6-0265 TRACING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, INTENTIONAL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT: INFORMING OR INHIBITING CHANGE IN BELIEFS, PRACTICES, IDENTITIES, AND PLACE?

Sunday, November 20, 2011: 10:15-12:00

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

Chairs: Carol Hafford PhD (NORC at the University of Chicago)

Discussants: Ricardo Contreras (East Carolina University)

10:15

Gender and/In Soldiering: Examining Contemporary Deployment Experiences of Female Soldiers In the U.S. Army

Margie Serrato (Texas A&M University)

10:30

Legacies of Medical Care Practices In the Face of Technological Advances

Pensri Ho (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

10:45

Ethnography, Technology and Independent Living:Co-designingaccessible Communication technologiesfor Socially Isolated Older Adults.

David Prendergast (Intel Ireland Ltd)

11:00

Locality, Technology and Tracing Cultural Identity In Global Offshore Outsourcing

Tara Eaton (Wayne State University)

11:15

Disaster and Resettlement: The Venezuelan Experience After the 1999 Mudslides

Miguel A Montoya (Stockholm University)

11:30

The Influence of International Medical Tourism On Health Belief Systems In Rural Belize

Christian N Vannier (Grand Valley State University)

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