Barry Lyons, Wayne State University, Department of Anthropology , shared an update Posted7 days AGO Looking for a field school/cultural immersion experience for yourself or your students without the costs and risks of travel? Check out the Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School. No prerequisites or language requirement. 50-second video: https://youtu.be/l4LaAWzsG3M Looking for a field school/cultural immersion experience for yourself or your students without the costs and risks of travel? Check out the Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School. No prerequisites or language requirement. 50-second video: https://youtu.be/l4LaAWzsG3M
Barry Lyons, Wayne State University, Department of Anthropology , shared an update PostedWednesday, November 17, 2021 at 10:45 AM The Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School is accepting applications for the coming semester. All students welcome! Spanish fluency not required. The Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School is accepting applications for the coming semester. All students welcome! Spanish fluency not required.
Barry Lyons, Wayne State University, Department of Anthropology , shared an update PostedWednesday, November 3, 2021 at 12:15 PM The Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School is now accepting applications for the coming semester. To learn more, attend a Zoom presentation THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Register for the presentation here: https://t.co/Tqa3NQbP09?amp=1. The Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School is now accepting applications for the coming semester. To learn more, attend a Zoom presentation THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Register for the presentation here: https://t.co/Tqa3NQbP09?amp=1.
American Anthropological Association, shared an update PostedTuesday, November 2, 2021 at 10:59 AM SPIN, Student Peer Introduction Network, was created to help student attendees communicate, share experiences, and form bonds with other students while attending the Annual Meeting in Baltimore. The program helps to unite attendees based on their time zone for the meeting, and if they are an undergrad or graduate. Once the introduction is made, students can use the connection to communicate in the manner that works best for their group. https://forms.americananthro.org/student-peer-introduction-network-spin-2021/ SPIN, Student Peer Introduction Network, was created to help student attendees communicate, share experiences, and form bonds with other students while attending the Annual Meeting in Baltimore. The program helps to unite attendees based on their time zone for the meeting, and if they are an undergrad or graduate. Once the introduction is made, students can use the connection to communicate in the manner that works best for their group. https://forms.americananthro.org/student-peer-introduction-network-spin-2021/
Uxeda, shared an update PostedThursday, October 21, 2021 at 12:14 PM Greetings all! Our website is now live! Check out the link in our profile. We specialize in data collection resources for social scientists and we're doing our formal launch at the AAA conference in Baltimore next month. We'll be adding content to our site progressively as we get closer to that date, and doing some fun activities at the conference, so stay tuned! https://www.uxeda.com/ Greetings all! Our website is now live! Check out the link in our profile. We specialize in data collection resources for social scientists and we're doing our formal launch at the AAA conference in Baltimore next month. We'll be adding content to our site progressively as we get closer to that date, and doing some fun activities at the conference, so stay tuned! https://www.uxeda.com/
Nonnie Furbee, University of Missouri, Department of Anthropology, shared an update PostedSaturday, August 7, 2021 at 1:49 AM Current Research I am writing two books. Both take up disruption in Tojol-ab'al Mayan villages. 1) The first describes how responses to a miracle that occurred in the village of Lomantán—a religious reflection of the Zapatista Uprising—tamped down conflicts associated with the Uprising by diverting resources to supporting to the miracle. When the miracle brought fame to Lomantán, it attracted money and labor from many Tojol-ab'al villages to create a pilgrimage site in Lomantán. The unusual cooperation among communities spared them much disorder. 2) The second book examines the cosmological underpinnings of agricultural practice in Tojol-ab'al communities and gives cosmological support to the 'vegetative metaphor' that is thought to govern Mayan ideas about the roles of humans in the cosmos. Festivals mark seasonal changes important to agricultural activity that ensures a proper harvest. The predictability of appropriate climate in seasons is now challenged by global warming. Current Research I am writing two books. Both take up disruption in Tojol-ab'al Mayan villages. 1) The first describes how responses to a miracle that occurred in the village of Lomantán—a religious reflection of the Zapatista Uprising—tamped down conflicts associated with the Uprising by diverting resources to supporting to the miracle. When the miracle brought fame to Lomantán, it attracted money and labor from many Tojol-ab'al villages to create a pilgrimage site in Lomantán. The unusual cooperation among communities spared them much disorder. 2) The second book examines the cosmological underpinnings of agricultural practice in Tojol-ab'al communities and gives cosmological support to the 'vegetative metaphor' that is thought to govern Mayan ideas about the roles of humans in the cosmos. Festivals mark seasonal changes important to agricultural activity that ensures a proper harvest. The predictability of appropriate climate in seasons is now challenged by global warming.
Walter Little, SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology, shared an update PostedMonday, July 26, 2021 at 4:28 PM Cris Panella and I have edited the book, Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793646316/Norms-and-Illegality-Intimate-Ethnographies-and-Politics), with contributions by Florence Babb, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Michael Herzfeld, Gordon Mathews, Lorelei Mendoza, Lynne Milgram, Alan Smart, Andrew Walsh, and Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld. It explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity. The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. The contributors shed light on moral economies and frames of value entailed in systems of representation that have been set up by individuals who are deemed illegal, liminal, or deviant in their confrontations with the state. Cris Panella and I have edited the book, Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793646316/Norms-and-Illegality-Intimate-Ethnographies-and-Politics), with contributions by Florence Babb, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Michael Herzfeld, Gordon Mathews, Lorelei Mendoza, Lynne Milgram, Alan Smart, Andrew Walsh, and Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld. It explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity. The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. The contributors shed light on moral economies and frames of value entailed in systems of representation that have been set up by individuals who are deemed illegal, liminal, or deviant in their confrontations with the state.
