If Paul Farmer were to have his way, the answer is yes. Farmer–cultural anthropologist, medical doctor, and health advocate for the poor–testified on January 27 at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Haiti. Farmer is also now the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti, working with the Special Envoy, President Clinton.
Farmer first [...]
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.
This post is drawn from the remarks made by Robert Maguire, Randolph Jennings senior fellow, United States Institute of Peace, and associate professor of international affairs, Trinity University, Washington, D.C., one of five panelists who spoke at Risk, Suffering and Response: The Earthquake Crisis in Haiti 2010. He provided written notes on his presentation which [...]
Anna Miller, a communications and marketing writer for GW’s Medical Center, wrote about the panel I organized on Haiti in her article “A Nation in Crisis: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future.’”
Miller posted her story as a comment on a previous post, but I wanted to add it here as a full [...]
It was a speech for the voters: very much focused on the American people — jobs and health insurance. Only a quick nod near the end to U.S. international humanitarianism. But at least generosity beyond our borders got a nod.
UPDATE: My quote appears in this story from George Washington Today.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $8.4 million over four years to Boston University’s Center for Global Health and Development to study whether using an antiseptic wash to clean a newborn’s umbilical cord stump, compared to just letting it dry, improves newborn survival rates in Zambia. The Gates Foundation website doesn’t provide [...]
• Cultural anthropologist on key aspect of Haitian devastation
It’s rare that a cultural anthropologist is quoted on the front page of The New York Times or of any of the mainstream media. So it’s especially noteworthy when it happens. In this case, the article is even above-the-fold. “Burials without Rituals” describes the extreme psychological stress [...]
As you may have heard, New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote about how Haiti’s culture is mired down by vodou and is anti-progress. And as you might imagine, his comments drew a lot of criticism from cultural anthropologists and others who have spent time in Haiti and with Haitian people.
Brooks apparently adheres to [...]
No pill can cure poverty. This is an old truth but one that needs repeating. Again and again. An article in the prestigious American Journal of Public Health (reprints can be ordered at the journal’s website) reminds me of this need. Three co-authors with Ph.D.s, two of whom have nursing experience, have published a “Field [...]
In organizing this panel, I reached out to many people who in turn connected me with yet others. Many of the people I contacted were in Haiti at the time, just returning from Haiti, or on their way there and therefore could not join the panel. Some with close connections to the island have been [...]
