Position: The Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania seeks to fill a full time temporary position during the 2011-2012 academic year. Teaching responsibilities will include sections of Contemporary Anthropology as well as Cultural Anthropology and Anthropology of Religion. There may also be opportunities for successful applicants to teach in their areas of specialization. All [...]
The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is conducting a student essay competition for the best undergraduate paper in linguistic anthropology. The deadline for the undergraduate contest is July 30. The SLA will award a cash prize of $500, as well as $300 in travel reimbursement for the prize winner, in order to help ensure that they’ll be [...]
• Haiti earthquake and the politics of numbers A new report containing revised statistics about deaths and displacement following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti created a media buzz this past week. The report was written by Timothy Schwartz, a cultural anthropologist, and commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development. Aid providers are concerned [...]
By contributor Sean Carey I recently went to a car wash at a small, edge of town shopping area near where I live in an affluent commuter town around 10 miles north of London. It is located in rented space in the car park in front of Homebase and Argos, two of the U.K.’s biggest [...]
It’s not over yet for thousands of indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon and thousands of acres of rainforest. One more document needs to be signed before plans can proceed to build the world’s third largest dam. The David and Goliath battle between indigenous people/environmentalists and big corporate/government interests has been going on for thirty [...]
The University of Manchester (UK) is seeking a Lecturer in Social Anthropology Application closing date: 08/06/2011 See website for more details.
