5-0785 THE PROBLEM WITH LOSS

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

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

Organizers: Jenna E Andrews-Swann (Georgia Gwinnett College) and Virginia D. Nazarea (University of Georgia)

Chairs: Jenna E Andrews-Swann (University of Georgia)

Discussants: Jon D Holtzman (Western Michigan University)

13:45

But What Do People Swap In Seed Swaps?

Virginia D. Nazarea (University of Georgia)

14:00

Lost? Rethinking the Trope of "Loss" In Agricultural Biodiversity Research and Interventions

Susannah M Chapman (University of Georgia)

14:15

Cooking, Loss, and Renewal: A Greek Woman's Changing Practice

David Sutton (Southern Illinois University)

14:30

From Lost Crop to Lucrative Commodity: The Quinoa Renaissance

Kristine Skarbo (University of Georgia)

14:45

Knowledge and Plants In a Livestock Production System: Tidemarks of a Globalizing Landscape

Maricel Castillo Piniero (Universidad de los Andes, CIDER)

15:00

Discussion

15:15

Break

15:30

Gaining and Losing: Moral Balancing In American Consumer Discourse

Richard R Wilk (Indiana University)

15:45

Assessing Changes In Transnational Health Knowledge: The Case of the Atlanta-Trinidad and Tobago Community

Lisa S Chaudhari (Northern Arizona University)

16:00

Knowledge and Loss: The Case of the Institutionalization of Maternal and Infant Health In a Highland Community of Peru

Madalena F Monteban (University of Georgia)

16:15

The Complexity of Lost and Found Landraces In Southern Appalachia

James R Veteto PhD (University of Northern Texas)

16:30

Re-Membering What Wasn't There: Immigrant Nostalgia and the Struggle Against Loss

Jenna E Andrews-Swann (Georgia Gwinnett College)

16:45

Discussant

Jon D Holtzman (Western Michigan University)

17:00

Discussion

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