Sticks and StonesCongratulations to Kari Guilbault for publishing her creative and incredibly striking photography collection titled, "Sticks and Stones." Her photos are now available on Unearthed, an online literary journal by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Guilbault's full collection can be viewed here. Kari Guilbault is an anthropology graduate student at Purdue University with a specialization in bioarchaeology and osteology. She is interested in utilizing a biocultural approach to understanding the interconnection of ancient tattooing practices, identity, and pain.
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Returning It may come as no surprise that 2020 has impacted the ways anthropologists conduct research and challenged us to reexamine our relationship to our field sites. Valerie Miller, explores this concept further in her piece published in Ethnography.com. In her own words, Miller writes, "Returning is a short, vulnerable, cathartic experimental essay in which I grapple with the recent experience (roller-coaster) of being recalled from my field site and situated back in the United States. Thanks to COVID-19, many of us anthropologists are trapped in unexpected locations and unable to conduct research. For me, autoethnographic writing has helped me link my temporarily aborted research with today’s realities. The piece problematizes the long-established concept of going “to the field” and coming “back home” when they feel one and the same. It says what we may all want to say when “returning home” after the anthropological work is over yet undone. I took the liberty of allowing my emotions to guide this piece and hope we can all do a little more of that in this current moment." Miller's full essay can be viewed here. Valerie Miller is a PhD Candidate in Purdue University's Anthropology Department. She is a biocultural and psychological anthropologist and holds a MA in psychology. Her research interests include allomothering, postpartum experiences, parenting practices, attention, and mental health in the United States and Dominica. She is also passionate about the integration and centering of maternal perspectives in psychological and anthropological research projects.
Applying Anthropology In an Aging WorldCongratulations to Dr. Sherylyn Briller and Erika Carrillo on the publication of their article, "Applying Anthropological Insight in an Aging World" in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. This article provides an overview of how anthropologists have explored aging and the life course around the world. The authors pay homage to the subfield’s history, and discuss how to apply what has been learned to understanding today's rapidly aging and socially changing world. The full article can be viewed here Dr. Sherylyn Briller is a Professor at Purdue University in the Anthropology Department. She is an applied cultural/medical anthropologist specializing in aging, life course, disability, end-of-life issues and global health.
Erika Carrillo is a doctoral candidate at Purdue University where she is pursuing a dual title degree in Anthropology and Gerontology. Her research interests include aging and caregiving studies, medical anthropology, food studies, Latinx populations, and applied anthropology. Thursday, November 12 @ 4-5:30pm: The AOT Committee virtual “salon” conversation.
Topic (loosely): "Talking About the Election (or Not): What the transition means for Anthropology moving forward.” Friday, November 13 @ 5pm: AGSO Meeting
Wenner Gren Foundation Fall 2020 Events
Webinar Series: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment https://dal.ucla.edu/engagedresearch/How do scholars approach community-engaged research? Why is there a need to involve community stakeholders in research? What happens when communities engage scholars and invest in the research process? An increasing number of scholars have actively strived for the involvement of communities, not just as mere contributors, but as active and involved participants in the research process. This recent shift in research practice is a product of the realization that collaboration among local, indigenous, and other stakeholders provides a venue for inclusive co-production of knowledge. In this webinar series, we showcase examples of successful scholarship in the Asia Pacific where local stakeholders and local communities are actively involved. Panel members are researchers who actively engage with the communities that they work with. The webinar series emphasizes that collaborative methodology is a venue where indigenous/local knowledge systems and Western science intersects. The goal is to utilize the knowledge co-production to argue for policy recommendations that have space for co-administration. More importantly, we highlight the importance of collaboration to empowering communities. The webinar is co-hosted by UCLA Department of Anthropology, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA Asia Pacific Center, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo), Ifugao State University, and the Partido State University. The Case for Letting Anthropology Burn? Race, Racism, and Its Reckoning in American Anthropology https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-for-letting-anthropology-burn-tickets-117573077239 About this EventSponsored by the UCLA Department of Anthropology Race, Racism, Policing and State Violence Committee and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Moderators: Kamari M. Clarke & Deborah Thomas Introduction by Danilyn Rutherford, President, Wenner-Gren Foundation Lucia Cantero, Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of San Francisco Ryan Jobson, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago Chris Loperena, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor of Education, Stanford University Savannah Shange, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz Zoe Todd, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Carleton University Photo Credit: Lucia Cantero Advanced Methodologies At Purdue (AMAP) Fall Events
Brown Bags (12:00-1:15) Tuesday, September 1. Dr. Brian Kelly, Professor of Sociology Event Centered Interviewing: Integrating Qualitative Interviews with Experience Sampling Technologies Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99219176455 Tuesday, October 6. Dr. Elena Benedicto, Professor of English How BIG are big data? And how Big [for What: Big-for-an-Elephant, Big-for-a-Mouse]? For Whom does it work, or who does it work for? ... and other methodological and ethical questions from a Linguist working “with” endangered languages Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/97311664956 Tuesday, November 3. Dr. Rob Duncan, Assistant Professor of HDFS and Public Health Factor Structure of Cognitive School Readiness Skills: Conceptual versus Statistical Distinctions Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/97120834520 Workshop Friday, September 18, 2:00 to 5:00: Vasundhara Kaul & Youngeun Nam, PhD Students in Sociology Data Collection in the Transnational Context Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/96567729545 More information can also be found at the AMAP site: https://www.purdue.edu/amap/events/index.php Pursuing Racial Justice Together Series: Fall 2020
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