6-0080 UNSETTLING THE PAST: HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN ETHNOGRAPHERS’ HANDS

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Friday, November 18, 2011: 16:00-17:45

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Organizers: Maria D Vesperi (New College of Florida) and Alisse Waterston (John Jay College City University of New York)

Chairs: Alisse Waterston (John Jay College City University of New York) and Maria D Vesperi (New College of Florida)

Discussants: Sally Engle Merry (New York University) and Lee D Baker (Duke University)

16:00

OLD NEWSPAPERS, FIELDNOTES, and LETTERS—but DON’T FORGET the RASTA ART: WORKING with HINDSIGHT

Faye V Harrison (University of Florida)

16:15

Smell and Touch, Sight and Sound: Engaging the Senses in Constructing a 150-Year Social History

Maria D Vesperi (New College of Florida)

16:30

With What Remains: Method and Source in Intimate Ethnography

Alisse Waterston (John Jay College City University of New York)

16:45

Thinking Beyond the Frame: Archival Images, Family Memories, and the Making of A Documentary Film

Christine J Walley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

17:00

Discussant

Sally Engle Merry (New York University)

17:15

Discussant

Lee D Baker (Duke University)

17:30

Discussion

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