
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Workshop 3. -- THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Text Analysis
Friday 9-5
GRAVLEE, Clarence (U Florida) and WUTICH, Amber (Arizona State U) Text Analysis. This one-day course provides an introduction to systematic methods for analyzing qualitative data. Topics covered include: techniques for identifying themes, tips for developing and using codebooks, and suggestions on how to produce qualitative descriptions, make systematic comparisons, and build and formally test models. The course is not a software workshop, but we will introduce participants to software packages that can facilitate the systematic analysis of qualitative data. Participants should have laptops with the free MAXQDA 30 day trial installed. cgravlee@ufl.edu, amber.wutich@asu.edu
Limited to 16 participants
Cost $95, includes lunch and coffee break
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Workshop 4.
Methods of Ethnoecology
Saturday 8:00-11:50
STEPP, J. Richard (U Florida) This half-day course provides an introduction to field methods used by ethnoecologists and ethnobiologists. An emphasis is placed on how to collect and analyze data on traditional ecological knowledge and ethnotaxonomy. The course will also introduce software packages used by anthropologists and ecologists in the field. In addition, techniques for proper collection of ethnobiological specimens will be presented.
Limited to 30 participants
Cost $30, includes coffee
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Workshop 5.
AAGE Breakfast Roundtable
Saturday 8:30-10:30
SOKOLOVSKY, Jay (USF-St. Petersburg) Applying Anthropology to the Study of Aging and the Life Course. Learn how to apply anthropology in this important and expanding research area. (Sponsored by the Association for Anthropology and Gerontology and the AAA Interest Group on Aging and the Life Cours.)
Workshops Tables:
Maria Vesperi and Jay Sokolovsky – “Innovative Approaches to Teaching about Aging and the Life Course”
Samantha Solimeo - “Public Sector Anthropology of Late Life”
Phil Stafford – “Nurturing Age-Friendly and Life-span communities”
Sherri Briller & Janelle Christensen – “Crafting an Anthropology Career in Aging and Life Course Studies”
Maria Cattell – “Aging and Life Course Research in Non-Western Cultures”
Limited to 50 participants
Cost $10 Students/$15 Non-Students
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Workshop 6.
Digital Storytelling: An Emergent Ethnographic Method for Applied Anthropology
Saturday 9:00-5:00
OTANEZ, Marty (UC-Denver) and GUBRIUM, Aline (UMass) Join a team of anthropologists to learn about the digital storytelling (DST) process and method. The traditional model involves a 3-day workshop where individuals receive instructions on script writing and video editing, culminating in a digital story. We provide an alternative: participants work in groups of 3-4 to produce a digital story that showcases their anthropological engagement with research, teaching or praxis. This is not a digital editing how-to workshop. It is a hands-on conversation about using DST for collaborative engagement in culture-based knowledge production and dissemination through diverse social media strategies. marty.otanez@ucdenver.edu
Limited to 12 participants
Cost $95
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Workshop 7.
Beyond the IRB: Expert Advice on the Realities, Risks, and Benefits in Performing Human Rights and Social Justice Research
Saturday 3:30-5:30
MCCLARY, Cheryl D. (NPS), PEZZIA, Carla (UT-San Antonio), JOHNSTON, Barbara Rose (Ctr for Political Ecology), MCKINNEY, Bill (CUNY Grad Ctr), SCHULLER, Mark (York Coll-CUNY), STONICH, Susan (UC-Santa Barbara), and TAYLOR, Betsy (VT). Graduate students preparing for research on human rights and social justice issues can benefit from the expertise of senior anthropologists on the realities, risks, and benefits of performing such work. This workshop brings together accomplished advocates who work in the U.S., abroad, within major institutions, or at the grassroots level. They will describe their experiences, the positive outcomes and obstacles to meeting their objectives, and the key elements in their HR & SJ toolbox. Students may describe their research proposal/dissertation prospectus and ask the panel for advice (e.g., on balancing theory and praxis, establishing networks, and negotiating with gatekeepers).
Limited to 36 participants
Cost $20
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