Via WAPA we recently received this request for contributions from Carol J. Ellick and Joe Watkins:
Joe Watkins and I are in the process of revising a manuscript for Left Coast Press and we need your help to broaden the perspective. “The AnthropologyGraduate’s Guide: From Student to Career” is intended to provide practical steps that will [...]
Frank Korom, professor of anthropology and religion at Boston University, provides some background on the caste system in India and current plans to ask citizens to report their caste in the upcoming 2011 national census. India’s commitment to carrying out a census of its entire population involves a massive effort, one that is part [...]
11th Annual Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium
July 22 – 24, 2010
85 Main Street
Bucksport, Maine
From the official press release:
Among the presenters are your AMIA-list associates Jennifer Jenkins, University of Arizona; Ross Lipman, UCLA Film & Television Archive; J. Fred MacDonald, and Paul Spehr.
The NHF Summer Symposium is a multi-disciplinary gathering devoted to the history, theory, and [...]
Via the always fascinating Somatosphere blog, an announcement about an upcoming conference:
“Medical Anthropology in Europe: Shaping the Field”
June 1-2, Oxford, UK
“Medical anthropology has just as long a history in Europe as in North America. However, European medical anthropologists are often unknown in Britain. One reason is that they often do not write in English or [...]
Spring is a perilous time for sheep. Lambs are born in the spring, and often capricious weather can spell their doom. In the spring, many one year-old lambs are slaughtered to provide meat for a feast. It is the time of the sacrifice of the lambs.
Sheep are one of the earliest domesticated animals, and they [...]
Please join the Department of Anthropology and the College of Arts and Sciences of American University for the following special event:
The Insecure American: Book Reading and Signing
With co-editor Hugh Gusterson
and authors Susan Hirsch, Roger Lancaster, Janine Wedel, and Brett Williams
Thursday, February 25, 7-9pm
Hughes Formal Lounge
American University Main Campus, Washington, DC
Refreshments will be served
Directions: http://www.american.edu/maps; [...]
What do cultural anthropologists know about love? To mark Valentine’s Day, a widely celebrated occasion in the United States, I did some research. Using the Anthropology Plus database available through my university library, and with love as my only search term, I came up with the following list of articles published by cultural anthropologists from [...]
From the Anthropology in Action listserv:
Proposals sought for books on the anthropology of Europe
The editor of the EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) book series, James G. Carrier, is currently accepting book proposals for the series.
For more information see http://www.easaonline.org/bookseri.htm.
You can contact James at jgc@jgcarrier.demon.co.uk.
Many people would argue that the journal, World Development, is one of the most pre-eminent publications in the field of development. Knowing that, I decided to search it for articles on Haiti. My search resulted in two articles that actually contain the word Haiti in the title: one on collective action and watershed management [...]
In rural Haiti, before entering anyone’s yard, one calls out : “Onè! (Honor!), waiting to hear the welcome, “Respe!” (Respect) before entering. Cultural anthropologist Jennie Smith-Paríolá did long term fieldwork with “peasant” groups in Haiti’s Northeast, Central Plateau, and Grand Anse regions. She learned much about the values of honor/respect and how they infuse Haitians [...]
