S1 E2: Dr Dillon Mahoney and the Economic Impacts of COVID19 & Research on Refugee Resettlement

Recorded: 14 May 2020

In this episode, I talk with Dr Dillon Mahoney, a professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida. In this conversation, we talk about his book, The Art of Connection: Risk, Mobility, and the Crafting of Transparency in Coastal Kenya, which deals with the new generation of art dealers within Kenya. We discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the economy and other related topics in economic anthropology. We talk about some of his current research dealing with refugee resettlement in Tampa, Florida. The conversation picks up talking about his planned field school in Kenya that has been postponed due to COVID-19.

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Dillon Mahoney, Ph.D.

Department of Anthropology

University of South Florida

4202 E. Fowler Ave

SOC 117

Tampa, FL 33620

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The Art of Connection: Risk, Mobility, and the Crafting of Transparency in Coastal Kenya:

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520292895/the-art-of-connection

Season 1 Episode 1: Dr Antoinette Jackson on Anthropology, Critical Race Theory, and Being New Department Chair

Recorded: April 27, 2020

In this first episode of this relaunched podcast, William talks with Dr Antoinette Jackson, the incoming Chair of the Applied Anthropology Department at the University of South Florida. We discuss her transition to this new position during COVID-19 as well as how students, faculty, and all of us can cope during the quarantine. We also discuss her latest book, Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure (2020), discussing how Black people have historically experienced tourism and what placing Black people’s stories at the center of anthropological investigations does to enhance and put forth a Critical Race Theoretical Perspective. We also discuss her 2012 book Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites, and the power of language when referencing the enslaved.

In this first episode, we (Will and Bryant) discuss our grad school experiences and what we’ve learned about getting into a good graduate program. We also talk about our thoughts behind “A Partial Perspective,” and how we apply anthropological and psychological concepts to the world around us.