PERSPECTIVES ON CONSCIOUSNESS
Friday November 22, 2013 1:45 PM-3:30 PM What is consciousness? What does it mean to study consciousness as an anthropologist? Chaired by M. Diane Hardgrave of the College […]
Vintage Barber Shops: The Art of Manliness
Juan Landeros – California State University, Los Angeles The U.S. Census Bureau noted that from 2008-2009 there was an 8% increase in new barber shops, one of the few growths noted […]
The Human Microphone and Protest Sound Dimensions
Kristine Lawson – University of California, Santa Cruz In September 2011, the people gathered in Zuccotti Park as a part of Occupy Wall Street called on the tried and true “anti” […]
Yoga As Entrée to Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Medically Pluralistic Practices
Jacqueline M Siven – Florida International University Yoga is practiced across the nation in fitness centers and private studios, with a significant market niche in clothing as well as celebrity proclamations […]
Fireside Meditations
Meghan Steel of University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Christopher D Lynn of University of Alabama Fireside Meditations: the Induction of a Relaxation Response By Focused Attention On a Flickering Light […]
AAA 2013 SAC Events
Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness’ Events, Panels, and Presentations at the 112th Annual Conference for the American Anthropological Association Thursday November 21, 2013 SOCIETY FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS (SAC) […]
SOUND, MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS
Chicago Hilton: Grand Tradition Room Friday November 22, 2013 1:45 PM-5:30 PM In the twenty first century sound seems to surround us everywhere, and music seems to be within reach […]
Identity, Music Technology and The Nation-State In Yucatan, Mexico
Gabriela Vargas-Cetina PhD (Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan) In Mexico national governments have tried, at least since the 1940s, to create a national identity that is deeply rooted in the arts and […]
Between > (play) and |<< (Rewind): Media As An Ethnographic Place
Melisa Riviere (University of Minnesota) From New York to Rio, from Nairobi to Tokyo, hip-hop, more than any other musical genre or youth culture, has permeated nations, cultures and languages worldwide. […]
Stratified Music: Discourses of Artistry and Economy in Condesa, DF
Heather Levi (Temple University) At the end of the twentieth century, the Mexico City neighborhood of Condesa went from a quiet residential zone, home to Spanish and Jewish immigrants and Mexican […]