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5-0205 ANTHROPOLOGIES OF THE COVERT: FROM SPYING AND BEING SPIED UPON TO SECRET MILITARY OPS AND THE CIA
Saturday, November 19, 2011: 08:00-11:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

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

Organizers:  Carole McGranahan (University of Colorado)
Chairs:  Anna C Roosevelt (University of Illinois)
Discussants:  Maximilian C Forte (Concordia Univ), Mike McGovern (Yale University) and Diane M Nelson (Duke University)
08:00
The CIA, the Asia Foundation, and the AAA: How the AAA Linked Asian Anthropologists to a CIA Funding Front
David H Price (St. Martin)
08:15
Sympathy for the Devil: The CIA, Tibet, and the Humanity of Empire
Carole McGranahan (University of Colorado)
08:30
Studying Covert NATO Security Operations In Congo, 1956-2011: Theory, Methods, and Results
Anna C Roosevelt (University of Illinois)
08:45
Discussant
Maximilian C Forte (Concordia Univ)
09:00
The Hidden World: How Covert Action Undermines Humanitarian State Building
Elizabeth C Dunn (University of Colorado at Boulder)
09:15
Methodological Notes On Researching Military and Intelligence Programs
Roberto J Gonzalez (San Jose State University)
09:30
Anthropologists, Foundations, and the CIA: The Covert Intricacies of Western Development Policy
Eric B Ross (George Washington University)
09:45
Discussant
Mike McGovern (Yale University)
10:00
Discussion
10:15
Observers Observed: An Anthropologist Under Surveillance
Katherine M Verdery (CUNY Grad Center)
10:30
Trust Us: Iran-Contra and the Discursive Economy of Conspiracy
Joe Bryan (University of Colorado)
10:45
Spying Epistemology: How the Cia's Epistemological and Rhetorical Culture Shape Foreign Policy
Nate Kreuter (Western Carolina University)
11:00
The Culture and Defense Industries In Cold War Los Angeles: Publicity, Secrecy, and the Double Consciousness of Place
Mihir A Pandya (University of Chicago)
11:15
Discussant
Diane M Nelson (Duke University)
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