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5-0200 HERSTORIES OF VIOLENCE
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:  Tal Nitsan (University of British Columbia)
Chairs:  Tal Nitsan (University of British Columbia)
Discussants:  Maria Cristina Alcalde (University of Kentucky) and Patricia Tovar ( John Jay College, CUNY)
08:00
(un)Silent Witness: Doula Tales of Reproductive Violence
Aminata Maraesa (New York University)
08:15
Making Space for HERstories of Violence in the Guatemalan History
Tal Nitsan (University of British Columbia)
08:30
Discussant
Maria Cristina Alcalde (University of Kentucky)
08:45
Discussion
09:00
Ageing “Where the Devil Says Good Night:” Elderly Roma Women’s Experiences of Violence In Postsocialist Poland
Magdalena J Kazubowski-Houston (WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY)
09:15
“Soy Desmovilizada”: Testimonial HERstories of Violence Among Colombia’s Female Demobilized Combatants
Erin McFee (Havard Business School)
09:30
Ties That Bind: Kitty Parties and Ideologies of Friendship
Mukta Sharangpani (Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, DeAnza College and Santa Clara University)
09:45
Break
10:00
"What Does War, Displacement and Justice Mean to Us?": Theatre and Storytelling Challenge Conflict and Reconciliation Narratives In Northern Uganda
Lara Rosenoff-Gauvin (University of British Columbia)
10:15
Creating Illustrious Herstory: Valuable Alternative Modes of (Re)Asserting and (Re)Processing Intimate Partner Violence Experiences In Western Belize
Melissa A Beske (Tulane University)
10:30
Discussion
10:45
Resistance In Verse: A Liberation Movement In Iran
Farzad Amoozegar-Fassie (ubc)
11:00
Performing Pain: Narrative, Resistance, and Consent Among Homeless Women In Boston
Alethea Sargent (Yale University and Stanford Law School)
11:15
Discussant
Patricia Tovar ( John Jay College, CUNY)
11:30
Discussion
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