Anthropology and Environment Society at the 2016 AAA Meeting

Anthropology and Environment Society Panels and Events at AAA 2016

INVITED SESSIONS

Friday, November 18, 2016

10:15 – 12:00 pm

UNCOMMON TERRITORIES OF THE ‘COMMON GOOD’ (Oral session co-invited with Society for Cultural Anthropology)

1:45 – 3:30 pm

MURKY MARGINALITY: UNCERTAINTY, LIMINALITY, AND LONG-TERM CYCLES IN CONSERVATION (Roundtable co-invited with Association for Africanist Anthropology)

4:00 – 5:45 pm

EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE:  CARBON OFFSETS, FOREST GOVERNANCE, AND THE AFTERMATH OF COP-21 (Roundtable co-invited with Culture & Agriculture)

Saturday, November 19, 2016

8:00 – 8:45 am

4-DIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPE MODELS: THINKING AND MODELING ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS TIME (Oral session)

1:45 – 3:30 PM

CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING (Roundtable co-invited with Central States Anthropological Society)

RAPPAPORT PRIZE PANEL

Friday, November 18, 2016

4:00 – 5:45 pm

RAPPAPORT STUDENT PRIZE PANEL

BUSINESS MEETING AND SOCIAL

Saturday, November 19, 2016

7:45 pm – 9:00 pm

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS MEETING

**Location of A&E Social TBD**

SPECIAL EVENT

Thursday, November 17, 2016

6:15 – 8:15 pm

STUDENT MENTORING OPPORTUNITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY

POSTER SESSION

Thursday, November 17, 2016

POSTER SESSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ORAL PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

• Wednesday, 2:00 pm LESSONS FOR CARE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE (2-0135)
  
• Wednesday, 2:00 pm RHETORIC, REALITY & REFUSALS IN TODAY’S CONSERVATION (2-0205)
  
• Wednesday, 2:00 pm THE BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES: REPRESENTATION, REMEMBRANCE AND RESPONSE TO DISASTER (2-0210)
  
• Wednesday, 4:00 pm DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES OFF THE GRID: BARRIERS, BRIDGES, AND BEST PRACTICES OF DOING DIGITAL FIELDWORK IN LOW ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET ENVIRONMENTS (2-0355)
  
• Wednesday, 4:00 pm LIVING IN A (IM)MATERIAL WORLD: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF EARTH, WIND, AND WATER (2-0445)

Thursday, November 17, 2016

• Thursday, 8:00 am LAW, LAND, AND LABOR: FORMATIONS OF SETTLER COLONIALISM IN CANADA’S TAR SANDS (3-0190)
  
• Thursday, 10:15 am EXPLORING THE SYMBOLISM OF HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS: THE ROLE OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS IN THEIR CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS IN EASTERN INDONESIA (3-0330)
  
• Thursday, 10:15 am THE ANTHROPOCENE AS ACCUMULATION STRATEGY (3-0335)
  
• Thursday, 10:15 am TRANSLUCENCE OF IVORY: REFLECTIONS OF SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC VALUES (3-0500)
  
• Thursday, 10:15 am WALKING WITH SCIENCE: ENVIRONMENT, KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF PLACE (3-0420)
  
• Thursday, 1:45 pm ATTRIBUTION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND MAKING CLAIMS TO NATURE (3-0910)
  
• Thursday, 1:45 pm EXPERIMENTS ON THE ISLAND FARM: AGRICULTURE, ISLANDS, AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (3-0780)
  
• Thursday, 1:45 pm THE WAYS IN WHICH THE SUBJECTIVITY OF RESEARCHERS IS AFFECTED BY CONDUCTING DISASTER RESEARCH (3-0970)
  
• Thursday, 4:00 pm FACING CLIMATE CHANGE: RISK, RESILIENCE, AND RESPONSE (3-1235)
  
• Thursday, 4:00 pm POSTCOLONIAL ANTHROPOCENE: MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD SYSTEMS (PANEL 1 OF 2) (3-1225)
  
• Thursday, 4:00 pm WATER CRISIS: CATASTROPHE AND COMMUNITY (3-1285)
  

Friday, November 18, 2016

• Friday, 8:00 am A GENTLER AND MORE PLEASURABLE ANTHROPOCENE: FORGING NEW/OLD SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS DRIVEN BY DESIRES OTHER THAN GROWTH (4-0195)
  
• Friday, 8:00 am DEVELOPMENT’S “HALF – LIFE”: DIVERSE MOMENTS IN THE CIRCULATION OF EXTRACTIVE CAPITAL (4-0220)
  
• Friday, 10:15 am GLOBAL CHANGE/GLOBAL HEALTH (4-0550)
  
• Friday, 10:15 am TERRITORY, KNOWLEDGE, MOTION: MATERIALS AND POLITICS ON THE MOVE (4-0385)
  
• Friday, 1:45 pm POSTCOLONIAL ANTHROPOCENE: PIDGINS, POWER, AND CONTAMINATED SURVIVAL (PANEL 2 OF 2) (4-0990)
  
• Friday, 4:00 pm ENTANGLED POLITICS: EXPLORING HOW ANIMAL CAPITAL, BIOPOLITICS, AND ANIMAL WELFARE ARE (RE)SHAPING HUMAN AND NONHUMAN ANIMAL RELATIONS (4-1370)
  
• Friday, 4:00 pm LIVING AND DYING WITH WASTE INFRASTRUCTURES: AFFECTS AND PRACTICES (4-1305)
  

Saturday, November 19, 2016

• Saturday, 8:00 am JUST WATER BY DESIGN: COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN ANTHROPOLOGISTS, ENGINEERS, AND COMMUNITIES (5-0025)
  
• Saturday, 8:00 am SOVEREIGNTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (5-0140)
  
• Saturday, 1:45 pm CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING (5-0710)
  
• Saturday, 4:00 pm EMERGENT LANDSCAPES, DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY, AND NEW APPROACHES IN ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (5-1135)
  
• Saturday, 4:00 pm LIVES IN RUIN: TOXICITY, RISK, ABANDONMENT, AND RETURN (5-1070)
  
• Saturday, 4:00 pm MIXED-METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY (5-1075)
  
• Saturday, 4:00 pm NEOLIBERALISM IN CHILE: AT THE CROSSROADS IN THE ECONOMIC AUTUMN (5-1005)

Sunday, November 20, 2016

• Sunday, 8:00 am GLOBAL ELISIONS: SILENCE AND CIRCUMVENTION IN CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (6-0000)
  
• Sunday, 8:00 am SENSORIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH A TOXIC WORLD (6-0150)
  
• Sunday, 10:15 am COMPETING INTERESTS AND CONTRADICTORY IMPULSES IN CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (6-0185)
  
• Sunday, 10:15 am DILEMMAS OF CARE AND CONSERVATION: MORE-THAN-HUMAN RELATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (6-0285)

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS IN HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS

Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:45 pm

BECOMING LIKE A PLANT?: NEW METHODOLOGIES IN STUDYING PLANT-PEOPLE RELATIONSHIPS (2-0515)

Saturday, 4:00 – 5:45 pm

BEYOND ONTOLOGY: INDIGENOUS (IM)MATERIALITY AND RELATEDNESS (5-1045)