Ithaca College is hosting the Northeastern Anthropological Association (NEAA) Conference this Friday to Sunday, April 20-22.
Papers and posters will be presented on all sub-fields of anthropology (including cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics). The large majority of presentations are by undergraduate students. On Friday, sessions will be from 1:00-4:30 at the Holiday Inn downtown. On Saturday 9:00-5:00 and Sunday 10-noon, sessions are on the 3rd floor of Friends Hall. There is also an ethnographic film festival (in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Fetsival) on Friday and Saturday at those same locations. Come over and hear the amazing variety of research that anthropologists conduct.
47th Annual Meeting
of the
Northeastern Anthropological Association
Ithaca College/Holiday Inn
– Ithaca, NY --
April 20-22, 2007
“New Visions for a Collaborative and Engaged Anthropology:
The New Adventures of Old Anthropology”
Some highlights:
• Friday reception at the Holiday Inn 5:30 pm
• Saturday evening banquet with keynote speaker: Meredith Small (Cornell)
• Poster sessions
• Graduate and undergraduate student paper prize competitions
Ithaca is in the heart of Finger Lakes wine country within the homeland of the Cayuga people. Downtown Ithaca is also known for the Commons, its pedestrian restaurant and shopping area.
Organizers (sessions, papers, posters):
Jack Rossen jrossen@ithaca.edu
Brooke Hansen kbhansen@ithaca.edu
Welcome from the Organizers
We are very pleased to host the 47th annual meetings of the Northeastern Anthropological Association here in Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is in the heart of Finger Lakes wine country, and is part of the homeland of the Cayuga people. Downtown Ithaca is known for the Commons, our pedestrian restaurant and shopping area. Come visit the region’s Mecca for alternative food, music, and culture. We’ve listed some links to local information below.
This Year’s Theme
The theme of the 47th annual meeting is “New Visions for a Collaborative and Engaged Anthropology: The New Adventures of Old Anthropology.” This is a follow-up to last year’s theme, which questioned how anthropology should be structured, organized, and practiced. This year our goal is to highlight the innovative ways that anthropologists in all of the sub-disciplines are working together with people they may have formerly studied as subjects. In what ways have we succeeded in building new visions for anthropology, and how have we so far fallen short of those lofty goals? To what extent are inclusive and culturally sensitive anthropologies gaining over the academic anthropology of the past? To what extent are we fulfilling the vision of some of our discipline’s great contributors like Margaret Mead to move anthropology into the public arena? What can we do further reform the discipline yet stay true to its noble core? What are the local circumstances that shape and condition a collaborative vision? While we present a wide variety of topics during the conference, proposals that deal in some way with these questions will be especially favored by the session organizers.
Local Information
Please refer to http://www.visitithaca.com/ which will take you to a variety of online resources for touring the Ithaca area. Places of interest we recommend include the Paleontological Research Institute’s Museum of the Earth (http://www.priweb.org/), Cayuga Lake Wine Trail (http://www.cayugawinetrail.com/), and the History Center in Tompkins County (http://www.thehistorycenter.net/) currently featuring an exhibit on Cayuga region collaborative archaeology. If you have any questions, please email us at kbhansen@ithaca.edu.
Archaeology Museum Exhibit
The exhibit “Uncovering the Past: Archaeology Around Cayuga Lake” is currently on display at The History Center in Tompkins County.” The museum is located one block east of the Ithaca Commons at 401 East State Street (just above Domino’s and Napoli’s Pizza). This exhibit was written by Ithaca College faculty/student collaboration with Cayuga Nation leaders. It focuses on a Cayuga village site excavated by Ithaca College archaeologists and public archaeology, including working with the Cayuga people on a new vision for exploring and protecting sites. Open Saturday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Friday, April 20th, 2007
** All Friday sessions and events will be held at the Holiday Inn **
11:00 am – 6 pm Registration
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Sessions
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Ethnographic films (see enclosed schedule)
4:00 pm NEAA Executive Meeting
Holiday Inn – Cayuga Room
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Reception with cash bar, music and appetizers
Friday Afternoon, April 20: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Reconstructing Life in the Hamlet:
Current Research on Hopewell Settlement Activities
Session Organizer and Chair: Judith Steinhilper (Bloomsburg University) and
Kitawna Hoover (Bloomsburg University)
Holiday Inn – Seneca 1 Room
Ashley R. Treat (SUNY Geneseo)
History of Harness Farm
Kitawna Hoover (Bloomsburg University)
Engendering an Ohio Hopewell Habitation Site: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches
Judith Steinhilper (Bloomsburg University)
Paleoethnobotanical Macro-Remains from Brown’s Bottom #1
Rocky Brockway (SUNY Geneseo)
GC/MS Chemical Analysis of Ohio Hopewell Ceramics
Michael Powers (SUNY Geneseo)
An Analysis of the Brown’s Bottom #1 (33Ro1104) Bladelet Assemblage: A Double-Blind Experiment in Use-Wear Analysis
David Crego (SUNY Geneseo)
Using Geographical Information Systems to Identify Relations Between Artifact Distributions and Site Features in Contemporary Archaeology
Dave Crawford (SUNY Geneseo) and Jen Odien (SUNY Geneseo)
An Analysis of the Canid Material from Brown’s Bottom #1
Language, Media, and Style
Session Chair: Robert Abel (SUNY Plattsburgh)
Room: Holiday Inn – Seneca 2
Kathryn Stam (SUNY Institute of Technology), Michael Scialdone (Syracuse University) and
Heather Peretta
Ethnography Goes High Tech: Studying Online Cultures Virtually
Matthew Smith (SUNY @ Buffalo; SUNY Potsdam)
Speaking Anthropologically in the Media
Alvaro I. Tarrago (Immaculata University)
International News and the Rhetoric of Globalization: Imagined Cosmopolitanism in a Borderless World
Robert Abel (SUNY Plattsburgh)
Metaphors that We Dominate With: The Language Men Use to Talk about Women
Anthony John Creaco (Borough of Manhattan Community College), F. David Mulcahy (Polytechnic University), Herbert Sherman (Long Island University) and Jian Xun Liang (Polytechnic University)
Decorum and Décolletage in High Fashion II: 1937 to 2004
Ethnographic Film Festival (see separate schedule)
Room: Holiday Inn – Cayuga
NEAA Executive Board Meeting 4:00 pm
Holiday Inn: Cayuga Room
Saturday, April 21st , 2007
** All Saturday & Sunday sessions and events will be held at the Ithaca College Campus (shuttle service is available from the Holiday Inn) **
** All activities will be held on the 3rd floor of Friends Hall, Ithaca College **
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Registration
9:00 am to noon Sessions & Ethnographic films (see schedule)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Syracuse Cultural Workers: Peace and Justice Publisher: Books, Multimedia, T-Shirts
** IC cafeteria and dining hall in the Egbert/Phillips Student Union will be open; Ithaca Commons, with many dining choices, a short distance away **
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Sessions
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm Ethnographic films (see enclosed schedule)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Poster Sessions
3:30 pm Workshop: Career Advice for Undergraduates
4:30 pm NEAA Members Meeting
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Banquet & Keynote Speaker:
Emerson Suites Meredith Small
(Cornell University)
The Natural History of Human Infants
Saturday Morning, April 21: 9:00 am to noon
Identity, Representation, Nationhood and Tourism: Struggles and Directions in the 21st Century
Session Chair: Brooke Hansen (Ithaca College)
Room: Friends 301
Margaret Bergen (Skidmore College)
Chinggis Khan and Tourism in Mongolia
Cynthia Engle (Ithaca College)
The Price for Paradise: A Look at the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement
David Houston (McGill University)
Identity and Nationalism in a Tourist Economy (St. Martin)
Felix Giron (Cornell University)
Less is More: Advocacy and the Foreign Anthropologist in China
Brooke Hansen (Ithaca College)
Discussant
Initial Immersions in the Field
Session Chair: Ernie Olson (Wells College)
Room: Friends 302
Janel Doyle (Wells College)
Coming to Terms with Carny and Code: Linguistic Alterations within American Carnival Culture
Isabelle Thonicke (Wells College)
Dramaturgy on the Internet: Social Consequences of Self-Presentation in Cyberspace
Faidat Fahm (Wells College)
Understanding Interracial Dating within Immigrant Populations
Jesse Wolf (Wells College)
Powerful Victim or Powerless Troublemaker: Issues of Empowerment and Disempowerment in a Cross-Cultural Sample of Spirit Possession
Starbuck Hersey (Wells College)
The Water Ceremony: Sacred/Secular Landscape and the Struggle of the Onondaga Land Rights Action
Sarah Waugh (Wells College)
“Deviant” Identities: Queer Youth’s Experiences of Heterosexism, Homophobia, and Stigmatization of Homosexuality in the School Environment
Ernie Olson (Wells College) Discussant
Practicing Anthropology: Campus and Community in Applied Research
Session Organizer and Chair: Alan Hersker (SUNY Potsdam)
Room: Friends 309
Julia Dallas and Kara Tromans (SUNY Potsdam)
Potsdam Seniors Needs Assessment on Transportation (PSNAT)
Anthony Welch (SUNY Potsdam) and Kara Chambers (SUNY Potsdam)
Increasing Community Input in Applied Research: Lessons from PSNAT
Abbey Mastin and Stanley Tarbox (SUNY Potsdam)
Bringing Students Downtown: Methods
Kaitlyn Beachner, Christine Longer, Michael Bartow and Phillip Keehan (SUNY Potsdam)
Increasing Student Use of Downtown: Results and Recommendations
Jennifer Drew, Natisha Romain and Kaitlyn Reardon (SUNY Potsdam)
Sexual Assault at SUNY, Potsdam: Evaluating Student Awareness
Shannon Dougherty, Marvin Francisco and Gabriela Martinez (SUNY Potsdam)
Sexual Assault Resources and Programs: Results and Recommendations
Perspectives on Health and Culture
Session Chair: Barrett P. Brenton (St. John’s University)
Room: Friends 306
Renee Cadzow (SUNY at Buffalo)
Neighborhood Perception and Health Among Low-Income Urban Residents
Barrett P. Brenton and John Mazzeo (St. John’s University)
HIV/AIDS and the “New Variant Famine” Debate in South Africa
David Conteh (Plattsburgh State)
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Medical Responses to Avian Influenza
Jill Dubendris (Roger Williams University)
Self and Identity Among People with Mild Mental Retardation
Elvia Fisher (Roger Williams University)
Intellectual Disabilities in South Africa: Post-Apartheid Responses
Ken Jacobson (Boston University)
Don’t Blame the Kid: How Environmental Tensions Precipitate Behavioral Problems
Ethnographic Film Festival (see separate schedule)
Room: Friends 304
Syracuse Cultural Workers: Peace and Justice Publisher
Books, Multimedia, T-Shirts & More
Room: Friends 308
Saturday Afternoon, April 21: 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Representations and Reflections: Native Cultures, Voices, and Struggles
Session Chair: Brooke Hansen (Ithaca College)
Room: Friends 306
Neal Keating (Hamilton College)
Toward a Genealogy of Iroquois Studies: Healing the Great Divide?
Freida Jacques (Onondaga Nation, Turtle Clan)
The Richness of Haudenosaunee Culture
Joslyn Cassady (Drew University)
Human-Animal Transformation Among the Inupiat of Arctic Alaska
Michael Taylor (Colgate University)
A Comparative History of Mascot Retirement: The Saltine Warrior vs. Chief Illiniwek
Debra Japko (Skidmore College)
The Marginalization of Indigenous Women in Bolivia
Grab Bag of Archaeology: New York and Beyond
Session Chair: April Biesaw (Binghamton University)
Room: Friends 309
Emily Anderson (Yale University)
Identities in Context and Change: How Archaeologists Can Better Engage with their Human Subjects
E. Pierre Morenon (Rhode Island College) and James Wood (Rhode Island College)
I’ll Meet You at the Rock: Ancient Knappers and Current Rappers
Daniel E. Mazeau (New York State Museum & University of Buffalo)
Shells and Stones: Resource Exploitation and Lithic Reduction at a Long Island Archaic Site
Barry Dale (New York State Museum & University at Albany)
On the Edge of the Valley: Two Woodland Camps in Schoharie, NY
Amy Gazin-Schwartz (Assumption College)
Historical Archaeology in Klibreck, Scotland
April Biesaw (Binghamton University)
Desecration or Memorialization? Proto-historic Double Burials (Engelbert Site, New York)
Perspectives on Culture: Religion and Sports
Session Chair: Michael Dickman (SUNY Plattsburgh)
Room: Friends 301
Asja Culpepper (Skidmore College)
When Death Comes in Akan Culture
Michael Dickman (SUNY Plattburgh)
Stewardship and Civic Responsibility in a Small Town Church
Benjamin Levine (SUNY Brockport)
Magic & Ritual in Baseball: An Extension of Research by George Gmelch
Daniel Kelly (Roger Williams University)
Social Bonding in Sports
Undergraduate Field Research: Challenges and Rewards
Session Organizer and Chair: Michael Stuckart (University of Pittsburgh, Bradford)
Room: Friends 303
Michael Stuckart (University of Pittsburgh, Bradford)
Undergraduate Field Research: Challenges and Rewards
Allyson Batt (University of Pittsburgh, Bradford)
Clique Formation in a Small Group Home
Katie Bradley and L.A. Winkler (University of Pittsburgh)
Culture and Medicine in Rural Africa: A Study of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
Brittany Smith (University of Pittsburgh, Bradford)
Measuring Astronomical Alignments at Dzibilchaltun
Posters 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm:
Room: Friends 302
Gabrielle Montanez, Ceren Kabukcu & Bernis Ozses (Ithaca College)
There is No Such Thing as an Abandoned Vehicle: A Pilot Study of the Ethnoarchaeology of an Auto Salvage Yard
Jenna Dell (Elmira College)
Culture Shock and Cultural Immersion: Students’ Experiences Abroad
Seth Weiner (Ithaca College)
The Long Black Train: The Railroad in American Popular Culture
Alan Leveillee (PAL; Roger Williams University)
Roadside Memorials: Contemporary Mortuary Practice in Suburban Landscapes
Jessica Duncan (Ithaca College; Rural Health Network of South Central New York; Americorps)
America’s Health Care Crisis: Challenges Facing Rural America
Brooke Hansen (Ithaca College; Ithaca Health Alliance)
Grassroots Health Democracy in Ithaca: Establishing Local Models of Non-Profit Health Care
Tehani Ariyaratne and Daniel George (Ithaca College)
Ethnobotany and Agriculture in Hawaii
Daniel Costura (Cornell University)
Making Sense of the Sherds: A Preliminary Analysis of the Maker’s Marks at the Duncan/Bower Site
Workshop: Career Advice for Undergraduates 3:30 pm
Alan Hersker (SUNY Potsdam) and Jessica Skolnikoff (Roger Williams University)
Room: Friends 301
Based on the wise advice of John Omohundro (SUNY Potsdam); other anthropologists are welcome to attend and put in their oar. This workshop will explore questions such as:
• Is anthropology a good preparation for a career?
• What are my options when I graduate with a B.A. in anthropology?
• How do I find an employer and convince him/her to hire me?
• Should I go to graduate school? Where?
NEAA MEMBERS MEETING 4:30 pm
Room: Friends 306
Ethnographic Film Festival continues! (see separate schedule)
Room: Friends 304
Syracuse Cultural Workers: Peace and Justice Publisher
Books, Multimedia, T-Shirts & More
Room: Friends 308
Sunday Morning, April 22: 10:00 am to noon
Rountable Discussion: Teaching Introduction to Anthropology
Chair and Facilitator: Jessica Skolnikoff (Roger Williams University)
Most programs use introductory courses to “hook” students on anthropology. What are the best ways to spark student interest in anthropology while cultivating a sense of respect for cultures represented in the course? The goal of the roundtable is to give instructors who have taught or plant to teach introductory courses an opportunity to learn and share different ideas, materials and activities.
Posters:
Room: Friends 302
Dannielle Tompkins (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Marginalization of the Dead: An Analysis of the R.J. Terry Anatomical Collection
Olivia Hall (Cornell University)
Slow food, Big Cheese: Poland in the Europe of Regions
Linda Lazcano (Wells College)
Constructing and Alternative Feminism in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Religion in Civil Society
Richard Gillette (SUNY Potsdam)
The Death and Rebirth of the Welch Language in Wales Society
Kathryn Meyers (SUNY Geneseo)
Tool Kit? Understanding the Assemblage from F196, Brown’s Bottom #1
Jon Gauthier (SUNY Geneseo)
Ceramic Analysis at Brown’s Bottom #1 (33Ro1104)
Ying Ip (SUNY Geneseo)
Mica Crafting at Brown’s Bottom #1 (33Ro1104)
Perspectives in Biological Anthropology
Session Chair: Lisa Paciulli (Ithaca College)
Room: Friends 306
Amanda Tang (St. John’s University)
The Bioarchaeology of Skeletal Trauma and Personal Life-History: A South African Case Study
Gabreski, Derek (Ithaca College), R. Ross (Paleontological Research Institute), Lisa Paciulli (Ithaca College)
Comparative Study of the Ecology and Human-Exploitable Resources at Two Paleocene Mastadon Sites
Rizaldi and Kunio Watanabe (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
Successive Aggression: Another Pattern of Polyadic Aggressive Interactions in a Captive Group of Japanese Macaques
Emily Hammerl (University at Buffalo)
Development of the Dentition in Fetal and Neonatal Macaca nemestrina: A Radiographic Study
T. Laurel Marburg, M.L. Jensvold, R.S. Fouts, and D. H. Fouts (Central Washington University)
Intergroup Comparison of Chimpanzee Greeting and Reassurance Behaviors
Jacklyn Ramsey (SUNY at Buffalo)
Play and Grooming as Conflict Prevention in Captive Sulawesi Macaques
Sara Lynch (University at Buffalo)
The Functions of Grooming in a Captive Group of Sulawesi Macaques
Lisa Paciulli (Ithaca College)
Discussant
Anthropology and Diverse Environments
Session Chair: Marc Boglioli (Drew University)
Room: Friends 301
Jacob Applebaum (Dartmouth College)
Natural Disasters in the Pacific: Ongoing Problems and Unique Responses
Michael Ennis-McMillan, K. Kellogg, M. Bergen, L. Wohl-Pollack (Skidmore College)
Ethnoecology of Aquatic Invasive Species: Views from Saratoga Springs
Marc Boglioli (Drew University)
Coyotes Gone Wild: The Moral Management of Coyotes in Rural Vermont
Refugees and Migrant Workers
Session Chair: Dave Turkon (Ithaca College)
Room: Friends 309
Anna Jasayne-Darr and Rose Beatriz Stimson (Brandeis University)
Leave the Bones and Catch the Land: Development and Implications of Interactive Ethnography
Lawrence Dolan (SUNY Plattsburgh)
One Blood: Respect and Values among Jamaican Migrant Laborers in Northern New York
Kate Levinson (Ithaca College)
Refugee Resettlement Issues in Ithaca
David Turkon (Ithaca College)
Capacity Building and Fractured Community: The Case of the Lost Boys of Syracuse, New York
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FINGER LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, April 20, 1pm-5pm (Holiday Inn – Cayuga Room):
1:15pm
Bushman's Secret
(Rehad Desai, South Africa, 2006; 65 min.)
When South African filmmaker Rehad Desai travels to the Kalahari to investigate global interest in ancient Bushmen knowledge, he meets Jan van der Westhuizen, a Khomani San traditional healer, whose struggle to live close to nature is hampered by centuries of colonial exploitation of the San Bushmen and of their land. The Khomani now live in a state of poverty that threatens to see the last of this community. One plant could make all the difference. Hoodia, a cactus used by Bushmen for centuries, has caught the attention of a giant pharmaceutical company. It now stands to decide the fate of the Khomani San.
2:30pm
Dinka Diaries
(Filmon Mebrahtu, United States, 2005; 56 min.)
Tells the story of some of America's most recent arrivals-Sudanese refugees who would have never dreamt a few years ago that they'd be living in America. Over the course of 10 months, the film follows the lives of three Sudanese refugees who resettle in the Philadelphia area and adjust to the new American culture and way of life.
3:35pm
The Gender Chip Project
(Helen de Michiel, United States; 54 min.)
What is it like to be a young woman training in college for a career in the high stakes professions of science, math, engineering, and technology? For every new generation it takes key movements along the way to make a grand leap forward into professional adulthood. When gender collides with our cultural assumptions about who can flourish in these fields, how are young women changing the real and practical terms of engagement?
Saturday, April 21, 9am-12pm (Ithaca College – Friends 304):
9:15am
Between Two Fires: Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda
(Witness, United States/Uganda, 2006; 14 min.)
Part of a video advocacy campaign to address the issue of torture and other cruel and degrading punishment committed against the IDP communities of Northern Uganda. Through the personal stories of torture survivors, the video advocates for official acknowledgment of these abuses, redress for torture victims, as well as implementation of legislative measures to strengthen national mechanisms against the use of torture.
9:45am
The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It
(Chiapas Media Project/Promedios, Mexico, 2005; 15 min.)
The video discusses the situation in the town of Bolon Aja'aw, located near the famous Agua Azul River system. The federal government sold the land in Bolon Aja'aw to a private company to create an ecotourism center without the permission of the community members. The video documents a meeting between Zapatista authorities and Mexican government functionaries, and offers a critical look at the practical implications of so-called ecotourism.
10:15am
Land, Rain, and Fire: Report from Oaxaca
(Tami Gold and Gerardo Renique, United States/Mexico, 2006; 30 min.)
What began as a teachers' strike on May 22, 2006, for better wages and more resources for students has erupted into a massive movement for profound social change in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Land, Rain, and Fire chronicles the police attack on June 14, when more than 50,000 teachers were camped out with their children. Public anger transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency. Hundreds of unions, indigenous and women's organizations, neighborhood groups, students, and professional associations came together and created the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, a massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state government to a standstill.
11:00am
Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, and Disappearances in the "War on Terror"
(Witness, India/United Kingdom/United States/Switzerland, 2006; 27 min.)
This film tells the stories of Khaled El-Masri and Binyam Mohamed, two men who have survived extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture by the U.S. government working with various other governments worldwide.
11:35am
The Potters of Buur Heybe, Somalia
(Tara Belkin, 2006; 25 minutes.)
This film portrays the complete life cycle of earthenware pottery manufacture and use, places the pottery in its social and economic context, and considers the roles of gender, symbolism, agency, and religion in the process.
Saturday, April 21, 1:30pm-5pm:
1:30pm
Resistance[s]: Experimental Films from the Middle East and North Africa
(Various Artists, Dubai/Canada/France/Iraq/Lebanon/Morocco/Palestine, 2006; 107 min.)
Includes eight films and videos from Middle Eastern and North African artists: Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Taysir Batniji, Mounir Fatmi, Lamya Gargash, Usama Alshaibi, Jayce Salloum, Frédérique Devaux, and Waël Noureddine. It's a panorama of contemporary experimental creativity from this region of the world. Using images to lead the narrative, each artist succeeds in raising fundamental questions relating to humanity, politics, and aesthetics.
3:30pm
Radio Nonmdaa: The Word of the Water
(Chiapas Media Project/Promedios, Mexico, 2005; 15 min.)
On December 20, 2004, Radio Ñonmdaa came on air, becoming the first radio station to broadcast in the indigenous Amuzgo language. The film tracks the history of the station that, since opening, has received constant harassment from the Mexican military, which has threatened to shut it down.
4:00pm
Witness/Amazon Watch Compilation
(Witness/Amazon Watch, England/United States/Amazon Basin, 2006; 42 min.)
Witness partner Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon River basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial development, including oil and gas pipelines, power lines, roads, and other mega-projects. This collection of videos examines globalization, multinationals, and the increasing focus on mega-projects to address the area's economic problems, which has led to environmental and cultural devastation in the region.
Thank you to Lisa Paciulli and Melendy Krantz for finding and compiling the films!
