[URBANTH-L]Bay Area Events Thus Far

[Robert T. O'Brien]

SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS:
Aloha Neal,
Greeting from Yuri Wellington, at University of Hawaii- 
Manoa.  I am a member of the Council on Anthropology and 
Education. I wanted to let you know that, in 100% solidarity 
with your unions, our section (over 700 members) voted NOT to 
follow AAA to Atlanta.

In fact, we have recently contracted with a small union hotel 
in the same Union Square area to hold our section meetings, 
and are invitign other AAA sections to join us.

Neal, CAE would very much like to provide the union with a 
forum to present their views, and discuss the issues that are 
so close to our hearts and central to our work as 
anthropologists.
...
Our meetings will take place from Wednesday, November 17 thru 
Sunday, November 21 at the Best Western Canterbury Union 
Square.

I may be reached at
email:  ywelling at hawaii.edu
office: 808-956-0712

A hui hou,
Yuri Wellington

Rob, 
Michael Blim and I are conspiring to pull off a SAW meeting 
in SF, and we could use your help in figuring out who else is 
going west for a meeting and where and how to be in touch w/ 
them; (I am going to AAAUNITE blog site, but much seems in 
flux) and in coordinating with union -- Mike has lined up a 
space at SFSU for Sat. w/ help of Peter Biella, and we have 
Susan George traveling there as our keynoter.  We also need 
some cheap housing alternatives if you're in touch w/ folks 
who live there.    
Sandy [Smith-Nonini]

Some people on our panel (at UNC Chapel Hill, from the 
Social Movements Working Group) would like to put a call out 
for an Autonomous AAA meeting of workshops/panels/organizing 
as anthropologist activists in SF Nov. 17-21 that includes 
direct participation in UNITE HERE strike activities...
We have secured a convergence space- the UFCW Union Hall at 
16th and Mission in S.F. (right next to BART- easy access 
from SF and Oakland airports and downtown SF) that is 
available at least all day Friday and all day Saturday.

Vinci Daro
Maribel Casas-Cortes
Ana Araujo

BERKELEY:

Dear Rob,
I'm helping SEAA to plan our conference at Berkeley and labor-
friendly places in S.F.  I also live in downtown S.F. within 
walking distance of most of the MEG hotels.  Despite my 
studio size apartment, I could try to host some sort of a 
homebase for those trying to take part in the picket lines, 
or a more directed action on the ground.

-Shannon May

Kerim, hi, I'm a co-organizer of a double-panel -- "Deaf 
Studies' critical challenge to social theory" (submitted 
through SLA) -- which we are currently pursuing relocating in 
the Bay Area.  We were just  offered a spot in one venue in 
the town of Berkeley (not the  university though), thank 
goodness.  However, if possible, we would like to meet in any 
venue where other panels are meeting, thereby increasing the 
chance of us having an audience, which, lo, until a  week 
ago, we felt confident about.  I have been trying to follow 
the  various postings, but I'm not following everything 
perfectly.  If you  could give me specific pointers on whom I 
should contact in order to  explore any burgeoning mini-
conference, I and my panelmates would  surely appreciate it 
greatly.  

All the very best,  Frank [Bechter]
cc: Peter Graif (co-organizer)

SAN JOSE EVENTS (SAN JOSE? REALLY? DON'T YOU WANNA JOIN US IN 
THE BAY AREA):

Dear Robert: ...Though I haven't heard from all the panel 
organizers of Comm for Human Rights invited sessions, my 
sense is that there will be no CfHR-sponsored events in 
Atlanta.
I'm in the process of polling the panelists on the 
Anthropology and Human Rights session that I have organized. 
The consensus among them is overwhelmingly not to meet in 
Atlanta....The rationale of this session is to gather 
together some of the people who have been leaders of the CfHR 
over its 10 years of existence, to look back and draw lessons 
of use for the future, as well as ponder new directions for 
the Committee. You will understand, then, that I feel the 
significance and usefulness of holding this session would be 
greatly diminished if no more than 8 or 9 of the original 
panelists can make it to San Jose.
I'm also pondering whether to encourage all the panel 
organizers of CfHR Invited Sessions to do the same (i.e., 
determine whether they want to meet in San Jose or wish 
simply to cancel their sessions).

Samuel

It looks like everyone's gonna be in the Bay Area, Samuel. 
There's been almost no discussion of a coordinated effort to 
get to San Jose. Any chance of joining forces with some of 
these others?

IS THERE ROOM AT THE INN? EVENTS:

Rik Pinxton, an international AAA member, wants to know where 
people will be.

Hey Rob,

I am trying to get in touch with the other folks in my panel 
to discuss moving the panel to CA during the original dates. 
Is there space for "wandering" panels? I'm not even sure 
which section we are coming in under as the discussion 
crosses a whole spectrum of experience in post-1973 Chile 
(and the impact of neoliberal reforms)

Jo [You'll note that I edited your post!] Paluzzi

SECTIONS KNOWN TO BE DELIBERATING:

ALLA
NAPA
SANA

SECTIONS THAT ARE NOT ORGANIZING BUT ARE COORDINATING:

SCA 
SLA
SMA
SOLGA

AND (DRUMROLL PLEASE)...
Two spots to watch for Bay Area events:



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We will be posting a schedule of anthropology and labor events
happening in the Bay Area during the week of 11/17/04. These 
will be updated as new ones come in.

AAA sub-section announcements regarding whether or not they 
will be meeting in Atlanta or in the Bay area are alsi listed 
here.
<http://aaaunite.blogspot.com/2004/10/sub-section-mini-
meetings.html>.
Robert T. O'Brien 
AAAUnite Ad Hoc Committee
http://AAAUnite.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aaaunite/
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology 
Temple University 
robrien at temple.edu 
215-803-5181 

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