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 […]
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 […]
Music and Local Culture: Turtle Shells in Punta Rock in Belize
Grant Rich (Independent Scholar) Belize, often described as a Caribbean nation in Central America, is a richly diverse nation, with Creole, Mestizo, Maya, Garifuna, and Mennonite groups well-represented among its population […]
Sonic Blackness: Race, Space, and Voice in Afro-Brazilian Radio
Reighan A Gillam (University of Michigan) In 2007, a group of Afro-Brazilian college students started the Dandaras radio program under the aegis of their university in São Paulo, Brazil. This paper […]
Remediations: Audiological Media and the Experience of Tinnitus
Mack Hagood (Miami University, Ohio) Scholars in science and technology studies (STS) often utilize moments of technological breakdown to reveal the processes and mechanisms that constitute things we take for granted. […]
BRAIN, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND EXPERIENCE
Chicago Hilton: Joliet Room Friday November 22, 2013 4:00 PM-5:45 PM The interrelationship between the brain, human consciousness, and experience has long been a mystery, a proverbial black box. Insights from […]
CONSCIOUSNESS, MYTH AND PSYCHE
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSIDERATION of JOSEPH Campbell’s CONTRIBUTION to CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness and the Joseph Campbell Foundation have collaborated to honor the legacy […]
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE BY PAUL DEVEREUX
Saturday November 23, 2013 @ 6:15 PM-8:15 PM in the Chicago Hilton, Astoria Room Paul Devereux is the Founding co-editor of Time & Mind – Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture; Research affiliate […]