Newsletter - Fall 2002

Economic Anthropology at the 2002 AAA Meetings

The 2001 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association will take place November 20-24 in New Orleans. There are a number of events of interest to members of the SEA.

AAA Presidential Session, Society for Economic Anthropology: Valuables, Money, and Exchange, Wednesday, November 20, 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Business Meeting - Friday, November 22, 6:15-7:30 p.m.

The following sessions have titles that seem directly related to the interests of SEA members. There are many other sessions that include some economic anthropology papers.

Wednesday, November 20
African Encounters with the Other: Traders, Tourists, and Art Dealers, and Students on the Kenya Coast, 2:00-3:45
Sustainability and Conservation of Common Resources. 2:00-3:45
Anthropology of Corporations, 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Thursday, November 21
Competing Currencies: Contested Communities, 10:15-12:00

Friday, November 22
Property, Transactions, and Creations 8:00-11:45
African Pastoralism: Culture, Economy, and the Individual in Rapidly Changing Societies, 10:15-12:00
Anthropological Perspectives on Globalization in Latin America: Examining the Role of Entrepreneurs and Brokers in the Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Industries, 4:00-5:45

Saturday, November 23
Rethinking Production in Archaeology, 8:00-11:45
Power, Economy and Alliance in the Classic Maya World: New Evidence and Interpretations from the Western River Kingdom, 10:15-12:00
The Boundaries of Neoliberalism: Envisioning National Economies in the Global Economic Order, 10:15-12:00
Recuperating the Material: Papers in Honor of Sidney W. Mintz, 1:45-5:30
Money Power: Cultural Dimensions of Capitalism, 4:00-5:45
State Institutions, Economics, and Public Participation, 4:00-5:45

Sunday, November 24
Anthropology and Innovation in the High-Tech Sector, 8:00-9:45
Cultural and Economic Change in the Rural United States, 8:00-9:45
Laboring in the New Economy, 8:00-11:45
Property Relations in an Era of Global Change, 8:00-11:45