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Sunday, November 20, 2011: 08:00-11:45

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Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Deborah R Sick (University of Ottawa)

Chairs: Deborah R Sick (University of Ottawa)

Discussants: Richard R Wilk (Indiana University)

08:00

Something Old & Something New: Agriculture In Kyoto Prefecture In the 21^st Century

Greg De St. Maurice (University of Pittsburgh)

08:15

Coffee Production, Small Farmer Strategies, and the Changing Face of a Rural Economy In Costa Rica

Deborah R Sick (University of Ottawa)

08:30

Reframing the Agrarian Question: Immigrant Farmworkers Transitioning to Farm Owners In California

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern (University of California, Berkeley)

08:45

Promoting Export of People and Food At the Expense of Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Insights From a Honduran Transnational Village

Carylanna Taylor (University of South Florida)

09:00

Farmer Demand for Bt Cotton Seeds Outpaces Public Goods: India Needs Research and Extension Services On Local Varieties

Donald Attwood (McGill U)

09:15

Ecotourism and Socio-Economic Change: Perspectives From a Costa Rican Coffee-Farming Community

Josephine Howitt (University of Ottawa)

09:30

Break

09:45

Between Conservation and Over-Exploitation: Rural Economies and Protected Areas In Yucatan, Mexico

Sabina Doyon (Laval University)

10:00

Spaghetti and Prayer Wheels In the Shadow of Everest: Tourism’s Impact On Food, Markets and Rural Production In the Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park Region, Nepal

Pierre-Alexandre Paquet (Laval University and McGill University)

10:15

Ethicizing Rural Livelihoods In a Market-Oriented Society: Some Lessons From a Quilombola Community In Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Penna Firme Pedrosa (Indiana University)

10:30

Bypassing the National, Engaging the Global: (Re)Negotiating Terms of Global Belonging In the Balinese Handicrafts Industry

Jennifer S Esperanza (Beloit College)

10:45

Direct Sales, Gender, and Household Dynamics In the Lower Brazilian Amazon

Jessica A Chelekis (Middle Tennessee State University and Indiana University)

11:00

Performing Post-Corporatist Capitalism In Rural Canada

Nathan Young (Ottawa University)

11:15

Discussant

Richard R Wilk (Indiana University)

11:30

Discussion Part II

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