Events
2012 - 2013
Join the Anthropology Club at the Pickford Film Center
throughout October for the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival.
We will watch a documentary and then have a short discussion
following the movies.
Below is the link for the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival calendar, with the Festival Committee meeting on October 17th
http://bhrff.webs.com/apps/calendar/
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Wed. 10/17 7:00 PM
General Festival Committee Meeting
7 PM on Wednesday, October 17
lobby of the Pickford Cinema at 1318 Bay St, Bellingham
Upcoming films:
Wednesday, October, 24 | 6:30pm
Last Call at the Oasis
Exploration of our dwindling supply of clean, fresh water.
Wed. 10/24 at 6:30 PM at the Pickford Film Center.
Sunday, October, 28 | 4:15 PM
They Call it Myanmar:
Lifting the Curtain"
Shows everyday life in a country in the grip of a military dictatorship.
Sun 10/28 4:15 PM at the Pickford Film Center.
-Group rate with Anthropology Club $5
-Short Discussion following the film
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Below is a link for Doctober, the Pickford Film Center October documentary calendar which includes the Bellingham human rights films and more:
http://pickfordcinema.org/page/DOCTOBER.aspx
The Anthropology Department and the Anthropology Club are putting out a call for Scholars Week papers and posters.
This is fantastic opportunity to build your resume, gain some recognition, and get some experience with a conference like atmosphere!
Scholars Week is a campus wide showcase of student work and research at WWU. Participants in the Anthropology Department portion of Scholars Week present a paper or poster with the Department as well as the general campus community.
Description of the Paper Presentations:
You will be placed in a Session of 5 people with a similar topic. You will have 12 minutes to present using Power Point or other Visual Media with 3 minutes for Question and Answer.
Description of Poster Presentations:
University Scholars Poster Session and Reception is held in the Harry Potter Room with representatives from all departments presenting their work. It will last for 2 hours.
If you are interesting in submitting a paper or poster follow the directions below:
To Submit Your Paper Presentation:
Email us at: wwuanthropologyscholarsweek@gmail.com
With the following REQUIRED information:
1. Full Name
2. Email Address
3. Title of the Paper
4. Presentation’s Anthropological Subfield
5. 3-5 Key Words for Your Presentation
6. A Paper Abstract (approx 100 word brief overview)
To Submit Your Poster Presentation:
Go to: http://west.wwu.edu/scholarsweek/create.aspx
And follow the directions on the website.
Then send an email to: wwuanthropologyscholarsweek@gmail.com
With the following REQUIRED information:
1. Full Name
2. Email Address
3. Title of the Poster
4. Poster’s Anthropological Sub field
5. 3-5 Key Words for Your Poster
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University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology Bring $20 for UBC, Museum of Anthropology |
RSVP by January 31, to be included in this event! |
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YOU MUST BRING YOUR ENHANCED DRIVERS LICENSE, PASSPORT or an Enhanced Drivers License as we will be traveling across the border.
We will be meeting on campus (location to be determined) at 8am. Bring $20.00 for admission & transportation fee. We will then drive up to Vancouver. The Museum is open from 10am to 5pm and has an attached cafe if you would like to purchase a lunch.
If you want to participate, please email me at
peartk@students.wwu.edu and give me your name, phone # and if you would be willing to drive &/or carpool. If you are, please let me know how many additional spaces are in your car (not including yourself). Thanks!
Museum, Shop & MOA Café hours
Daily 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesdays 10 am to 9 pm
RATES
$10 Group rate
MOA is wheelchair accessible
DIRECTIONS
Click: www.ubc.ca/about/maps.html
OTHER
Anthropology Club members will have priority over guests if seating is limited; however, if you are willing to drive arrangements can be made.
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To learn more about the center, you can check out their website at: http://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org/
For more details, please come to the Anth Club meeting on
Tuesday from 4pm - 6pm in AH 319 (the Anth Lounge), or contact Paul Gallant, the Activities Coordinator at galantp@students.wwu.edu.
The Anthropology Department and the Anthropology Club are putting out a call for Scholars Week papers and posters. Scholars Week is a campus wide showcase of student work and research at WWU. Participants in the Anthropology Department portion of Scholars Week present a paper or poster with the Department as well as the general campus community. Description of the Paper Presentations: You will be placed in a Session of 5 people with a similar topic. You will have 12 minutes to present using Power Point or other Visual Media with 3 minutes for Question and Answer. Description of Poster Presentations: University Scholars Poster Session and Reception is held in the Harry Potter Room with representatives from all departments presenting their work. It will last for 2 hours. |
If you are interesting in submitting a paper or poster follow the directions below: |
To Submit Your Paper Presentation:
Email us at: wwuanthropologyscholarsweek@gmail.com
With the following REQUIRED information:
1. Full Name
2. Email Address
3. Title of the Paper
4. Presentation’s Anthropological Subfield
5. 3-5 Key Words for Your Presentation
6. A Paper Abstract (approx 100 word brief overview)
To Submit Your Poster Presentation:
Go to: http://west.wwu.edu/scholarsweek/create.aspx
And follow the directions on the website.
Then send an email to: wwuanthropologyscholarsweek@gmail.com
With the following REQUIRED information:
1. Full Name
2. Email Address
3. Title of the Poster
4. Poster’s Anthropological Sub field
5. 3-5 Key Words for Your Poster
Anthropology Scholars week will have several different
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Times and dates of the following workshops to be announced:
Graduate School Considerations
Thinking about graduate school? Get inside information on choosing the right program for you, the application process, and an assessment of your strength as a candidate.
Writing a Professional Job Resume
Your professional resume is a potential employer’s first impression of you. Learn how to maximize this important document.
Internships and Experiential Learning
Learn about the value of internships and experiential learning in applying for graduate school or professional jobs upon graduation.
How to Give a Presentation
(Pre-Scholars Week event, May 13th)
We will have a workshop on "How to Give a Presentation" for everyone who is presenting, to teach professional presentation skills.
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All film showings are 7:00pm at the Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU, unless otherwise indicated.
Other venues include Pickford Film Center, Sehome High School, Bellingham High School, Bellingham Technical College and Lummi Youth Academy.
February 17
Budrus
(2009/Israel-USA/ 58 min) 7:00 and 9:00 at Pickford Film Center
Ayed Morrar and his 15 year old daughter organize Palestinians, along with Israelis, in an inspiring nonviolent movement to save their village from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier.
February 18:
Crude
(2009/USA/105 min)
A disturbing inside look at the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case and the courageous lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron’s contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
February 19
The Power of the Powerless
(2010, Czech, 78 min )
Examines the struggle for freedom during the communist era in Czechoslovakia culminating in the student-led movement that sparks the 1989 bloodless Velvet Revolution and catapults black-listed playwright, Vaclav Havel, into the presidency .
Facilitator: Filmmakers
February 20:
Enemies of the People
(2010/UK-Cambodia/94 min) The deaths of hundreds of thousands in the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained, until now. This film tells the first person stories by those who perpetuated the massacres, including the number two man to Pol Pot.
February 21
TAPPED
(2009/ USA/76min)
An unflinching examination of the unregulated and unseen bottled water industry that aims to privatize and sell back water, which becomes a commodity rather than a human right.
February 22
A Small Act
(2010/USA/88 min)
An inspiring tale of a young Kenyan whose life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he replicates the kindness he once received.
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Out in the Silence
(2009/USA/65) Bellingham High School Library
An uplifting story of a small U.S. town challenged in their beliefs about homosexuality and confronted with a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement and the brutal bullying of a gay teen.
Facilitator: Queer Straight Alliance (QSA), Bellingham High School Student Group
February 23
Poto
Mitan
(2009/USA-Haiti/50min)
Told through compelling personal stories of five courageous Haitian woman workers, the film gives the neo-liberal global economy a human face and shows the impact in inhumane working conditions, poverty, health, education.
Facilitator: Solange Pierre, Haitian Human Rights Activist in the Dominican Republic
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Papers
(2009/USA/100 min) Bellingham High School Library
A story about 65,000 undocumented youth and the challenges they face and choices they must make as they graduate from high school.
Facilitator: I Am, Bellingham High School Student Group
February 24
Other Side of Immigration
(2009/USA/55 min)
A subtle, thought-provoking film that asks why Mexicans come to the U.S., what happens to the families and communities they leave behind, and challenges audiences to more creative and effective immigration solutions.
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Which Way Home
(2009/USA/62 min)
Shows immigration through the eyes of children who, with enormous courage and resourcefulness, face harrowing dangers en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call “the beast”.
Facilitator: James Loucky, Anthropology professor, WWU.
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Redlight
(2010/USA/71 min) Bellingham Technical College.
Sex trafficking of children is a growing worldwide problem. This remarkable, disturbing film looks into the lives of young Cambodian victims and two forceful advocates.
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Out in the Silence
(2009/USA/65) Sehome High School Theater
An uplifting story of a small U.S. town challenged in their beliefs when they are confronted by a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement and the brutal bullying of a gay teen.
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Green
(2010/France/ 48min) Sehome High SchoolTheater
A moving film that stirs the hearts of people to act after knowing of the destruction of the Indonesian rainforest.
February 25
Redlight
(2010/USA/71 min)
Sex trafficking of children is a growing worldwide problem. This remarkable, disturbing film looks into the lives of young Cambodian victims and two forceful advocates.
February 26
Cultures of Resistance
(2010/USA/ 72 min)
A groundbreaking exploration of slum kids in Rio’s favelas, poets in Colombia, Tuareg musicains in Mali, rappers in Iran, dancers in Rwanda who creatively resist war and build peace, justice, and sustainability.
MATINEES
February 20, Sunday Matinees Noon-4:30
12:00 The World According to Monsanto
(2009/France/109 min)
An investigation of the giant agricultural products company, Monsanto. The film reveals the effects of Roundup, bovine growth hormone, and genetically modified seeds and the tactics of a company intent on dominating world agriculture.
2:15 Orang Rimba
(2008/UK/23 min)
The way of life of this small cultural group of indigenous Indonesian forest dwellers is threatened by agricultural and industrial forces.
3:00 Deep Down
(2009/USA/55 min)
Examines an Appalachian community’s conflicts over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine .
4:15 Turtle World
(1998/USA/9min)
This animated short follows a lone sea turtle traveling through space carrying a verdant world on its back, in a poignant parable about sustainability.
February 26, Saturday Matinees Noon-4:30
12:00: Tony and Janina’s American Wedding
(2010/USA/83 min)
Special Preview Screening. Living in the US for 18 years, with a son and a business, Janina is deported back to Poland, leaving their lives severely disrupted. Their struggle speaks to the federal immigration bureaucracy.
1:45 A Thousand Suns
(USA/28 min)
Explores the worldview of the Gama people of Africa’s Rift Valley. Their concepts of interconnectedness and sustainability are contrasted with the modern world's separation from and superiority over nature.
2:30 No Tomorrow
(2009/USA/84 min)
A film within a film becomes important in the decision for capital punishment of an accused killer. Leading death penalty experts address the broader question of whether the state deserves to kill him.
Facilitator: Hannah Stone
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University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology UBC, Museum of Anthropology |
RSVP by January 25th to be included in this event! |
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YOU MUST BRING YOUR ENHANCED DRIVERS LICENSE, PASSPORT or an Enhanced Drivers License as we will be traveling across the border.
We will be meeting on campus (location to be determined) at 8am. Bring $10.00 CAD for admission. We will then drive up to
Vancouver. The Museum is open from 10am to 5pm and has an attached cafe.
If we have enough people the cost should be $10CAD per person.
If you want to participate, please email me at wwuanthclub@gmail.com and give me your name, phone # and if you would be willing to drive &/or carpool. If you are, please let me know how many additional spaces are in your car (not including yourself). Thanks!
Museum, Shop & MOA Café hours
Daily 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesdays 10 am to 9 pm
RATES
$10 Students (Bring your student card or expect to pay the full $14 price)
MOA is wheelchair accessible
DIRECTIONS
Click: www.ubc.ca/about/maps.html
OTHER
Anthropology Club members will have priority over guests if seating is limited; however, if you are willing to drive arrangements can be made.
Movie Night #2
The Linguists
Friday, November 19th
7:00 - 9:30pm
Communications Building 105
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The Linguists is an independent 2008 American documentary film about language extinction and language documentation. It follows two linguists, Greg Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and David Harrison of Swarthmore College, as they travel around the world to collect recordings of some of the last speakers of three moribund (dying) languages: Chulym in Siberia; Sora in Orissa, India; and Kallawaya in Bolivia. Or the movie website |
Compass to Campus
Tuesday, October 26th
10:30 am -1:30 pm
Compass to Campus is a program for 5th graders to come and explore Western. During which the Anthropology Club officers and other members are putting on a presentation of Anthropology’s 4 subfields:
Cultural, Biological, Archaeology and Lingustic.
Groups of 5th graders will be going around campus that day listening to Western students talk about their majors as well as visiting classes and gaining knowledge of a college campus. If you are interested in more information or in volunteering check out the Compass 2 Campus website at http://www.wce.wwu.edu/C2C/
Past Events
2009 - 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
James Loucky
12:00 pm
Inside the Belly of the Beast:
Anthropological Contributions to U.S. Immigration Policy
Childhood and Culture class invites anyone
from the Anthro club to join a viewing
of these two films:
Consuming Kids: Tuesday, March 2 at 7pm Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. |
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Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids." -- Container. |
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Beyond Good & Evil: Thursday, March 4 at 7pm This video examines how the "good and evil" rhetoric, in both the entertainment and the news media, has helped children to dehumanize the enemies, justify their killing and treat the suffering of innocent civilians as necessary sacrifice. The interviews include media scholars (Robert Jenson, Robin Andersen), child psychologists (Diane Levin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige), teachers (Merrie Najimy, Brian Wright), educators (Eli Newberger and Betty Burkes), and the children themselves. |
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Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival Location: Anthropology Lounge - AH 319 |
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University of British Columbia's
Museum of Anthropology UBC, Museum of Anthropology |
RSVP by January 25th to be included in this event! |
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YOU MUST BRING YOUR ENHANCED DRIVERS LICENSE, PASSPORT or a BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON THIS TRIP as we will be traveling across the border.
We will be meeting at the C-lots at 9am. Bring $10.00 CAD for admission (a credit/debit card is fine), your STUDENT ID card for your discounted rate. and either lunch or extra money for food. If you bring your lunch do NOT bring fruit as this cannot go across the border.
If you want to participate, please email me at hublerm@students.wwu.edu and give me your name, phone # and if you would be willing to drive &/or carpool. If you are, please let me know how many additional spaces are in your car (not including yourself). Thanks!
Museum, Shop & MOA Café hours
Daily 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesdays 10 am to 9 pm
RATES
$10 Students (Bring your student card or expect to pay the full $14 price)
MOA is wheelchair accessible
DIRECTIONS
Click: www.ubc.ca/about/maps.html
Faculty/Grad Colloquia Schedule Friday, January 22, 2010 Friday, March 5, 2010 Inside the Belly of the Beast:
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"the yes men fix the world" - Film Current Location of Pickford Cinema |
Students must sign up at the Anthro Office to put their name on a list to receive the discounted price. Prof. Loucky needs to give the cinema your name and a student count prior to the show.
STUDENTS: please arrive at the cinema with $3.50 in cash and mention that you are an Anthro student if you would like to receive the discounted price. (No credit, check or debit cards for this deal.)
Compass to Campus
Tuesday, October 27th
See below for times
Compass to Campus is a program for 5th graders to come and explore Western.
Groups will be going around campus that day listening to Western students talk about their majors!
If you are interested in helping with this project please email Judy.Pine@wwu.edu or Joyce.Hammond@wwu.edu with your shirt size, your field, when you are available to volunteer.
Needed times to volunteer are:
10-10:30am |
PLEASE EMAIL hublerm@wwu.edu when you have signed up and we will let you know when the Compass meeting is, we need to make posters etc.
Sa Vidya Ya Vimuktaye
'Knowledge is that which Liberates'
Wednesday October 21st
Communications Facility (CF) Room 115
7pm - 8pm
Documentary Film created by a former Western graduate, Chad Robertson, about a small school in India in Himalayan foothills which teaches Vipassana meditation. The film shows how holistic education and mediation practice has transformed a school and community in the Indian Himalayas. Chad Robertson will be in attendance and will answer questions following the screening.
Contact Info:
Malina Hubler - hublerm@students.wwu.edu
Amanda Daviau - daviaua@wwu.edu
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We will also be planning for Scholar's Week which is scheduled for
Scholar's Week :: Tentatively scheduled for the third week of May
Dates to be confirmed soon
Tune in for future events!
