[Linganth] CFP AAA - Class, Creed, and Climate Change Denial

[Jonna Yarrington]

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider this call for papers. We are very receptive to Ling Anth
research and perspectives on this topic. Feel free to forward to interested
parties, or contact me with questions/ideas.

Best regards,

Jonna Yarrington
University of Arizona
jmknap at email.arizona.edu



Call for Papers


AAA Annual Meeting (San Jose, California; Nov. 2018)

Conference theme: “Change in the Anthropological Imagination: Resistance,
Resilience, Adaptation”



*Class, Creed, and Climate Change Denial*



We invite papers that, to paraphrase Geertz, share the natives' points of
view—the natives who reject the labels of the science class. This panel
opens dialogue on ethnographic research of “climate change deniers;” seeks
to problematize class roots and hidden injuries of belief and creed; and
reassesses anthropology’s role in recognizing “deniers” as populations
worthy of study.



Anthropology has underappreciated its ability to analyze cases in which
scientific epistemologies are deliberately rejected or denied. In
neglecting to understand those who profess not to agree with science,
anthropology has neglected its role in understanding the production of
“climate change denial” and in explaining the phenomenon to a broader
public.



Much of the discourse concerning “climate change denial” has focused public
attention on lack of access to science education. While acknowledging this
as a contributing factor, this panel seeks to move beyond explanations that
portray “deniers” as simple, backward, or ignorant folk.



What does it mean to reject scientific orthodoxy or, alternatively, to
claim it as a professed belief? Likewise, how are various economic
interests connected to professed beliefs that may touch ontological and
even religious veins? How are past anthropological concepts such as
“traditional ecological knowledge” (TEK) squared with beliefs of groups
anthropology has not typically conceptualized as indigenous? What
connection do current “deniers” have to histories of anti-intellectualism,
and why are they characterized by denial, rather than skepticism,
contrarianism, or anti-intellectualism? Instead of single-pronged
explanations, we might problematize our understanding of “deniers” as
populations who embody overlapping articulations of identities, all of
which have bearing on the expression of their creeds and logics.







Please send abstracts (250 words max) with paper title and presenter
information to Jonna Yarrington (jmknap at email.arizona.edu) by the end of
the day on Friday, 6 April. If included on the panel, session participants
must be registered AAA members and registered for the meeting by 16 April.
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