MICHICAGO 2005

MAY 7-8, ANN ARBOR 

"VOICE AND INEQUALITY"

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: GLORIA RAHEJA

FRIDAY, MAY 6TH: AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL I: LANGUAGE VARIATION AND SOCIAL PRACTICES
Discussant: Bruce Mannheim
Panel Members:
-- Sarah Hillewaert (Michigan)
-- Mark Sicoli (Michigan)
-- Katherine Chen (Michigan)
-- Stephen Scott (Chicago)

PANEL II:  MEDIATION AND AUTHORITY
Discussant: Judith Irvine
Panel Members:
-- Claire Insel (Michigan)
-- Rihan Yeh (Chicago)
-- Simon Keeling (Michigan)
-- Jeremy Jones (Chicago)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: GLORIA RAHEJA, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Rapprochements? History, Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology and a
Possible Critique of the Present: 'Got the blues, can't be satisfied.'

SATURDAY MAY 7TH: MORNING SESSION

PANEL III: TEXTS AND REPRESENTATION
Discussant: John Lucy
Panel Members:
-- Frank Cody (Michigan)
-- Katherine Martineau (Michigan)
-- Jonathan Glasser (Michigan)

PANEL IV: MARKETPLACES: SYMBOLIC AND ACTUAL
Discussant: Susan Gal
Panel Members:
-- Matthew Bernius (Chicago)
-- Susan Frekko (Michigan)
-- Laura Brown (Michigan)
-- Gretchen Pfeil (Chicago)

SATURDAY MAY 7TH: AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL V:  RHETORIC AND POLITICAL PERFORMANCE
Discussant: Alaina Lemon
Panel Members:
-- Lily Chumley (Chicago)
-- Andrew Graan (Chicago)
-- Keri Allen (Michigan)

PANEL VI: METAPRAGMATICS OF CITIZENSHIP
Discussant: Michael Silverstein
Panel Members:
-- Sherina Feliciano-Santos (Michigan)
-- Emanuela Grama (Michigan)
-- Deanna Davidson (Michigan)
-- Peter Graif (Chicago)

The 2005 annual MICHICAGOAN Linguistic Anthropology Conference "Voice and
Inequality" is receiving generous support from:

- The Department of Anthropology
- The Department of Linguistics
- Rackham Student Government
- Michigan Student Assembly
- Institute for the Humanities