winner: Frances Norwood, assistant research professor in the GW Department of Anthropology 2011 Margaret Mead Award announced from anthropologyworks by admin Congratulations to Frances Norwood, assistant research professor in the GW Department of Anthropology, for being selected to receive the 2011 Margaret Mead Award for her book, The Maintenance of Life: Preventing Social Death through … Read more
Here is John’s message: In preparation for the EASA Media Anthropology Network workshop “Critical Perspectives on Media and Social Change”, to be held this 27 May at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, we have invited a number of authors to share their thoughts on media and social change with us via … Read more
Virtual Youth Issue Discussion Page Virtual Issue: ANTHROPOLOGY and YOUTH Cultural Anthropology‘s virtual issue on youth engages both longstanding anthropological themes, such as politics, religion, and consumption, as well as contemporary concerns including media, popular culture, and migration. With political and economic unrest washing through North Africa and the Middle East, youth are positioned, … Read more
Anthropology and Ethics ? AAA Wants Feedback! from Neuroanthropology by daniel.lende In a welcome development, the American Anthropological Association?s Task Force for Comprehensive Ethics Review is posting drafts online of proposed revisions to the AAA?s code of ethics. And they want your feedback! Anthropologists and stereotypes about Libya and Japan from antropologi.info – anthropology in … Read more
Anthropology Love Letters from Neuroanthropology by daniel.lende On Valentine?s Day, Rex at Savage Minds called for love letters to anthropology. This idea is simple: in the next seven days, for a few thousand words, somewhere public on the Internet, write about why you like anthropology. Then we?ll make the guys at Neuroanthropology do a round … Read more
A Response to the Recent Attacks on Professor Frances Fox Piven from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. AAA was one of 23 academic organizations that released a joint statement of response to the recent attacks on Professor Frances Fox Piven, renown professor of the University of New York Graduate Center. The statement condemns Glenn Beck, radio and television personality, … Read more
Special Edition Post ? AAA Signs Statement of Support of Egypt from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. In conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America, AAA signs Statement of Support for Egypt. This statement shares its concern for the Egyptian people and the loss of cultural heritage that Egypt has sustained and the threat … Read more
20 Excellent TED Talks for Anthropologists Considering its multidisciplinary status, many students adore taking up anthropology as amajor. Few other career paths let them travel all over the world in order to meet fascinating peoples and dissect the hows and whys of their bodies, minds and cultures. Anyone familiar with the TED Talks lecture … Read more
Interview with hacker anthropologist Biella Coleman from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow In this week’s show, Thomas Gideon’s Command Line podcast interviews NYU professor Gabriella Coleman, an anthropologist who studies hackers, trolls, 4chan and other online phenomena. I met Biella when she was doing fieldwork for her PhD by hanging around EFF and the hackers … Read more
How racist is American anthropology? from antropologi.info – anthropology in the news blog by Lorenz Why does anthropology tend to focus on ?exotic others”? Why this obsession with Africa? How come calls by well-known anthropologists such as Paul Rabinow to ?anthropologize the West seemed to have not brought forth much fruit? How racist is American … Read more
Neuroanthropology.net at 1,000,000 from Neuroanthropology by dlende Neuroanthropology.net just broke through the 1,000,000 visits mark! We?ve done that in three years. Our very post came in December 2007. Even though Greg and I have moved over to Neuroanthropology PLoS, this site has continued to generate impressive traffic since September 1st. Here are some of the … Read more
Human genetic variation: the first 50 dimensions from Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog by Dienekes Here is a huge data dump for anyone interested in human variation. Part of the reason I started the Dodecad Project was to be able to analyze data on my own, rather than having to squint to make sense of a plot, … Read more
New Orleans: 6000 anthropologists, much tweeting, some blogging, no press coverage from antropologi.info – anthropology in the news blog by Lorenz It has been one of the best attended conferences ever. More than 6000 anthropologists went to the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Society (AAA) in New Orleans. But as usual, it?s hard … Read more
From an email discussion: at the Executive Board (EB) meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) this past weekend. The EB adopted a new Long-Range Plan (LRP) that includes a significant changes to the AAA mission statement?it removes all mention of science: Mission Statement in the new LRP (additions underlined; deletions in strikethrough) Section 1. … Read more
Social Sciences and Human Decency Anthropologists have coaxed secrets from some of the most remote and vulnerable populations in existence. What do the scholars owe their subjects in return? more #AAA2010 FTW! from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Kerim This year was a breakout year for the use … Read more