The 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association was held from November 29 – December 3 2017 in Washington D.C.  

 

 

Below are the panels and events sponsored by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA). Please click through for detailed scheduling information, paper titles, and abstracts!

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

4:30 – 6:16 pm: INVITED Digital Deception and the Queer Life of Data (2-0490; Marriott Wilson A)

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

10:15 am – 12:00 pm: Queer Limits and Possibilities in New Media (3-0370; Marriott Delaware Suite B)

2:00 – 3:45 pm: Rethinking Embodiment, Dispossession, and Resistance from the Notion of ‘Vulnerability’ (3-0805; Marriott Maryland Suite C)

6:30 – 8:15 pm: From Berlin to the Bay and In-Between: Queer Life In and Outside of the Gayborhood (3-1365; Marriott Maryland Suite A)

Friday, December 1st, 2017

12:15 – 1:30 pm:  Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) Board Meeting (4-0615)

2:00 – 3:45 pm: Con/Di-vergent Queeries?: The histories of North American and European queer anthropology (4-0950; Marriott Roosevelt 3)

4:15 – 6:00 pm: Queer Visibilities and Epistemologies: Shifting the Center (4-1230; Marriott Roosevelt 5)

4:15 – 6:00 pm: Queering Futures: Futures as Forces, Futures as Products (4-1225; Marriott Roosevelt 4)

7:45 – 10:15 pm: (4-1405) ABA-AFA-AFAA-ALLA-AQA-SANA-SAW Joint Sections Reception  (Diplomat Ballroom, Omni Shoreham)

 

 

Saturday, December 2nd, 2017

2:00 – 3:45 pm: INVITED Labour/Affect/Queerness (5-0735; Marriott McKinley)

2:00 – 3:45 pm: When Performativity Fails, Anthropology Matters: On Personhood, Ruptures, and Queer Futures (5-0770; Marriott Taylor)

7:45 – 9:00 pm: Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) Business Meeting (5-1220)

8:45 – 10:00 pm: Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) Reception (5-1245; Diplomat Ballroom, Omni Shoreham)