T.J. Ferguson on Anthrosource for Practicing, Applied and Public Anthropologists

A message from T.J. Ferguson, AAA Executive Board member and incoming chair of the Anthropological Communication Committee:
In November and December 2009, AAA and Wiley-Blackwell are offering free access to over ten years of Anthrosource content, AAA’s online portal for anthropological research.
I encourage the practicing community to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the benefits of [...]

Frugal Philly: From Cheap Eats to the Big Splurge

The third installment of our “Frugal Philly” Guide to the 2009 AAA Annual Meeting  is now available, courtesy of Jeff Maskovsky.
Apparently there’s more to Philly than just cheesesteaks, though they’ve got that, too! Maskovsky provides a culinary guide to places that run the gamut from cheap and easy to fancy schmancy - and of course the best in coffee, [...]

Free Access Now Through December: 10+ Years of AAA Publications!

This November and December we invite you to sample AAA’s publications by offering complimentary online access to more than 10 years of content.
The following journals are available to you via this offer. Simply click on the links below to learn more about any of the titles or to start reading articles online today!

 
American Anthropologist AA is the [...]

New Virtual Issue of Cultural Anthropology: Security

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 focuses on security, [...]

Anthropologist Scrimshaw to be President of The Sage Colleges

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, arts, [...]

Top 10 Articles of 2009: Individual AAA Publications

UPDATED 10/16:
Leading up to our exciting offer of two months of FREE ACCESS to 10+ years of Anthrosource content this November and December, we recently announced the Top 25 Anthrosource Articles of 2009.
We now invite you to read the Top 10 Articles of 2009 from each of our individual AAA publications. The list of winners from your favorite title can be found [...]

Top 25 Anthrosource Articles of 2009: Preview to Two Months of Free Anthrosource Access

AAA and Wiley-Blackwell are pleased to announce that we will be offering two months of FREE ACCESS to 10+ years of Anthrosource content, during November and December 2009.
As a preview to this exciting offer we invite you to view the Top 25 Anthrosource Articles of 2009.  

Broad Access to AAA Journals

AAA and Wiley-Blackwell want our journals content to be widely available. To this end, we specifically support five different philanthropic programs to make sure that underresourced institutions have access to our publications.
We participate in HINARI, AGORA, OARE, INASP, and we support free access to AnthroSource for Historically Black College and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, [...]

A Little Lighthearted Comparative Anthropology: LRB vs NYRB Personals

For those cerebral types in the market for a mate, both the New York Review of Books (NYRB) and the London Review of Books (LRB) have personal ads.
But while both publications may attract the intellectual upper crust of their respective sides of the Atlantic (or at least, those who think of themselves as such), the Yanks [...]

Workshops at the 2009 AAA Annual Meeting

The 2009 AAA Annual Meeting program is now available online, and as you’ve probably heard, we have a number of exciting new features this year, including a personalized online itinerary builder.
While you search through the many panels, papers, and other events offered at this year’s Meeting, don’t forget to consider signing up for one of forty available workshops.
The price of the workshops (which is separate [...]