Fourth Annual
Greater Boston Anthropology Consortium
Student Conference
Friday, Feburary 29, 2008 8:30am-6:00 pm Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Conference Schedule |
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| 8:30 | Registration Open | |
| Coffee, Tea, and Bagels | ||
| 8:45 | Conference Introduction and Welcoming Remarks | |
| Welcoming Remarks by Dean Adam B. Jaffe, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Fred C. Hecht Professor in Economics (Brandeis University). Introductory Remarks by Professor Sarah Lamb, Chair of the Department of Anthropology (Brandeis University) and Professor Ellen Schattschneider, Department of Anthropology, 2008 GBAC Conference Coordinator (Brandeis University). |
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| 9:00 | Panel Session One: Representations: "Tradition", History, Alterity | |
| Moderator: Professor Cathy Stanton (Tufts University) | ||
| 9:00 | William Bernard Reid-Varley (Brandeis University) "Contradictory Perceptions of Gullah and Non-Gullah African-American Language and Culture and Their Ethno-linguistic Basis" |
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| 9:15 | Ashley Smith (Wheaton College) "'How Indian are you, anyway?: The Abenaki of the Northeast and the 'Indian Problem' of the 21st Century" |
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| 9:30 | Kara Schamell (Wheaton College) "When Sounds and Spirits Go Global: Mbira Musicianship Abroad" |
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| 9:45 | Allison Bland (Wellesley College) "Digging Up A History: The Emergence of Archaeology of the Black Diaspora" |
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| 10:00 | Discussants: Professor Cathy Stanton (Tufts University) | |
| 10:10 | Audience Questions | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:40 | Panel Session Two - Circulations: Bodies, Persons, Value | |
| Moderator: Professor Julie Chu (Wellesley College) | ||
| 10:40 | Carmelle Tsai (Olin College) "Cancer in the Family: Coping with Childhood Leukemia" |
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| 10:55 | Mrinalini Tankha (Brandeis University) "Touring Money: Uses and Meanings of Currencies in 21st Century Cuba" |
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| 11:10 | Alana Nelson (Wellesley College) "Migration from Vera Cruz" |
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| 11:25 | Dan Koosed (Brandeis University) "Imaana, Ethnicity and Flow: The Rwandan Genocide" |
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| 11:40 | Discussants: Professor Julie Chu (Wellesley College) | |
| 11:50 | Audience Questions | |
| 12:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:15-1:10 | ||
| 1:20 | Poster Session (Goldfarb Library) | |
| Emily Canning (Brandeis University) "The Right to a Writing System: Essentialisms in Uyghur and Han Identity Formation” |
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| Sarah Moshontz de la Rocha (Tufts University) "Interpreting 'Old Ironsides': The Tufts cannon on the quad as art in the public sphere" |
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| Lauren E. Forcucci (Brandeis University) "Battle for Births: The Fascist Pronatalist Campaign in Italy 1925-1938" |
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| Alexandru Lefter (Clark University) "Migration, Ethnicity, and Romanian Identity" |
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| Laura Ligouri (Brandeis University) "Pathways to the Heart: Middle Eastern Dance as a Pathway to Culture in Post-9/11 United States" |
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| William McDonald (Brandeis University) "Exchange, (re)Production, and Lactation: Bridging Relations through Female/Child Appropriation " |
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| Deborah Beth Medows (Brandeis University) "Female Literacy and Advancement in the MENA Region" |
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| Brianna Mills (Brandeis University) "AIDing South Africa: Nationalist Ideology in HIV Discourse" |
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| Benjamin Sacks (Tufts University) "‘A Newspaper of Record’: Rural Journalism as a Global Project in the Belle Époque" |
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| 2:30 | Panel Session Three - Social Dramas: Spheres, Moralities, Images | |
| Moderator: Professor Mark Auslander (Brandeis University) | ||
| 2:30 | Nancy Henry (Tufts University) "Anthropologizing the Military, or Militarizing Anthropology? The Human Terrain System and the Debate over Ethics" |
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| 2:45 | Michelle Wong (Wellesley College) "When Assumptions Do Not Hold: Volunteering Experience in Guizhou, China" |
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| 3:00 | Whitney Wiegand (Tufts University) "Art in Prisons: Public or Private?" |
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| 3:15 | Kira Munk-Wells (Wheaton College) "Cartooning Islam: Danish perceptions of the “other” in the Mohammed Cartoons" |
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| 3:30 | Discussants: Professor (Mark Auslander) | |
| 3:40 | Audience Questions | |
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4:00
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Break | |
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4:15
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Video Presentations (Schwartz Auditorium) | |
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Amanda Hecker, Joshua Reuss, and Elyssa Kanet (Brandeis University) |
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| Katherine Niemczyk (Wheaton College) “Bearing Arms, Bearing Witness: Veterans Against the Iraq War.” |
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| Questions and Discussion | ||
| 4:45 | Closing Remarks (Schwartz Auditorium) | |
| Conference Commentary | ||
| Presentation of Award for Best Poster Presentation of Award for Best Paper Presentation of Award for Best Student Question |
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| 5:00 | Reception (Schwartz Gallery) | |
| Food, Refreshments and a live performace by the local Dinka community |
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