The theme for this year's meeting focuses on the lines of communication between anthropology and the public. We encourage anthropologists who are working in a variety of settings to reflect upon how their work extends beyond the community of professional anthropologists. These have become common phrases in a wide variety of non-academic settings in the past decades. One line of questioning that we hope presenters will address concerns content. Anthropologists, perhaps more than other professionals, understand that the production of knowledge is a two-way street.
Good communication implies good listening.
We encourage anthropologists to reflect on these questions and to submit abstracts focused on this theme. A plenary session is planned to address some of these topics in the various sub disciplines of anthropology.