ONSTRUCTING COMMON ROUND: HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERATIVES The Society for Applied Anthropology 1999 Annual Meeting April 21 - 25 Inn Suites Hotel Tucson, Arizona Contents Welcome from the Program Committee ............................................................ iii SfAA Program Committee .................................................................................. iv Officers of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Board of Directors ......... v General Information How to Use This Program ................................................................................ 1 Registration ..................................................................................................... 1 Messages and Infotmation ................................................................................ 1 Book and Software Publishers Exhibit .............................................................. 1 Tours ............................................................................................................... 1 Bronislaw Malinowski Award .......................................................................... 3 Peter K. New Student Research Award ............................................................. 3 Business Meetings ........................................................................................... 4 Social Events ................................................................................................... 4 Workshops and Open Forums ........................................................................... 4 Topical Interest Groups .................................................................................... 5 Program Schedule Wednesday, April21 ........................................................................................ 7 Thursday, April22 ......................................................................................... 12 Friday, April 23 .............................................................................................. 23 Saturday, April 24 .......................................................................................... 35 Sunday, April25 ............................................................................................ 47 Abstracts Sessions ......................................................................................................... 49 Papers, Posters, and Films .............................................................................. 63 Participant Index . 163 II -----------------------------------··----------- Welcome from the Program Committee Welcome to Tucson, Arizona, and the 59 111 Annual Meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology. For the members of the Program Committee, the Meeting started eighteen months ago with many hours of exciting collaboration involving the SfAA Office, Officers of the SfAA, and many other people representing a myriad of organizations. The Committee is forever indebted to the Society's Business Office- LaDonna King, Neil Hann, and Thomas May- for its gracious and kind support and patience. As part of its commitment to applied endeavors, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has been unfailing in its support of the Meetings. The Greensboro-based members of the Program Committee sacrificed weekends and evenings and time with family and other activities to develop a Preliminary Program. The posting of the Preliminary Program on the SfAA Website greatly facilitated Committee efforts and empowered many who would not be able to participate otherwise to make significant contributions. The Political Ecology Society (PESO), the Committee on Refugees and Immigrants (CORI), the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA), of the University of Arizona, and the Council of Nursing and Anthropology (CONAA) contrib­ uted to the shaping of our experiences over the next several days. Meetings held during the sum­ mer of 1998-with health care professionals at the University of Arizona, organized by Carmen Downing-Gracia, the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University, organized by Miguel Vasquez, members of BARA organized by Tim Finan - provided the impetus and support for local aiTangements and the participation of the Arizona community. Student Committee members- Matt Edwards, Elliott Lee, Carla Guerron-Montero, and Andrew Gardner -made the Program relevant to the interests of new professionals. Many thanks are due Nancy Rosenberger (Oregon State University) for organizing the Training Program Information Ex­ change. In this meeting, the SfAA is addressing the challenge of protecting the human habitat, environmen­ tally and socially, into the indefinite future. Two special plenary sessions address these concerns. The first session (W-90, Wednesday, 7:00- 9:00pm), sponsored by Counterpart International of Washington, D.C. (see page v) and organized by Jerry Moles and Ranil Senanayake of the NeoSynthesis Research Centre (NSRC) of Sri Lanka, shares what has been learned in establish­ ing sustainable management systems and protecting biodiversity over the past 17 years. How can we protect the human habitat into the future? The NeoSynthesis Research Centre asks to be judged by the difference it makes in the villages, fields, and forests. The second session (T-91, Thursday, 7:00- 8:30pm), addressing the protection of the human habitat socially, explores the future of affirmative action in higher education within the social and cultural context of contemporary Arizona. Presidents of three universities, Lattie F. Coor of Arizona State University, Peter W. Likins of the University of Arizona, and Clara M. Lovett of Northern Arizona University will share their perspectives, and leaders of the human rights movement will offer their reflections. The challenge is to discover our common ground. Enjoy. Willie L. Baber Program Chair Ill SfAA Program Committee Willie L. Baber, Program Chair (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Greensboro Members and Review Subcommittee Susan Andreatta (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Tom Arcury (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Matt Edwards (North Carolina State University) Seth Gilbert (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)* Mary Helms (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)* Sara Quandt (Wake Forest University) Tim Wallace (North Carolina State University) Thcson/Southwest Members Tim Finan (BARA, University of Arizona), Local Arrangements Chairperson Roberto Alvarez (ALLA, Arizona State University) Carmen Downing-Garcia (Family and Community Medicine) Merrill Eisenberg (BARA, University of Arizona) Andrew Gardner (University of Arizona) James B. Greenberg (BARA, University of Arizona) Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg (BARA, University of Arizona) Elliott Lee (Nmihern Arizona University) Miguel Vasquez (Northern Arizona University) Comprehensive Program Planning Barbara Johnston (Center for Political Ecology) Rebecca Joseph, SfAA Program Chairperson, 1998 (National Park Service) Jerry A. Moles (Global Renaissance) Laurie Price, Program Chairperson-elect, Y2K (Northern Arizona University) Additional Members Leo R. Chavez II (University of California, Irvine) Shirley Fiske (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Carla Guerron-Montero (University of Oregon) David Haines (Committee on Refuges and Immigrants) Faye Harrison (University of South Carolina) John Magistro (National Center for Atmospheric Research) Ron Nigh (CIESAS Sureste, Chiapas) Linda Whiteford (University of South Florida) Tony Whitehead (University of Maryland) Rob Winthrop (Political Ecology Society) * Mary Helms, Professor (Department of Anthropology, UNCG) and Seth Gilbert (a former student in the Department of Anthropology, UNCG) served as unofficial members of the Program Committee. IV Officers of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Board of Directors John A. Young (Oregon State University), President (1997-1999) Linda Bennett (University of Memphis), President-elect (1998-1999) Dennis Wiedman, (Florida International University), Treasurer (1997 -1999) Thomas Arcury (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Treasurer Elect (2000-2002) Amy K. Wolfe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Secretary (1998-2000) Carla Gurerron-Montero (Student, University of Oregon) Student Board Member (1998-2000) Donald D. Stull (University of Kansas), Editor, Human Organization Alexander Ervin (University of Saskatchewan), Editor, Practicing Anthropology Michael Whiteford (Iowa State University), Editor, SfAA Newsletter Board of Directors James Carey (Centers for Disease Control), 1999 Jeanette Dickerson-Putman (Indiana University), 2000 Sue Estroff (University of North Carolina), 2002 Edward Liebow (Environmental Health & Social Policy Center), 2002 Anthony Oliver-Smith (University of Florida), 2001 John F. Sherry, Jr. (Northwestern University), 1999 Miguel Vasquez (Northern Arizona University), 2000 Linda M. Whiteford (University of South Florida), 2001 Counterpart International Since its founding in 1965 as the Foundation for People's of the South Pacific (FSP), Counterpart International has been committed to empowering local institutions around the world to address self­ defined community needs in a sustainable way. Counterpart's Division of Environment and Natural Resources has a special focus on biodiversity restoration of human-dominated ecosystems, utilizing Counterpart's signature Community-based Ecosystem Management (CEM). CEM integrates participatory resource management with traditional, indigenous systems of resource