Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights: Framing the Field

This symposium will be held February 8-9, 2013 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

"The University of Tennessee's Anthropology Department seeks to re-invigorate the holistic approach to research with a pioneering new program called Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights (DDHR). DDHR fosters intellectual and field-based collaborations with an emphasis on disasters, development, conflict, and post-conflict situations. Although anthropology has long been touted as a holistic discipline, encompassing (and addressing) cultural and biological variation past and present, sub-disciplinary specialization has undermined holistic aspirations. Archaeological, biological, and cultural anthropologists have too often pursued disparate questions and seemingly incommensurable methods even when examining similar problems. The DDHR Program presents Anthropology with a unique opportunity to realize the potential of a unified approach. The DDHR Symposium invites faculty, professionals, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in Anthropology and related disciplines to explore ways of 'framing the field.'"

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