Johns Hopkins University students and faculty are set to present their research at the 2024 American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, held November 20–23 in Tampa, Florida. This year’s theme, PRAXIS, draws on Paulo Freire’s concept of “reflection and action directed at the structures to be transformed,” while embracing its broader interpretations in anthropology. Central to the discussions will be the integration of theory and praxis as a corrective to the colonial and extractive methodologies of the past, and as a means to address systemic oppression and global injustices. Johns Hopkins scholars will join colleagues from around the world to explore how anthropological praxis informs and reimagines research, pedagogy, and collaboration, especially in the face of challenges such as academic restrictions in Florida and broader questions about the discipline’s global relevance.
JHU faculty, students, and alumni will present according to the schedule (subject to change) below:
Nov. 20
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Tracing Legal Artifacts in Contexts of Violence (Talia Katz, Anna Wherry, Youjoung Kim)
TCC 103
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Pandemic Impacts on Anthropological Praxis: Reflections from Wenner-Gren Grantees (Gabrielle Robbins)
Marriot WS Room 4
02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Global Anti-Asian Racism Amidst Interventions of Kuleana Anthropology (Sojung Kim)
TCC Ballroom B
02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Grace as Reparative Praxis (Neena Mahadev)
Marriott WS Florida Salon IV
Nov. 21
08:30 AM – 10:00 AM
When, where & how to publish: The frontiers & limits of publishing as a graduate student (& beyond) (Anand Pandian)
TCC 118
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
20 Years of Modern Blackness: Paradigms, praxis and potentialities (Jasmine Blanks Jones)
TCC Ballroom A
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Scrutinizing Signs (Scott MacLochlainn)
Marriott WS Room 1
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Craft Work: A Rountable on Moods, Modes, and the Making of Ethnographic Texts (Sarah Roth)
Marriott WS Room 4
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Where is Social Mobilization? (Benita M Menezes, Perry Maddox)
Marriott WS Room 1
02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Roy A. Rappaport Student Prize Competition Panel (Sumin Myung)
TCC 112
Nov. 22
10:15 PM – 11:45 PM
Ruins and Retrofits: Praxes of Mattering Past and Present (Anand Pandian)
TCC 116
12:45 PM – 02:15 PM
Reparative Education in Africa and the Diaspora (Jasmine Blanks Jones)
TCC 118
02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
The Interstices of Knowledge. Knowledge Making and the Materiality of Nature (Gabrielle Robbins)
TCC 114
02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Praxis of the possible: Ethnography and the study of religion in South Asia (Neena Mahadev)
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