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2012, THE MAYA, AND THE NEW AGE: CROSSING BORDERS BOTH WAYS
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Reviewed By: Society for the Anthropology of Religion
Sunday, November 18, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Students, Those involved in mentoring activities
Organizers:  Kevin Whitesides (University of Edinburgh)
Chairs:  Quetzil E Castaneda (Indiana University and OSEA)
Discussants:  Abigail E Adams (Central Connecticut State University)
8:00 AM
It's Not the End of the World — What the Ancient Maya Really Tell Us about 2012
Mark L Van Stone, Ph.D. (Southwestern College)
8:15 AM
Bolon Yokte’ K’uh and Maya Eclipse Prediction: Understanding Tortuguero Monument 6 within the Context of Maya Deep Time Calculations
Michael J Grofe PhD (American River College)
8:30 AM
2012 and the Maya Deluge Myth: From Noah's Flood and Atlantis to Dresden Codex Page 74 and Contemporary Popular Culture
John B Carlson (University of Maryland)
8:45 AM
The End Is Nigh, and Always Has Been: 2012 In Highland Chiapas
Thor R Anderson (San Francisco State University)
9:00 AM
Mayan Perspectives On 2012
Robert Sitler (Stetson University)
9:15 AM
Advocating Emic Interpretation of Huichol Shamanic Initiation and Peyote Rituals
Jay Courtney Fikes (Researcher/writer Huichol shamanism & ritual, Yeditepe University and Yeditepe University)
9:30 AM
Discussion
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
2012 Doomsdays: Stigmatized Knowledge, Extraterrestrials, and the Varieties of Vernacular Eschatology
Daniel Wojcik (University of Oregon)
10:15 AM
Hidden Histories, Unintended Consequences, and the 2012 Phenomenon: Occult Influence On Intepretations of Ancient Maya Metaphysics and Cosmology
John W Hoopes (University of Kansas)
10:30 AM
The '2012' Improvisational Millennialist Milieu: Adaptation and Cultural Niches
Kevin Whitesides (University of Edinburgh)
10:45 AM
2012 Mysteries of Redemption, Survivalism, Transformation:  Why the Maya and the Role of Anthropology
Quetzil E Castaneda (OSEA)
11:00 AM
Discussant
Abigail E Adams (Central Connecticut State University)
11:15 AM
Discussion
11:30 AM
Discussion
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