As academic positions dwindle in number in this tough economic climate, and new opportunities arise for practicing anthropology, many anthropologists may be considering applied careers. The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) has some useful suggestions for those pursuing work in government, consulting, cultural resource management, development and non-profits. NAPA’s July 2008 bulletin, [...]
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Are you a member in the news? Contact Lauren Schwartz (lschwartz [at] aaanet.org) with items for our Members in the News page.
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Anthropology News is accepting proposals for our September issue on “Codifying Anthropological Ethics.” At this key moment during the AAA Code of Ethics revision, we ask our members to consider what this process should entail. Have you encountered ethically complex situations where guidance would have been helpful? How have available guidelines and advice met or [...]
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The Veterans Issue of Anthropology News will soon be available. In the meantime, Daniel Lende from Neuroanthropology.net offers a series of articles (1, 2, 3) on veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
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A grant program that may be of interest to some of you: The purpose of the Global Heritage Preservation Fellowship Program is to support cultural heritage conservation and community development work with the potential for significant contributions to the long-term preservation of endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries by international and in-country scholars and [...]
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Climate change is forcing coastal archaeologists to expedite their digs, the Associated Press reported earlier this month. Sea levels are expected to rise 39 inches by 2100, compared to seven inches in the past century, as a result of global warming. C. Brian Rose, president of the Archaeological Institute of America, said, “There are whole [...]
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The hits continue for The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bill that would allow workers to organize by signing cards expressing their desire to unionize. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) became the first Senate Democrat to oppose the legislation, saying, “We need all hands on deck, including business and labor, to get our economy moving again. [...]
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Greg Tanaka’s article in the current issue of Anthropology & Education Quarterly presents provocative findings from an action research project on a U.S. university campus (AEQ, Volume 40, Issue 1 [March 2009], pages 82-95). The project reveals that a large percentage of white students cannot trace their identities to a particular nation in Europe and [...]
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AAA is pleased to announce the debut of our new, unified association blog. The new AAA blog, available through Wordpress, combines our previous Anthropology News, Public Affairs and Human Rights blogs.
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