Nancy Scheper-Hughes, medical anthropologist and director of Organs Watch, has shared with us a photo from her recent documentary film shoot in Maldova, Turkey and Israel with “Dan Rather Reports.” The documentary will soon be available online. [11/30 Update: The hour-long documentary on Organs Watch will air on HDNet on Dec 8 at 8pm.] [12/1 [...]
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Dr. William Beeman‘s recent address to the World Affairs Council of Alaska about “U.S. – Iranian Relations in the Obama Era” will be broadcast by Alaska public radio on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6:00pm Eastern. Beeman is President of the Middle East Section of the AAA and Professor & Chair of the Department of Anthropology [...]
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MAKE Magazine‘s new video series “The Elements of Humanity” includes interviews with scientists who share stories about what motivated them to get involved in their profession and what continues to provide inspiration and insight in their work. One of the videos features Louise Leakey, research assistant professor in the Stony Brook U department of anthropology, [...]
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The November issue of Anthropology News will include several commentaries, as well as teaching strategies and a photo essay, highlighting current anthropological work on aging, the life course and eldercare. In anticipation of the issue, we feature here a brief article by Maria Cattell, research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History and president-elect [...]
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On Oct. 7, 2009, the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Passed in 1990, NAGPRA “provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items–human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony–to [...]
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If you’re a fan of Cultural Anthropology (CA), but four issues a year just isn’t enough, make sure you check out the journal’s website at http://culanth.org/ In addition to supplemental materials that go along with each regular issue, the site periodically features Virtual Issues that gather articles from past issues of CA. The latest virtual issue [...]
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CounterPunch’s “Pulse of the Planet” series continues with Barbara Rose Johnston’s “War, Peace and the Obamajority.” The series, which draws attention to critical issues in human rights and environmental policy, was initially derived from conference papers delivered at the “Pulse of the Planet” panel during AAA’s 2008 annual meeting in San Francisco. An expert on [...]
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Michael Galaty is the recipient of the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2010 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Galaty is an anthropology professor at Millsaps College and AAA member. The award will be presented to him at the AIA annual meeting in January. For more on the award, read the full press release. Congratulations!
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Anthropologist Susan C. Scrimshaw, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and former President of the Society for Medical Anthropology, will be formally inducted into office as ninth president of The Sage Colleges on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Congratulations, Dr. Scrimshaw! The inauguration ceremony culminates a week of community-focused events highlighting Sage’s excellence in academics, [...]
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AAA seeks student volunteers to assist staff during the 108th AAA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, December 2-6, 2009. As compensation for donating at least 10 hours of their time, volunteers will receive complimentary AAA student membership for one year. Application deadline is today, October 21. Visit www.aaanet.org/studentvolunteer and complete our student volunteer webform. We [...]
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