American Anthropological Association

2025 SCA Biennial Restorative Relations: An Unconference
2025-05-08 09:00 - 2025-05-11 17:00 (America/New_York) | Stony Point Retreat Center, 17 Cricketown Rd, Stony Point, NY, 10980, United States
A central ethos of the 2025 SCA Biennial, Restorative Relations is renewing our relationships with ourselves, our academic lives, and one another. The biennial will take place from May 8th to 11th at the Stony Point retreat center in upstate New York, where meals will be included for all participants, and accommodations will be provided for those who choose to stay in residential accommodations on-site. Space is limited at the conference venue and priority will be given to those who make arrangements for double-occupancy accommodation. Please reach out to colleagues and friends and make a plan to attend the conference together.
As part of the registration process, SCA has made it possible to secure for your room for the meeting at the same time you register for the conference. Attendees are encouraged to select the Double Room during the registration process. For those who need help finding roommates, this Wufoo form has been set up to help. Once you have matched with someone, please email SCA via board@culanth.org and let them know who you are rooming with, so the list of prospective roommates can be updated accordingly. If you already have a specific roommate in mind, you can indicate this on the Wufoo form.

Defending Anthropology: Strategies for Sustaining Our Departments
2025-05-06 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Anthropology departments across the country are facing unprecedented challenges—from budget-driven closures and mergers to increasing threats to academic freedom. Now more than ever, faculty, students, and advocates must come together to protect the future of our discipline.
RSVP today for our critical Town Hall focused on equipping our community with the tools and strategies needed to push back against these pressures.
This interactive session will feature:

Expert insights on navigating institutional challenges
Advocacy and strategies to protect anthropology programs
Action planning to mobilize faculty, students, and professional organizations

Panelists will include:

Joy Connolly, President of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Antonio Ingram, Senior Counsel at the NAACP
Stephen Kidd, Executive Director of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA)
Robert Quinn, Executive Director of Scholars at Risk (SAR)
Chad Morris, Professor and Chair in Anthropology, East Carolina University
Missy Maceyko, Lecturer in Anthropology, California State University

We will also introduce the newly developed Anthropology Department Crisis Toolkit—a comprehensive resource offering guidance on legal advocacy, policy engagement, and faculty organizing.
Your voice and participation are essential. Let’s build a collective strategy to defend anthropology together.
We hope you’ll join us online, May 6, from 3-5PM ET, for our Defending Anthropology: Strategies for Sustaining Our Departments Town Hall, where faculty, students, and advocates will come together to discuss strategies for protecting our discipline.
REGISTER NOW

Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Spring Meeting
2025-05-01 - 2025-05-03 | Palazzo, 3325 S Las Vegas Blvd,, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
Don’t we all love a little magic and mystery? Ancient mystery schools taught ways of navigating the universe, connecting with the divine, and gaining wisdom. Magic was a method of interacting with the supernatural and to influence desired outcomes. Yet, even as science has changed our understanding of the world and our place in it, people still seek out the mystical. Many seek out spiritual experiences, delight in being fooled by illusionists, attend role-playing mysteries, and hope their Hogwarts letter will arrive. For the upcoming conference we invite members to explore how and why mystery and magic are so enchanting to us. While there have been many anthropological studies of magic in the past, there are still many meaningful ways in which we can look at how magic and mystery impact humanity. We are looking for topics from personal experiences of magic, magic as control, connection, self-actualization, even to the mystery of consciousness itself.

2025 Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) Biennial Meeting
2025-04-03 09:00 - 2025-04-06 17:00 (America/New_York) | Hyatt Tamaya Resort, 1300 Tuyuna Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, 87004
The SPA Biennial brings together scholars from all levels – students, postdocs, junior & senior faculty—who are exploring diverse issues in psychological anthropology. The conference is an opportunity to immerse yourself in current debates, controversies, and state-of-the-art thinking across a range of approaches within the field. This is also an opportunity to meet new colleagues and old friends alike. We are planning many informal events and spaces in which we can think out loud, together. For those new to the SPA, we warmly welcome you as part of this community!
We recognize that a post-pandemic and Zoom world can induce people to stay at home and on-line. That sort of habitus misses out on the lived experience and collective energy of shared space. We are confident that the ambiance of the Santa Ana Pueblo’s Tamaya conference center makes this meeting worth showing up for. The program offers innovative forums for interaction, including plenaries, pre-conference methods/writing workshops, mentoring for students/junior scholars, and more.

Johns Hopkins University Anthro@50
2025-04-03 - 2025-04-05
Johns Hopkins University invites you to join us in commemorating five decades of academic excellence, research innovation, and community building. The celebration will feature a series of engaging events, including keynote addresses, graduate and undergraduate alumni panel discussions, and social gatherings, all to honor our department’s rich history.

Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) 2025 Spring Meeting
2025-03-25 - 2025-03-29 | Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
SANA’s 2025 annual meeting will be held in collaboration with the Society for Applied Anthropology and will feature more than a dozen SANA sessions, including several special SANA events:
• Opening Reception: Project Space Junk at Ground Score
• A Dying Biomedicine: Vital Conversations to Transform the Anthropology of North America | A Keynote Dialogue with Emily Yates-Doerr and Chelsey Carter
• SANA at 30: Looking Back to Move Forward | A Retrospective Roundtable featuring Ida Susser, Maria Vesperi, Lee Baker, Jeff Maskovsky, Sue Hyatt, and Lindsay Bell
• Making Our Research and Writing More Accessible | An Interactive Workshop on Public-Facing Writing with Sarah B. Horton and Megan Raschig
• SANA Futures: A Relationship-Building and Visioning Session
• Presentation of the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America to Dr. Susan Hyatt
March 25-29, 2025
Portland, Oregon

Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 85th Annual Meeting
2025-03-25 - 2025-03-29 | Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines — anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2025 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Portland, OR, with the SfAA.
Cosponsors include the Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA), National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA), the Culture & Agriculture (C&A) Section, and the Society for Anthropological Sciences (SAS).

COSSA's 2025 Social Science Advocacy Day
2025-03-24 - 2025-03-25
COSSA’s annual Social Science Advocacy Day will be taking place on March 24-25, 2025, in Washington, DC. Advocacy Day brings together social and behavioral scientists and science advocates from across the country to engage with policymakers in Congress about issues important to our community, such as federal funding. Participants will be teamed up with advocates and participate in a day of in-person meetings with House and Senate offices on Capitol Hill. Through these meetings, you will share reasons why federal government support for social and behavioral science research is so critical and discuss how you and your institution can be helpful to your elected officials. Advocates will be given all the resources they need to have successful meetings, including a preparatory seminar, and all your meetings will be scheduled for you. The only thing you need to do is come to Washington prepared to talk about why you love social and behavioral science!
The stakes for research funding have never been higher as we enter a particularly challenging political and budgetary environment. Social Science Advocacy Day is a must for all stakeholders who care about the fate of federal funding for social and behavioral science research and who believe this research should be used to inform sound public policy.

WEBINAR: DEI in the Balance
2025-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Title: DEI in the Balance
When: March 20 1:00 to 2:00 PM EST
Learning Objectives:
On January 20, 2025, President Trump began signing a series of executive orders that attempted to position diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, initiatives, and activities as illegal on the grounds that DEI is “discriminatory.” In this webinar, we discuss the language of these executive orders and their scope of impact, including on work and activities related to DEI in different sectors, such as higher-education and for-profit organizations in the United States. The webinar will also focus on what we can continue to do to advance the principles behind DEI, both at work and in our personal lives, in this precarious regulatory environment.
Presenter Bios:
Dr. Luzilda C. Arciniega and Dr. Melissa Maceyko are anthropologists and co-founders of Willing Observers, a consulting firm that centers cultural approaches and methods to deepen diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in organizations. Dr. Arciniega’s background is in business and organizational cultures, DEIB best practices and benchmarking, and critical race and feminist studies. Dr. Maceyko’s background is in language and social justice, legal and political anthropology, allyship, and gender and sexuality studies. At Willing Observers they conduct cultural assessments, develop and facilitate training, and help organizations with DEIB strategic planning and metrics. Their Inclusive Culture Strategy programs train DEIB advocates on key foundations and knowledge in DEIB and culture-change.
Pricing – Free
AAA Membership is not required to attend.
Register

American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting
2025-03-20 - 2025-03-22 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
The American Ethnological Society spring conference, to be held at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from March 20–22, 2025, invites scholars to consider whether archipelagos and “archipelagic thinking” can aid us to analyze pressing global challenges across cultures, geographies, climates, disciplines, and methodologies.
SUBMISSION PORTAL

SACCFest 2025: Identity and Representation in the US Southwest
2025-03-19 09:00 - 2025-03-22 17:00 (America/New_York) | Central New Mexico Community College, 900 University Blvd SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106, United States
The Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges is excited to present SACCFest 2025: Identity and Representation in the US Southwest.
Location: Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Theme: Identity and Representation in the US Southwest
Dates: March 19-22, 2025
Schedule
Wednesday, March 19th – Welcome Reception in Old Town
Thursday, March 20th – Morning Meetings at CNM and afternoon visit the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. Happy Hour in Nob Hill/Route 66
Friday, March 21st – Morning Meetings at CNM and afternoon tour of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Saturday, March 22nd – Full Day tour of Acoma Pueblo Sky City Cultural Center and Haak’u Museum
Saturday Evening Banquet and Keynote Address
Registration Now Open!
In-Person Registration Fee: $150
Remote Registration Fee: $40
Dinner and Keynote Address: $75

Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) Biennial Spring Conference
2025-03-12 09:00 - 2025-03-15 17:00 (America/New_York) | Museo del Canal, Plaza de la Independencia, C. 5a Este, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panama
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) is pleased to invite
submissions for our biennial conference, “(Im)mobility and Memory in Latin America and the
Caribbean.” This conference will explore the dynamic interrelations between memory and
mobility in the region, focusing on how both movement and stasis shape, and are shaped by,
cultural, social and historical processes. We seek to examine how memory—individual and
collective—becomes a contested terrain in relation to both mobility and immobility.
Conceptualizing Memory:
In this conference, we are imagining Memory as encompassing not only personal and collective
recollections but also broader questions of heritage, patrimony, and history. How are tangible
and intangible forms of patrimony – such as monuments, artifacts, oral traditions, and historical
narratives – remembered, preserved, or transformed in contexts of movement, migration, or
displacement? How do communities in Latin America and the Caribbean negotiate their cultural
and historical legacies in the face of (im)mobility? We invite participants to consider these and
other questions as they relate to the politics of memory, heritage, and identity.

Anthropology Day
2025-02-20
Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate our discipline while sharing it with the world around us.
Help us celebrate what anthropology is and what it can achieve by hosting an event in your community, on your campus, or in your workplace. Anthropology Day is always held on the third Thursday in February.
Anthro Day this year is on February 20, 2025. Use the hashtag #AnthroDay to get involved on social media.

Anthropology News Call for Pitches: Signal/Noise
2025-02-07
Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of signal/noise. We are looking for stories about how communities, cultures, and individuals distinguish meaningful patterns from background noise, interpret disruptions, and find (dis)connection amid interference. What counts as signal versus noise, and who gets to decide? How are fuzzy boundaries clarified or precarious structures disrupted? What happens when communication is both necessary and fraught, or what makes messages shared or misconstrued?
Anthropology News encourages submissions in a variety of formats to present compelling stories that make anthropological insights accessible to a wide audience. Think short-form magazine-style stories with scientific bite—low on jargon, high on storytelling—or compelling photo essays or multimedia pieces. Read more about us here and consider how you might tell anthropological stories for a general audience as you consider the direction of your pitch.
Please submit a 300-word pitch outlining your piece’s central theme, along with a 50-word bio, through our submission form (button above). We will accept pitches through February 7, 2025. Authors of accepted pitches will be asked to develop their pieces in collaboration with AN’s editorial team, which will be published on a rolling basis on the AN website through June 2025. Feature articles should be around 2,000 words, photo essays should consist of six to eight high-resolution images with a 750-word introductory essay, and audiovisual work can be developed in consultation with AN editors. Contact us at an@americananthro.org if you have any questions.

The Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History
2025-01-31
Authors and publishers* are invited to submit entries for the 2024 prize between September 24, 2024 and January 31, 2025.
The prize is intended for books in English by U.S. citizens or permanent residents in this country, published in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Books must be single-authored volumes, not collections of articles or edited texts.
A copy of the book should be sent to each member of the prize committee:
Dr. David Hollingerr
440 Boynton Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
Dr. Robert B. Pippin
The Committee on social Thought
The University of Chicago
1130 E. 59 St
Chicago, Il 60637
Dr. Susan Steward
Department of English
22 McCosh Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
* There is a strict 3-book limit per publisher, whether books are submitted by the publisher or directly by an author. If more than 3 books are submitted by a publisher, all of them will be dropped from consideration.

2024 AAA Annual Meeting: Praxis
2024-11-20 - 2024-11-23 | Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Join us for the 2024 AAA Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida November 20–23 where we’re bringing together anthropologists from all over the world to advance the field of anthropology, share our work, and network with our colleagues.
This year’s conference is centered around the theme Praxis. We’ll consider the present and future praxis of anthropology, the application of praxis in our communities, and praxis as collaborative work. This conference aims to reimagine, create, question, and debate an anthropological praxis in our research and work that supports the ethical and equitable treatment of communities we work and live in.

SEM 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-26 | https://americananthro.org/event/sem-2024-virtual-annual-meeting/
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology will be held virtually on October 17-26, 2024. For registration and information on all aspects of the meeting, please visit the conference website. More information on program sessions and other virtual events will be posted in the upcoming weeks.

The Op-Ed Project is back!
2024-06-28 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
We are once again offering 20 members the opportunity to take part in “Write to Change the World” workshops organized and facilitated by The Op-Ed Project – a think tank and leadership organization that accelerates the ideas and impact of underrepresented voices. Participants emerge with concrete results (op-ed drafts and more), and access to a national network of journalist mentors for individual follow-up. Submit your application by June 28.

Tampa Town Hall – Meet the Mayor
2024-05-28 13:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The AAA is pleased to present “Meet the Mayor,” a town hall meeting featuring Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. Join us for an afternoon of dialogue and exchange as Mayor Castor addresses your questions and concerns, particularly focusing on safety, security, inclusion, and the resources available to help create real change within the community. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with Mayor Castor and contribute to the ongoing dialogue surrounding our Annual Meeting in Tampa this November 20 – 23.
As the first openly gay person to be elected Mayor of Tampa and, prior to that, the first woman and first openly gay person to serve as the city’s Chief of Police, Mayor Castor brings a wealth of experience and a commitment to diversity to her role. From her groundbreaking tenure in law enforcement to her historic mayoral election, she has consistently demonstrated her dedication to serving Tampa and fostering a city that is safe, prosperous, and welcoming for all.
Register

SACC Great Lakes Regional Conference
2024-04-27 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC)
Great Lakes Regional Conference at the Field Museum
Saturday, April 27, 2024
The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Organized by Evin Rodkey, Ph.D. of Muskegon Community College in Muskegon, Michigan and Isabel Scarborough, Ph.D. of Parkland College, a community college in Champaign, Illinois
Come Join Us to…
PRESENT AT OR PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS!
ENJOY AN INSIDER’S GUIDED TOUR OF THE FIELD MUSEUM!
EXPLORE THE MUSEUM ON YOUR OWN WITH FREE TIME!
The Society for Anthropology in the Community Colleges (SACC), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), is holding a Great Lakes Region conference at the Field Museum in Chicago. This is a one-day conference taking place on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Though a regional conference, no matter where you are located, you are welcome to attend!
This conference is intended to bring together anthropology instructors, students, and interested others, including from outside anthropology, to discuss issues relevant to teaching, learning, and otherwise engaging with material relevant to anthropology. Two major features of this conference are an approximately one-hour guided tour of select exhibits and their connections to contemporary museum practice, plus 2-3 hours of free time to explore the Museum all included in the (see below – very cheap) registration fee!
Check-in opens at 9:00 am at the west entrance and at 9:30 am we will begin with roundtable-style discussions, which can include visual presentations using a projector and poster presentations as well. These sessions will be arranged by the organizers according to the topic proposals received. There is no specific theme; we welcome a wide range of topics relevant to the material we deal with in anthropology.
A lunch break will follow the presentations and discussions. You are welcome to bring your own food, which will be safely stored, though note refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, etc. will not be available. You may also purchase food from either of the two Field Museum eateries: The Field Bistro on the main level (open 8:00 am – 4:30 pm), which, per the Museum website, features “locally sourced food and quick grab-and-go service” or The Explorer Café on the ground level (open 10:00 am – 4:00 pm), which, per the website, offers “family-friendly foods in a casual environment.”
Following lunch, we will be treated to a one-hour guided tour of select exhibits conducted by Mario Longoni, Lead Environmental Social Scientist at the Keller Science Action Center in the Museum, who has been with the Museum for over 25 years. Through the exhibits “Abbott Hall of Conservation: Restoring Earth,” “Maori Meeting House, Ruatepupuke II,” and “The Changing Face of Science,” Mario will illustrate shifts in the Museum’s methods and goals as a teaching, change making, and representing institution. He will also highlight “Chicago’s Legacy Hula” and “Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories” as key exhibits you can visit on your own.
Following the tour, you will then have 2-3 hours of free time in the Museum!
The conference then officially ends at 4:45 pm, ahead of the Museum closing at 5:00 pm. We will meet at a designated location in Stanely Field Hall (the main area at the center of the Museum) to close out. And we will make plans to meet in the evening for dinner for those who can and would like to!
TO SUBMIT A PRESENTATION PROPOSAL:
You may and participate in the discussions attend without presenting. But if you would like to officially present, please provide an abstract or simply a brief description of your proposed topic to BOTH Dr. Evin Rodkey and Dr. Isabel Scarborough (please, call them Evin and Isabel) at evin.rodkey@muskegoncc.edu AND IScarborough@parkland.edu. Your abstract or description must include a title, your name, affiliation information, and phone number. It must be no longer than 125 words and must be received no later than MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024. Please send a Word document or PDF only.
All submissions will receive an immediate confirmation-of-receipt email and then a notification of acceptance (or request for modifications or, though unlikely, rejection) of proposals will be emailed no later than Wednesday, April 3, 2024. If you have any questions or issues regarding any aspect of the conference, please contact BOTH Evin and Isabel at the email addresses above.
TO REGISTER:
Note that AAA or SACC membership is NOT required to attend this conference. However, registration must be completed through the AAA website, which means you must create an account there if you don’t already have one.

Early registration (non-students): $25: Must be received by Monday, April 8, 2024 through the AAA website as indicated above
Regular registration (non-students): $40: After April 8 and up to Thursday, April 25 at the AAA website
Student Registration: only $10!
On-Site Registration for Anyone: $50

For planning purposes, and to ensure we can accommodate you, we strongly prefer all attendees register prior to the conference, and as early as possible. Note if registering on site, only cash or check can be accepted. Debit and credit cards CANNOT be accepted on site! Checks should be made payable to the American Anthropological Association with a memo stating: “SACC Registration.”
Cancellation policy: Cancellation requests received (send to BOTH Evin Rodkey and Isabel) 14 days or more before the day of the conference will receive a full refund. No refunds will be issued after that.
INFO ON PLACES TO STAY, DINING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, ETC.:
A note from conference co-organizer Evin Rodkey on this:
I lived and worked in this area of Chicago for many years. I now live in Michigan and still visit frequently. If you are not familiar with the area, I am happy to help with guiding you toward hotels, a nearby hostel, using public transportation, food options, and so on. Please feel free to contact me directly at the email address above!
If you need to drive all the way to the Museum, parking is available at Solider Field (the football stadium of the Chicago Bears) next door. As far as I know prices range from $35-$45 for the day.
For a resource beyond me, the following website for hotels and dining may help:
https://www.choosechicago.com/plan-your-trip/find-hotels/
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Virtual Graduate School Fair
2024-04-22 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The Virtual Graduate School Fair is a half-day online event where prospective graduate students will learn more about the graduate school application process and the options they have for their next step. In addition to department tabling, where you can chat with representatives from anthropology MA and PhD programs, the fair also includes two panel discussions where you can hear insider perspectives on the application process.
Join us for the Virtual Grad School Fair on April 22, 2024!
Information
Here’s the preliminary schedule (all times US Eastern):

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Welcome; Panel 1
1:00 p.m.  – 2:00 p.m. – Panel 2
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Break
2:30 p.m.  – 4:00 p.m. – Department Tabling – Meet with representatives from anthropology MA and PhD programs!

Panel discussions will be recorded, and attendees are free to come and go as they wish. Panel topics and speakers are TBA. Department tabling is FREE for DSP partners.
Panel 1: “How to Get Into Grad School”
Panelists: Jennifer Patico (Georgia State), Jeff Maskovsky (CUNY), Rebecca Prentice (University of Sussex)
Moderator: Ashley Bruckner (AAA)
This panel features three professors who will offer an orientation to the grad school application process. Topics include: how to decide where (and whether!) to apply, how grad admissions is different from undergrad, and common mistakes to avoid. Bring your questions and come for candid advice.
Panel 2: “Using Grad School to Advance Your Career”
Panelists: Evan Hanover (Conifer Research), Alexandra Botti (Axios), Lyle Torp (Ottery Group)
Moderator: Daniel Ginsberg (AAA)
You may be at the beginning of your grad school journey right now, but what awaits you at the end? Our three panelists with master’s degrees in cultural anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology will reflect on grad school as a phase of their professional pathway and how it led to what came after. We’ll discuss dos and don’ts of graduate school, specifically thinking about how you might use that time not just to learn anthropology but also to prepare for your own next step.
Registration
Virtual Exhibit Hall and Panels (Full Program):

AAA members $5
Non-members $10

Virtual Exhibit Hall ONLY

FREE

Please note that registration closes at 10:30 AM ET on April 22, 2024
Questions?
Please complete our contact form, select “Anthropology education and careers” from the menu.

2024 SEA/SAW Spring Meeting
2024-04-18 08:00 - 2024-04-20 17:00 (America/New_York)
Work and the Data Economy
A joint meeting of the Society for Economic Anthropology and the Society for the Anthropology of Work
The production, distribution, and consumption of digital data has become an important domain of economic activity. Data is said to upend conventional economic thinking, as a resource that can be transported at negligible cost and used without being depleted. Yet the enactment of the data economy depends on more and less familiar forms of human labor, from the waged work of analysts, modelers, and technicians to the uncompensated and often nonconsensual generation of trace data in everyday life. Sensor networks gathering real-time data have permeated industries from agriculture to shipping, while the digitization of museum holdings and the massification of genetic sequencing have given rise to new value chains that cut across boundaries of public and private. The consequences of these developments are still coming into focus, promising greater efficiency and access but also compounding issues of equity and control. How, we might ask, does data capitalism stand to reinforce inequality along lines of race, gender, class, and disability?

Into Darkness, Into Light - Anthropology of Consciousness 41st Annual Conference
2024-04-06 09:00 - 2024-04-10 17:00 (America/New_York)
Call for Presentations
Link to the Call for Presentations Form: AAC 2024 Submission Site – Google Forms
Deadline: February 15, 2024
The Program Committee for the Association for the Anthropology of Consciousness invites members and their collaborators to investigate how we engage with themes of darkness and/or light. Our theme and meeting dates were chosen to coincide with the total solar eclipse, which will come to North America on April 8, 2024. According to space.com, “A total solar eclipse happens when the moon appears the same size in the sky as the sun, or slightly larger, so fully covers the disk of the sun, giving observers a view of the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona” (https://www.space.com/41552-total-solar-eclipse-2024-guide.html). This event provides opportunities for making connections between consciousness and experiences of lightness and darkness in an array of forms, from literal to metaphorical. It invites us to consider how light and dark may be conceived as binary and yet include nuances such as crepuscular shadows and normally invisible coronal elements. Contributors are invited to draw on a wide range of topics, including, for example, lived experiences of ritual and other collective awakenings, oppression or privilege, (in/ex)clusivity, and healing. We also consider this conference an opportunity to build networks for collective engagement, restorative practices, healing, and reconciliation.

SACC: Food, Glorious Food!: Food and Culture across the Five Fields and Further
2024-04-05 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
2024 SACC Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
on the campus of
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA – April 5, 2024
Food, Glorious Food!: Food and Culture across the Five Fields and Further
How do food and culture overlap? This Society of Anthropology in Community Colleges [SACC] Conference will examine this topic from a broad lens, anthropologically and otherwise. Possible topics include but aren’t limited to: the archaeology of food production; the cultural meanings of food; pedagogical practices in teaching about food and culture; nutritional anthropology; feminist approaches to food production; food scarcity on campus and in communities, and so on. Now seeking papers and posters addressing any and all branches of anthropology, as well as other fields including sociology, psychology, biology, and more.

AES/APLA Spring Conference, REPAIR, April 4 – 6, 2024
2024-04-04 08:00 - 2024-04-06 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join AES and APLA at the University of Pittsburg for their Spring meeting under the theme REPAIR. The spring AES-APLA conference invites scholars, activists, and artists to grapple with the complexities and possibilities of repair in the contexts of the people and sites with and in which they work.
In the face of compounding harms—mass extinctions, settler-colonial dispossession, gentrification, displacement—what does it mean to repair the historic legacies of damage and harm? What does it demand of individuals, communities, or states? How might studies of possibility or hope be enhanced through an attention to actually existing practices of repair? How can the tools of anthropology be used to amplify the demands coming from historically disadvantaged communities? Such questions call for anthropology to link the radical imagination to present struggles. At the same time, as scholarship on abolition, revolution, and refusal highlight, it is also important to document unfixable situations, times in which repair does more harm than good, or instances in which people find it more ethical to abandon or refuse.
Onsite registration will begin at 2pm, April 4, 2024 for those who wish to register in-person. The deadline for paper/panel submission is February 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Read the full CFP here.
Registration Rates
Students

$50 AES/APLA section members
$75 Non-members

Faculty

$100 Part-time/adjunct
$125 AES/APLA section members
$150 Fulltime non-members

Follow this link to find out more about becoming a member of the AAA. Existing AAA members can join AES or APLA by following this link.

Anthro Camp: SACC San Diego Regional Meeting
2024-02-16 08:00 - 2024-02-17 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Diego Miramar College
San Diego Regional Conference – Feb 16-17 at San Diego Miramar College, San Diego, CA ($75 Friday, +$25 per workshop Saturday). Call for proposals extended to Jan 5!

Please consider sharing an activity, game, anthropology-related skill that teachers can share with students. We are looking for ways to make our courses more engaging, hands-on, and support the students who learn by doing. If you have a question about whether your idea fits our theme, let me know!

Come join SACC in (sunny) San Diego in February over President’s Day weekend for two days of hands-on Anthro activities. We’re calling this an “Anti-Conference” since we’ll be focusing on interactive learning rather than traditional papers.

Venue: San Diego Miramar College

Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, CA

We will not be reserving a hotel, and encourage you to look at VRBO and Air B&B for reasonably priced stays.

Hotels in the Mira Mesa area include Holiday Inn Express Mira Mesa, Comfort Inn Miramar, and others.

AnthroDay Kick-Off Event: AAA Executive Director’s Journey in Anthropology
2024-02-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Please join us for the AAA-hosted Anthropology Day Kick-Off event on February 8, from 6-7 PM EST! This is an exciting opportunity to hear from AAA’s Executive Director Ady Arguelles-Sabatier about her journey in anthropology.
After studying anthropology in college, Ady worked for many years in event planning, business strategy, and fundraising, until her career came full circle in mid-2023 when she became Executive Director of the American Anthropological Association. She will be discussing the reasons she chose to study anthropology in the first place and the ways that her anthropology education has shaped her career and influenced her perspective.
This event is a great chance for undergraduate students to expand their ideas on career paths, but all anthropologists and anthropology enthusiasts are welcome to attend. This is a great way to get geared up ahead of Anthropology Day on February 15! Registration is free for members and non-members.

2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting: Transitions
2023-11-15 08:00 - 2023-11-19 17:00 (America/New_York) | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W, Toronto, ON, M5V 2W6, Canada
The 2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting will again be a hybrid meeting. This means the meeting will take place in-person in Toronto, ON, CA, from November 15-19, 2023, as well as online over those same dates.
The place-based meeting in Toronto will look and feel very similar to annual meetings of the past. As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic, safety protocols will be in place to ensure the health and safety of in-person attendees. Please check our webpage on Public Health and Safety often for updates to our protocols as the AAA and CASCA continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation and applicable public health guidance.
The virtual component of the meeting will be hosted professionally on a virtual meeting platform. Virtual attendees will be able to engage with live virtually presented content during session rounds, select place-based sessions streamed live into the platform from Toronto, and pre-recorded asynchronous content uploaded to the platform’s library. Place-based attendees will have the option to attend meeting sessions in Toronto or on the online platform, as the platform will also serve as the place-based attendee mobile app.

Anthros on the Public Stage: Interactive Workshop for Public Speaking & Writing
2023-10-27 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Are you an anthropologist eager to share your research experiences and insights to make a difference in the world? Have you ever wondered how to tell a compelling story that can help people understand each other better and resolve their differences? Would you like to learn some strategies for communicating persuasively with print/digital media? Or might you be interested in coaching peers, students, or groups you work with to relate their experiences? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, this course is for you!
This course has two overarching goals: 1) Take the guesswork out of speaking to and writing for general audiences, and 2) Equip you with the tools and strategies for successful public engagement. To accomplish these goals, we will build on four modules from the anthrocurious.com production of Anthropologists on the Public Stage (2022):

Develop an Idea Worth Sharing
Connect with the Media
Tell a Great Story
Promote Yourself and Anthropology

Four two-hour sessions represent the foundation for the course, with assignments in between, from Noon – 2:00 p.m. Eastern on October 6, 13, 20, and 27. At the start of each session, we introduce relevant video and solicit your reactions to it. Then we springboard to exploring an idea you would like to share publicly, using tips presented in the video. In at least two sessions, we will be uploading one or more documents (e.g., working papers, articles, reflections) to an AI platform and will suggest some ways to query it. Then, it will be your chance to become creative as you see your initial idea in relation to the AI-generated text. You will work to extend your idea in new directions with strategies for developing your plan for media and public engagement. Opportunities will be available to get guidance from communication experts during the course.
By participating in this course, you will come away with a media and public engagement plan, which includes storytelling techniques and tools to move from idea to audience-ready, media outreach tactics, and promotional strategy.

The REAL AI revolution: the benefits of Chatbot Augmented Instruction
2023-10-26 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Join Michael Wesch and Elisa (EJ) Sobo for an exciting conversation on how to leverage generative AI for better teaching and learning! Together, they will delve into the challenges presented by large language models and generative AI technologies, offering not only concrete suggestions for classroom practice but also timely reflections on the purpose of higher education. “In meeting this new technology with creativity and purpose, we can reorient education’s compass needle back toward process as opposed to product – toward thinking about as opposed to merely recounting what others have said” – and as we do, we can bolster efforts to increase equity in higher education too: “The adaptations we create, not ChatGPT, could be the real revolution” (Sobo, 2023, 1). By guiding students to apply generative AI in innovative classroom activities and projects, we can empower our students to use this technology as a practical tool for inquiry and discovery while also interrogating its potential sociocultural impacts.
Sobo, E. (2023). Could ChatGPT Prompt a New Golden Age in Higher Education? Teaching and Learning Anthropology, 6(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/T36160114
Presenters
Michael Wesch is a winner of the CASE/Carnegie US Professor of the Year Award, Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University, and founder of anth101.com, an award-winning free textbook alternative for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.
Elisa (EJ) Sobo, professor of anthropology, is Director for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University, and AI Faculty Fellow in the Instructional Technology division. A past president of the Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) and a past Convener for the AAA’s Section Assembly Executive Committee (SAEC), Dr. Sobo’s research concerns non-biomedical or ‘alternative’ approaches to health including, most recently, yogic sound bath therapy.
Fees: Free for members and non-members
