A major linguistic find–traces of a lost language and number system–is revealed in the September 2010 American Anthropologist. Plus, watch video of archaeologist and author Dr. Jeffrey Quilter. Article is freely available to members of the AAA and subscribers to AnthroSource and American Anthropologist. Members can login for access.
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The July Learned Publishing issue includes the results of a survey by McClanahan, Wu, Tenopir, and King of 227 faculty members and their attitudes towards electronic journals in 2008. Abstract is available here (full-text requires subscription.) Survey found: More than half (53.5%) of the respondents reported “that they electronically accessed at least 75% of the articles and books they [...]
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The June American Anthropologist features 2009 annual reviews for archaeology, biological, linguistic, practicing and sociocultural anthropology. (All members of AAA can access the articles by logging in at AnthroSource.) Julienne Rutherford blogged about her recap, “Descent with Modification: Bioanthropological Identities in 2009,” and the article is accessable from her blog. She mentions she used a Facebook group to identify thoughts about the biggest stories [...]
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In the face of Arizona’s tough new laws, Anthropology & Education Quarterly continues its robust tradition of studying what bilingual pedagogy means for students and teachers. In a new virtual issue on bilingual education, nearly a score of research papers present the different aspects of what multilingual education mean for curriculum, pedagogy, socialization, and acculturation. Six free articles focus on topics such [...]
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In the latest issue of Ethos, guest edited by Olga Solomon and Nancy Bagatell, contributors consider autism from interdisciplinary, ethnographic perspectives rather than the dominant biomedical discourses, and encourage the rethinking of social engagement for those affected by autism, as well as their families and therapists. Contributors to the issue include Sharon Kaufman, who considers the debate about autism and vaccine [...]
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The March 2010 issue of American Anthropologist, available now on Anthrosource and Wiley-Interscience, features the debut of the new ”Public Anthropology Review” section. As we announced last fall, these reviews will highlight anthropological work principally aimed at non-academic audiences, including websites, blogs, white papers, journalistic articles, briefing reports, online videos, and multimedia presentations. Reviews in this issue feature discussions of [...]
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In an op-ed piece for the online edition of The Guardian, AAA Executive Board member Mary Gray writes about the experience of LGBT youth in rural areas. Drawing on her own research, Gray suggests that “[t] he binaries of closeted/visible, rural/urban and online/offline should be questioned as they converge through media to privilege, and morally rank certain strategies [...]
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The e-Journal of the National Association for Student Anthropologists is currently taking submissions, for their next volume which will be released at the 2010 AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. According to the CFP: We seek scholarly submissions from undergraduate and graduate students worldwide about the application of anthropological theories and methods outside of academia or across [...]
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The world focused its attention on Haiti in the wake of the crisis caused by earthquakes in Port-au-Prince last month, but the tiny island nation has been racked with instability practically since it declared independence over 200 years ago. In an article, “Laviche: Haiti’s Vulnerability to the Global Food Crisis”, from the November 2009 NAPA Bulletin (Volume 32), [...]
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As we reported earlier, last week C-SPAN’s Book TV aired a session from the AAA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia that focused on the research of Ann Dunham, anthropologist and mother of President Barack Obama. Panelists included Alice Dewey (Dunham’s graduate advisor), Nancy Cooper (a fellow graduate student), and Maya Soetoro-Ng (Dunham’s daughter). For those of you who weren’t in [...]
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