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 […]
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 […]
Ghost Notes: Re-Performing Duke Ellington’s Such Sweet Thunder
Darren Mueller (Duke University) Some jazz performances are haunted. After Duke Ellington’s death in 1974, his orchestra continues to play under the direction of Ellington’s son and grandson. Musicians often refer […]