Sorry if this is a duplicate, but most people in my A list did not receive this week's newsletter, and my send file shows it only went to one person, so here goes; if you ever want to unsubscribe, just reply to this, I will not be offended.
The committee designated by the IUN Anthropology Club has made three summer field school stipend awards:
to Tori Lacny and Bud Geary, who are both attending the UIC field school in Alabama, and to Jennifer St Germain, who will be doing two Passport in Time USFS projects. Congratulations to all three, and to all our May graduates. There is still a stipend available, so if you are an IUN anthro student and are going on a field school, you may apply at: http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/summer.rtf
And the fall Clarke Johnson memorial scholarships (funded by the Dollar Used Book Sale, as are the field school stipends) have an application deadline of August 1, 2003. Application is at:
http://www.iun.edu/%7Eanthronw/scholarship.rtf
Twenty people stood in the rain on May 1 to dedicate the trees for Clarke; if you have not yet done so, please stop by the IUN quad and see the trees and marker, it is all quite nice. I will put up some pictures on the events website when I have a chance.
Other recent honorees: Michelle Ahlfeld received an Outstanding Student Club Member award at the Student Services Awards Banquet. And at the IUN A & S Honors Tea, the following Anthropology Awards were given: Kyle Galloway, Linda Harvey, and Julie Mendez, for multiple appearances on the Honor Roll; Ryan Schoon and Tammie Galloy, Outstanding Anthropology Student - Associate of Arts; Jeanette Miller, Richard Poling, Cara Spicer, and Clint Wadsworth, Outstanding Anthropology Student - Minor; Kyle Galloway and Elizabeth Olin, winners of the 2002-2003 Clarke Johnson Memorial Scholarships. They received certificates and other gifts; congratulations to all.
Justice Cochran is teaching several IUN Kids College classes about anthropology: http://www.iun.edu/~newsnw/pg/2003/030514_kidscollege.shtml
Some of you may remember we discussed the possibility of an unknown ape between gorillas and chimps in size; well, it has made the internet: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0414_030314_strangeape.html
Interesting presentation at the CAPA Meeting Sunday May 18th:
Participatory Action Research
Janise Hurtig (Center for Research on Women and Gender at UIC) will facilitate a discussion on Participatory Action Research (PAR) with Alaka Wali (Field Museum's Center for Cultural Understanding and Change) and Aida Giachello (UIC's Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center). Presenters will discuss their current participatory research in Chicago or abroad which will provide a springboard for discussing the following issues:
q What are the theoretical, methodological, practical, and political issues that come up for anthropologists, ethnographers, or those using ethnographic approaches to carry out participatory action research?
q How do the aims of PAR relate to, overlap or conflict with, anthropological endeavors (such as cultural analysis)?
q How do/can ethnographic methodologies be included in PAR?
q What are the specific challenges and rewards PAR offers its participants?
q How has PAR been taken up in the United States, and specifically as it is used in urban or community development work and research?
q How does PAR relate to the academy, and vice versa?
The meeting is Sunday, May 18, 3 to 5 pm, in Room 202, Levan Building, DePaul University.
To get there by El, take the Red or Brown line to Fullerton. The Levan building is located at 2322 N. Kenmore, on the corner of Belden and Kenmore. It is the new-looking entrance on Kenmore with the black-framed doors. Levan is to your right and up the stairs as you walk into the building.
If you are driving, garage parking is next to Dominick's on Sheffield. You can get your parking ticket validated at the help desk of the Student Center or at the Library so that parking is much cheaper than the posted rates.
We will go out afterwards to Fiesta Mexicana for socializing. It is on Lincoln Avenue, just NW of the intersection with Fullerton, next to the Biograph Theater. Anyone who can't make the meeting is welcome to join us there!
There are now anthro job links posted at the CAPA site: http://www.chicagoanthro.org/
Public Lecture:
How Lear Means: Buried Metaphor and Disquiet in King Lear
Bradd Shore
Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life
Emory University
Thursday May 22, 5 PM
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Auditorium
Cosponsored by the Department of English
Bradd Shore is the author of Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture and the Problem of Meaning (Oxford Press, 1996), and How Culture Means (The Heinz Werner Lectures, Clark Univ. Press 1998). He received his BA in English Literature from Berkeley, with an emphasis in Shakespeare Studies, and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He teaches a course in Ritual and Shakespeare at Emory University.
This talk will look at several of the key structural metaphors that
shape the language and the action of Shakespeare's King Lear, in an effort to understand some of the ways in which the play achieves its uncanny effects on the audience. The talk will combine literary analysis and developments in cognitive science, particularly work on analogical cognition and the suggested notion of "buried metaphor."
I received this:
A couple of days ago, we had our first UR-CHI (user research- chicago) get together. These are informal meetings (meet at a bar and talk, network, etc.) for people in the user research arena, including, but not limited to, anthropologists, designers, video production people, sociologists, computer programers, etc. Esentially anyone who worked doing user research, either through ethnography, herustic testing, etc. This is a great way to network and meet people more in the for-profit side of user research. I encourage anyone who is interested to sign up below.
Michael
A message from a.kauth@attbi.com:
We had a great first meeting of User Research Chicagolanders (UR CHI) -- and one User Researcher representing the great state of Wisconsin too! We collected emails and decided to put together a yahoo group to communicate with one another. So you have received this invite because 1) you were at the UR CHI night this week and gave your email or 2) you weren't at the UR CHI night this week but we think you might be interested in future events / discussions.
As always, please pass this invite along to other people who you think might be interested in joining this community of Chicago area / Wisconsin area user researchers, HCI specialists, ethnographers, practicing anthropologists--i.e., whatever it is that we do!
Our next UR CHI night will be Thursday, June 5th 7:30pm at Chief O'Neills again -- 3471 N ELSTON AVE; phone: (773) 583-3066.
AND:
Dear fellow students,
I am again seeking volunteers to participate
in my stone toolmaking biomechanics research. The
study involves collecting information on the
biomechanics of basic stone toolmaking; results from
human subjects will be analyzed along with results
from chimpanzee and bonobo subjects in order to find
out what, biomechanically speaking, is involved in
successfully making the simplest stone tools (Oldowan
technology). I am looking for all skill levels,
beginners, intermediate, and experts.
If you participate in this study, you'll be
filling out a questionnaire about past stone
toolmaking experience and a few other factors that
might affect your performance such as arm/hand
injuries. You'll also be weighed and your height
measured so that the biomechanical data can be more
accurately calculated, taking into account your body
size; several more body measurements may also be
taken for this purpose. Then you'll be making some
simple stone tools. Once you're comfortable with
basic stone toolmaking, you will be filmed using 3-D
film equipment (two cameras set up at angles to each
other) removing a few flakes from cores. These films
will later be digitized and analyzed biomechanically,
and the cores and flakes you produce will be analyzed
technologically. You may also be videotaped to ease
the identification of postures and grips you use.
Depending on your level of experience, I would imagine
the whole process will take no more than 45-60
minutes.
I'm planning to conduct filming sessions on
Friday and possibly Saturday afternoons during May,
and June; the exact dates will depend on the number of
subjects available for each date. Filming sessions
start at 11 a.m. and continue through the early
afternoon.
If you are interested in taking part in this
study or have any questions, please e-mail me at
lharlack@indiana.edu, or phone me at 855-5648
(333-8848 evenings and weekends).
Thank you very much,
Leslie Harlacker
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
Indiana University
CALL FOR PAPERS
2004 Annual Meeting
Society for Economic Anthropology, Atlanta, GA
April 22-24, 2004
FAST FOOD - SLOW FOOD
Social and Economic Contexts of Food and Food Systems
The Society for Economic Anthropology seeks proposals for papers and poster presentations for our 2004 annual meetings, which will be held in Atlanta. The topic of the meeting will be food and food systems, at scales ranging from the personal to the global, and over time from hominid origins to the future globalization of food systems.
The SEA meetings provide a rare opportunity for a focused and coherent program of presentation, with time for critical discussion in a convivial intellectual setting. About 15 papers are selected from abstracts for a program that allows 20 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion in a single plenary session over two days. 20-30 additional abstracts will be selected for an afternoon poster session. The conference organizer then edits a conference volume which appears in the SEA book
series, published by Altamira Press. We will have a food-oriented tour in Atlanta, an informal workshop on teaching and curriculum innovations, and of course, opportunities for fine dining.
Fast food and slow food represent two visions of the future of food, two modes of analysis, two ways to connect food to other social and economic phenomena. Fast food is efficient, technological, homogenized; the product of an aggressively expanding global political economy. The slow food movement, on the contrary, is about aesthetics, conviviality, domesticity and local cultural knowledge. Both are equally modern. We seek papers that go beyond the traditional anthropologies of food that focus on the role of food in group identity and social integration, emphasizing the division between traditional and modern foodways. We
encourage approaches that cross disciplinary boundaries, use innovative methods, and explore connections between food and the cultural economy. Possible topics for papers include (but are by no means limited to):
Food systems and the global division of labor
Food circulation and exchange as gifts and commodities
" Food, domesticity, gender & household
" The origins of complex food systems
" Food market systems, localization & sustainability
Send an abstract for paper or poster of 400-600 words to Richard Wilk, Anthropology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405, or by email to wilkr@Indiana.edu. Deadline for Abstracts is October 1, 2003.
Richard Wilk Chair, Anthropology Dept.
812-855-1041 Student Bldg. 130, Indiana University
812-855-4358 (fax) Bloomington, IN 47405
http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro
http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/home.html
Dear Anthropology Colleagues,
I am a principle investigator on a National Science Foundation planning- grant proposal to develop a new educational television series that profiles scientists engaged in field research.
The goal of this continuing national series, tentatively called "Science Out There" is to improve the image of science, scientists, and research, towards a realistic view of science as an exciting, challenging and fun endeavor with a human face.
I am contacting this list for two reasons.
Reason #1
As the series creator and host, I am developing a database of field research projects, post-doc scientists, and graduate students engaged in field research. The producers (Chedd-Angier) and I will eventually draw on this survey for potential scientist recruitment (form at http://www.researchexpeditions.org/ssc).
We can consider a broad range of scientific fields but because the series draws on experiences in the field, and features scientists working in the field, projects must include a significant field component (the more adventurous, the better).
Reason #2
This summer we are shooting a 10-minute demo version to be included in our NSF full-proposal in the fall. The demo will feature two yet-to-be-determined research projects. The NSF requires we establish an advisory board that includes a physical scientist, a life scientist, and an anthropologist. I am hoping to get in touch with potential advisors through this mailing list.
Because this project is in its planning phase, we anticipate minimal
engagement of our advisors (limited to phone/email consultations). At this point there is no pay involved.
You can also specify your interest in participating on our advisory board through the survey at http://www.researchexpeditions.org/ssc.
More information about me, the series, and the highly respected science producers can be found via the links below.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Rich Blundell
http://www.chedd-angier.com (Production Partners)
http://www.pbs.org/saf (Scientific American Frontiers-similar production)
http://www.cptv.org (Distribution Partner)
http://www.researchexpeditions.org/ssc (Scientist Selection Campaign)
http://www.omniscopic.com (Omniscopic Productions)
From: Ray Boomhower <RBoomhower@indianahistory.org>
The Indiana Historical Society is accepting applications for
the temporary, part-time position of Conservation Assistant, summer 2003.
The Conservation Assistant will learn skills required to
re-house rare books and pamphlets housed in the IHS Library. The central focus is to create acid-free boxes for railway materials from the Library's printed collections.
Applicants must be able to safely handle rare and physically
vulnerable historical materials of the 19th and 20th centuries; work in a highly organized and efficient manner with an attention to detail; and have experience using mat knives and large paper cutter, so that they are handled with ease, as well as the ability to measure, cut and assemble wrappers and boxes with exacting detail.
Required: High School diploma. Candidates must be prepared
to provide examples of detailed work in two dimensions or slides of
three dimensional work at the interview. Examples: models, artwork.
Preferred: One year college in arts related field.
Experience handling rare materials in a professional setting. Desire to work with historic or art collections as a career.
The position is budgeted for 30 hours/week from 2 June 2003
through 22 August 2003. Hourly rate: $9.35. No insurance benefits are provided. Parking is provided in a nearby garage for a one-time $11 fee.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Please send a cover letter, resume, and the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of two work-related references to: Susan P. Brown, Director, Human Resources, Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Fax: (317) 234-0076. The Indiana Historical Society is an equal opportunity employer.
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Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607
"Education not slogans is our motto"