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New Podcast Series – Ordinary Anthropologists Doing Extraordinary Things

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Joslyn O.

An interview with Dr. Laurian Bowles kicks off AAA’ s latest podcast series Ordinary Anthropologists Doing Extraordinary Things. Dr. Bowles is Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University, where she specializes in gender and power, migration and Africa, and black youth culture. Known by her students as Dr. Laurian, she engages them in current anthropological dialogue via [...]

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Care for Light Tea in Pennsylvania?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Joslyn O.

AAA Member, Paul Stoller, regularly writes editorials for the Huffington Post. In Stoller’s recent post, he draws attention to the quiet yet concerning issues that plague the Pennsylvania state-owned university system. Below is a excerpt of the published piece; click here for the complete article. Governors like the ghoulish Rick Scott of Florida, or the [...]

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Alma College Adds Anthropology Major

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Alma College rung in the new year with a new major to offer students – Anthropology! Below is an excerpt from their press release. Read the entire article here. Due to strong interest from students, Alma College has added anthropology to its expanding list of majors. Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, [...]

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Niko Besnier awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Congratulations to AAA Member, Niko Besnier! Prof. Niko Besnier has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his multi-sited comparative ethnographic project that will investigate the migratory dynamics at play between selected developing countries and selected countries in the industrial world in three different sports, soccer-football, rugby union, and cricket. In the last few decades, the [...]

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Launch of Online Archaeology and Anthropology Collections Database

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Joslyn O.

As the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) begins its 125th anniversary, it launches the Penn Museum online Collections Database via www.penn.museum. According to Penn News, It’s a place were scholars can go to get preliminary information on a particular artifact or set of artifacts, teachers and school children can explore [...]

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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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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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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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Why the practice of celibacy?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Why in the world might some people practice celibacy? We had some technical difficulty adding the file on to the blog post. Check out Elisa’s webpage to listen to this short BBC interview, where Elisa (EJ) Sobo offers some anthropologically informed answers on the issue.

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