The program for this November’s AAA meetings is beginning to come together. And while it is too late to submit a paper for this year’s meeting, it is not too late to consider attending (Chicago!).
For those with a biological anthropology focus, there looks to be a great lineup of sessions. Some of the highlights:
HUMAN EXPERIENCE in the GENOMIC /POST-GENOMIC AGE (12 talks)
Session organizer & Chair: Jada Benn Torres (University of Notre Dame)
Discussant: Alan Goodman (Hampshire College)
ENTANGLING THE BIOLOGICAL: STEPS TOWARD AN INTEGRATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY (14 talks)
Session organizers: Organizers: Katherine C. MacKinnon (Saint Louis University) and Agustin Fuentes (University of Notre Dame)
Session chairs: John Hawks (University of Wisconsin) and Katherine C. MacKinnon (Saint Louis University)
Discussants: Jonathan Marks (Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte) and Julienne Rutherford (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago)
CAN THE FUTURE ESCAPE THE PAST: BIOSOCIAL FACTORS IN THE REPRODUCTION OF POVERTY (11 talks)
Organizers: Lawrence M Schell (Center for the Elmination of Minority Health Disparities, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, SUNY) and Thomas L Leatherman (University of Massachesetts)
Chairs: Lawrence M Schell (Center for the Elmination of Minority Health Disparities, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, SUNY)
CORRELATES OF POVERTY, DETERMINANTS OF PROSPERITY: REFINING CONCEPTS AND SORTING CAUSE FROM CONSEQUENCE USING ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHTS (13 talks)
Organizers: Bram T Tucker (University of Georgia), Susan N Tanner (University of Georgia) and Jason A DeCaro (University of Alabama)
Chairs: Susan N Tanner (University of Georgia)
WHAT THE BONES TELL US: MODELS AND METHODS IN BIOARCHAEOLOGY AND SKELETAL BIOLOGY (12 talks)
Chair: Richard S. Meindl (Kent State University)
MOTHERS, MILKS, AND MEANING: INNOVATIONS IN STUDYING LACTATION, INFANT FEEDING, AND DEVELOPMENTAL ECOLOGY in HUMANS AND NONHUMAN PRIMATES
Organizers: Elizabeth A. Quinn (Washington University, St. Louis), Alyson Young (University of Florida)
Chair: Daniel Sellen (University of Toronto)
Discussants: Andrea S Wiley (Indiana University) and Penny Van Esterik (York University)
In addition, there will be small sessions on primatology, biocultural approaches to health, hominin evolution, forensic anthropology, and numerous other bio-relevant presentations.
I continue to meet biological anthropologist after biological anthropologist (this applies to archaeologists, too) who, while they do not terribly enjoy the atmosphere of the AAPA meetings (e.g. too busy, too intense), have never been to the AAAs. For us non-cultural/ling folks, the AAAs are actually a great place to have an intimate meetings experience in the midst of a very large anthropology conference.
