The SfAA Podcast Archive

OWUOR, Patrick (Wayne State U), NYAGOL, Hellen and OBONDO,  Doreen (Pamoja Community-Based Org), ONYANGO, Elizabeth (U Alberta), ORERO, Wicklife, OWUOR, Judith, and ODHIAMBO,  Silvia (Pamoja Community-Based Org), BOATENG, Godfred (York  U) Influence of Housing Insecurity on HIV Treatment Outcomes  among People Living with HIV in Kisumu, Kenya. Housing  insecurity (HI) is inextricably linked to hea...

GARDNER, Andrew (U Puget Sound) and CHECKER, Melissa (CUNY) The Past and Future of Applied Anthropology. What  integral elements might we discern from applied anthropology’s  long and storied history? In this roundtable discussion,  contributors endeavor to delineate and describe those elements by revisiting one or more of the specific projects,  the mentors, or the ideological junctures they enco...

BIESEL, Shelly Annette (NPS) Mainstreaming Indigenous  Ecological Knowledge: Considering Possibilities and Ethical  Dilemmas. Evolving over millennia, indigenous ecological  knowledge (IEK) is part of a broader “native science” that  researchers and planners are exploring for combatting climate  change and meeting the needs of a rapidly changing planet.  For example, the White House recently relea...

REYES-FOSTER, Beatriz (UCF) and BRONDO, Keri (U Memphis)  The Anthropology of Polarization in US Higher Education:  Lessons for a Rapidly Changing Landscape. Political polarization  in the United States has stirred conflict in and against  universities. These new culture wars unfold around inflection  points such as critical race theory, restriction of access to  reproductive and gender-affirming...

MCCHESNEY, Lea (Maxwell Museum, UNM) Enchanted Futures:  Transforming Museum Practice through Relational Curation.  Groundbreaking exhibitions are transforming museums around  indigenous arts. School of Advanced Research collaborated  with the Vilcek Foundation to mount Grounded in Clay through  its 60+ member Pottery Collective of artists, scholars, and  knowledge bearers, debuting at the Museum...

O’CONNELL, Caela (UNCCH) Unmoored: The Unmaking of Our  Environmental Futures After Disaster. What happens to ongoing  environmental conservation initiatives when disasters strike and  how does this disrupt socio-environmental futures? If a modeler’s  goal is to be able to say what will happen efficiently and accurately,  mine is the inverse. I aim to take what is known and has happened  already—...

VAN VLACK, Kathleen (NAU), LIM, Heather (Living Heritage  Rsch Council), and STOFFLE, Richard (U Arizona) Fostering  Social and Environmental Justice, Parts I-II. Franz Boaz: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is a new book by  Zumwalt that documents the foundation of professional  anthropology in the United States. Boaz was committed to  social justice and actively pursued applied...

VAN VLACK, Kathleen (NAU), LIM, Heather (Living Heritage  Rsch Council), and STOFFLE, Richard (U Arizona) Fostering  Social and Environmental Justice, Parts I-II. Franz Boaz: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is a new book by  Zumwalt that documents the foundation of professional  anthropology in the United States. Boaz was committed to  social justice and actively pursued applied...

2023 SfAA Awards Ceremony   The Awards Ceremony is the high point of the annual meeting. President Wies will preside. The Program will recognize and feature the winners of the Margaret Mead Award, Sol Tax Award, and the Bronislaw Malinowski Award. The Bronislaw Malinowski Award will be presented to Dr. Lenore Manderson, University of Witwatersrand. The Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award will be p...

Border Dystopias: Indians, Anarchists, and Revolution in the Californias Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture   MODERATOR: NAGENGAST, Carole (UNM) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ALVAREZ, Roberto (UCSD) COMMENTATORS: ZAVELLA, Patricia (UCSC), HEYMAN, Josiah (UTEP)   ALVAREZ, Roberto (UCSD) Border Dystopias: Indians, Anarchists, and Revolution in the Californias. This presentation addresses untold stories of “histori...

Collaborative Community Engagement: The Work of the Miami University Center for Community Engagement Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize and Lecture   CHAIRS: BLAKE, John (Miami U-OH Ctr for Community Engagement) and SCHWARTZ, Tammy (Miami U-OH) PANELISTS: DARDEN, Dorothy and NEUMEIER, Bonnie (Community Artists)   BLAKE, John (Miami U-OH Ctr for Community Engagement) and SCHWARTZ, Tammy (Mia...

Engaging Communities to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health (MASSH)   CHAIR: HOLBROOK, Emily (USF) ALTMAN, Heidi M. (GA Southern U) Sex and Childbirth Education and Maternal Health  HOLBROOK, Emily (USF) Delivering Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare to Resettled Refugee Women through Collaborative Research PESANTES, Amalia (Dickinson Coll) and GIANELLA, Camila (Pontificia U Catolica del Peru) P...

Explaining Anthropology to Others: Developing Our Disciplinary Narrative-A Career Readiness Commission Panel   CHAIRS: NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) and STUDEBAKER, Jennifer (Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn) PANELISTS: NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) and STUDEBAKER, Jennifer (Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn)   NOLAN, Riall (Purdue U) and STUDEBAKER, Jennifer (Ewing Marion Kauffman Fdn) Explaining Anthropology to Others: De...

History, Ideology, and Public Space at the War Frontiers   CHAIRS: KLUMBYTE, Neringa and MORRIS, Ashley (Miami U-OH) DAY, Scott and UNDERWOOD, Ricky (Miami U-OH) History and Mockery of Soviet Monuments in a Public Space MORRIS, Ashley (Miami U-OH) The Presence of Ukraine in Everyday Life in the Baltic States and Germany: A Case Study. ABBOTT, Malia (Miami U-OH) The War in Ukraine and the Politics...

Innovative Approaches in Immigration Research (Migration & Int’l Dialogue TIG)   CHAIR: HASSOUN, Rosina (SVSU) HASSOUN, Rosina (SVSU) Applied Anthropology Aiding Refugees and Asylum Seekers KNAUER, Lisa Maya (UMass-Dartmouth) Anthropological Knowledge and Immigrant Justice: Turning Activist Anthropology into Activist Pedagogy SOSA, Gloria (CSULA) Decolonizing Research through the Analysis of U...

Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice, Part II An SfAA Critical Conversation   CHAIRS: WILFONG, Matthew (ASU) and ROQUE, Anais (OH State U) THOMPSON, Deborah (LiKEN) Blessed and Stressed by Water in Our Hollers: Cross-sectoral Collaborations and Knowledge Sharing in Eastern Kentucky DISCUSSANTS: CORNETT, Jeremy C. (UKY), Ohio Water Environment A...

Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Health, Equity, and Justice, Part I   An SfAA Critical Conversation CHAIRS: WILFONG, Matthew (ASU) and ROQUE, Anais (OH State U) BERARDO, Ramiro (Sch of Env & Natural Resources, OH State U) “And Water For All…”   WILFONG, Matthew (ASU) and ROQUE, Anais (OH State U) Multifaceted Water Insecurity: Local and Regional Concerns for Heal...

Native Americans’ Environmental Justice: Expanded in Scope and Time   CHAIR: STOFFLE, Richard (BARA, U Arizona) STOFFLE, Richard (BARA, U Arizona) and VAN VLACK, Kathleen (Living Heritage) Native Americans’ Environmental Justice Expanded in Scope and Time BOCHNIAK, Victoria (UMass) Settler Colonial Legacies of the Second Crow Agency (1875-1884) BRUNO, Jasmine and GALVIN, Kathleen (CO State U) Usin...

Rethinking Risk and Preparedness (Risk & Disaster TIG)   CHAIR: CANNON, Terry (IDS UK) BALAGNA, Jay (Pardee RAND Grad Sch) Stuck in the Smokey Bear Era: Examining the Ways Cultural Processes Contribute to Disaster Policy and Wildland Fire DYER, Christopher (UNM) Building Disaster Resilience: Application of the CART Model in Rural North Carolina DOERING, Zach (Butler U) Building Community Resil...

Not Doing Anthropology Like an Anthropologist Would: Professionally Trained Anthropologists Reskilling Themselves   CHAIR: BENDIXSEN, Casper (Marshfield Clinic Rsch Inst) FLYNN, Michael A. (NIOSH) Creating Space for a Social Perspective in a Technical Field: Integrating Anthropology into Occupational Safety and Health RISSING, Andrea (ASU) Hybridizing Anthropology: Early Career Reflections on Evol...

Rethinking Student Training and Preparation for Diverse Career Pathways (Higher Ed TIG)   CHAIRS: MURPHY, Daniel (U Cincinnati) and BRUNO, Jasmine (CO State U) ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: KAHN, Linda (U Buffalo), ROMERO-DAZA, Nancy (USF), CADZOW, Renee (D’Youville U), MATTER, Scott (U Tech- Sydney), MAXWELL, Keely (EPA), MOECKLI, Jane (VA)   MURPHY, Daniel (U Cincinnati) and BRUNO, Jasmine (CO State...

Risky Business: Applied Anthropologists in Danger(ous) Research Fields   CHAIR: BENDIXSEN, Casper (Marshfield Clinic Rsch Inst) MONAGHAN, Paul (SE Coastal Ctr for Ag Hlth & Safety) Weighing the Risk of Heat Related Illness and Piece-rate Work in Agriculture KLATASKE, Ryan (U Nebraska Med Ctr) Beef Production and Processing: Risk, Work, and Rural Life in the Great Plains SORENSEN, Julie (NE Ctr...

The Coal Transition in the Ohio River Valley: Using Social Science and Fine Arts to Understand Community Impacts and Pathways for Resilience An SfAA Critical Conversation   CHAIR: JACQUET, Jeffrey (OH State U) CAPOBIANCO, Brian and BIELICKI, Jeff (OH State U) Energy Transitions in the Ohio River Valley STEWART, Gwynn and JACQUET, Jeffrey (OH State U) Community Development and Arts in the Coal Tran...

SfAA Awards Ceremony   The Awards Ceremony is the high point of the annual meeting. President Briller will preside. The Program will recognize and feature the winners of the Margaret Mead Award, Sol Tax Award, and the Bronislaw Malinowski Award.    Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.