SLACA in Merida!

Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

2010 Annual Meeting

jointly with the

Society for Applied Anthropology

Merida, Mexico

March 24-27, 2010

(W-61) WEDNESDAY 12:00-1:20 Regency 4

Politicizing Research: Balancing Local Politics, Youth Gangs, and Tradition in Oaxaca (SLACA). CHAIR: GWYNNE, Ryan (San Diego State U).

(F-06) FRIDAY 8:00-9:50 Chichen Itza 2

“I Don’t Know This Place”: Agency and Exclusion of Transmigrant Workers (SLACA). CHAIR: GOMBERG-MUNOZ, Ruth (U Illinois-Chicago)

(F-08) FRIDAY 8:00-9:50 Uxmal 2

The Possibilities and Limitations of Fair Trade and Third-Party Certification (SLACA)
CHAIRS: O’CONNELL, Caela (UNC-Chapel Hill) and O’DONNELL, Katherine (Hartwick Coll)

(F-36) FRIDAY 10:00-11:50 Chichen Itza 2

Herencia Colonial: Racismo en el Siglo XXI (SLACA)
CHAIR: ITURRIAGA, Eugenia (UNAM)

(F-126) FRIDAY 3:30-5:20 Chichen Itza 2

Turismo, Migración y Trabajo Precario en el Sureste Mexicano (SLACA)
CHAIR: OEHMICHEN, Cristina (U Nacional Autonoma De Mexico)

(S-32) SATURDAY 10:00-11:50 Regency 2

Global Interventions in Motherhood: Cross-cultural Analysis of Mothers’ Narratives (SLACA)
CHAIRS: AHMED-GHOSH, Huma (Brooklyn Coll) and PEREZ, Ramona L. (San Diego State U)

(S-67) SATURDAY 12:00-1:20 Uxmal 1

Rethinking Ethnography in Contemporary Society (SLACA)
CHAIR: AYORA-DIAZ, Steffan Igor (UADY)

(S-96) SATURDAY 1:30-3:20 Chichen Itza 2

Limits of Indigenous Participation in Latin American Tourism Development (SLACA)
CHAIR: LITTLE, Walter (SUNY-Albany)

(S-104) SATURDAY 1:30-3:20 Ticul

Engaging Engagement in Latin American Identity Politics: From Anthropological Activism to the Anthropology of Activism (SLACA)
CHAIR: DAWSON, Allan (Drew U)

SLACA SPECIAL EVENTS

THURSDAY 7:30-9:00 PM Regency 3
SLACA Keynote Session: Michael Kearney and His Legacy

FRIDAY 6:00-8:00 PM Villa Mercedes Hotel (across from the Hyatt)
SLACA Cash Bar Reception.  Everyone is invited!!