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Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery- New Book

Theory & Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery Edited by: Eswarappa Kasi and Ramesh C. Malik ( 2009), ISBN 81-316-0306-7, 356 pages, Rs. 950. Theory and Practice of Ethnography is an anthology of research papers contributed by illustrious scholars both from India and abroad.It accentuates theoretical and empirical layout of the Ethnography, language, Literature, Culture, Rethinking History and Social Development. Ethnography is highly entertained in the search of the concept… Continue

Added by ESWARAPPA KASI on November 23, 2009 at 4:06am — No Comments

Paul Farmer and Partners in Health

Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist and doctor, recently spoke at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at University of San Diego. CSULB anthropology student Ravi Wadhwani and I went down to see him speak, while the rest of my students decided to watch the broadcast of his talk. (See the website: http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/ for relevant information on how to see the video.) I have posted some photos taken at the even… Continue

Added by Hilarie Kelly on November 9, 2009 at 3:15am — No Comments

4th Anth Film Fest - call for submissions

We invite submissions for the 4th annual anthropology film festival at UBC. This year’s theme is social justice and our festival will be co-sponsored by, and held within, UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, April 30, May1, 2010. Please find attached the call for submissions poster and the submission form. Submission deadl… Continue

Added by Charles Menzies on November 8, 2009 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Looking for an anthropologist who works abroad to interview for a class assignment

Hello, I am a college student currently majoring in Psychology and for my Psych class we need to interview a person in the field I wish to go into. I have been wanting to switch my major to Anthropology because I am very interested in studying different cultures from around the world, therefore I was hoping I could interview someone in that field of Cultural Anthropology. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Corinne Hanna Continue

Added by Corinne Hanna on November 4, 2009 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations-New Book

Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations Editor: K.M. Ziyauddin and Eswarappa Kasi Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1342-6, Isbn: 1-4438-1342-7 Link: http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Dimensions-of-Social-Exclusion--Ethnographic-Explorations1-4438-1342-7.htm Dimensions of Social Exclusion focuses largely on social exclusion in the context of communities and social groups who have or… Continue

Added by ESWARAPPA KASI on November 3, 2009 at 10:03pm — No Comments

Anthropology and Development in a Globalized India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South-New Book

Anthropology and Development in a Globalized India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South Author: Eswarappa Kasi Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1345-7 Isbn: 1-4438-1345-1 Link: http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Anthropology-and-Development-in-a-Globalized-India--An-Ethnography-of-Sericulture-from-the-South1-4438-1345-1.htm The book tries to portray ser… Continue

Added by ESWARAPPA KASI on November 3, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Anthrosource Content

In November and December 2009, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and Wiley-Blackwell are offering free access to over ten years of Anthrosource content, AAA’s online portal for anthropological research. I encourage the practicing community to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the benefits of Anthrosource as a research tool. In particular, I’d like to draw to your attention some efforts being made in American Anthropologist, the flagship journal of AAA, to make sure this… Continue

Added by SfAAAdmin on November 3, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference 2010

Society for Historical Archaeology 2010 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology January 6-9, 2010 Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida For conference information, please visit the SHA website at www.sha.org or contact the SHA at hq@sha.org. The 43rd Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology will be held at Amelia Island Plantation, located just north of Jacksonville, Florida. Amelia Island is situated between the Atlantic… Continue

Added by Brenda Hornsby Heindl on November 2, 2009 at 9:08am — No Comments

California Indian Conference

24th Annual California Indian Conference and Gathering October 30-31, 2009 California State University, East Bay Hayward, California For more info, contact: Khal Schneider Schedule of Events and Presenters: Friday, October 30 At Coyote Hills Regional Park 4-8 PM Conference Reception and Fieldtrip Coyote Hills Regional Park East Bay Regional Park District 8000 Patterson Ranch Road Fremont, CA 94555 Info: (510) 544-3216 Continue

Added by Hilarie Kelly on October 23, 2009 at 1:10am — No Comments

Latin American films

The Cal State Long Beach Latin American Film Studies Series continues, with one more film scheduled for next Thursday night, Oct. 29: El Viaje De Teo. This film may be of interest to anyone studying migration/immigration issues. Tonight we saw the 1940 Argentine film Cita En La Frontera. B/W tango genre film in which the "bad girl" entertainer doesn't die and actually gets her guy in the end. How refreshing, and how appropriate for teaching about gender in different countries and times. These ar… Continue

Added by Hilarie Kelly on October 23, 2009 at 1:03am — No Comments

Narratives and Global Health Panel

I am co-organizing a panel with Peter J. Brown and Kenny Maes entitled: "Using Narratives in Teaching Global Health to Young People: Possibilities, Problems and Practice" The challenge of teaching about complex global health issues to young people has led to new teaching materials including films (e.g. “Scenarios from Africa”), collections of narrative fiction (e.g. “Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth”), and interdisciplinary undergraduate curricula. These aim to involve, instruct and… Continue

Added by Emily Mendenhall on September 15, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

Inquisition in Knoxville: The Case of Dr. Janice Harper

Events over the last two years in Knoxville, Tennessee, confirm that the world of academics in the contemporary United States is as cut-throat as anywhere on earth, from the Canadian arctic to the rain forest of Madagascar. That, in fact, is where one of my dearest friends, an anthropologist named Janice Harper, did her doctoral research in the mid-nineteen-nineties, when she examined the sources of marginality of the indigenous inhabitants of the Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park Project (P… Continue

Added by Eric B. Ross on August 29, 2009 at 8:25pm — No Comments

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Anthropology and Education-Department of Anthropology USF

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity The Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The successful candidate will have research interests in the broad area of education and learning, encompassing work with youth in informal and non-school settings (including museums), and community development efforts involving youth, whether in the U.S. or abroad. Candidates working in the application of archaeology or cultural heritage in educational settings… Continue

Added by Rebecca Zarger on August 28, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

2010 Honolulu - Urban Affairs Association's Call for Conference Participation

Urban Affairs Association - 40th Annual Conference Call for Participation March 10-13, 2010 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel --- Honolulu, Hawaii Theme: Sustaining Cities in a Time of Globalization: Social, Economic and Political Realities For its 40th meeting, the Urban Affairs Association is traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii, one of the major gateways to Asia and the Pacific. Our local host is the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The conference theme- sustaining cities in a time of globalization- is particular… Continue

Added by Russell Zehtab-Noghiu on August 21, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments

Second Masters or PhD

Hi All, I am new to SfAA and I am seeking some advice. I have an interest in changing my career to Applied Anthropology. I currently hold a MS in Public Service Management, which is very similar to a MPA, but feel it would be beneficial to either get a second Masters and combine it with my current skills (I am currently a Planner for a small city) or just go for a PhD. My area of interest is definitely Cultural Anthropology and ideally I would like to work for a NGO, federal agency, or a consu… Continue

Added by CR on August 6, 2009 at 12:55pm — 1 Comment

Books Published

Patricia Whelehan's (SUNY-Potsdam) undergraduate HIV text, "The Anthropology of AIDS: A Global Perspective" was published by the University Press of Florida in April 2009. Anne Bolin (Elon University) and Patricia Whelehan (SUNY Potsdam) have had their new human sexuality text, "Human Sexuality. Biological, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives," published by Taylor-Francis/Routledge in April 2009. Continue

Added by Patricia Whelehan on May 22, 2009 at 5:50am — No Comments

Scoping the Amazon: Image, Icon, and Ethnography - Book Review

Since the founding of anthropology as a social science in the late 19th century up through the end of the 20th century, the field has been one of the primary brokers of culture and the industry that surrounds it. Beginning with the founding “fathers” of the field and their desire to define culture and its subsequent particulars, up until recently with struggles over identity and who has the right to define that identity, anthropology has played a major role. This is particularly true in countrie… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on April 28, 2009 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Larry EchoHawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Larry EchoHawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs April 10, 2009 WASHINGTON , D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama’s announ… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on April 16, 2009 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Environmental Assessment and First Nations: A Resource Handbook

Environmental Assessment And Saskatchewan's First Nations: A Resource Handbook Christa Rust, and Brenda McLeod, 2008 i. About the Handbook This handbook was developed to assist in building capacity and improving the overall understanding of environmental… Continue

Added by Peter N. Jones on March 8, 2009 at 8:34am — 1 Comment

Anthropologist (Linguistics), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, GS -190 12

ANTHROPOLOGIST (Linguistics) Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution GS -190 12 The Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History seeks a research curator in linguistics, anthropological linguistics, linguistic anthropology or sociolinguistics. The Department of Anthropology is one of the largest and most diverse in the nation, with more than 70 full-time staff, including 19 research curators in divisions of ar… Continue

Added by SfAAAdmin on February 22, 2009 at 9:18am — No Comments

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