Jay Sokolovsky of the AAA Interest Group on Aging and the Life Course interviews Dr. Anne Basting, Director of the Center on Age and Community at the University of Wisconsin focusing on her innovative books and Oral History Therapy called “Time Slips” used to enhance the functioning of persons with dementia.
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The AAA 110th Annual Meeting will take place this year in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from November 16-20, 2011. Now is the time to renew your membership, pre-register for the Annual Meeting, book your hotel, and add the workshops to your itinerary. At the AAA Annual Meeting, Saturday is coined Student Saturday for the many activities and programming [...]
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Are you a student already registered for the Annual Meeting? There are 44 volunteer time slots remaining! Volunteer a minimum of 8 hours (2 time slots) and get a FREE! Student Membership. In three simple steps, you’ll be signed-up to volunteer: 1. Check out the volunteer opportunities. 2. Pick the available time slots that fit your schedule. [...]
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Calling all smartphone users- The American Anthropological Association unveils the very first Annual Meeting app. Use the app to personalize your schedule, map your trip logistics, stay up to date with meeting announcements and much more! Download the app now.
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Today’s guest blog post comes from Devva Kasnitz (Society for Disability Studies) and highlights an upcoming panel discussion entitled “Tidemarks and Frontiers: Disability in Anthropology“. This discussion will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 10:15-12:00pm. Thanks Devva! In Montreal, the Committee on Minority Issues in Anthropology (CMIA) is pleased to sponsor a panel [...]
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This full-day AAA workshop (4-0325) at the Annual Meeting in Montreal on Friday, November 18, will thoroughly address both digital audio field recording options as well as best practices for digital preservation. AAA is pleased to sponsor this workshop by Andy Kolovos, the Vermont Folklife Center’s archivist and staff folklorist. He’s run this workshop at other [...]
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Let’s pick up the expanding thread on AAA publishing by considering costs. Coming up with a single figure for the AAA’s large publication portfolio is frustratingly difficult. There are complications such as sunk costs, various ways of calculating overhead, the complexities of the W-B contract, and the like. I’m an anthropologist, not an accountant, so [...]
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The AAA 110th Annual Meeting will take place this year in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from November 16-20, 2011. Now is the time to renew your membership, pre-register for the Annual Meeting, book your hotel, and add the workshops to your itinerary. Our gracious Canadian hosts will be presenting sessions with a Canadian theme throughout the AAA Annual [...]
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Exhibition & Opening Reception/Public Vernissage The terminus is the end, the boundary, and the border. It is also a beginning, its own place, a site of experience and encounter. Ethnographic Terminalia is an annual exhibition of international artists and researchers working at the intersection of art and anthropology. From 15-19 November 2011, Ethnographic Terminalia [...]
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