Island anthropologies: 
anthropological knowledge production
in haiti & the Dominican Republic
(A TH Event)

program and flier

• Official Program for Event
• Official Flier for Event
• ​Official Poster for Event

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS*

17 march 2019

Opening Event
Location:  Mamey Librería Café (Calle Las Mercedes #315, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo)
​Time:  6-8:00pm

Inaugural Party with Paul Austerlitz y el Ensemble Dominicano
(presentando a José Duluc y Julio Figueroa)
Location:  La Espiral 313 (Calle Las Mercedes #313, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo)
​Time:  9pm-??

*N.B.: Only the Opening Event and Inaugural Party on the 17th, and the Presentation/Discussion on the 20th are public.

18 march 2019

PANEL: History of anthropological inquiry on the island (8:30-10:30am)

1. Jhon Picard BYRON
2. Martha Ellen DAVIS
3. Carlos ANDUJAR​

PANEL: Social inequalities (11-1pm)

1. Juan VALDEZ
2. Renauld GOVAIN
3. Fatima PORTORREAL
4. Tahira VARGAS

lunch break

PANEL: Humans, environment, and climate change (2:30-4:30pm)

1. Ryan MANN-HAMILTON
2. Marcos MORALES
3. Scott FREEMAN
4. Yolanda LEON (absent)

19 March 2019

PANEL: Migration and mobilities (8:30-10:30am)

1. Maud LAETHIER (paper only)
2. Bridget WOODING
3. Samuel MARTINEZ
4. Kiran JAYARAM

PANEL: Cultural heritage (11-1pm)

1. J. Cameron MONROE
2. Samuel REGULUS
3. Camille LOUIS
4. Diana PENA BASTALLA
5. Pauline KULSTAD

lunch break

PANEL: Challenges to anthropological research and training (2:30-4:30pm)

1. Glenis Tavares
2. Students and Documentarians

20 March 2019

PANEL: The future of anthropology on the island (8:30-10:30am)

1. ALL PANELISTS
2. Students and Documentarians
3. Public

OPEN SESSION:  Presentation and Discussion
11:00-13:00, Biblioteca Nacional (Sala Aída Cartagena Portalatín)

conference organizers

​Kiran C. Jayaram
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of South Florida

Luisa Rollins Castillo
Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago

Pauline Kulstad, Ph.D.
​Independent Scholar

acknowledgements

The organizers thank the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the USF Department of Anthropology, the USF Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment, the USF Institute on Black Life, the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, the Biblioteca Nacional, and OBMICA for their support of this event.  We would also like to thank Martha Ellen Davis for her extra efforts to bring this event to fruition.