#DANG Anthropology Matters!

Anthropology Matters! The American Anthropological Association’s 116th Annual Conference Washington DC November 29th to December 3rd, 2017 The AAA is calling on its members to demonstrate how and why Anthropology Matters! The theme for the AAA annual conference for 2017, which will be held in Washington DC, is a call to action for anthropologists across […]

ETHNOGRAPHIC ENGAGEMENTS WITH DIGITAL ALTERITY I

Thursday, November 19, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM Capital Ballroom 1 (Hyatt Regency) As digital technologies become ever more ubiquitous as artefacts and infrastructures via which human relations are conducted, this panel explores an approach to digital relations that asks not whether the digital is virtual or real, but just what kind of reality the digital […]

REFAMILIARIZING THE ESTRANGED: DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH SHARING, COLLABORATION, AND NEGOTIATION

Saturday, November 21, 2015: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM Centennial G (Hyatt Regency) In the past decade, digital anthropology has increasingly gained access to all sub-fields of the discipline capitalizing on the new medium’s effectiveness in connecting a variety of stakeholders across multiple key issues. Indigenous communities and researchers engaged in projects focusing on Indigenous issues were […]