For faculty teaching medical anthropology courses this fall, the following materials may be helpful. I collected these lists with the assistance of Andrea Sankar, co-editor of Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and Janet Dixon Keller, editor of Ethos, in order to save teachers time as they refresh their thinking about these oft-taught topics. Where possible, I linked to the [...]
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The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program supports the next generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences pursuing research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies. IDRF accepts applications for research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives, as well as [...]
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Today is the last day to enter the 2011 AAA Photo Contest. If it’s on your list of things to do, be sure to do it by midnight tonight (East Coast time). Submit your photos using our online submission form. When you submit, you’ll be asked to choose a category for each photo. The choices [...]
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the award of 10 fellowships and 24 institutional grants totaling $3.9 million in the agencies’ ongoing Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program. This is the seventh round of their campaign to preserve records of languages threatened with extinction. Experts estimate that more [...]
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Inside AAA is a blog series that provides readers the opportunity to get a glimpse of the people who work for you, the AAA member. In this series, staff members provide insight on their job and themselves. This week, Inside AAA features Mark Booker. He is AAA’s Production Manager, Anthropology News. What is your favorite on-the-job task? [...]
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Just a reminder that the deadline for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends is September 29th. Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. [...]
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The National Science Foundation has announced a new solicitation for researchers working the field of robotics. One of the goals of this new funding according the NSF is to gain a better understanding of the long term social, behavioral and economic implications of co-robots across all areas of human activity are important parts of this [...]
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Developments in biotechnology continue to change the way people live—sometimes with positive results, sometimes with negative repercussions, and sometimes unclear consequences. Discoveries in medicine, genetics and agriculture can transform expectations and possibilities in health care, food security and more. For the January 2012 issue of Anthropology News, we invite proposals for essays exploring biotechnology and [...]
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