#AAA2016 Invited Session on THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF RELIGIOUS MOBILE APPS

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT”: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF RELIGIOUS AND RELIGION-THEMED MOBILE APPS Digital Anthropologies Interest Group Invited Session Friday, November 18 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM Minneapolis Convention Center, Room: 206AB Session Description: As smartphone use becomes increasingly widespread globally, the development of mobile apps has a potentially significant impact on contemporary religion. […]

CFP PROPOSED AAA 2016 Panel: “There’s an App for That”: The Anthropological Study of Religious and Religion-Themed Mobile Apps

CALL FOR PAPERS PROPOSED AAA 2016 Panel:  “There’s an App for That”: The Anthropological Study of Religious and Religion-Themed Mobile Apps Abstracts Deadline: April 3rd, 2016 Send to Jacqueline Fewkes (jfewkes@fau.edu) Conference: 115th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting ‘Evidence, Accident, Discovery’ 16-20 Nov. 2016, Minneapolis, MN, USA Organizer: Jacqueline H. Fewkes (Florida Atlantic University) As […]

ETHNOGRAPHIC APPS/APPS AS ETHNOGRAPHY: EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR A LOCATIVE, MULTIMEDIA AND COLLABORATIVE FUTURE

Friday, November 20, 2015: 1:45 PM-3:30 PM 712 (Colorado Convention Center) We find it curious that anthropologists have paid relatively little attention to apps. Yes, there are certainly apps that help in our ethnographic research, as well as apps that have long been utilized by artists, folklorists, community activists and many others to encourage people […]