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Please direct all questions and concerns </i><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;" class=""><i class="">about</i></span></font><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> AAA 2021
directly to her.)</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The 2021 Annual Meeting for the AAA is going to be taking place in Baltimore, MD from </span><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Nov 17-21, 2021</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">, with a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">hybrid</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">meeting
format in which presenters can either attend in person or virtually. Some of the specifics about how this hybrid format will take place can be found under the FAQs:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fannualmeeting.americananthro.org%2Fgeneral-info%2Ffaqs%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cs.shulist%40queensu.ca%7C5f297b4e29a54c1e88e808d903498f8a%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C637544436750885008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=I3e0iu3ggU%2FwIeUtrTq1kPzJgaPiHGyo7d4NwPEikN4%3D&reserved=0" style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;" class="">https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/general-info/faqs/</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">.
Generally speaking, panel submissions have to be either for an in person panel or a virtual one, rather than a combination of both</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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The theme this year is “Truth and Responsibility”, which we are encouraged to think about as “<span style="color: rgb(30, 31, 31); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">a call to reimagine
anthropology to meet the demands of the present moment. The imperative to bear witness, take action, and be held accountable to the truths we write and circulate invites us to reflect on our responsibility in reckoning with disciplinary histories, harms, and
possibilities. To whom are we giving evidence and toward what ends? For whom are we writing? To whom are we accountable, and in what ways?”</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(30, 31, 31); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">You can find more information about submission types, public health measures being implemented, and other changes
on the AAA’s Annual Meeting website here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fannualmeeting.americananthro.org%2Fgeneral-info%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cs.shulist%40queensu.ca%7C5f297b4e29a54c1e88e808d903498f8a%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C637544436750885008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=05g%2Ffsbp8aahDnvm5lSoKL0E9TsiRvowR6a%2F28KqOQc%3D&reserved=0" style="color: purple;" class="">https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/general-info/</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>.
Specific information about submission can be found here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fannualmeeting.americananthro.org%2Fsubmissions%2Fgeneral-call-for-papers%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cs.shulist%40queensu.ca%7C5f297b4e29a54c1e88e808d903498f8a%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C637544436750895005%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=GjbllUyjauHMTKP4KeYzQicg464C3VbIT9DAKdMWHXQ%3D&reserved=0" style="color: purple;" class="">https://annualmeeting.americananthro.org/submissions/general-call-for-papers/</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>,
but to summarize key pieces and deadlines:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Submissions for the General Call for Papers must be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">started<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by</b> <b class="">Friday May 21 at 3 pm Eastern time</b> – you cannot begin a new submission after
this point. The submissions must then be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">completed</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">by Wednesday, May 26 at 3 pm Eastern time</b>. In addition to the submission of panels or individually
volunteered papers, you can also coordinate the submission of presentations in the formats that were available for the “Raising Our Voices” event in 2020 (Roundtable/Town Hall, Conversations and Debates, Interviews, and Podcasts).<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
As was the case for the “Raising Our Voices” event, you do not have to be a member of AAA at the time you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">submit</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>your proposal (you will have to become a member
in order to present, in either format). There are options available for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Guest Presenter Non-Member Rate</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>available either for non-anthropologists<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">or</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
anthropologists outside of the US and Canada. There are also a limited number of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">waivers</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of registration fees available to these presenters. Applications
or requests for these exemptions are due by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">April 30, 2021</b>. While the guest presenter status will automatically be granted to qualifying people who submit the request in time, notification about which
waivers the SLA is able to grant will be sent out by May 12.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
Special Event and Late Breaking Submission options will become available later in the spring/summer, with fairly tight turnaround times, so I will be sure to send another notification before these deadlines.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></li></ul>
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The situation this year continues to be complicated by the ongoing pandemic, so there are lots of answers to FAQs provided on the website, or you can email SLA program chair Sarah Shulist at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:s.shulist@queensu.ca" style="color: purple;" class="">s.shulist@queensu.ca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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