The National Humanities Alliance and American Association of Museums (AAM) request support in a campaign to increase funding for the Office of Museum Services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Representatives Paul Tonko (NY-21) and Louise Slaughter (NY-28) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter in the House of Representatives urging members of [...]
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Anthropology News seeks contributions for a thematic issue on aging and the life course. To participate, email a 300-word abstract and 50-100-word author bio to AN editor Dinah Winnick (dwinnick [at] aaanet.org) by July 22. Selected authors will be asked to submit commentaries of 1000-1400 words or shorter pieces for other article types, such as [...]
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Archaeologist Nicholas J Conard reported at a press conference yesterday on his team’s discovery of a 35,000-year-old (early Aurignacian) bird-bone flute unearthed in Germany, reportedly the oldest handcrafted musical instrument found to-date. This discovery was described in Conard’s coauthored Nature article, “New flutes document the earliest musical tradition in southwestern Germany”: Researchers universally accept the [...]
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The Boston Globe reported that Harvard medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer is being considered for a top role in the Obama camp to help run US health projects overseas. As a proponent of quality health care as a basic human right, Farmer cofounded Partners in Health, an international non-profit that provides medical treatment, conducts [...]
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In recognition of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ accomplishments and his recent award from the Smithsonian, the AAA is launching a series of short posts by anthropologists whose lives have intersected with this theoretical giant. Best known for introducing structuralism into the discipline, Lévi-Strauss has contributed greatly to our understanding of non-Western cultures and remains a passionate defender [...]
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The AAA and Organizing Committee of the World Council of Anthropological Associations issued a statement to Peruvian President Alan García this week. The statement, drafted by the AAA’s Committee for Human Rights, expresses concern about the government’s violation of indigenous peoples’ human, territorial and legal rights. The statement also condemns the use of violence against [...]
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Today’s Inside Higher Ed features an interview with AAA members James D Faubion (Rice U) and George E Marcus (UC Irvine) on their new edited volume Fieldwork Is Not What It Used to Be: Learning Anthropology’s Method in a Time of Transition. In the interview, Faubion and Marcus discuss their early fieldwork experiences and how [...]
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This week’s New Yorker features a story about how professor of Anthropology David Kennedy helped the Cincinnati police department reduce gang violence. After the city experienced a series of shootings in 2006 and the “zero-tolerance” crackdown which followed failed to reduce the murder rate, Kennedy came to Cincinnati to pitch his “Ceasefire” program, which had previously been successful in reducing drug-related [...]
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House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, once again, that he expects to see his comprehensive climate bill on the House floor next week. The latest version of the bill will address concerns from nine committees, particularly those of the House Agriculture Committee. The committee’s chairman, Collin Peterson (D-MN), wants the Agriculture Department [...]
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The James Smithson Medal and Levi-Strauss: A Gift Exchange
We continue our blog series in recognition of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ accomplishments and his recent award from the Smithsonian with a post by Edgardo Krebs, Research Associate at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Claude Levi-Strauss has received almost all the honors imaginable. No social anthropologist, since the discipline began to be formalized a century [...]
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