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American Anthropological Association denounces the New Arizona Immigration Law!

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[What is Arizona Senate Bill 1070?] AAA Challenges New Arizona Immigration Law from American Anthropological Association by damondozier In a strongly-worded resolution passed by its Executive Board on May 22, 2010, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) condemned the enactment of a new law in Arizona that would allow law enforcement to investigate an individual?s immigration … Read more

“Anthropology Professor’s Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film/ A review essay on Anthropology blogging

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Anthropology Professor’s Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film Harvard Crimson Harvard Associate Professor of Anthropology Kimberly Theidon had no idea that her 2004 book of essays, ?Entre Prójimos,? inspired the Oscar-nominated Review Essay: Blogging Anthropology: Savage Minds, Zero Anthropology, and AAA Blogs AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Vol. 112, Issue 1, pp. 140?148, ISSN 0002-7294 online ISSN 1548-1433. c2010 by … Read more

AAA members declare their support for Honduras resistance against the Coup

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AAA Members Vote to Support Honduras Resolution from American Anthropological Association by Brian The following is a message from AAA Secretary Debra Martin: Dear AAA Member: As the Secretary of the American Anthropological Association, I am pleased to report to you the results of our latest ballot initiative. At the most recent annual meeting, a … Read more

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We?re Back: Eye on Deadlines

from American Anthropological Association by Dinah

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Twitter hashtag #AAA09 for AAA meetings…

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Twitterers can use hashtag #AAA09

Blogging or Tweeting the AAA Annual Meeting?

from American Anthropological Association by Brian

If you plan on blogging or tweeting the upcoming AAA annual meeting in Philadelphia, please email Brian Estes (bestes AT aaanet DOT org) with your name (optional) and a link to your site or twitter feed. In the interest of providing the most comprehensive meeting coverage possible?particularly for those who are unable to attend?we would be happy to link to your content, including session write-ups, event photos and more.Twitterers can use hashtag #AAA09 when posting meeting related content.

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Vale Dell Hymes roundup and more from the Anthro world…

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We have lost another great anthropologist recently. I have already announced the news and here is a few more links about Prof. Dell Hymes. and more of other stuff below…

Vale Dell Hymes

from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Rex

As Kerim noted, Dell Hymes passed away. My connection to Hymes is tangential?mostly the odd personal connections that come with the small world of academics?and others will be able to memorialize him better than I. The passing of Hymes and Lévi-Strauss so closely together is sad but also offers a time for us to reflect on these academics, their legacies, and their different personal style. Lévi-Strauss loved culture and, at times, seemed almost traumatized that he was forced to study people in order to get at it. Hymes?s writings are equally scrupulous, but deeply honor human life and are dedicated to finding the beauty and complexity in the ephemeral moments of our speaking and story-telling. In 1968 Lévi-Strauss?s structures took to the streets. In 1972 Dell Hymes published Reinventing Anthropology.

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Virtual Issue: The Anthropology of Knowledges

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In advance of the American Anthropological Association Annual Conference, the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to announce the Virtual Issue on “The Anthropology of Knowledges”. The articles are available online without any charge.

To know or not to know? Practices of knowledge and ignorance among Bidayuhs in an “impurely” Christian world
Liana Chua

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