114th AAA Annual Meeting November 18-22, 2015
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Programs
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
12:00 PM-1:45 PM
2-0125
(UN)MAKING SENSE, REAWAKENING HISTORIES: LIMINAL POLITICS AS TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL ACTION
Chandra D. Bhimull, Emanuela Grama, Alaina M Lemon and Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov
2-0160
Christopher A Loperena, Naomi B Reed, Amy E Brown and Jemima Pierre
2:00 PM-3:45 PM
2-0330
Joshua James Smith, Brian E Noble, Joshua James Smith and Michael Asch
4:00 PM-5:45 PM
2-0550
ACTIVIST ETHICS: PUSHING THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF MORALITY INTO THE CROSSROADS OF POLITICS AND RELIGION
John M Mathias, John M Mathias, Bruno E Renero-Hannan, Omri Elisha and Kristin Norget
4:30 PM-6:45 PM
2-0585
Madelaine B Adelman
Thursday, November 19, 2015
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
3-0095
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLICE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Katherine M Verdery, Erika M Robb Larkins, William C Garriott III, Kevin G Karpiak, Avram S Bornstein, Heath Cabot, Yagmur Nuhrat, Julia Hornberger and Jeffrey T Martin
3-0130
REIMAGINING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE THROUGH GRAND VENTURES AND SMALL INITIATIVES IN POST-NEOLIBERAL TIMES
Leksa Lee, Leksa Lee and Elana Shever
3-0215
ETHICAL ACADEMIC ADVOCACY FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS AND THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS
J Kehaulani K Kauanui, Roberto J Gonzalez, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Lara Deeb, Lisa B Rofel, Kamala Visweswaran and David Lloyd
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
3-0435
THE PRODUCTIVITY OF REGULATION:ETHNOGRAPHIES OF ALIGNMENT AND CITIZENSHIPS IN THE MAKING
Suzan Ilcan, Maia Green and Heath Cabot
3-0450
COLLECTIVE MEMORY, EMBODIMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL PROTESTS
Jogendro Singh Kshetrimayum, Claudia Chavez Arguelles, Indulata Prasad and Tathagatan Ravindran
3-0490
3-0495
SOVEREIGNTY DISFIGURED: CONTINUUMS OF LIFE IN THE TIME OF VIOLENCE
Moyukh Chatterjee, Moyukh Chatterjee, Chelsey L Kivland and David Nugent
1:45 PM-3:30 PM
3-0780
INTERROGATING EVIDENTIARY FAMILIARITIES
Agathe Camille Mora, Agathe Camille Mora, Kathleen M Sullivan and Elizabeth Mertz
3-0835
THE ACTANT ARCHIVE: ON SURVEILLANCE, SUBVERSION AND SELF-FASHIONING
David Bozzini, Keith S Brown, Saygun Gokariksel, Joseph Masco and Kirsten Weld
3-0895
SECURITY AT LARGE: GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP BEYOND THE STATE (PART I)
Erella Grassiani, Tessa Geraldine Diphoorn, Rivke Jaffe and Finn Stepputat
4:00 PM-5:45 PM
3-1230
SECURITY AT LARGE: GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP BEYOND THE STATE (PART II)
Erella Grassiani, Tessa Geraldine Diphoorn, Rivke Jaffe and Daniel M Goldstein
3-1250
NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE ACTION: DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AS SHIFTING SPACES OF POLITICAL ACTION
John Burdick, Mamyrah Prosper, Natasa Garic-Humphrey and Nancy G Postero
3-1310
ANTHROPOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
3-1350
3-1380
Kamala Visweswaran, Mohamad Junaid, Salman Hussain and Avram S Bornstein
6:15 PM-7:30 PM
3-1490
Madelaine B Adelman
7:45 PM-9:00 PM
3-1560
APLA EARLY CAREER MENTORING EVENT: COMMITMENTS: USING TIME WISELY EARLY IN YOUR CAREER
Joshua Clark, Amy B Levine and Kedron Thomas
Friday, November 20, 2015
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
4-0085
Lynn M Stephen, Shannon Speed, Alicia Re Cruz, Lynn M Stephen, Shannon Speed, Debra Hain Rodman, Mariela Nunez-Janes, Lisa Maya Knauer, Elana Zilberg and James Loucky
4-0140
MAKING RACES, BREAKING CASES: A DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONTEXT
Chelsey Ann Juarez and Cris Hughes
4-0250
KHUL‘ IN PRACTICE: DEBATING ISLAMIC DIVORCE IN DIVERSE CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Erin Stiles, Nadia Sonneveld, Erin Stiles and Suad Joseph
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
4-0350
THE ASYLUM INDUSTRY: TRUTH-MAKING, EXPERTISE, PROFIT AND PRIVATIZATION
Adrienne Pine, Siobhan E McGuirk and Juan Thomas Ordonez
4-0540
4-0550
LIVING WITH REBELS: ETHNOGRAPHY OF ARMED GROUPS
Brian McQuinn, Kate Hohman-Billmeier, Anna Hedlund, Brian McQuinn and Philippe Bourgois
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
4-0780
APLA EARLY CAREER MENTORING EVENT: THE PATH TO PUBLISHING YOUR FIRST BOOK
Christine M Hegel-Cantarella and Ieva Jusionyte
12:15 PM-2:15 PM
4-0810
ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL AND LEGAL ANTHROPOLOGY (APLA) BOARD MEETING
Madelaine B Adelman
1:45 PM-3:30 PM
4-0900
Joseph Masco, Deborah A Thomas, Joseph Masco, Jessica R Cattelino and Michael Ralph
4-0960
4-1040
NEGOTIATING CITIZENSHIP: ETHNOGRAPHY, RACE, AND CONTESTED POLITICS
Melissa Creary, Sarah Franzen, Sarah Franzen and Melissa Creary
4:00 PM-5:45 PM
4-1185
IMMINENT DANGER: PROLIFERATIONS OF VIOLENCE, RISK, AND SURVEILLANCE
Lamia mounir Moghnie, Gabriele Koch, Gabriele Koch, Lamia mounir Moghnie and Ilana Feldman
4-1230
RETHINKING THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE AGE OF FINANCE
Frederick F Wherry, Ainur Begim, Mateusz Halawa, Caitlin M Zaloom and Jane I Guyer
4-1245
ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNANCE AND CITIZENSHIP
4-1305
SUSPENDED ANIMATION: WAITING, UNCERTAINTY, AND THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION RELIEF
Susan C. Bibler Coutin, Denise E Brennan, Shannon Speed and Ruth M Gomberg-Munoz
7:45 PM-9:00 PM
4-1490
Joshua Clark and Madelaine B Adelman
Saturday, November 21, 2015
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
5-0015
ENDLESS TERROR MACHINE: STATE VIOLENCE, ARMED CONFLICT, AND THE FATE OF THE PERIPHERY
Akbar Ahmed, Barbara A Worley, Carol Henderson, Hugh Gusterson and Jeffrey A Sluka
5-0035
JOINING THE CONVERSATION: ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO MASS INCARCERATION
Lori Labotka, Lori Labotka and Brackette Williams
5-0085
STRANGE PRESENTS AND FAMILIAR PASTS: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF NOSTALGIA
Anna Fournier, Anna Fournier, Amber R Reed, Neringa Klumbyte and Amber R Reed
5-0140
INTIMATE STRANGERS: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATIONS, THE NATIONAL IMAGINATION, AND EXPLOITATION
Rebecca B Galemba, Bryan Moorefield and Guillermina Nunez
5-0260
DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL POLITICS
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
5-0350
DOCUMENTING MEETINGS AND THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONAL ARTIFACTS
Matilda Stubbs, Matilda Stubbs, Helen B Schwartzman and Arturo Marquez Jr
5-0380
REGIMES OF PROOF: CRIME SCENES AND THE FORENSICS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Richard A Wilson, Ieva Jusionyte, Robert Samet, Jeffrey T Martin and Charles L Briggs
5-0415
UNDISCIPLINING LAW AND ECONOMY
Andrea Ballestero, Taylor C Nelms, Sean Mallin and Annelise Riles
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
5-0675
ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL AND LEGAL ANTHROPOLOGY (APLA) BUSINESS MEETING
Madelaine B Adelman
1:45 PM-3:30 PM
5-0770
THE PAPER LIFE OF POLITICS: DOCUMENTS AS MEDIATORS IN POLITICAL STRUGGLES
Matthew Hull, Aniket Pankaj Aga and Matthew Hull
5-0815
RECOGNITION IN THE TIME OF EBOLA: VIOLENCE AND STATE MAKING IN GUINEA
Frederic Le Marcis, Veronica Gomez-Temesio, Richard W Rottenburg and Sharon Alane Abramowitz
5-0880
ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON MOVEMENT CYCLES IN CONTEMPORARY ACTIVISM (PART I)
Leah S Stauber, Leah S Stauber, Angela D Storey and Livia K Hinegardner Stone
4:00 PM-5:45 PM
5-1150
ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON MOVEMENT CYCLES IN CONTEMPORARY ACTIVISM (PART II)
Angela D Storey, Angela D Storey, Leah S Stauber and Mariya P Ivancheva
5-1155
Aradhana Sharma, John Clarke, John Clarke, Julian B Brash, Lok D Siu, Ariana Ochoa Camacho and Aradhana Sharma
5-1190
Sunday, November 22, 2015
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
6-0060
“WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO”: FINDING A PLACE TO REST IN DENVER
Sig Langegger and Stephen K Koester
6-0105
IS FEMALE TO MALE AS NGO IS TO STATE?
Erica Caple James, Mark A Schuller and Lamia N. Karim
6-0130
Livia K Hinegardner Stone, Livia K Hinegardner Stone, Maple J Razsa and J Kehaulani K Kauanui
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
6-0295
ACCOUNTABILITY, POWER, AND ETHICS
Cheryl Mattingly and John R Bowen
6-0305
FEELINGS OF FAMILIARITY AND ESTRANGEMENT: EXPLORING THE WORK OF AFFECT IN NGOs AND NONPROFITS
Anna Jaysane-Darr, Casey J Miller, Anna Jaysane-Darr and Miriam N Shakow
6-0320
YOU TEACH? WHAT IS IT YOU DO? THE FAMILIAR/STRANGE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTRUCTION
Mindie Lazarus-Black, Mindie Lazarus-Black and Carol J Greenhouse
6-0325
GENERATION AND POLITICAL MOBILIZATION: REFRACTIONS, INTERCONNECTIVITIES AND POSSIBILITIES
Emily Channell-Justice, Andrew P Hernann, Emily Channell-Justice, Jessica Greenberg and Kirk Dombrowski

