Review of the Proposed Code of Ethics

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Joslyn O.

At the 2011 AAA Annual Meeting recently held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, the AAA Executive Board (EB) voted to receive a draft revision of the AAA’s Code of Ethics as revised by the Task Force for Comprehensive Ethics Review. The EB also passed a resolution thanking the task force and its chair, Dena Plemmons, for [...]

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Reinscribing the Birthing Body: Homebirth as Ritual Performance

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Joslyn O.

In the  Medical Anthropology Quarterly, released this month, Melissa Cheyney examines the clinical practices engaged in by U.S. homebirth midwives and their clients from the beginning of pregnancy through to the immediate postpartum period, deconstructing them for their symbolic and ritual content. Read this quarter’s issue by logging in to AnthroSource. Not a member? Join [...]

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AN Call for Proposals on Methods

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Amy

Even with anthropology’s great diversity of fields and specializations, methods anthropologists use to plan and conduct research usually end up being identified as qualitative, quantitative or a hybrid of both. Anthropology News seeks to visit the relationship between these two methods for an upcoming thematic series on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Topics may include—but are [...]

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AAA Annual Report Wins Graphic Design Competition

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Joslyn O.

The 2009 AAA Annual Report won Graphic Design: USA 2011 American Graphic Design Award for its graphic design excellence. The American Graphic Design Awards is a four decade old flagship competition, and is open to everyone in the graphic arts community. Each year, roughly 1,000 pieces representing all media appear in the printed Design Annual [...]

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New Task Force on Climate Change

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joslyn O.

The Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the creation of the Task Force on Climate Change, an effort to bring anthropology’s contributions to issues of environmental concern into the spotlight, and increase its engagement with current research, policy discourse and the communities they study worldwide. While geophysical scientists and [...]

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Fukushima Women Against Nuclear Power

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Joslyn O.

AAA member, David H. Slater, is an associate professor of cultural anthropology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and the Graduate Program of Japanese Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo. His most recent article, “Fukushima Women Against Nuclear Power: Finding a Voice from Tohoku” was featured in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Below is an excerpt [...]

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The Proposed Code of Ethics – Please Review

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Joslyn O.

At the 2011 AAA Annual Meeting recently held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, the AAA Executive Board (EB) voted to receive a draft revision of the AAA’s Code of Ethics as revised by the Task Force for Comprehensive Ethics Review. The EB also passed a resolution thanking the task force and its chair, Dena Plemmons, for [...]

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Friday Flick Pick

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Check out the latest videos produced by the Smithsonian: Six Interesting stories about 19th century collections and collectors, told by Smithsonian anthropology staff members, in newly produced videos can be viewed on the Smithsonian’s Anthropology Department website. The subjects include the U.S. Exploring Expedition (as told by Adrienne Kaeppler); the North American Mound Explorations (Bruce [...]

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Chungking Mansions: An insider’s perspective

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Joslyn O.

AAA member, Gordon Mathews shares his experience and research on Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. This is an excerpt from his latest article in Foreign Policy. Read the entire article.   Courtesy of Foreign Policy Magazine By the time I first visited the building in 2006, Chungking Mansions had evolved into something else entirely. Over [...]

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Proposal Deadline for Family and Kinship Series Extended to Dec 19

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Amy

The proposal deadline for the Anthropology News series on family and kinship has been extended. The new submission deadline is December 19. Anthropology has a long history of examining kinship in a myriad of ways. As notions of kinship and family have continued to evolve around the world, it is time to ask what anthropology has to [...]

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