| Title | Encased: Plotting Attentions Through Distraction |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Melissa Biggs(author) |
| John Bodinger de Uriarte(author) | |
| Landing page | https://processing.matteringpress.org/ethnographiccase/4-encased-plotting-attentions-through-distraction/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Publisher | Mattering Press |
| Published on | 2017-01-01 |
Dr. Melissa Biggs is a social anthropologist specializing in issues of representation and cultural heritage. Her current research interests include Native self-representation, indigenous food sovereignty, and intellectual property rights and trademark as they apply to indigenous food products. She serves as Program Coordinator for the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, and has taught at Colorado College, the Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio, Southwestern University, and Texas State University.
Dr. John Bodinger de Uriarte is an associate professor of anthropology and serves as the Chair of the Sociology & Anthropology Department at Susquehanna University. He also directs the Museum Studies and Diversity Studies Programs. His research interests include questions of identity, representation, and Native American sovereignty, and how such issues are engaged in contemporary museum, casino, and photographic practice. He is the author of Casino and Museum: Mashantucket Pequot Representation.