(click to listen) Hosted by AAA President Virginia R. Dominguez, “Inside the President’s Studio” features interviews with anthropologists about their ideas, research and passions. It is part of an ongoing effort to foster public, visible and active engagement with anthropologists. Become a part of the conversation by reading and listening to the interviews, adding your [...]
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The SCA has released a free, virtual issue of Cultural Anthropology focused on Business Cultures. The issue includes five essays published between 2003-2009, as well as supplemental material and a discussion forum. An introduction by Esra Ozkan reads: In response to the increasing encounters between global commodities and local markets, the recent economic crisis that [...]
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Anthropology News is pleased to announce the themes for our late fall and early winter issues. November will address tourism and December will address music and sound. For the full CFPs with theme descriptions, see our website. We welcome proposals for In Focus commentaries, Teaching Strategies, Field Notes articles, photo essays, news stories, interviews and [...]
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Anthropologist Nancy Abelmann (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign) delivered the welcoming address for the 2010 conference of The Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC). The virtual conference, “Grand Challenges and Global Innovations,” was held across a variety of digital spaces, including Second Life, YouTube, and Google Wave. HASTAC organized a number of presentations that may [...]
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The Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR), part of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, is pleased to announce the development of the Human Rights Web Archive . As part of Columbia’s larger initiative to collect free and at-risk web resources, the Human Rights Web Archive is dedicated to preserving web-based information of importance to [...]
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NSF Director Arden L. Bement has posted a message encouraging “all members of the wider National Science Foundation community to actively involve themselves improving our nation’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education enterprise by volunteering as part of National Lab Day.” This might mean volunteering in a classroom on National Lab Day (May 12), [...]
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On April 10, AAA Executive Director William Davis appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to offer formal testimony in support of the Obama Administration’s request for an appropriation of $7.4 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Davis noted that while NSF provides only 21 percent of the [...]
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On Friday, April 16, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Board of Directors adopted a statement “On the human right to the benefits of scientific progress.” To read the full statement, please click on the “read more” link below. Information about current AAAS activities in this area is available online, via their [...]
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The New School for Social Research (NSSR) anthropology dept. will host its annual graduate student conference on April 23, 10:00 am-5:00 pm, with the theme “Committing Anthropology.” The event is free and open to the public, held in the Wolff Conference Room, 6 E. 16th Street in NYC. Panelists include: Stephen J. Collier (New School), [...]
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This date marks the one year anniversary of the AAA blog. We thank all of our readers who stuck with us throughout the year, as well as the AAA members who have produced exciting and unique content for our site. If you have any recommendations about how we can improve our blog or suggestions for [...]
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