As Part Of The AAA Scientific Sessions

SVA Invited Sessions

1. Proxemics, Culture, And Communication: An Interactive Symposium In Honor Of Edward T. Hall, organized and chaired by Frederick Erickson. Presenters: Frederick Erickson, Malcolm Collier, and John Condon. Discussants: Adam Kendon, Edward T. Hall, and Warren Hern. December 5th, 8:00-9:45 AM.
2. Visions Of The Whole: Primates And Primatologists As A Population, organized and chaired by Anne Zeller. Presenters: Ian C. Colquhoun, Anne Zeller, Ellen J. Ingmanson, Christine M. Johnson, Barbara King, and Sarah Boysen. Discussant: Sian Evans. December 3rd, 8:00-9:45 AM.
3. Teaching Contradictions In Space, Identity, And Race, a poster session organized and chaired by Peter Biella. Presenters: Peter Biella, Michelle Flowers, Mary Strong, Soo-Young Chin, and Yoon Cho. December 3, 1:45-3:55 PM.

   Volunteered Sessions Recommended by SVA and Approved by AAA for The Scientific Sessions

   1. The Anthropology Of Visual Communication At Temple I, organized and chaired by Jay Ruby and Nora Jones. Presenters" F. Niyi Akinnaso, Natalie D. Hanson, M. Jenna Musket, R, Bruce Broce, Pallabi Chakravorty, Alexander Baker, Mathew S. Durington, Carey Million, Catherine Leonard, Nora Jones, and Milton Machuca. Discussant: Larry Gross. December 2, 1:00-6:00 PM.
   2. The Anthropology Of Visual Communication At Temple II, organized and chaired by Jay Ruby and Nora Jones. Participants: Susanne Kempf, Jay Ruby, Jayasinhji Jala, Sam Pack, and Robert Lazarski. Discussant: Harald Prins. December 2, 6:00-9:45 PM.
   3. Through Image, Song, And Word: The Ethnographic Vision Of Jerome Mintz, organized and chaired by Kelly Askew. Participants: Anya Peterson Royce, Heidi Kelly, Kelly Askew, and David D. Gilmore. Discussant: Joelle Bahloul. December 6th, 8:00-9:45 AM.

   SVA SPONSORED Workshops

   • AAA #10: Beginning Workshop in Digital Visual Anthropology, Led by Carol Hermer and Peter Biella. Friday, 12:15-1:15 p.m. To register, click here.
   • AAA #11: Intermediate Digital Visual Anthropology: Creating Quicktime Movies and CD-ROMS. Led by Carol Hermer and Peter Biella. Friday, 1:15-3:00 p.m. To register, click here.
   • AAA #15: A Visual Anthropology Clinic: Research Use of Photography, Video and Other Images. Let by Malcolm Collier and Allison Jablanko. Saturday 8:00-11:00 a.m. To register, click here.

   SVA Events Outside The Scientific Sessions

   1. The Visual Research Conference, organized and chaired by Thomas Blakely (Participant list not yet available) Tuesday, December 1 and Wednesday morning, December 2.
   2. The SVA/AAA Film Festival organized by Joan Swayze Williams (list of films is too extensive to list here, see AAA program for full listing. Awards ceremony will be on evening of Dec. 2.)
   3. The SVA Board Of Directors Meeting ,chaired by Malcolm Collier. December 3rd, 6:15-7:30 PM.
   4. SVA Members Meeting chaired by Malcolm Collier. December 4th from 6:15 to 7:30 PM. Please note that this meeting is open to anyone interested in visual anthropology without regard to member status in SVA.
   5. SVA Sponsored Workshops, are schedued on digital imaging and on visual research methods. Check the September AAA newsletter for details.

   Non SVA Events Of Interest To Those In Visual Anthropology

   Concurrent with the AAA conference, the Graduate Association for Visual Anthropology is sponsoring a day long forum titled "A Future for the Anthropology of Visual Communication" on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 am to 4 pm. It is to feature student research in visual communication/visual anthropology. Information on location and program may be obtained from Kristin Kant Kant@Castro.Otis.temple.Edu or Nora Jones zigged@Castro.Otis.temple.Edu or at 215-922-8677.