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CASC Sessions
and Workshops on
Communicating Anthropology
2000
American Anthropological
Association
San Francisco Hilton & Towers
Nov. 15-19, 2000.
"Anthropology's Public Face: Encounters with the Media"
NAPA Special Session
Session co-chaired with Mark
Peterson, Asst. Professor of Anthropology
The American University in Cairo.
Fri. Nov.17
8:00-11:45 AM
Yosemite B
Ballroom Level
( Full
session description.)
"Meet the Press: Anthropologists talk with Science Writers"
Thurs. 11/16
12:15-1:30 PM
Continental Parlor 3, Ballroom Level
San Francisco Hilton & Towers
(Full
session description)
Brief
session descriptions:
"Anthropology's Public Face: Encounters with the Media" (Full
session description)
This symposium seeks
to bring together two groups:
- Professional
anthropologists who have worked with and through the mass media
- Media professionals
who have had anthropological training.
Our session seeks
to address both the theoretical and the piratical aspects of public
communications.
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Do the mass media have roles to play in the anthropological understanding
of the human condition?
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How can anthropologists wishing to communicate to a wider audience
accomplish their goals within academe?
- How
do we communicate what we do as anthropologists through a media not
always conducive to scientific reportage?
" Meet the Press: Anthropologists talk with science writers"
(Full session description)
This session is
a casual, hard-hitting roundtable between the science writers
who cover our work, and anthropologists interested in getting covered.
This years session
is free and open to all, and is always both fun and highly informative!
Bring
all your questions about anthropology's coverage by the media, and
come prepared to talk freely with those in the field.
Session speakers
come from US News & World Report, the San Francisco Chronicle,
and others.
Topics covered in
this open discussion can include:
How
do editors decide what science stories to publish?
Who makes the decisions
about running anthropology news items?
Does
the media cover anthropology in a responsible manner?
Come prepared to
talk openly about the conflicts, shared interests, and challenges
of communicating what we do directly with those writing the stories!
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