With the tools available to us now, how do we do anthropology today and how might we do it tomorrow? Join us in conversation with anthropologist, filmmaker and in-coming co-editor of American Anthropologist's Multimodal Anthropologies section, Patricia Alvarez Astacio. Dr. Alvarez Astacio will discuss her own experiences making ethnographic film, and share an editor's insights on the potential, and the practicalities, of publishing multimodal anthropology.

Workshop Facilitated by Jenna Grant (Anthropology) and Danny Hoffman (AfricanStudies)

Patricia Alvarez Astacio (Brandeis University) is an anthropologist and filmmaker whose scholarly research and creative practice develops in the folds between ethnography, critical theory, sensory ethnography, and the documentary arts. Her most recent works converge on issues of gender and ethnic representations in neoliberal, post-authoritarian Peru. She is currently working on her book manuscript Moral Fibers: Making Fashion Ethical. Her film Entretejido (2019) premiered at the Havana International Film Festival.

Part of Art at the Borders of the Political. Across the Americas, visual artists reveal the limitations of official state- authorized “truth and reconciliation” projects and the importance of including everyday people in the work of memory and protest. Through a series of film screenings, public talks and exhibitions, micro-seminars and participatory pop-up installations, this project showcases the power of art and sensory scholarship to move beyond the tropes of victimhood or heroic resistance and reveal democratic energies.

For more information or questions, please contact Danny Hoffman (djh13@uw.edu) and Jenna Grant (jmgrant@uw.edu)