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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) AnthroSource Steering Committee Call for Applications
2) AAA Opposes Amendments to National Historic Preservation Act
3) Survey of Job Skills in Applied Anthropology Available Online
4) Submit Human Rights Reports
5) Human Rights Listserv
MEETINGS
1) 104th AAA Annual Meeting: "Bringing the Past into the Present"
2) Pre-Columbian Society Symposium
CALL FOR PAPERS
1) Rethinking Race and Human Variation
2) Global Source Book on Biocultural Diversity
FELLOWSHIP
1) Deloria Fellowship for American Indian Grad Students
2) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
3) US Institute of Peace Fellowships
AWARDS
1) AAA Awards
2) David M Schneider Award
3) Mead Award
4) Essay Competition: How Will AnthroSource Transform Anthropological Scholarship?
JOB PLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
AnthroSource Steering Committee Call for Applications
The AnthroSource Steering Committee (ASSC), a dynamic working group, is seeking applications from AAA members to fill vacancies left by members of the committee whose terms expire at the end of this year. As the portal's editorial board, the ASSC recommends policies and practices related to the content, design and functionality of AnthroSource, and is responsible for furthering the assessment plan, measuring the progress toward established goals and for outlining plans for future developments. ASSC members are appointed for a three-year term and are expected to participate actively in a minimum of four meetings per year (two in person, requiring travel and two teleconferences). Members are also expected to maintain continuous dialogue via email with the committee and AAA staff, as well as work in small sub-groups to prepare working documents for the committee and meet deadlines mandated by production schedules. Commitment for the entire term of appointment is expected, and involves a minimum of ten hours per month in addition to meetings. Travel expenses for ASSC meetings are reimbursed in accordance with AAA policy. ASSC is looking for applicants who have demonstrated knowledge of the trends in scholarly communication and a commitment towards developing new tools for authoring and disseminating the scholarship of anthropologists. Expertise in program assessment, user evaluation and experience with multimedia technology is particularly relevant. Students and younger scholars, as well as those with expertise in scholarly publishing in developing countries, are particularly encouraged to apply. To apply, please submit a resume of your experience as it pertains to AnthroSource, plus a one-page statement of interest by July 1, 2005, to Alison Pryor ([log in to unmask]).
AAA Opposes Amendments to National Historic Preservation Act
On April 21, the AAA-spurred by the work of the Archaeology Division-submitted a letter to members of a congressional subcommittee expressing concerns about proposed amendments to a key provision (Section 106) in the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), landmark legislation that, among other things, sets out a review process for determining the historical and/or archaeological significance of properties which might be impacted by the actions of federal agencies. In response to questions about the applicability and scope of this provision raised by commercial interests, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation & Public Lands is considering changes to Section 106 that would limit its application to properties "included in or determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be included in the National register (of Historic Places)". In effect, the proposed change would sideline a community of experts and institutions (including state and tribal historic preservation officers) routinely involved in making these determinations on a consensual basis. In submitting the letter, co-signed by Archaeology Division President Margaret Conkey and AAA President Liz Brumfiel, the AAA joined many of its allies in the historic preservation community who have also registered their opposition to the amendments. A decision is expected sometime in the spring. To read the full letter see http://www.aaanet.org/gvt/aaaletter2.pdf.
Survey of Job Skills in Applied Anthropology Available Online
The National Association of Practicing Anthropology commissioned a survey, administered in January 2000, on the usefulness of job skills that graduates of programs in applied anthropology acquired during training at the master's level. Survey participants were asked to list what skills they learned through applied courses, as wells as to list those skills the use on the job. The full report is available on the NAPA website at www.practicinganthropology.org.
Online Bulletin Board
An online, searchable announcements database is now available on the AAA website at http://www.aaanet.org/coop/index.cfm. Members can post and search for all announcements there, including fellowships, awards, calls for papers and other collaborative opportunities.
Submit Human Rights Reports
The Committee for Human Rights invites AAA members to submit reports on human rights cases globally. Members' reports provide important background information for the committee's actions. If you are interested in submitting such a report, please contact David Valentine at [log in to unmask]
Human Rights Listserv
Network with other anthropologists who work on human rights issues! Sign up for the AAA Human Rights listserv at http://www.aaanet.org/committees/cfhr/list.htm.
MEETINGS
Calendar of Anthropology Meetings: http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/mtgcal.htm.
104th AAA Annual Meeting: "Bringing the Past into the Present"
This annual meeting theme challenges anthropologists to explore and identify pressures, forces and conditions that shape human lives, and to trace human history and society as legacies, continuities, interconnections and transformations. For more about the meeting to be held in Washington DC from Nov 30-Dec 4 see http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/mtgs.htm.
Pre-Columbian Society Symposium
The Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC announces its 12th annual one-day symposium, to be held in Washington DC on Saturday, September 17, 2005. The symposium, which is titled "The Living Dead: Burials, Rituals and the Maintenance of Pre-Columbian Culture," will focus on ancient burials, grave goods and the Andean and Mesoamerican rituals associated with them. Jeffrey Quilter, director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington DC will chair. Speakers will include Ellen Bell, Kenyon College; Jane Buikstra, University of New Mexico; Christopher Donnan, UCLA; Gordon McEwan, Wagner College; and Javier Urcid, Brandeis University. Details are available on the PCS website (pcswdc.org), or by contacting Scott Wilson at [log in to unmask]
CALL FOR PAPERS
Rethinking Race and Human Variation
Race, human variation and racism have long remained central concerns to anthropologists, AAA sections and the discipline as a whole. Eight years since Mukhopadhyay and Moses' (1997, 99(3): 517-533) call to reestablish anthropology's role in public debates on race and the Contemporary Issues Forum on Race and Racism in the American Anthropologist (1998, 100(3): 607-715), and publication of articles addressing the theme "Is It Race? Anthropology on Human Diversity" in the Anthropology Newsletter (1997-98), the need to address and move beyond emerging issues of "race" has become even clearer. Census categories, military and domestic responses to 9/11, racial and ethnic conflicts across the globe, debates over linguistic diversity and national identity, challenges to affirmative action, the rise of genomics, persistent racial health disparities and headlines that suggest variously the danger, value or demise of race all reflect and reinforce public confusion and certainty about the salience of race and racism. Anthropology can contribute nuance and some clarity and provide a context and format for public understanding and use of these complex and ever-changing ideas and their relation to our everyday lives. These are some of the challenges faced by the association's interdisciplinary public education project Understanding Race and Human Variation, funded by NSF and the Ford Foundation. In light of these challenges, Anthropology News invites readers, especially emerging scholars, to submit ideas, brief articles and lengthier commentaries for a special series on race and human variation. For more information about the series see http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/cfp_race05.htm or email [log in to unmask]
Global Source Book on Biocultural Diversity
Terralingua continues to invite collaboration with practitioners of biocultural diversity conservation to gather information for its project, a Global Sourcebook on Biocultural Diversity. The Sourcebook, which was started in December 2003, will provide the biocultural diversity field with its first global information source. Further details about the project can be found on Terralingua's website: http://www.terralingua.org/GSBBCD.htm or by contacting Ellen Woodley, Source Book Coordinator; [log in to unmask]
FELLOWSHIPS AND SUPPORT
Deloria Fellowship for American Indian Grad Students
AINAAN (American Indian, Native American, Alaskan Native), a Special Interest Group of the AAA composed of American Indian anthropologists, is sponsoring a fellowship in the amount of $1,000 for graduate students who are currently pursuing a degree in any branch of anthropology. The award is named after Ella Deloria, well known Lakota ethnologist who worked her entire life as an educational professional, author and scholar. AINAAN is committed to encouraging the professional development of other native anthropologists and raises the fellowship entirely from its own membership. Fellowship applications and information can be obtained by writing to JoAllyn Archambault, 2333 N Dickerson St, Arlington, VA 22207. The deadline for this year's award is July 15.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually in an international competition. Successful fellowship applicants submit outstanding proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance. Fellows should be prepared to interact with policymakers in Washington and with Wilson Center staff who are working on similar topics. Fellows are provided private offices, Windows-based personal computers and research assistants. In general, the center tries to ensure that the stipend provided under the fellowship, together with the fellow's other sources of funding, approximate a fellow's regular salary. Stipends provided in recent years have ranged from $26,200 to $85,000. Persons from any country and from a wide variety of disciplines may apply. Information and application forms may be downloaded from the Center's website at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships. Application deadline: October 1
US Institute of Peace Fellowships
The United States Institute of Peace invites applications for the 2006-07 Senior Fellowship competition in the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. For more information see www.usip.org/fellows.
AWARDS
AAA Awards
http://www.aaanet.org/committees/awards/awards.htm
David M Schneider Award
The AAA is pleased to announce the first annual David M Schneider Award, established to encourage, recognize and reward graduate students in anthropology. A $1000 prize will be awarded each year for the best original graduate student essay that treats one or more of the topics central to Schneider's work-cultural theory, kinship or American culture-in a fresh and innovative fashion. For more information about the award and submission guidelines, see www.aaanet.org/committees/awards/awards.htm.
Mead Award
The Margaret Mead Award, initiated by the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1979, and awarded jointly with the AAA since 1983, continues to celebrate the tradition of bringing anthropology to bear on wider social and cultural issues. The award is designed to recognize a person clearly associated with research and/or practice in anthropology. For more information visit http://www.sfaa.net/mead/mead.html.
Essay Competition: How Will AnthroSource Transform Anthropological Scholarship?
For the first time in its 103-year history, the AAA's complete legacy of periodical publications is becoming available in a single digital resource, accessible to anthropological researchers around the world. Electronic publishing is revolutionizing scholarly practices and communication, the results of which we are only just beginning to imagine. What will be the effects on our own discipline? The AnthroSource Steering Committee challenges users and would-be users of AnthroSource to consider the current and future impact of this new resource on the scholarly enterprise. For more information see http://www.aaanet.org/anthrosource/essay_comp.htm. Deadline: August 1, 2005.
JOB PLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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