Anthropology News January 2004 S E C T I O N N E W S

including: President-elect, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor, Graduate-at-large, Undergraduateat-large and two Nominations Committee positions. Nominations and supporting materials are due to AAA in January. If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please contact Chad Moms at Chadmorrisl@aol.com immediately.

NASA also has immediate openings available for webmaster, NASA Opportunities editor and several committee positions. These critically important positions are currently vacant and need to be filled as quickly as possible. Again, contact Chad Moms for details.

AAA Annual Meeting in San Frandxo 2004 It is not too early to begin thinking about papers, posters or sessions you would like to organize for the 2004 Annual Meeting. NASA Program Editor Lori Johns at ljohnsl@hvc.rr.com is available to guide you, step by step.

Interested in contributing to NASA’s W o n News? Contact Tara Hfloan: heffea2mu.edu.

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SOcSety for Anthropology in Community Colleges LLOYD MILLER, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

SACC at AAA The following officers were installed: Phil Naftaly, President, November 2003-November 2004, and Dianne Chidester, President-Elect, November 2003- November 2004.

SACC President Philip Naftaly (left) and SACC President-elect Dianne Chidester (right).

Anthropology Goes Digital During the next four years, the AAA and its sec- tions face a series of profound changes. AAA has produced a 14-page document entitled Anthto- Source: Enriching Scholarship and Building Global Cammunities that is available to members upon request. I will explain briefly what AnthroSource is and try to indicate its possible effects on SACC.

A number of forces are causing the AAA and other professional and academic associations like it to transfer its printed and intellectual material to digital (online) form. Theseforces include eco- nomic pressures (printed materials are costly) and demand for access-much anthropological knowledge is fragmented and inaccessible. Also, the volume of research and information of inter- est to anthropologists is inmasing, and scholars

need better methods to evaluate, classify and pre- serve materials, as well as expanded opportunities to present their works. Finally, the market for dig- ital services to support research and teadung in the social sciences and humanities is developing rapidly. Many other organizations have already gone digital. AnthroSource is the system for con- verting anthropological materials to digital form and making them accessible.

During 2004, back issues and existing materials will be converted. During the following year, peer-reviewed journals are scheduled for conver- sion. 2006 is the year for camera-ready publica- tions, includmg Tmhmg Anthrpolqy: SACC Notes. Currently, individual Sections edit, format and produce camera-ready publications and send them to AAA for printing and distribution. (SACC Notes is printed and bulk mailed by Des Moines Area Community College at considerably less cost than AAA would have to charge.)

AAA intends to adopt a “fair-sharing” prinaple by which the AAA and sections will share reason- ably both the costs and benefits derived from the AnthroSource product. New one-time develop ment costs (of establishing the online electronic publishing program itself) will be borne entirely by AAA. New ongoing operating costs (assoCiated with each publication) will be borne by the pub- lication-sponsoring entity (eg, AAA or the appre priate Section). Ongoing cost categories include 1) cost to post material on AnthroSource, based on number of pages; 2) a small amount per page to cover technology improvements; 3) a UC Press management fee.

Pros and Cons SACC will need t o choose whether to go Wtal by January 2005. Sections may opt out of the AnthroSource project and continue to print their publications. Otherwise, the University of Cali- fornia Press will develop, format and produce the publication for online consumption. AAA will retain ownership of the publications.

The advantages for SACC are significant. Mem- bers will have complete online access to all AAA publications. As linkages develop with the publi- cations of other social sciences and humanities organizations, access will be extended to them, as well as to the many unpublished documents and “gray literatye” now scattered throughout the world. The UC Press will advertise and promote AAA publications, including SACC Notes. This should give us greater exposure and increase the possibility that SACC Notes would be ated in other publications.

The disadvantages for SACC are also signifi- cant. While going digital will be cheaper for sec- tions with peer-reviewed journals, it will result in a net cost increase for us. No one knows yet how the costs will break down. We hope to have more information for our annual conference next April in Montreal. AnthroSource access will likely be different for AAA members than for non-mem- bers (SACC Notes maintains from 20 to 30 sub- scribers who are not AAA members). I’m not sure yet how this will work. Another unknown is what effect Anthro&urce will have on .section memberships, an item of great concern among

editors at the AAA Meeting in Chicago. Will AAA members who belong to multiple sections in order to get their publications continue to sub- scribe if all section publications are available on the Internet?

We also do not know yet whether SACC mem- bers can opt for AnthroSource and stil l receive SACC Notes in print. The costs would be addition- al, but again we don‘t know how much. Perhaps we could print copies on request only, assuming that some wouldn’t wish them or simply would- n’t care. In any case, we’ll provide more informa- tion in this column and on the SACC Listserv as it becomes available. We should have some st im- ulating discussion in Montreal next April.

Send contributions and communications to Lloyd Miller at lloyd.miller@mchsi.com.

Society for the

Consciousness Anthropology of

CONSTANTINE HRISKOS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Altered BodiedAltered Minds: Gender, Sexuality and States of Consciousness The theme of the 2004 SAC Annual Meeting is “Altered Bodies/Altered Minds.” Preferred papers will focus on Sexuality and Gender Identities, although other papers and panel submissions will be considered. We would also like to have a practitioners’ panel again, and would like it to focus on body transformations and modifications. These can be temporary modifications, such as bin- costurmng, * clowning#- . and temporary piercings, or permanent body trans- formations. Discussion will focus on differences and similarities of these practices in the transfor- mation of personal and group consciousness.

We have five scheduled experiential sessions, mostly in the evenings, which must be reserved in advance, given space limitations. The first is to be given on Thumlay, March 25 by David Jenkins, and is entitled “Practical Dreamwork.” This work- shop focuses not on individual dreams but the dream series, ie, the ongoing life inside the dreamscape. Participants will learn how to access the continuity of the dreamscape and to trans- form it at will. The second and third experientials will be Friday evening, the 26. The first, a Mevlevi zikr experiential in the Iranian Sufi spinning tra- dition, will be onsite. The second entitled “Bound Bodies, Freed h4inds” will be an off-site visit in the Leather Community of San Francisco and will entail a demonstration of techniques and prac- tices used within the community. Transportation will be provided to this event.

Saturday night, March 27, our keynote will be presented by Annie Sprinkle, the Bay Area’s sex diva, performance artist, and recent PhD in the study of sexual response. Sunday morning, March 28, there will be the possibility of a visit to Rakassah, the International Belly Dance Festival, in nearby Richmond. These events are in addi- tion to our regular program, and a small fee will be charged for each to cover expenses.

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