Theme: “The Culture of Healing”

This year’s theme aims to explore healing writ broadly, as it relates to illness and medicine, physiology, human rights, the environment, sociopolitical dynamics, and ritual, spirituality and religion. We are interested in innovative approaches to the conceptualization of healing as a dynamic biocultural force. We also welcome papers that are integrative in nature, reflecting biocultural perspectives and/or linking varied aspects of social and cultural life under the auspices of healing.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrea Wiley
“Growing Children Around the World:
Cow’s Milk Consumption and Ideals of Growth”

Call for Papers: A variety of formats are welcome, including: individual papers, sessions, roundtables and posters. Abstracts should be no more than 200 words. Please make sure to include the title, the author’s affiliation and contact information.

Submission Deadline: January 22, 2013

For more information: http://southernanthro.org/home/annual-meeting/

Contact: Dr. Melissa Schrift and Dr. Lindsey King at schrift@mail.etsu.edu