green\/eco pilgrimage<\/a> (through the lens of affect theory, or something like it), and hanging out. If I ever get there.<\/p>\nI always enjoy the AAG… Even though it has far too many concurrent sessions, it’s pretty easy to find the handful of topics\/groups\/series one wants to follow — which makes the choices more painful sometimes, but usually rewarding. And it’s relatively easy to hear the big names in the field. (Unlike, say, the Anthropology Association meetings, where the best get crunched into egalitarian-tiny, standing-room-only rooms.)<\/p>\n
And this year I’ve decided not to overfill my plate with commitments. It’s in NYC, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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