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Spring 2016, Volume 57 No. 1
87th Annual SWAA Conference
San Diego, California April 22-23, 2016
SPRING 2016 PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER MESSAGE
Your SWAA Board and the SWAA Conference Planning Committee are putting the final touches on our 87th
Annual Conference on April 22 and 23, 2016 at the well-known resort and concert venue, Humphreys Half Moon Inn
and Suites on San Diego’s Shelter Island. San Diego, here we come!
Conference registration begins Thursday late afternoon, and continues through Saturday. There is a wonderful
(and quite reasonable) restaurant in the hotel, and a number of other restaurants within easy walking distance. We
have an incredible variety of papers, posters and films for you this year! Our meeting and banquet rooms overlook
the water, providing a perfect venue for spending time with colleagues and friends. It just doesn’t get better than this!
Remember that the deadline for on-line registration and Banquet reservations is April 15.
You don’t want to miss hearing our Banquet Speaker, the distinguished anthropologist, Dr.
Laura Nader. She will be speaking to us
about her latest book, What the Rest Think of
the West, in which she allows us to see our-
selves through the eyes of Easterners over the
millennia. The book focuses our attention on
one of the most basic concepts in anthropolo-
gy—and makes it personal: our lack of per-
spective on our own Western culture and its
impact on the global contexts of the past. What could be more im-
portant to understanding how we reach for a sustainable future than
to honestly examine ourselves in this way? This is an important and
timely book both globally, as the West negotiates its role in modern
international contexts, and nationally, as we seek perspective on the
political rhetoric of this election year. Nader’s Banquet message to
us will be one worth not only hearing, but one with central applica-
tion to the work we do as anthropologists, no matter what kind of
anthropology we practice.
You can read about Dr. Nader and hear brief excerpts from an
interview done by the Regional Oral History Office at Berkeley:
Laura Nader: A Life of Teaching, Investigation, Scholarship and
Scope by clicking on vm136.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/
narrators/nader_laura.html.
In our hectic professional lives, it is frequently hard to focus on
our own intellectual growth and to find time to explore and develop
ideas. I know that your participation in the 87th Annual SWAA
Conference will give you many such opportunities. See you April
22nd!
—Kimberly Martin, SWAA President, 2015-2016
IN THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message By Kimberly Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Conference Information
Travel Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hotel Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Conference Registration Information
Registration Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Registration in Advance . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Registration at the Conference. . . . . . . 2
Conference Events Information
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Break Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SWAA Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SWAA Business Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Banquet Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Banquet Menu Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Student Paper Competition . . . . . . . . . 4
Conference Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Questions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Preliminary Conference Program . . . . . . . . 5 Museums and Exhibits Hidden in Plain Sight: Anthropology in the Public Eye By Hilarie Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Advance Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SWAA Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Newsletter Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Membership Renewal Information . . . . . . . 20
2016 SWAA Conference
GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
All conference events will take place at Humphreys Half Moon Inn & Suites
2303 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, California 92106. See www.halfmooninn.com/
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Humphreys Half Moon Inn & Suites is located on Shelter Island, 3.2 miles from San Diego International Airport and 3.4
miles from the OLT Amtrak Station on Taylor Street in San Diego.
If you’re driving: Driving south on I-5, take the Rosecrans exit. Follow Rosecrans, heading west, to Shelter Island Drive
(about 5 miles). Left on Shelter Island Drive; the hotel will be on your right.
HOTEL ROOM INFORMATION: The deadline for hotel reservations at the SWAA rate was March 21. It is possible but unlikely that there are still rooms
available at the SWAA rate—please contact the hotel after reading the information at swaa-anthro.org/hotel-information
-2016/.
PARKING:
Humphreys: special SWAA parking rate of $7/day. Look for information about parking at the Registration Table at the
conference. There are some free public parking lots near the hotel.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
*All persons attending sessions at the conference must be registered and wearing a name tag*
SWAA REGISTRATION TABLE: When you arrive at Humphreys, please go straight to the SWAA Registration
Table to pick up your program and nametag if you registered in advance, or to register on site.
SWAA REGISTRATION TABLE LOCATION: Thursday (4:30—7:00 pm): main lobby of Humphreys.
Friday and Saturday beginning at 8:00 am: near the SWAA meeting rooms on the concert stage side of the hotel, some
distance to the left of the main lobby. Signs will direct conference-goers from the lobby and from the concert entrance to
the SWAA area.
REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE: The deadline for Advance Registration is FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016. The
dead - line is firm and will not be extended. Registration forms and payment, either online or by mail, must be re-
ceived by midnight, April 15th. For online and printable forms, please go to: swaa-anthro.org/2016-swaa-conference-
registration/. There is also a conference registration form on page 18 of this newsletter.
REGISTRATION AT THE CONFERENCE: On-site registration will be available at the SWAA Registration Table for those who do not register in advance. All on-
site registration is by cash or check only.
Full conference registration includes access to all conference events, including the sessions, the Friday Reception, and
the Saturday Business Meeting, plus a SWAA tote bag to carry your program and belongings [while supplies last]; and a
one-year membership in SWAA. Reservations for the Saturday Banquet can be made only by full conference registrants.
One-Day Registration will be available at the registration table on Friday and on Saturday; it is not available online. One
-day registration is intended for students and others who would like to see what a professional anthropology conference
is like and/or who would like to hear a friend give a paper.
One-day registrants receive a conference program and access to sessions on Friday Only or Saturday Only. One-day reg-
istration does not give access to the Reception, Business Meeting, or Banquet, and it does not include membership in the
association. One-Day Registration fees are $15 general and $10 student-with-ID.
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PROGRAM
You'll find the Preliminary Program in this newsletter, as well as at the SWAA website. Each speaker is allotted 20
minutes. Please observe the time limit so that all papers can be heard. Session chairs are asked to keep to the
scheduled start times for each paper, so conference attendees can plan ahead for the papers they want to hear. When
you arrive, everyone registered for the conference will receive a printed program with up-to-date information about all
sessions and other events. The abstracts for all papers, posters, and films being presented at the conference will also be
in the printed program.
BREAK ROOM
Each day of the conference there will be a break room where coffee and tea will be available in the morning. Here you
will also find publisher and vendor displays, as well as SWAA publications for sale, and flyers, notices and other items
of interest. We anticipate that the Break Room will be open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, if you
want to browse the displays and vendor tables.
SWAA RECEPTION
On Friday evening, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, SWAA will host a reception for all those who have registered for the full con-
ference, with complimentary hors-d’oeuvres and a no-host bar. Please show your nametag when you arrive.
SWAA BUSINESS MEETING
The Business Meeting, open to all SWAA members, will be held during the Saturday lunch break. All confer-
ence registrants are encouraged to attend in order to meet current Board members, to learn more about SWAA,
and to hear a preview of the 2017 conference. The winners of the 2016 Student Paper and Poster Competitions will be
announced at this meeting.
SWAA BANQUET [by advance reservation only]
The SWAA Banquet is open to Full Conference registrants; registrants can make reservations for themselves and one
guest if they wish to bring someone who is not registered at the conference, or who will register for one day only.
Banquet reservations must be made in advance—reservations and payment, online or by mail, must be received by 4:30
pm FRIDAY, APRIL 15th (firm deadline). Banquet reservations can be made at the same time as conference registra-
tion at swaa-anthro.org/2016-swaa-conference-registration/. Or they can be made after registering by using this link:
swaa-anthro.org/banquet-tickets-2016-swaa-conference/.
If you decide you want to attend the banquet after the deadline, please contact SWAA Treasurer Andre Yefremian and
ask to be placed on the Waiting List—tickets may become available if ticketholders cannot attend at the last minute.
Email [email protected] before the conference starts (be sure to include your cell phone number) or text after
the conference starts at 818-720-8069.
The Banquet will begin at 6:45 pm on Saturday, April 23. The distinguished speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Laura
Nader, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. anthropology.berkeley.edu/people/laura-
nader.
SWAA BANQUET MENU
Mixed greens salad with balsamic dressing or ranch dressing.
Rolls and butter.
Choice of entrée:
Grilled jidori chicken breast, grilled asparagus and roasted potatoes. Or Seared salmon filet, grilled asparagus and roasted potatoes, beurre blanc. Or
Grilled Portobello mushroom stack, grilled asparagus and roasted potatoes.
Crème brulee.
Water, iced tea.
White wine, red wine.
Tea, coffee.
Price: $42 (includes tax and tip)
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STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION and STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION:
The submission deadline for both competitions is Friday, April 15, 2016. More information can be found here:
Student Paper Competition: swaa-anthro.org/student-paper-competition/
Student Poster Competition: swaa-anthro.org/student-poster-competition/
Contact Michelle Roberts if you have questions about the paper competition: [email protected]
Contact Brandon Fryman is you have questions about the poster competition: [email protected]
Student Paper Competition Prizes: First prize $200 Second Prize $100 Third Prize $50
Student Poster Competition Prizes:
First prize $200 Second Prize $100 Third Prize $50
Winners of the 2016 Student Paper Competition and Student Poster Competition will be announced at the Business
Meeting on Saturday and the prizes will be awarded at the Saturday evening Banquet.
SWAA CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
Since 2007, SWAA has published peer-reviewed proceedings of each conference. The Proceedings of past conferences
can be purchased for $20 each in the Break Room at the conference. Online information is available
at swaa-anthro.org/proceedings.
2007: Mining Material Culture
2008: Borders, Boundaries, and Transitions: Framing the Past, Imagining the Future
2009: Relevancies: Public Anthropology in a Globalizing World
2010: Place, Space, Environment, and Climate: Humanity and a Changing Planet
2011: Health and the Human Body: Practices, Policies and Perspectives
2012: Telling Stories: Analysis, Interpretation, and Narrative
2013: Work and Play
2014: Imagineering the Present: Technology and Creativity
2015: Anthropological Voyages: Past, Present and Future
QUESTIONS ABOUT the CONFERENCE? Questions about conference registration or banquet reservations? Contact SWAA Treasurer Andre Yefremian at [email protected]
Questions about the Preliminary Program? Contact Program Chair A.J. Faas at [email protected]
General questions? Contact Local Arrangements Chair Jonathan Karpf at [email protected]
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Friday, April 22
SESSION 1: 8:30-10:45 (Sunset Room)
Evolving Identity: Sustaining Self-Image for the Future
(Organized Session) Organizer and Chair: Richard Nicolas (CSU
Los Angeles)
8:30-8:50 David Fornelli (CSU Los Angeles)
Diaspora of American Classic Cars
8:50-9:10 Jose Trinidad Castañeda III (CSU Los Angeles)
Social Media as a Research Tool: From “Big Data” to
“Thick Data”
9:10-9:30 Ashley Ascencio (CSU Los Angeles)
Animated Anomie: Krill and the Collective Conscious
9:30-9:50 Richard Nicolas (CSU Los Angeles)
Gripping the Anchor: An Analysis of Stress and Identity
in the Navy
9:50-10:10 Roanna Mitchell-Iverson (CSU Los Angeles)
Television and Fandoms: An Analysis of Queerbaiting
10:10-10:30 Sonia Barragan (CSU Los Angeles)
Animé Networks: A Lens into the Interworking of the
Media Fandom
10:30-10:45 Discussion
___________________________________________________
SESSION 2: 8:30-10:45 (Pacific Room)
Borders and Branches: Migrations, Genetics, and Syncretisms
Chair: Michael Eissinger (UC Merced)
8:30-8:50 Brendon O’Connor (Arizona State University)
“Un Poquito Más Complicado Se Fue Haciendo”/ “It
Kept Getting a Little More Complicated”: Invokable His-
tories and Kin Relations among Transfronterizo Universi-
ty Students
8:50-9:10 Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen (UC Riverside)
Risk as Mobility: Undocumented Vietnamese Migrants in
a Transnational Legal Limbo
9:10-9:30 Jennifer Taylor (Academy of Art University)
Back to the Future of Our Genes: An Ethnographic and
Historical Inquiry on Trends in Genealogical Writing,
DNA Testing, and Genetic History
9:30-9:50 Jeremy Peretz (UCLA)
The House of Ezra: Israelites among Guyana’s Black
Faithists
9:50-10:10 Julián Jeffries (CSU Fullerton)
Non-DREAMers and the Creation of the ‘Un-Deserving
Immigrant’ Frame: Casualties and Exclusions of
‘Benign” Immigration Policy
10:10-10:30 Hilary Ledsam (CSU Long Beach)
Constructing Agency in Narrative and Public Discourse:
A Study of Professionals Who Work with Survivors of
Sexual Trafficking
10:30-10:45 Discussion
SESSION 3: 8:30-10:45 (Point Loma Room)
Frontiers of Urban Action and Experience. Chair : Julie Good-
man-Bowling (California Baptist University and University of Neva-
da, Reno)
8:30-8:50 Antonio Gioia (University of Chicago)
Perceptions of PLUR: Understanding the Raver’s Code of
Peace/Love/Unity/Respect
8:50-9:10 Adonia Lugo (CSU Los Angeles)
Bicycling and Environmental Racism: Steps toward Equit-
able Future Streets
9:10-9:30 Chima Michael Anyadike-Danes (UC Irvine)
The Right to Be a Neighborhood in Control: Examining the
Constitution and Role of a Los Angeles Neighborhood
Council
9:30-9:50 Lauren Smyth (UC Santa Barbara)
“Our House, Our Space”: Producing Muslim-American
Space in Southern California
9:50-10:10 Patricia Morton (CSU Los Angeles)
From Criminal to Culture: The Evolution of a Bad Boy
10:10-10:45 Discussion
SESSION 4: 11:00-12:35 (Sunset Room)
Issues Pertaining to the Tribes of San Diego County (Organized
Session). Organizers and Chairs: Steven Elster (UC San Diego) and
Hilarie Kelly (University of La Verne)
11:00-11:20 Harry Paul Cuero Jr. (Campo Band of Kumeyaay
Nation)
Education, Past and Present, for Tribal Youth
11:20-11:40 Oletha Leo (Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation)
Interviews with Grandma: Traditions of the Viejas Tribe
11:40-12:00 Ross Frank (UC San Diego)
A 10-Year Repatriation Effort by the Kumeyaay Tribal
Communities
12:00-12:20 Steven Elster (UC San Diego)
Evidence Regarding the Performance of Southern California
Creation Stories before World War II
12:20-12:35 Discussion
_______________________________________________________
SESSION 5: 11:00-12:35 (Pacific Room)
Anthropological Engagement and Applications
Chair: Andre Yefremian (Glendale Community College)
11:00-11:20 Andre Yefremian (Glendale Community College)
Promoting Sustainable Development: The Role of Social
Banks
11:20-11:40 Julia Hammett (Truckee M eadows Community
College)
Living at the End of the World: Viewing the Anthropocene
through the Lens of a Citizen Anthropologist
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Preliminary Program
BREAK: Break 10:45 – 11:00
11:40-12:00 Sarah Etheridge-Creswell (College of the Can-
yons)
Identifying Cultural Themes in a Shared Experience of
Water Hygiene Education Participants
12:00-12:20 Emily Grover (Southwestern University)
“The Community Is the Greatest Work of Art”: Texas
Art, History, and Identity at the San Angelo Museum of
Fine Arts
12:20-12:35 Discussion __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SESSION 6: 11:00-12:35 (Point Loma Room)
Addressing the Health of Latino Farm Working Communities
in Southern California’s Inland Empire (Organized Session)
Organizer and Chair: Ann Cheney (UC Riverside)
11:00-11:20 Agustin Maximo Anastacio (Riverside City Col-
lege), Christine Newkirk (UC Riverside), and Katheryn Rodri-
guez (UC Riverside)
Culture, Gender, and Risk-Taking among Latino Farm
Working Men
11:20-11:40 Ann Cheney (UC Riverside), Christine Newkirk
(UC Riverside), and Katheryn Rodriguez (UC Riverside)
Ulysses Syndrome: The Emotional and Psychological
Life of Latino Farmworkers
11:40-12:00 Christine Newkirk (UC R iverside), Katheryn
Rodriguez (UC Riverside), and Ann Cheney (UC Riverside)
Barriers to Individual and Community Wellness and
Health Care among Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern
Coachella Valley
12:00-12:20 Katheryn Rodriguez (UC Riverside), Christine
Newkirk (UC Riverside), and Ann Cheney (UC Riverside)
Barriers to Engaging Farm Working Communities in
Health Research
12:20-12:35 Discussion
SESSION 7: 2:00-3:55 (Sunset Room)
Culture and the Politics of Identity: People and Places
Chair: Elizabeth Murray (University of South Florida)
2:00-2:20 Alexandra Jaffe (CSU Long Beach)
Heterogeneous Authenticities in a Corsican Cultural Park
2:20-2:40 Elizabeth Murray (University of South Florida)
Rebranding for Growth: Marketing Strategies in
Southern California Wine Country
2:40-3:00 Jen O’Neal (Southwestern University)
“Heart to Help”: Performing Whiteness in Development
NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa
3:00-3:20 John Norvell (University of La Verne)
From Discourse to Taxonomy in Brazilian Color/Race
Terms
3:20-3:40 Rhiana Stevens (Southwestern University)
A Culture of Perception and Discrepancy: Women’s
Experiences with Violence in Tunisia
3:40-3:55 Discussion
SESSION 8: 2:00-3:55 (Pacific Room)
The Diverse Gendered Dynamics of Human Experience
Chair: Barbra Erickson (CSU Fullerton)
2:00-2:20 Catherine Hodge McCoid (University of Central M is-
souri) and LeRoy McDermott (University of Central Missouri)
Women Artists Representing Themselves in the European
Upper Paleolithic
2:20-2:40 Dia Flores (Long Beach City College)
“I Am Not a Tomboy”: Perspectives of Gender by Filipina
Immigrants in London
2:40-3:00 Patricia Taber (UC Santa Barbara)
Tradition and Transformation: Women and Micro-
enterprise in Neoliberal India
3:00-3:20 Sarah Prothero (CSU Long Beach)
She’s Not a ‘Real’ Gamer: Online Discourses of Gender
Regarding Female Broadcasters on Twitch.TV
3:20-3:40 Leah Sakacs (CSU Long Beach)
Tell Me Who You Are: Life Histories of Women beyond
the Prison Walls
3:40-3:55 Discussion
______________________________________________________
SESSION 9: 2:00-3:55 (Point Loma Room)
Belief and Behavior: Interpretations of Past Environments
(Organized Session).
Organizer and Chair: Raquel Ackerman (CSU Los Angeles)
2:00-2:20 Jennifer McCrackan (CSU Los Angeles)
Exploring Tokusatsu: The Influence of the Tokugawa
Period on Japanese Television
2:20-2:40 Jose C. Ambrocio Aguilar (CSU Los Angeles)
In Search of Matzume: Territorial-narratives of an Archaeo-
logical Cave Survey in Asuncion Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
2:40-3:00 Joseph Curran (CSU Los Angeles) and Richard Nicolas
(CSU Los Angeles)
Here There Be Dragons: Monsters in Parallel Cultures
3:00-3:20 Justin D’Agostino (Southern Illinois University) and
Marilyn Brody (Southern Illinois University)
An Analysis of Human Senses in the Jungles of Indonesia
3:20-3:40 Maricela Emma Lopéz (CSU Los Angeles)
Division of Identities: Interpretation of Evolving Racial
Sensitivity
3:40-3:55 Discussion
SESSION 10: 4:10-6:00 (Sunset Room)
Poster Session A. Chair : TBA
Dawn Burns (CSU Long Beach)
Venice Beach: A Soul Synthesis
Amanda Costello (Boston University School of Medicine)
Environmental Consciousness in Death: America’s
Transformation in Mortuary Practices
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Lunch Break 12:35 – 2:00
Break 3:55 – 4:10
Timothy Curran (Cal Poly Pomona)
Habitat is Everywhere: Designing for Coexistence with
Wildlife
Jennifer Desatoff (CSU Long Beach) and Erika Suarez
Paying Students to Do the Right Thing: Rewards for
Recycling on Campus
Melissa Franks (CSU Long Beach)
Beyond the Classroom: Museum Education and
Community Outreach in Schools
Brandon Fryman (University of La Verne) and Katya Rodriguez
(University of La Verne)
Applying Theory to Sustainable Housing: “Something
about the Rhythm of the Earth”
Melissa Ignacio (CSU Los Angeles)
The Fleet Is In: Collective Memory and the Unofficial
Monument
Liam D. Murphy (CSU Sacramento)
Denizens of Hell: Costume, Aesthetics, and Social
Performance at Hellfest
Alix Politanoff (CSU Los Angeles) and Jose Trinidad Castañeda
III (CSU Los Angeles)
“Listening Session”: An Applied Urban Method
Vanessa Ruiz (CSU Los Angeles)
Brazilian Social Stratification and HIV/AIDS among
Women in the Favela of Rocinha
Natalie Vindivich (CSU Los Angeles)
Coming Home to Roost: An Ethnohistory on Chicken,
Alaska
Anne Marie Whitehead (CSU Fullerton)
Green Burial: An Alternative Practice
Aziz Yuldashev (Cultures Without Walls along the Great Silk
Road) and Melinda Niekum (Cultures Without Walls along the
Great Silk Road)
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Central
Asia for Sustainable Development and Intercultural
Dialogue
_____________________________________________________
SESSION 11: 4:10-6:00 (Point Loma Room)
Film Session 1. Chair : TBA
Patrick Godut (University of La Verne)
Ameri-Pino: Recognizing Filipino Heritage in America
(25 minutes)
Steven Rousso-Schindler (CSU Long Beach)
At Street Level (26.4 minutes)
Saira Naqvi (CSU Long Beach)
Musicians in Medicine (7.07 minutes)
Saturday, April 23, 2016
SESSION 12: 8:30-9:50 (Sunset Room)
Poster Session B. Chair : TBA
M. Alex Bellenger (CSU Long Beach)
“I Am Not For Sale”: An Applied Approach to Human
Trafficking Prevention
MarkJason Cabudol (San Diego State University)
When All Else Fails: Pediatric Cannabis Use for
Intractable Epilepsy
Nasim Eslami (UC Riverside)
Iranian’s Communities: Obstacles on Iranian-Americans’
Unison in America
Artemisia Hermosillo (CSU Los Angeles)
Women of the Pomo and Yurok Nations: Ideologies of
Power
Emily Ibrahim (CSU Long Beach), Rachel Chauvin, and
Lydieth Najera
United & Growing
Emilio Jacintho (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Pierre
Lienard (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
The Outsider Problem
Stephen Macharia (CSU Long Beach), Alex Wechter and
Patrick Moreno
Stress, Support, and Sustainability: Measuring Experiences
of First Generation College Students
Daniel Mehrabian (Yerevan State University)
Sustainable Ethnic Identities: The Retention of Armenian
Ethnic Identity in the Los Angeles-Based Diaspora
Matthew Purifoy (CSU Chico) and Sahar Foruzan (CSU Chico)
Finding Harmony
Elizabeth Stela (UC Riverside)
Terraforming, Martian Bodies, and Ethics: The Future of
Space Exploration and Settlement
Taree Vargas (CSU Long Beach)
Verbal/Embodied Parallels and Cooperative Meaning
Generation
______________________________________________________
SESSION 13: 8:30-9:50 (Point Loma Room)
The Power of Dreams (Organized Session). Chair: Barbra Erickson
(CSU Fullerton) Organizer: Anne Marie Whitehead (CSU Fullerton)
8:30:8:50 Anne Marie Whitehead (CSU Fullerton)
Dreams as Culture
8:50-9:10 Jose Zamora (CSU Fullerton)
The Value of Dreams: Silencing Narrative
9:10-9:30 Christal Snyder (CSU Fullerton)
Dreaming of an Alternative: Double Woman Dreams in
Lakota Society
9:30-9:50 Dianna Stifter (CSU Fullerton)
Inception and Lucid Dreaming
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SWAA RECEPTION: 6:00-8:00, Room TBA
Complimentary hors-d'oeuvres and no-host bar
[Open to all who are registered for the full conference]
SESSION 14: 9:00-9:50 (Pacific Room)
Film Session 2
Teri Brewer (Independent Scholar)
A Donation to the Museum (27 minutes)
Desiree Renee Martinez
Discussant
SESSION 15: 10:05-12:05 (Sunset Room)
Teaching Anthropology: Conceptual and Methodological
Toolkits. Chair : Michelle Rober ts (University of Nevada, Reno
and CSU Sacramento)
10:05-10:25 Juliann Couture (University of Colorado, Boulder)
and Erin Gratz (University of La Verne)
Collaborations to Foster a Conceptual Understanding of
Information Integration in Today’s Students
10:25-10:45 Kathryn Sorensen (Ashford University) and
Jennifer Miller-Thayer (Citrus College)
Interactive Resources for Teaching Anthropology Online
10:45-11:05 Melissa Begey (CSU Long Beach)
50 Shades of Green: Discourses of Sustainable Fashion in
the Classroom Setting
11:05-11:25 Monica Thompson (University of La Verne)
Sex Estimation from Cranial Traits: A Look at Current
Methodology
11:25-11:45 William Fairbanks (Cuesta College) They Say Cultural Anthropology Is Dead: Was it Suicide?
11:45-12:05 Discussion _____________________________________________________
SESSION 16: 10:05-12:05 (Pacific Room)
Variations of Indigeneity in America Chair: Kimberly Martin (University of La Verne)
10:05-10:25 Janet Page-Reeves (University of New M exico), Conceptualizing Native Identity as a Foundation of
Success among Native Americans in STEM
10:25-10:45 Robyn Houts (Gavilan College)
A Culture Sustained Against All Odds: The Amah
Mutsun, Ohlone People of Chitactac
10:45-11:05 Shasta Gaughen (Pala Band of M ission Indians) Sustaining Tribal Futures: Indian Gaming and Cultural
Survival
11:05-11:25 Brian Baker (CSU Sacramento) Exhibiting “American Indian” Nostalgia in Public
Ceremony
11:25-11:45 Terri Castaneda (CSU Sacramento) “Injun Louie” and the Visual Economy of American
Indians at Mid-20th Century: An Analysis of Cartoon
Imagery in the Smoke Signal
11:45-12:05 Discussion
SESSION 17: 10:05-12:05 (Point Loma Room)
Film Session 2. Chair : TBA
Vanessa Villarreal (CSU Long Beach)
The Albanian Dream (8.13 minutes)
Taree Vargas (CSU Long Beach)
Belongings (10 minutes)
Kimberly Martin and Matthew Martin-Hall (University of La
Verne)
The Zapotec Way: Dying and Weaving at La Grana Tejidos
(25 minutes)
J.T. McKinney (University of La Verne)
Exploring Sacred Healing Modalities: From the Andes to
Southern California (10 minutes)
SESSION 18: 2:00-4:00 (Sunset Room)
Community-Based Applied Anthropology at San Jose State Uni-
versity, Part 1 (Organized Session).
Organizer and Chair: A.J. Faas (San Jose State University)
2:00-2:20 A.J. Faas (San Jose State University)
Time and Memory in Disaster: Cases from the Andes and the
Pacific Northwest
2:20-2:40 DeDe Patterson (San Jose State University)
Living Between Borders: Transnational Marriages and U.S.
Resettlement Patterns in Sudanese Refugee Populations
2:40-3:00 Jacqueline Porcello (San Jose State University)
History of Anthropology at San Jose State University
3:00-3:20 Kirk Phillips (San Jose State University)
Mapping the Gamer Landscape: Anthropological
Perspectives on Professional Gaming
3:20-3:40 Michael Boero (San Jose State University) Looking Back, Moving Forward: Adaptive Resource
Management in the Sierra Nevada
3:40-4:00 Discussion ________________________________________________________
SESSION 19: 2:00-4:00 (Pacific Room)
Families, Kith and Kin: Social Bonds and Networks that Sustain
Us (Organized Session). Organizers and Chairs: J ayne Howell
(CSU Long Beach) and Suzanne Scheld (CSU Northridge)
2:00-2:20 Hilarie Kelly (University of La Verne) Migration, Family Work, Aging and Gender in Two
Diasporic Communities in North America
2:20-2:40 Jayne Howell (CSU Long Beach) Sustaining Social Ties while Sustaining One’s Children:
Oaxacan Families Separated by the Demands of Rural
Teaching
2:40-3:00 Kevin Zemlicka (CSU Northridge)
Tales of Kinship and Transformation in the Ugandan
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Kinship as Liquidity in a Maya Textile Factory Village
3:20-3:40 Suzanne Scheld (CSU Northridge)
From Secure to Securitized Childhood: Youth Baseball,
Parent Perceptions, and Fragmented Community in Los
Angeles, California
3:40-4:00 Discussion
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SESSION 20: 2:00-4:00 (Point Loma Room)
Health, Wellness, and Lifeways Chair: Jonathan Karpf (San Jose State University)
2:00-2:20 Ambyr Hardy (CSU Long Beach) Sustaining Motherhood: Navigating the Challenges of
Urban Parenthood Together
2:20-2:40 Jacob Schreiber (CSU Long Beach) Financial Stress and Decision-Making towards the End of
Life
2:40-3:00 Violetta Paley (CSU Long Beach) Healing the Mind, Body, and Spirit with Imagery Hypno-
sis & Mindful Meditation at a Cancer Support Center in
Los Angeles
3:00-3:20 William Bowen (The Inner Looking Place)
A New Look at Early Chinese Medicine in America
3:20-3:40 Drew Kotlarczyk (Southwestern University) “Learn with It and Lean with It”: Accommodation, Power,
and Identity
3:40-4:00 Discussion
SESSION 21: 4:20-6:20 (Sunset Room)
Community-Based Applied Anthropology at San Jose State
University, Part 2 (Organized Session). Organizer and Chair :
Roberto Gonzalez (San Jose State University)
4:20-4:40 Aaron Van Valen (San Jose State University)
Racialization and Legislation of Indian Relocation to San
Jose, California
4:40-5:00 Brieann DeOrnellas (San Jose State University)
Thrust into Urbanization: Economic and Affective
Precarity for American Indians after the Urban Relocation
Act
5:00-5:20 Elaine Foster (San Jose State University)
Leadership Inheritance: A Study at CommUniverCity
5:20-5:40 Jamieson Mockel, Chelsea Halliwell, Stephanie
Monterrosa, DeDe Patterson, and Ailea Merriam-Pigg (San Jose
State University)
Continuity and Change in Community-Based Leadership
in San Jose, CA
5:40-6:00 Leah Grant, Gianina Bebb, and Angela Moniz (San
Jose State University)
Urban Movements: American Indian Resettlement and Pan
-Indian Identities in the San Francisco Bay Area
6:00-6:20 Discussion
SESSION 22: 4:20-6:20 (Pacific Room)
“Salon Sessions”: In these small, informal "salon sessions," 2-4 panelists will present briefly on a narrowly focused topic, after which panelists and audience will engage in discussion of the panel topics.
Families in the Field: Considering the Methodology and Position-
ality in Anthropological Fieldwork with Partners and Children
Chairs: Erin Stiles (University of Nevada, Reno) and Michelle Rob-
erts (University of Nevada, Reno and CSU Sacramento)
Erin Stiles (University of Nevada, Reno)
From Zanzibar to Utah: The Influence of Family Life on
Projects and Methods in Ethnographic Research
Claire Cesareo (Saddleback College)
Intimacy and Ethnographic Knowledge
Michelle Roberts (University of Nevada, Reno and CSU
Sacramento)
Unexpected Aspects of Mothering in the Field for a Year in
the Lao PDR
Ambyr Hardy (CSU Long Beach)
Work-Life Balance in the Field
Agency and Surveillance at Work. Chair : Henry Delcore (CSU
Fresno)
Henry Delcore (CSU Fresno)
Agency and Surveillance: Classrooms and Other Workplaces
Ailea Merriam-Pigg (San Jose State University)
“Just Turn It Off”: An Exploration of GamerGate and the
Online Workforce
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SESSION 23: 4:20-6:20 (Point Loma Room)
Human Environment Entanglements and Multi-Species Encoun-
ters. Chair : Brandon Fryman (University of La Verne)
4:20-4:40 Mikel Hogan (CSU Fullerton)
From Sacred to Profane Landscapes: Lessons from Bolsa
Chica and Banning Ranch Archaeological Sites in Orange
County, CA
4:40-5:00 Brandon Fryman (University of La Verne)
Sustainable Housing: Theory, Practice, and Evaluation;
Learning from the Past to Help the Future
5:00-5:20 Daniel Ross (Southwestern University)
Black Country, White Wilderness: Colonialism,
Conservation and Conflict in Tasmania
5:20-5:40 Janni Pedersen (Ashford University)
The Ape and You: Ape-Human Relationships in Behavioral
and Cognitive Research
5:40-6:00 Louis Forline (University of Nevada, Reno)
Are People and Systems Sustainable? Exploring the Nature
of Ruptures and Continuities of Indigenous Amazonians in
the 21st Century
6:00-6:20 Discussion
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Two recent visits to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco afforded me opportunities to employ an anthropological lens
in two very different kinds of museum exhibitions: the California Academy of Sciences, which was reopened after sub-
stantial renovation in 2008 to provide the public with a one-stop encounter with the natural sciences, including elements
of anthropology; and the De Young Museum of Fine Arts across the plaza, which completed its renovation in 2005.
Many anthropologists have commented on the implications of placing anthropological materials in museums of
“natural science.” Historically, anthropology has strong theoretical and methodological ties to the natural sciences. Bio-
logical anthropology still seems clearly to belong there, but many have pointed out that all four fields can and perhaps
should have a presence in other kinds of museums as well, including those devoted to “fine arts.” Older Euro-American
museum traditions generally were rooted in self-celebration and imperial triumphalism, while contemporary museums
increasingly challenge older barriers and categories, and tread much more carefully around the issue of objectifying en-
tire groups of people and their cultures. [Consider, for example, the Art/Artifact exhibition controversy. See James C.
Faris (1988) “ ‘ART/artifact’: On the Museum and Anthropology” in Current Anthropology 29(5):775-59.] Happily, this
shift has left anthropologists with more options for locating their work and inserting their anthropological gaze into pub-
lic venues. It also invites the public to practice anthropology when they visit any museum.
In past columns I have mentioned the Bowers Museum in Orange County, which houses cultural material displays
from all over the world, from Native California basketry to New Guinea masks and statuary. The Bowers has also host-
ed mega-exhibits of the Lucy fossil, the mummies of Urumchi, the African photos of Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher,
and the Chinese terra cotta warriors, as well as public lectures by Wade Davis and Zahi Hawass. [The museum website
is www.bowers.org.] Like the Bowers, the California Academy of Sciences, one of the largest natural science museums
in the country, and the De Young, identified as a fine arts museum, have undergone major renovations and have made
their focus both more culturally complex and integrated.
I have a personal attachment to the Cal Academy, as its supporters call it. In 1971, I had the privilege of participating
in a herpetological expedition in Northern Kenya, under the leadership of Robert Drewes, now Curator Emeritus of Her-
petology at Cal Academy. As an undergraduate that year, I learned a great deal about how science is done, and the ex-
perience laid the foundations for my subsequent PhD research in the region. The reliance of field scientists on the indig-
enous technical knowledge (ITK) of local community members made a big impression on me. For many years after, I
was pleased to visit Cal Academy, which then housed separate halls, representing different scientific disciplines. My
favorite display was in the old Human Cultures Gallery: a diorama of a Gabbra nomadic pastoralist home in Northern
Kenya, complete with a stuffed pack camel. The material cultural items and supporting data had been supplied by an-
thropologist William I. Torry (then a research fellow at Berkeley), who kindly shared his ideas with me prior to my own
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Anthropology in the Public Eye
California Academy of Sciences De Young Museum of Fine Arts
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field research. (This, by the way, is the kind of inspiring mentorship and collegiality we hope our students will receive.)
Sadly, that diorama is no longer. The new museum design is quite different. However, the material objects donated by
Torry are still part of the museum’s collection and photographs can be viewed online through their website’s anthropolo-
gy collections database.
The new Cal Academy emphasizes the interdisciplinary connections between the various sciences, especially in rela-
tion to how the public sees our role as generators of knowledge. The new facility is designed to make it more clear than
ever how science is relevant to prevailing public interests. Now, a reed canoe sits on the bank of a tide pool exhibit.
The detailed display on human evolution is housed in the classic, natural his-
tory-style Africa Hall, where a live South African penguin exhibit at the op-
posite end draws in groups of children for field trips and sleepovers. At vari-
ous locations in the museum, visitors are invited to touch things, from live
snakes to casts of animal skulls, including humans and our hominid ances-
tors. Humans are depicted as part of the natural world, which includes such
impactful phenomena as earthquakes, species coloration, and extinction. The
display on human variability and “race” is part of a larger exhibit on species
variation generally, and effectively makes the same point of the AAA Race
Project: that our common notions of race misread human patterns of pheno-
typic and genotypic variation, especially in relation to what we know about
such variations in and between other species. There is a glass-walled work-
ing Project Lab on the first floor where staff scientists work under the public
gaze, and a Naturalist Center on the third floor where the public engages in
some participatory science, with staff available to guide them. The message
is clear: the contents of this museum are not a musty “cabinet of curiosities.”
They are and always have been integral parts of “our” world.
Clockwise, from top right:
Touch this snake; Touch this
Australopithecus; Touch this skull;
Touch this tide pool; Human Varia-
tion display; Project Lab
[Photos by Hilarie Kelly]
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I began my day at the Cal Academy with a behind-the-scenes tour, which costs $24.95 above the admission price of
$34.95 for adults. It is worth it. The number of people on a given tour depends on who signs up, and in this case I was
the only person. My guide was Brendan Papciak, who is the Specialty Tours Manager, and was formerly in the Educa-
tion Department of the Oakland Zoo. We began by visiting the notable “living roof” of the new building, which was
designed by famed architect, Renzo Piano. All visitors are permitted to ascend onto a viewing platform to see this ex-
perimental space, which consists of an expanse of native California plants and several grassy hillocks that are part of the
building’s breathing and cooling system. The tour allowed me to follow Brendan onto the roof itself to examine its
structure and various project elements that are incorporated into it.
Clockwise from top left:
Cal Academy roof dome
and viewing platform;
Rainforest dome from the
inside; Cross-section of
the “living roof”; Speci-
men vault taxidermy and
Beaked Whale skeleton;
on top of the roof with
guide Brendan Papciak
[Photos by Hilarie Kelly]
Only native plants brought in by birds or the wind have been al-
lowed to grow there, and Brendan explained that it has been an unex-
pected revelation to see the number and variety of native plants that
have made their way there and thrived. These are expected to sup-
port local bird and insect populations that also make their home in
the area. Drainage and rain harvesting projects test ways in which
such roofs might be suitable for structures in urban environments in
an increasingly unpredictable climate. One section is devoted to a
“body farm” for the remains of cetaceans that wash up on nearby
beaches. Brendan later showed me, in a vault below, the skeleton of
a rather famous Baird’s Beaked Whale once known as the Santa
Cruz Sea Serpent. (See http://www.deepseanews.com/2014/11/lies-
damned-lies-and-cryptozoology/.) For more detail on the roof, see
http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=509 .
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Inside the building, below one of the rooftop hillocks, is an enormous four-story rainforest dome, billed as “the larg-
est of its kind in the world” on the museum website (http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/osher-rainforest.) The
“portholes” installed in the eternal hillock provide light and temperature control. Visitors enter the dome and are able to
directly observe plants, birds, and insects from different rainforest econiches on all four levels.
I would like to see more in the rainforest dome about the human cultures that have successfully adapted there. Per-
haps that will happen in the future, as this museum continues to evolve.
Brendan explained to me that the old Gallery of Human Cul-
tures is gone; specifically cultural exhibits will now rotate with
other content in spaces outside of the larger attractions, called
“Iconic Exhibits” on their website: Osher Rainforest, Kimball
Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium, and Morrison
Planetarium. I was fortunate that the exhibit, Evolving Tradi-
tions: Southwest Native Pottery and Silver, was on display in the
small Upper Gallery on the third floor. The exhibit highlighted
items of the museum’s impressive Elkus Collection of 1,700 ob-
jects, especially from Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Rio Grande Pueblo
communities. In this exhibit, links between older and contempo-
rary art production traditions were explored, with considerable
discussion of how notable individual artists had come to promi-
nence within the context of various attempts to develop the com-
mercial viability of their work. In the diversity of exceptional
pieces on display, it is possible to recognize some of the distinct
styles associated with several generations of artists and their com-
munities.
Clockwise, from below right:
Southwest jewelry, stone and shell; Southwest jewelry, silver work; southwest
artist profile; Southwest ceramic contemporary piece; Southwest ceramic an-
tique piece; Southwest Native Pottery and Silver exhibit entrance
[Photos by Hilarie Kelly]
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The museum has an Anthropology Department within their Institute for Biodi-
versity Science and Sustainability, the part of the academy that supports the many
affiliated research scientists. The person responsible for ethnographic and archae-
ological collections management is Laura Eklund, who can be contacted at
[email protected] for further information on how to access collections
and regarding future anthropologically relevant exhibitions at the museum. The
Senior Curator of Anthropology is Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged, whose human
paleontological work is included in the exhibit “The Human Odyssey” located in
the Tusher Africa Hall. (See the website: http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/
human-odyssey.) Alemseged does fieldwork in Ethiopia, and is known best for
his discovery of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton of a 3-year-
old Australopithecus afarensis child, of the same species as the famous fossil,
“Lucy.” This exhibit is rich in information and hard to miss, drawing visitors in
with interactive elements and a hominid species comparison display that employs
optical illusion technology known as “Pepper’s Ghost.” The interactive Human
Migration Map is available on the museum’s website and can be used in teaching.
(See http://legacy.calacademy.org/human-odyssey/map/.)
Just outside of the Africa Hall, in an expansive space devoted to the theme of biodiversity, one cannot help but see a
majestic family of three giraffes (taxidermied) that seems to stroll freely along the side of the wall. Nearby signage
makes the point that some of the dioramas in the old Africa Hall were retained as an example of past collecting and dis-
play methods in the natural sciences, now replaced by less destructive ethological and small sample techniques. This
exemplifies the environmental and ecological shift embodied by the new museum. But what about their pre-renovation
collections, one might ask? While on the behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s storage vaults, I gazed at shelves
filled with specimens of creatures from all over the globe. (There are twenty-six million specimens!) One shelf con-
tained snakes, reptiles and amphibians from Africa, some of which could have been specimens that I helped Robert
Drewes collect in 1971 in Kenya. My sadness at participating in the dispatch of specimens back then was mitigated
somewhat by enthusiasm for the scientific knowledge to be gained, nurtured by Drewes’ willingness over subsequent
years to show me how those specimens yielded the information he sought. (For a summary of his work, see http://
www.calacademy.org/explore-science/robert-drewes.) During our tour of the specimen vaults, Brendan related to me
how birds taken from the Galapagos long ago helped recent researchers determine when avian pox first arrived there.
This information continues to be relevant as researchers document the current status of bird populations, some of which
appear to be in decline. (For more information on this story see http://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/collections-
stories-avian-pox and http://phys.org/news/2011-01-year-old-specimens-avian-pox-galapagos.html.)
The Cal Academy was first built in downtown San Francisco in 1853. Its second location was destroyed in the 1906
earthquake, and the museum was then rebuilt in Golden Gate Park. Several buildings were added thereafter, only to
suffer damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. This led to the renovated museum of today. The California Acade-
my of Sciences is a major attraction for anyone in the San Francisco area, and anthropologists will find much to interest
them in this example of the new generation of natural history museums.
Human Odyssey display, Lucy skeleton
Left: Taxidermied
giraffe display
Right: Specimen
storage vault
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On another day, I visited the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, which is within sight of the Cal Academy.
The De Young is the “most visited art museum west of the Mississippi, the sixth-most-visited art museum in North
America, and the 35th-most visited in the world” (https://deyoung.famsf.org/about/history-de-young-museum). It was
in the De Young that I satisfied my anthropological interest in the culture of Hawaii, past and present, by attending the
exhibit “Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Na Hulu Ali’i.” The feather items, especially the royal cloaks of brilliant red and
yellow, were exquisite, but the most interesting theme of the exhibit was the importance that these items had for Hawai-
ian royalty. Such items could be misunderstood as
mere relics of the past, were it not for the fact that
many contemporary Hawaiians still regard the old
monarchy with fondness and even reverence. We are
reminded of this in various political actions in Hawaii
today that reference the past, such as the recent pro-
tests at Mauna Kea, the majestic snow-covered vol-
canic peak on the island of Hawaii that is scheduled
to become the site for a new mega-telescope; in the
protracted negotiations over the application of
NAGPRA on the islands; and in debates over whether
Native Hawaiians should be given political status like
that of Native Americans, or whether the monarchy
and political autonomy should be restored. The thread
between past and present in Hawaiian culture, depict-
ed well in this exhibit, is on my mind this spring as I
prepare to attend the annual Merrie Monarch Festival
of hula in Hilo. I was therefore pleased to see detailed
stories of Hawaiian royalty retold in this exhibit.
Some of those stories are painfully tragic, involving
the betrayal of a popular and internationally recog-
nized monarchial state by their American “allies.”
The Hawaiian royals played a key role in both
championing the traditional culture and in brokering a
rapid modernization process. Sadly, their project ulti-
mately fell to colonial scheming and annexation in
1893 (for which President Bill Clinton officially apol-
ogized in 1993), while thousands of Hawaiians lost
their land and their lives to the influx of people and
microbes from outside. (For the actual statute of apol-
ogy, see https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-
107/pdf/STATUTE-107-Pg1510.pdf.) It is a block-
buster story, here delicately and elegantly told in
feathers in a “fine arts” museum. The precious feath-
er objects are mostly behind glass, a classically static
museum display option made necessary by the fragili-
ty of the items. However, the experience is enlivened
by ample signage, photographs and portraits of royals
who once wore and gifted these symbolically power-
ful feather regalia. The capes are especially magnifi-
cent, and I was not entirely surprised to learn that
their circulation as far as Europe sparked a fashion
trend in feather capes there as well.
One wonders how Hawaii might have evolved if
their monarchy had not been forcefully overthrown.
The last king, David Kalakaua, the “Merrie Monarch”
after whom the biggest hula competition in the world
is named, has since become a symbol of the Hawaiian
Left: Feather cloak standing
(as it would have been worn)
Above: Feather cloaks laid flat
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Renaissance, from the 1970s to the present, along with the last Queen, Liliuo-
kalani, who wrote the famous melody, “Aloha Oe” while under house arrest
by American forces. Their images can be found all over Hawaii and in the
diaspora. Ironically, they are always shown in Western dress, rather than in
those wonderful feather capes. In fact, the last royals to be officially depicted
wearing feather cloaks were the young Nahi’ena’ena and her brother-consort,
who became Kamehameha III. (You can read their story here: http://
thedreamstress.com/2012/10/nahienaena-a-tragedy-of-two-parts/) Their story
too is a tragic one, and may be an important clue to the semiotics of dress in
the waning days of the Hawaiian monarchy.
The De Young hosted a variety of cultural events connected to the exhibit,
and these included artist-in-residence Herman Tachera, a Hawaiian feather-
work expert from the islands, who not only gave a hands-on workshop for
visitors on the day I was there, but also graciously performed a hula when a
local Hawaiian musical group played live music. Other musicians and dance
groups performed throughout the length of this exhibition, as is quite com-
mon at all contemporary celebrations of Hawaiian culture today. The songs,
with lyrics in the revitalized Hawaiian language, have become a cornerstone
of cultural survival at home and in the diaspora. Many of the lyrics explicitly
reference the monarchy. The dances are an embodied symbol of Hawaiian
identity and values of community, and it is not uncommon for community
members to spontaneously take the stage to join in. One of the most common
dance steps is nicknamed the “kalakaua” after the last king, as every hula
dancer knows. In such a context, cultural anthropology integrates with fine
arts and performing arts to embrace visitors in an engaging, participatory ex-
perience that has become a hallmark of modern museum experiences. This
exhibit recently closed, but you can still see many of its splendors in the ex-
traordinary, well-documented catalog produced by the De Young. https://
deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/featherwork The exhibit will be at the Bishop
Museum in Honolulu until May 23, after which most of the feather pieces
will be placed in storage for years to preserve them.
Above: Royal portraits
Clockwise from left:
Featherwork workshop;
Hula performance at De Young;
Featherwork expert Herman
Tachera doing hula
Photos by Hilarie Kelly
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We should not underestimate the impact the four fields of anthropology have had on shaping public knowledge over
the past century. The task is still incomplete, certainly, as our own inquiries are never-ending. Placing our work in pub-
lic view, in museums and other exhibitions, as well as in popular publications and other media, not only advances the
goal of a public, engaged anthropology, but it also enhances our own ability to appreciate the work of others in our own
and related disciplines. Next year (2017), our current Vice President A.J. Faas, of San Jose State University, will be
hosting our annual SWAA conference. Please consider visiting the California Academy of Sciences and the De Young
Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco whenever you visit the Northern California coastal area. ♦
Clockwise from top left:
California Academy of Sciences; Cal Academy Rain forest
dome; Cal Academy Education Center; Feather cape display
at the De Young (photo by Zahara Keulen); De Young tower
Photos by Hilarie Kelly
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