Learn about Digital Audio Field Recording for Ethnography

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Amy

This full-day AAA workshop (4-0325) at the Annual Meeting in Montreal on Friday, November 18, will thoroughly address both digital audio field recording options as well as best practices for digital preservation. AAA is pleased to sponsor this workshop by Andy Kolovos, the Vermont Folklife Center’s archivist and staff folklorist. He’s run this workshop at other [...]

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2 More Days to Vote in AAA Photo Contest

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Amy

Voting in the 2011 AAA Photo Contest is still open to current AAA members until 5 pm EST on Friday, October 14, 2011. The voting system displays only thumbnails of each photo. To review galleries with larger images of the entries,  please visit the Knowledge Exchange section of Anthropology News for galleries of each of the categories: People [...]

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Get to Know the New Columns on AN Website

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Amy

September Anthropology News features new columnists and contributing editors on www.anthropology-news.org. Their monthly columns will be published throughout each month. Be sure to check out the ones published so far – and don’t forget to post your comments and rate the columns.  Ken Routon’s first MEDIA NOTES column features C Nadia Seremetakis’ Speaking of Violence: [...]

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New Memorials and Memorialization Essays in AN

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Amy

Anthropology News continues this month’s thematic series on Memorials and Memorialization. Be sure to check out these exclusively online essays published this week at the new www.anthropology-news.org: AB Diefenderfer’s Commemoration in Cyberspace Erin L Durban-Albrecht’s Go with Flo: Politics and Queer Memorialization Olga Gonzalez’s Scarf of Hope as a Warm and Performative Memorial for the [...]

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AN Biotechnology Proposals Due Sept 16

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Amy

The proposal deadline for the Anthropology News series on biotechnology has been extended. The new submission deadline is September 16. 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, [...]

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Last Day to Enter in 2011 AAA Photo Contest

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Amy

  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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AN Seeks Proposals on Biotechnology

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Amy

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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Photo Contest Deadline Extended to August 29

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Amy

The deadline for the 2011 AAA Photo Contest has been extended to August 29. Submit your photos using our  online submission form. When you submit, you’ll be asked to choose a category for each photo. The choices are People, Place, Practice and Process. Descriptions of each category are on the blog and on the Photo Contest Page .  [...]

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Lambert-Pennington Wins Lynton Award

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Amy

Congratulations to AAA member Katherine Lambert-Pennington (U Memphis) on receiving the 2011 Lynton Award! We’re happy to share NERCHE’s press release about this honor here. The annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty recognizes a faculty member who connects his or her teaching, research, and service to community [...]

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People, Place, Practice and Process in the AAA Photo Contest

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Amy

We’re asking participants in the 2011 AAA Photo Contest to choose a category for each photo they submit. The categories are People, Place, Practice and Process. Here is a little about each: People photos feature the “who” of anthropology. They may include portraits, small groups, crowds, researchers and more. Place photos focus on the “where” of anthropology. Emphasis [...]

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