American Anthropological Association, shared an update Posted6 days AGO Join the American Anthropological Association and thousands of anthropologists in St. Louis at the 2020 AAA Annual Meeting on November18-22, 2020. Build lasting connections, uncover new career and mentoring opportunities, and explore the latest research. This year’s theme is “Truth and Responsibility” and is a call to reimagine anthropology to meet the demands of the present moment. The imperative to bear witness, take action, and be held accountable to the truths we write and circulate invites us to reflect on our responsibility in reckoning with disciplinary histories, harms, and possibilities. To whom are we giving evidence and toward what ends? For whom are we writing? To whom are we accountable, and in what ways? General Call for Papers Abstract is now open and the new submission deadline is April 24 at 3pm est. Start Your Submission: https://www.americananthro.org/AM_GeneralCFP?navItemNumber=25404 Join the American Anthropological Association and thousands of anthropologists in St. Louis at the 2020 AAA Annual Meeting on November18-22, 2020. Build lasting connections, uncover new career and mentoring opportunities, and explore the latest research. This year’s theme is “Truth and Responsibility” and is a call to reimagine anthropology to meet the demands of the present moment. The imperative to bear witness, take action, and be held accountable to the truths we write and circulate invites us to reflect on our responsibility in reckoning with disciplinary histories, harms, and possibilities. To whom are we giving evidence and toward what ends? For whom are we writing? To whom are we accountable, and in what ways? General Call for Papers Abstract is now open and the new submission deadline is April 24 at 3pm est. Start Your Submission: https://www.americananthro.org/AM_GeneralCFP?navItemNumber=25404
Nell Koneczny, American Anthropological Association, shared an update PostedFriday, February 21, 2020 at 2:32 PM As AAA increases our accessibility initiatives, we want to encourage conversations about various issues related to accessibility within the anthropology discipline. One way we do so is by hosting a regular Twitter Chat entitled #AccessibleAnthChat. Please set aside some time and join us on Twitter on Monday, March 9th, at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/12 noon MT/11 am PT for our next chat, during which we will discuss the importance of Fieldwork Accessibility! [Image description: Graphic for the Fieldwork Accessibility #AccessibleAnthChat. Includes silhouettes of a trowel and a notebook next to white checkmarks and silhouettes of the wheelchair and ASL interpreter symbols next to white question marks.] As AAA increases our accessibility initiatives, we want to encourage conversations about various issues related to accessibility within the anthropology discipline. One way we do so is by hosting a regular Twitter Chat entitled #AccessibleAnthChat. Please set aside some time and join us on Twitter on Monday, March 9th, at 2 pm ET/1 pm CT/12 noon MT/11 am PT for our next chat, during which we will discuss the importance of Fieldwork Accessibility! [Image description: Graphic for the Fieldwork Accessibility #AccessibleAnthChat. Includes silhouettes of a trowel and a notebook next to white checkmarks and silhouettes of the wheelchair and ASL interpreter symbols next to white question marks.]
The Archaeology of Modern Ireland (Skibbereen), shared an update PostedFriday, February 7, 2020 at 8:49 AM The Archaeology of Modern Ireland Field School Now Accepting Applications The University of Maryland will run The Archaeology of Modern Ireland Field School from May 24 to June 27, 2020. The field school explores the material history of the Irish and Irish Diaspora in and around Skibbereen, County Cork, an area that is infamous as a metaphor for the impacts and horrific sufferings of the Great Starvation. Through archaeological investigations, archival research, and interviews with local historians of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre and members of the local community, students will receive extensive and intensive experience learning about the Irish Diaspora, socio-cultural change in Ireland over time, and the experience of Irish immigrants internationally. Applications are due by March 1, 2020. For more information, please visit https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/11224 The Archaeology of Modern Ireland Field School Now Accepting Applications The University of Maryland will run The Archaeology of Modern Ireland Field School from May 24 to June 27, 2020. The field school explores the material history of the Irish and Irish Diaspora in and around Skibbereen, County Cork, an area that is infamous as a metaphor for the impacts and horrific sufferings of the Great Starvation. Through archaeological investigations, archival research, and interviews with local historians of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre and members of the local community, students will receive extensive and intensive experience learning about the Irish Diaspora, socio-cultural change in Ireland over time, and the experience of Irish immigrants internationally. Applications are due by March 1, 2020. For more information, please visit https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/11224
American Anthropological Association, shared an update PostedTuesday, January 14, 2020 at 8:20 AM Each summer, the American Anthropological Association offers two internship opportunities funded by member donations. Internships are six weeks in length and usually extend from early July through mid-August. Internships are unpaid, however they are provided housing and a meal/travel stipend. Interns will spend approximately 40 percent of their time working onsite at the AAA offices in Arlington, VA, and the other 60 percent of their time working on-site at one of two locations: The Naval Historic & Heritage Command and The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 13, 2020 https://www.americananthro.org/internship Each summer, the American Anthropological Association offers two internship opportunities funded by member donations. Internships are six weeks in length and usually extend from early July through mid-August. Internships are unpaid, however they are provided housing and a meal/travel stipend. Interns will spend approximately 40 percent of their time working onsite at the AAA offices in Arlington, VA, and the other 60 percent of their time working on-site at one of two locations: The Naval Historic & Heritage Command and The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 13, 2020 https://www.americananthro.org/internship
American Anthropological Association, shared an update PostedTuesday, September 17, 2019 at 9:31 AM The 2019 AAA Summer Interns had an incredible time interning with the AAA this summer! In addition to our posts at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the Naval History and Heritage Command, we contributed to several research initiatives at the AAA. To learn more about our projects, visit the webpage linked below. Thanks AAA for a great summer! --Sylvia Wilson and Alex Seeman https://www.americananthro.org/LearnAndTeach/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1657 The 2019 AAA Summer Interns had an incredible time interning with the AAA this summer! In addition to our posts at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the Naval History and Heritage Command, we contributed to several research initiatives at the AAA. To learn more about our projects, visit the webpage linked below. Thanks AAA for a great summer! --Sylvia Wilson and Alex Seeman https://www.americananthro.org/LearnAndTeach/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1657
