This year’s annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is in San Francisco from Nov. 19th to Nov. 23rd. Looking through the preliminary program (PDF), there are a ton of interesting sessions. As usual, it’s bound to be an absolute clusterf*ck, and each time slot has about 30 sessions in different rooms. Oh well. Anyway, I pulled out just a few of the interesting sessions:

Wed. 11/19

12 – 130
REMIXING ANTHROPOLOGY: COLLABORATION
2.0 IN THE REPUTATION ECONOMY
Chair(s): P Kerim Friedman Organizer(s):
P Kerim Friedman, Michael L Wesch
Participant(s): P Kerim Friedman, Todd S
Harple, Kimberly A Christen, Eric C Kansa,
Casey K O’Donnell, Michael L Wesch
Discussant(s): Christopher M Kelty

ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
ON ONLINE AND HYBRID EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNITIES
Chair(s): Chia Yuan Hung Participant(s):
Chia Yuan Hung, S A Mousalimas, Sundy L
Watanabe, Wesley R Shumar, JoAnne Kleifgen,
Katalin J Kabat

6 – 730pm
MOURNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IN
KOREA AND JAPAN
Chair(s): Eleana J Kim Organizer(s): Elise
Marie Prebin, Nan Youngnan Kim–Paik
Participant(s): Elise Marie Prebin, Nan
Youngnan Kim–Paik, Fabienne Duteil–Ogata
Discussant(s): Ellen Schattschneider, Michael
Herzfeld

Thurs 11/20

1015 – 12
NEW TECHNOLOGIES, GENDERED MEANINGS
AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
Chair(s): Barbara Herr Harthorn Organizer(s):
Barbara Herr Harthorn, Laury Oaks
Participant(s): Barbara Herr Harthorn, Theresa
A Satterfield, Muriel Vernon, Kathi R Kitner,
Lucia L S Siu, Laury Oaks Discussant(s): Jo
Murphy–Lawless

145 – 545
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND
ANTHROPOLOGY
Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Arthur D Murphy
Participant(s): Thomas Pluckhahn, Carly L
Hertz, Arthur D Murphy, Linda J Jencson, Chris
McCarty, Christine B Avenarius

Friday 11/21

145 – 330
ENGAGEMENT WITH ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Chair(s): Joshua P Feola Participant(s): Joshua
P Feola, Shelia Pozorski, Ruben G Mendoza,
Louis W Fortin, Jeb J Card, Amy J Hirshman

Invited Session: BRICKS, BLOGS AND
BUNGALOWS: REDEFINING LEISURE,
REINVENTING SELF (Sponsored by NASA)
Chair(s): Lisa Bintrim Participant(s): Lisa
Bintrim, Amelia M Moore, Maria T Brodine

Presidential Invited Session: THE
ANTHROPOLOGIST AS SOCIAL CRITIC:
TOWARDS AN ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY
(Sponsored by SUNTA)
Chair(s)/Organizer(s): Sally Engle Merry,
Setha M Low Participant(s): Sally Engle
Merry, Signe L Howell, Maria Teresa Sierra,
Michael Herzfeld, Kamari M Clarke, Ida
S Susser, Alan Smart, Kamran A Ali, John
L Jackson Discussant(s): Barbara Rose
Johnston, Merrill C Singer, Sally Engle Merry,
Setha M Low

Saturday 11/22

1015 – 12
Invited Poster Session: PERSPECTIVES ON
PRACTICE: SOCIAL ACTION (Sponsored by
NAPA)
Chair(s): Philip E Coyle Participant(s): Patricia
J Hammer, Katherine S Nutter, Sarah D Cote,
Philip E Coyle, Marcela Uribe

145 – 330
Invited Session: FINDING COMMON GROUND:
OVERCOMING BARRIERS IN APPLYING
ANTHROPOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT,
HUMANITARIAN AND NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS (Sponsored by NAPA)
Chair(s): Daniel Hruschka Organizer(s):
Brandon A Kohrt Participant(s): Joanna P de
Berry, Kent S Glenzer, Lisa M Rende Taylor,
Brandon A Kohrt, David M Citrin Discussant(s):
Lynn M Sibley

330 – 530
MEDIA IDEOLOGIES
Chair(s): Lauren G Leve Organizer(s): Ilana
Gershon Participant(s): Jeffrey D Himpele,
Joshua Malitsky, Ilana Gershon, Laura E
Kunreuther, Daniel B Noveck, Amanda
Weidman Discussant(s): Susan Gal

Invited Session: THE ETHICS OF VISUAL DATA:
PICTURING INCLUSION, COLLABORATION
AND ENGAGEMENT (Sponsored by SVA)
Chair(s)/Organizer(s)/Introduction: Jonathan
S Marion Participant(s): Sara E Perry, Kate
Hennessy, Anne Zeller

Sunday 11/23

1015 – 1245
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND
HUMAN INTERACTION
Chair(s): Elizabeth Keating Organizer(s):
Elizabeth Keating, Chiho Sunakawa Inoue
Participant(s): Chiho Sunakawa Inoue,
Leighton C Peterson, Qing Zhang, Josh
Iorio, John Handy Bosma, Elizabeth Keating
Discussant(s): Lucy Suchman

Update: In my quick skim through the program, I missed the session put together by my former Digital Youth colleagues. Apologies! I’m sure I’ve missed other interesting sessions too, so post them in the comments: