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NEW! Anthropology News Online Calendar

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Joslyn O.

AN activated  an exciting new feature – Anthropology News Online Calendar. This new feature allows our members to submit events to our calendar. As a result, we encourage our membership to take advantage of this opportunity. Be sure to book mark the link to our calendar page: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/calendar/ Upon landing on this page, there will [...]

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American Anthropological Association Position on Dissemination of Research

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The AAA’s role is to be vigilant when it comes to proposed legislation that aims to limit dissemination of research, and that may disproportionately protect private over public interests. At the same time, AAA’s role is to protect the sustainability of our publications program, for anthropology as a whole and for individual authors.  We continue [...]

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Last Call for Comment on AAA’s Posted Draft Code of Ethics

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Today is the last day to review the posted Code of Ethics and submit your comments to the subcommittee charged to review the draft code. E-mail ethicsfeedback@aaanet.org to share your comments.

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Please Review the Proposed Code of Ethics

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Just a reminder – you, the membership at large, are invited to review the posted draft Code of Ethics, and submit your comments by January 30, 2012 to ethicsfeedback@aaanet.org for the subcommittee to consider.  Your input is crucial to this process, and we thank you for your dedication to our association. In the event you [...]

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Review of the Proposed Code of Ethics – Deadline Approaching

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The January 30th deadline to review the posted draft code of ethics and submit your comments is quickly approaching. 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 [...]

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New Search Features on AAA Website

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Joslyn O.

When you head over to the AAA website, you’ll notice a few subtle changes that yield high rewards. The first is that the search feature is now powered by Google. Website visitors now can find the content they are looking for quickly and with ease. The second is the addition of a search feature that [...]

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2011 AAA Blog In Review

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for our blog. Check out which posts were most popular, how our readers found us, where readers are from and much more! Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 95,000 times in 2011. If it were [...]

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In Memoriam of President Elizabeth Brumfiel

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Joslyn O.

It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of former American Anthropological Association President Elizabeth Brumfiel. Visit the Anthropology News website to read more about former President Brumfiel and her instrumental contributions to Anthropology. AAA Member, Jason Antrosio compiled a wonderful listing of blog posts and news articles about President Brumfiel on his [...]

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Douglas Ubelaker meets AAA staff

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Each month AAA staff get together for a “Jam Session”, an informative meeting to provide staff with an insight into anthropology. Douglas Ubelaker was the guest of honor at the December Jam Session. Dr. Ubelaker introduced staff to biological and physical anthropology and shared insights on projects he’s led throughout his career. Staff had many [...]

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Ethics Committee Announces Winners of Inaugural Small Grants Program

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) Committee on Ethics recently presented cash awards to two separate teams of anthropologists who offered proposals centered on encouraging awareness of and innovation in ethics curricular materials used in introductory, undergraduate, and graduate classes. The goal of the AAA Small Grants Program is to foster the development and use of [...]

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