Papers and Panels of Interest at the #AAA2016 Meeting
It’s that time of year again: time for Anthropoliteia’s list of papers and panels pertaining to police, security, crime, law and punishment at the Annual Meeting s of the…
Tag: american anthropological association
Drawn to See: Drawing as an Ethnographic Method
To mark the publication of Drawn to See: Drawing as an Ethnographic Method, author Andrew Causey provides the following thoughts on how drawing can also be used in…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, Week 10: Sameena Mulla on AAA2016
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
Making #AAA2016 Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 30
It’s officially November and we all know what that means: #AAA2016 is right around the corner. The panic around getting desks cleared and papers/presentations written, comingled with the…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, Week 4: Gina Athena Ulysse on “Race: The Power of an Illusion”
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
Food Anthropology, A Tribute to Sidney W. Mintz
What are your essential articles for teaching a Food Anthropology course? What most distinguishes Food Anthropology from other ways of studying food? What are the most important insights…
American Anthropological Association Votes Against Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions
Elizabeth Redden reported today about the American Anthropological Association’s close vote against a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. She writes:A total of 2,423 AAA members voted …
Canadian Anthropology and Cultural Imperialism: Criticisms
Is there a Canadian anthropology or is it just anthropology in Canada? If it is “anthropology in Canada,” then from where has it been imported? If what we…
Does your Business need an Anthropologist? Why yes I believe it does…
Lisa Earle McLeod,Creator of Noble Purpose in business concept, addressed the question, “Does your Business need an Anthropologist?” in her post in HuffPo today. McLeod’s post is a…
CFP: Police Un/Bound: new ethnographies of policing at #AAA2016
Organizers: Victor Kumar (Johns Hopkins U) and Amrita Ibrahim (Georgetown U) At a time when many aspects of law enforcement are coming under increased scrutiny, anthropologists have a renewed…
Scholarly meetings with a “Disclaimer and Waiver”
I’m guessing that most anthropologists don’t read the Disclaimer and Waiver to which you must consent when you register for conferences through the American Anthropological Association. It…
CFP: AAA 2016 in Minneapolis
Call for Papers Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Your opportunity to present at the 115th American Anthropological Association annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN November 16-20, 201…
Inside AAA- Meet Ushma
Get to know Ushma Suvarnakar, AAA’s Director of Meetings and Conferences. Ushma is responsible for the strategic planning, fiscal management, and direction of the association’s meetings, confere…
Farewell, Oona Schmid
No, it’s not the title of a whimsical new Wes Anderson movie, it’s news of changes within the American Anthropological Association’s publishing program. Ed Liebow, the executive dire…
US Anthropology is Imperial, not Universal
Part Two of: “Canadian Anthropology or Cultural Imperialism?” Read Part One “today numerous topics directly issuing from the intellectual confrontations relating to the social particularity of Ameri…
US Anthropology: Political, Professional, Personal, Imperial
Part One of: “Canadian Anthropology or Cultural Imperialism?” Recent events have called into question how a discipline can be commanded on an international plane, and represented in a…
Best of 2015: AAA Blog Posts
Here are the ten most-read, topic-driven AAA blog posts of 2015! Race and Rachel Dolezal: A Conversation with Patricia Sunderland Final Report: Task Force on AAA Engagement on…
Post #AAA2015
I’m still applying moisturizer three times a day to rehydrate after the arid Denver conditions. It was an energizing, exhausting, and momentous #AAA2015 as members voted overwhelmingly in…
Anthropoliteia Sessions @ #AAA2015
Hello, Dear Reader, it is that very special time of year again: The American Anthropological Association’s Annual Meeting. This year in Denver Colorado. As impassioned followers of this…
Making #AAA2015 Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 30
It’s that time of year again, when anthropologists start gathering on Twitter, finish writing their papers, and pack their scarves for the annual AAA pilgrimage. (Given the extended…
What a cooperative proposal means for the AAA
Social media was a-twitter (see what I did there?) today with an important statement about the future of anthropology publishing posted at both Cultural Anthropology and in the latest…
Negotiating comparison in ethnographic fieldwork
Anthropology, a discipline dedicated to understanding the full range of human experience from as many perspectives as possible, has always been comparative. This comparative aspect was one of…
What articles from AAA would you like to see opened on Race and Racism?
With our inaugural co-edited issue on Hello Anthropocene: Climate Change and Anthropology closing back up after six months of free access (and with thanks to Ryan Anderson for…
Anthropoliteia and the Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
Two bits of news concerning both Anthropoliteia and the journal Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR): First, we’re all so excited that our own William Garriot, along with friend-of-A…