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Introducing AAA Summer Intern – Katie Patschke
My name is Katie Patschke and I was selected to be a summer intern for the American Anthropological Association and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art through AAA member donations. At the...
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Interning At the Smithsonian
I couldn’t thank the American Anthropological Association’s member donations enough for this experience. At the Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of African Art I am just finishing up the...
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AAA Intern Conducts Underwater Archaeological Survey
It sure doesn’t feel like it but, three weeks have gone by since starting my internship. I have been enjoying my time at both the American Anthropological Association (AAA) as well as the Underwater...
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Taking Action to Preserve Heritage Sites in Mosul
The American Anthropological Association’s Cultural Heritage Task Force writes to U.S. Secretary of State encouraging the United States to take action in preserving the cultural heritage sites in...
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Intern Preserving Naval Heritage
It has been a very busy couple of weeks since my last post. It is hard to believe that this internship is coming to an end. At the Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) of the History & Heritage...
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Opportunities at the Smithsonian
Working for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has allowed me to expand my knowledge of African studies by exploring the occupations and roles that Africans take on in their day to day...
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Annual Meeting Dialogue on Israel-Palestine
Today’s blog post is by AAA Executive Director Dr. Edward Liebow. Because violence begets violence, I have recently been looking for a better way (without bullets) to say ‘there’s no silver bullet’ to...
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Over 250 Anthropologists Join the Call for a Boycott of Israeli Academic...
Today’s guest blog post is by AAA member, Lisa Rofel. Please direct your questions and/or inquiries to her via email: lrofel@ucsc.edu. More than 250 anthropologists have signed a statement endorsing...
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Format for December 4th Members’ Open Forum on Engagement with Israel and...
Today’s guest blog post is written by Ed Liebow, Executive Director. Last July’s Anthropology News mentioned a variety of ways in which AAA leadership is trying to foster dialogue and information...
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Over 300 Anthropologists Oppose a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
Today’s guest blog post is written by AAA member, David M. Rosen (rosen@fdu.edu). More than 300 anthropologists have now signed a statement strongly opposing efforts by the political organization...
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AAA Statement on Police Practices
AAA President Monica Heller releases public statement on police practices in the United States and calls upon anthropologists to help create equitable policing: In the United States, too many black...
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Applied Anthropologist Spotlight – Elizabeth Briody at Cultural Keys LLC
Cultural Keys LLC is a consultancy that I founded in 2009 to help firms and nonprofits understand and solve cultural-change and consumer issues. We specialize in three work streams: improving...
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Race and Rachel Dolezal: A Conversation with Patricia Sunderland
Recent news surrounding Rachel Dolezal has led to quite the discussion on race. Our associates at the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC) pointed us to an article (‘You May Not Know It...
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AAA Webinar Wednesday Returns with Lenore Manderson September 2nd at 2 PM...
Medical Anthropology in the 21st Century with Lenore Manderson Lenore will be our first speaker in the AAA Webinar Series this fall! The AAA’s Webinar Wednesday is back for the Fall Semester. Medical...
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(Re)-Remembering the Trail of Tears
September 16th is Trail of Tears Commemoration Day. This was news to me. As an Oklahoman, living in former Indian Territory, the place where tribal-altering and life-shattering journeys brought...
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Bringing art to breast cancer care: 3D nipple tattooing
Few people realize how long and complex breast cancer treatment is. The Komen Foundation and Avon rarely highlight post-surgery debacles in their fundraising literature, and the visceral reality of...
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Changing Tides: Celebrating Women’s Valor on Veterans Day
This Veterans Day, Americans will celebrate the sacrifice and heroism of those who served in uniform from World War I to the most recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of us will thank our...
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Post Gezi Sensibilities and the Recent Turkish Elections
In Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks, Jenny White (2014:198) argues, “In the Gezi clashes, a new generation of citizens, whose expectations have been shaped by twenty-first-century global concerns,...
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Dear President Obama: Protect Bears Ears
My first backpacking trip in south-central Utah at age 14 was a defining moment. Some earth science teachers took my classmates and me to San Rafael Swell for hands-on learning. A fossilized dinosaur...
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It’s Not Oscar, It’s HBO
I can’t remember the last movie I watched in an actual movie theater. Some of that is because I find the dramatic TV serial so much more powerful these days in its ability to develop rich characters...
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