[Linganth] 2018 AAA Annual Meeting Call for Papers and new google doc!

Mon Feb 19 06:50:00 UTC 2018

Hi all,

The submission "portal" for AAA in San Jose, CA is now open!

Individuals with big ideas and time and energy are encouraged to continue to use this listserv to organize panels.

Those who are thinking of submitting an individual paper, please try posting your information on our new SLA google doc. This will allow you to connect with others and form more coherent (and higher ranked!) panels. All individually submitted papers eventually find their way into panels - either before submission and under the careful guidance of the authors themselves (highly recommended!) or at the whim of the section chair after submission. People with small ideas, lots of keywords, and/or potential paper topics, people who don't have time to organize a panel on their own, and more senior colleagues willing to serve as a discussant are all welcome to check out the google doc and leave their contact information. Faculty, please also share this link with your students!

NEW! Google doc for forming panels, offering to serve as a discussant, etc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y32aDQukW-5JSIttN5j-sMHhWzmu1clZp23LBq0dARo/edit?usp=sharing

AAA conference dates and location:

117th AAA Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 14 - Sunday, November 18, 2018
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, CA

AAA link to the online portal and general information:

http://www.americananthro.org/AttendEvents/landing.aspx?ItemNumber=14722&navItemNumber=566

Note this year's deadlines!

The AAA Annual Meeting Call for Papers submission portal is open for the general call for papers period.
The portal will close at 3 pm Eastern on April 16. Please note that the portal will not allow new submissions after 2 pm Eastern, so be sure to start one before the deadline!

Information about invited and co-sponsored panels:

There is a lot of confusion over how these work. Briefly, each section receives a limited number of “tokens” to use towards invited and co-sponsored panels. Based on membership numbers, the SLA has typically received 4 tokens. “Inviting” a session costs 2 tokens. Co-sponsoring costs 1 token from each of the sections involved. Generally, one token goes to co-sponsoring the winners of the SLA graduate student paper contest. This leaves the chair with the option to co-sponsor 3 panels, or invite 1 and co-sponsor 1 other. In order to receive co-sponsorship, BOTH sections have to agree to use a token on the same panel. The panel to which you submitted (as your first choice) is the one that has to initiate the co-sponsorship process.
-->Summing up: Inviting a session and co-sponsoring are essentially the same thing. Any panel that is invited or co-sponsored skips regular review and should receive a better time slot. Sections are very limited in how many panels they can choose.
-->Because sections can only co-sponsor a few panels (at most), it is recommended that you use keywords to your advantage to increase the chances that other section members will find your panel.

Role restrictions:

•Individuals are limited to one major role plus one secondary role plus unlimited minor roles
•Any presentation counts as a major role (paper, flash paper, roundtable, or poster presenter)
•Any discussant role counts as your ONE secondary role (regardless of session type)
•Co-authors (who do not help present or sit on the panel), panel/roundtable chairs, introducers, and session organizers are all considered minor roles (that do not count towards limited roles)
•If you submit to the graduate student paper contest and are selected for the panel, you must give up any other presentation roles, though you can still serve as organizer, chair, introducer, or discussant on a different panel

Annual Meeting FAQ (very helpful):

http://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/FAQListAnnualMeeting.aspx?navItemNumber=635#parentVerticalTab6

AAA Annual Meeting/Abstracts FAQs - Connect with AAA<http://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/FAQListAnnualMeeting.aspx?navItemNumber=635#parentVerticalTab6>
www.americananthro.org
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Important information to include on the new SLA google doc:

•your name and contact info
•whether you are willing to organize or co-organize the panel (this will include writing a panel abstract)
•whether you are willing to chair the panel (read names and titles and time papers for the session at AAA)
•whether you are willing to serve as a discussant
•keywords for your paper or panel idea
•a possible title for your paper or panel
•a full or partial abstract for your paper (or several different ideas)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y32aDQukW-5JSIttN5j-sMHhWzmu1clZp23LBq0dARo/edit?usp=sharing

Looking forward to seeing you in San Jose!

Jen Roth-Gordon
jenrothg at email.arizona.edu
SLA section chair

Jennifer Roth-Gordon
Associate Professor
School of Anthropology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030

Race and the Brazilian Body: Blackness, Whiteness, and Everyday Language in Rio de Janeiro
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520293809
https://www.amazon.com/Race-Brazilian-Body-Blackness-Whiteness/dp/0520293800/
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