5-0735 CRAFT AND CONSCIOUSNESS: IMPROVING LIFE CHANCES IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CITIES

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 13:45-15:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Carl A Maida (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES) and Sam Beck (, Cornell University and )

Chairs: Sam Beck (Cornell University)

Discussants: Brett Williams (American University)

13:45

Creating a Redundant Workforce: A Turn towards Pedagogies of Practice

Sam Beck (Cornell University and )

14:00

Action Anthropology Through Civic Engagement In Greater Detroit, Michigan: Improving Environmental Health As Part of the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Metropolitan Vision

Brian M McKenna (University of Michigan-Dearborn)

14:15

Pathways to Science: Promoting Inquiry-Based Learning In Informal Environments

Carl A Maida (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES)

14:30

Building Civil Society In a State of Flux: Knowledge Transfer From the Old Norway to the New

Thomas H Eriksen (University of Oslo)

14:45

Cool Hands: The Body Craft of the Student Pastry Chef

Robert Rotenberg (DePaul University)

15:00

Indigenous Voices In the Reconfiguration of Citizenship In Shared Urban Landscapes

Heather A Howard-Bobiwash (MIchigan State University)

15:15

Discussant

Brett Williams (American University)

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