IUN Anthropology News:
1) email problems
2) events at IUN:
A) learn about student archaeology
B) speakers
C) booksale
D) news and announcements
E) New IUN Anthro web site -- cast your vote
4) events in Chicago and northern Indiana, etc.
A) CAPA
B) Mitchell Museum
C) Hip hop and social change conference: the anthropology of popular culture
D) Michael Moore
5) jobs: Newberry fellowships, real jobs
6) on the web
7) rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy
8) Vertebrate Morphology Conference for bioanthro types
1) EMAILS: The last newsletter caused Netscape.net to instantly cancel my Bob60614 account for too much activity just as the last few emails were sent out. This means I never heard which emails were not delivered nor did I receive any emails asking to unsubscribe nor submitting events for the next newsletter. I have gone back to using my university address as I can once again access that from home in a mail reading program. So please reply to RMucci@IUN.edu
2) IUN EVENTS:
Anthro Club meets this Thurs Sept 18, 11:45 am in Savannah 207; future meetings at http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/EVENTS.htm
2A) Friday September 26, 2003, is when the IUN Anthropology Club resumes its intense schedule of activities; everyone is welcome, these are public events. Club meeting that day from 4 to 5 pm in LCC 110; then:
"You too can go on an Archaeological Dig"
Friday September 26, 2003, 5 to 7 pm in the Library Conference Center room 110
a presentation with pictures by four IUN students about their experiences on archaeological digs over the summer:
Tori Lacny and Bud Geary worked in Alabama on the Mississippian site that we had a presentation about by Marisa Fontana last year;
Jennifer St.Germain participated in digs in the West;
and Mara Deckter dug in Venice, Italy.
These students received some stipends from the IUN Anthropology Club for their summer fieldshools. This is a great opportunity for all students to learn more about going on a dig, and we welcome any others who may have been on dig in any year to join us too.
Free pizza and soda.
Films about Indians series, every Thursday at 1 pm in Raintree 151; open to the public. email Michelle Stokely for details. mstokely@iun.edu
Ethnographic films every Tuesday at 7 pm, Raintree 223; repeated 4 pm Thursday. open to the public. email Bob Mucci for details. Rmucci@iun.edu
2B) On Friday October 17, 2003, from 5 pm to 7 pm, in the Library Conference Center room 110, IUN's newest anthro faculty member, Michelle Stokely, will be presenting a talk about her ethnographic research among the Apaches. Free pizza and soda
On Friday Nov 7 from 5 to 7 pm in LCC 110. we have a special guest speaker coming to IUN for a talk that I would call "My Life with the Wild Howlers":
A Field Study of the Social Behavior and Ecology of Howler Monkeys in Mexico.
by Kathleen A. Rizzo, University of Illinois at Chicago.
There is more about this event and the club meeting schedule on our events page: http://www.iun.edu/%7Eanthronw/EVENTS.htm
2C) The IUN Anthropology Club one dollar used book sale will be held the week of October 27 through 31, 2003 in the Moraine Lounge; over 5000 books will be available at only one dollar each. The flyer with lots of info is at: http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/cal/2003/10-27-03.htm
2D) The IUN Anthropology Club has announced the winners of the 2003 Scholarship and 2004 Academic Achievement Awards, and they are Christina Spivak of Shererville and Jennifer St. Germain of Valpo. Congratulations!
Marisa Fontana of UIC is soliciting volunteers
to assist her in washing and rough sorting artifacts
from the field season. They would be working up in
the archy lab in Chicago. Times that she will be there are Mon.
9-4, Thu. 12-4, and Fri. 12-4. Interested students
should contact her: marisa_fontana@yahoo.com
John Low, former IUN Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology, is now a Curatorial Assistant at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston Illinois. The museum has expended their web site at http://www.mitchellmuseum.org/ to include events info (and there seem to be more events, too). Highlights: Sunday Sept 21: buffalo roast ($25), with flute music and opening of SILVER exhibit; Indians in the Movies Series, with Jon Low, certain Thursdays at 7 pm beginning Oct 16; general admission is $5, 2.50 students. Also Sept 28, Sunday, Chicago Archaeological Society.
2E) website voting
We have redone the IUN Anthro home page and the EVENTS page; there have been both positive and negative comments. For the fun of it, I set the home page up so that you can see both the old "trees" page and the new one, and vote on which one you like best (and even give reasons if you want): http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw
4 ) In Chicago:
4A) CAPA is the Chicago Association for the Practice of Anthropology -- an applied anthropology group. Next meeting and speaker program is on Sunday, September 21, 2003 in DePaul University's Lincoln Park (Chicago) campus, Levan room 506 from 3-5. To get there from the L, take the Red or Brown line and exit at the Fullerton station. Walk west on Fullerton (toward Sheffield) and turn left on Kenmore. Levan is located at 2320 Kenmore.
TOPIC: Anthropology in a For-Profit Business Setting:
methodology adoption and cross disciplinary synergy
"Anthropologists who choose to enter a business setting often find themselves working with a variety of other disciplines, including project managers/account planners, and designers of various stripes, such as graphic designers, interface/ interaction designers, or product designers. Why is this, and how does this partnership work in the corporate world? To help us answer this question we will present the following speakers:
Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, Ph.D. of Semaphore Partners conceives, designs, and executes behavioral research to inform user-centered strategy and design. She coordinates her insights with creative designers to ensure that the user, business, and technological requirements are synthesized, communicated, and implemented to create the optimum experience for users. "I view my role as helping clients make better decisions by grounding their business, technology, and design assumptions in people's actual attitudes, behaviors, and actions."
Mark Faga is a Design Planner at Motorola in the Consumer Experience Design Organization. He is a member of the Global Design Planning Team which researches the mobile phone user experience in Asia, Americas and Europe. He collaborates with marketing, design and engineering to connect the global cell phone portfolio with consumer needs.
Mark has a Master of Design Degree in Human Centered Communication Design from Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa.
Dori and Mark will each give brief presentations with
ample time for discussion.
Possible topics for the discussion might be:
- What are the skills anthropologists use in this line of work?
- What skills beyond graduate training in anthropology do practitioners need to develop?"
-- Michael Chapman, CAPA Convener
find out more about CAPA at: http://www.erickamenchen.net/capa/index.htm
4B) See above 2D) about Mitchell Museum events.
4C) The Hip Hop and Social Change Conference will take place on October 3 - 4, 2003 at The Field Museum. Below is a schedule of Conference events. To register in advance for the Hip Hop and Social Change Conference, please go to the Conference Registration page. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/hiphop/
For further information contact: Public Programs Reservations at 312.665-7400.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 On-site Registration (9:00 am - 9:45 am) West Entrance Lobby, Lower Level
Opening Remarks (9:45 am - 10:00 am) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level
Welcome John McCarter, President and CEO, The Field Museum
Introduction Raymond Codrington, Conference Organizer
Panel 1 - Hip Hop Culture (10:00 am - 11:30 am) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level
What issues confront those involved in the production and practice of hip hop culture?
Ang 13, Kevin Coval, Jonzi D, Tone B Nimble, David Muhammad
Panel 2 - Hip Hop in the US and Abroad (11:45 am - 1:15 pm) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level
What are the local and global elements of hip hop's movement?
Ivor Miller, Marcyliena Morgan, Racquel Rivera, Livo Sansone, Cristina Veran
Lunch (1:15 pm - 2:15 pm) On your own.
Presentation (1:00 pm - 2:15 pm) (Open to the public. Free with Field Museum admission) Lecture Hall 2, Lower Level
Explore the role of graffiti in hip hop culture as art form and movement.
Panel 3 - Political Present (2:30 pm - 4:00 pm) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level
How is political activity defined at the present time in and out of the hip hop community?
Toni Blackman, T. J. Crawford, Vincente Duran, Bakari Kitwana, M1
Panel 4 - Political Futures (4:15 pm - 5:45 pm) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level
How will political activity be defined and practiced in the future?
Shaheen Ariefdan, James Bernard, Jeff Chang, Marienes Neves, Yunus Rafiq
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4 On-site Registration (9:00 am - 9:45 am) West Entrance Lobby, Lower Level
Note: Workshops have limited enrollment therefore, pre-registration is strongly recommended. To pre-register visit the `Conference Registration' section of their website.
Workshop 1 - Education and Hip Hop Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Classroom A, Lower Level How can hip hop culture be incorporated into the classroom to communicate with students. Moving from theory to practice, this workshop pushes the boundaries of how hip hop can be used to educate. Facilitated by Tripple Black.
Workshop 2 - Dance Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Rice Hall, Main Level
While often not given attention, dance is one of hip hop's most expressive forms. What are the technical, philosophical and cultural elements needed to communicate effectively in hip hop. Facilitated by Boogie.
Workshop 3 - Spoken Word Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Maori Meeting House, Upper Level Spoken word is increasingly becoming popular among people throughout the world as an extension and rewinding of hip hop and other previous oral traditions. What is spoken word and how can it be used as a tool for transformation and learning. Facilitated by Kevin Coval.
Workshop 4 - Hip Hop Visuals Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Classroom B, Lower Level How can the visual element of hip hop culture be used as a tool of expression and communication. Facilitated by Casper.
Workshop 5 - Rap Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Lecture Hall 2, Lower Level
Rap is hip hop's public face. Explore the technical and philosophical aspect of the production of rap music. Learn how to create art that moves the culture in different directions. Facilitated by Capital D (All Natural).
Workshop 6 - Political Awareness Section A (10:00 am - 11:30 am) Section B (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) Classroom C, Lower Level Define issues and strategies to define and increase political awareness while considering the meaning of social change. Discuss how to create links between local, national and international groups. Facilitated by Marienes Neves.
Lunch (11:30 am - 12:30 pm) On your own
Presentation - Global Hip Hop (11:00 am - 12:00 pm) Lecture Hall 1, Lower Level (Open to the public. Free with Field Museum entry) How can we better understand hip hop as a global culture. These issues will be examined through video footage from around the world followed by a discussion. Cristina Veran
Hip Hop Film Screenings (12:30 pm - 2:45 am) Lecture Hall 1, Lower Level (Open to the public. Free with Field Museum entry):
Straight Outta Hunters Point by Kevin Epps (75 mins)
Estilo Hip Hop by Vee Bravo (12 mins)
Testimonio Hip Hop Ano 2000 by Vanessa Gocksch (23 mins)
You Have The Right To Break the Silence by Sista II Sista (5 mins)
Film and Media Discussion (2:45 pm - 4:00 pm) Lecture Hall 1, Lower Level (Open to the public. Free with Field Museum entry) What key issues arise in the production and visual representation of hip hop culture.
Max Benitez, Martha Diaz, Jessica Green, Clyde Valentine
Keynote Address (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm) James Simpson Theater, Lower Level Mos Def and Talib Kweli (Black Star)
hip hop website: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/hiphop/
IN INDIANAPOLIS:
4D) Michael Moore, of Bowling for Columbine and Stupid White Men fame, (http://www.michaelmoore.com/) will speak at Butler University's Clowes Memorial Hall Auditorium on Monday October 13 at 7:30 pm EST. Free, but tickets are required; call 317-940-6444 for ticket information. For further information, contact Norman Minnick, (317) 940-9861 nminnick@butler.edu. And check "Visiting Writers Series" at http://www.butler.edu/
5) JOBS:
Chicago's Newberry Library has a variety of long- and short-term
fellowships available to support scholarship in the humanities.
Long-term fellowships are generally available without regard to an
applicant's place of residence and are intended to support significant
works of scholarship that draw on the Library's strengths. Short-term
fellowships have residence requirements.
Information about short-term fellowships is included here just FYI.
Link to FAQs, application forms and instructions:
http://www.newberry.org/nl/research/L3rfellowships.html
Long-Term Fellowships
Application deadline: January 21, 2003 for most fellowships.
Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars (and Ph.D.
candidates in the case of the Kade Fellowship only) for periods of six
to eleven months. Applicants for post-doctoral awards must hold the
Ph.D. at the time of application. These grants support individual
research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active
participation in the Library's scholarly activities, including a
biweekly fellows' seminar. The stipend for these fellowships is up to
$30,000 unless specified under the award description. Applicants may
combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary
support. Scholars may apply for any of the long-term fellowships using
the same application.
Link to information about long-term fellowships:
http://www.newberry.org/nl/research/L3rfellowships.html
Short-term fellowships:
Application deadline: February 20, 2003 (unless otherwise noted
regarding specific opportunities on Newberry's website)
Short-term fellowships are intended for post-doctoral scholars or Ph.D.
candidates from outside of the Chicago area who have a specific need for
Newberry collections. Scholars whose principal residence or place of
employment is within the Chicago area are generally not eligible. The
Chicago area, as determined by the Newberry Library Awards Committee,
includes the Illinois counties Cook, Dekalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane,
Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will; Indiana counties Lake, LaPorte,
and Porter; and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Any scholar whose principal
residence or place of employment is located within these counties is
ineligible for short-term awards. The tenure of short-term fellowships
varies from one week to two months, unless otherwise noted under the
award description. A majority of fellowships will be for one month or
less. Unless otherwise noted, the amount of the award is $1200 per
month, pro-rated for shorter periods.
Link to more information about short-term fellowships:
http://www.newberry.org/nl/research/L3rfellowships.html
The University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology seeks
qualified candidates to fill a position in sociocultural anthropology
beginning in August, 2004. The position carries the rank of Assistant
Professor and will be a regular full-time, tenure-track appointment. We are
seeking candidates with the following qualifications: demonstrated teaching
ability, an active program of empirically-based ethnographic or
ethnohistoric research, and a strong publication record. The successful
candidate will complement existing departmental strengths. Geographic area
open; research interests related to global studies, biomedical anthropology,
development, environmental issues, or inter-ethnic relations are preferred.
The Ph.D. degree must be in hand at the time of appointment. Qualified
minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Send a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and a list of 3 references to Dr. Benita
Howell, Chair, Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0720. Review of
applications will begin on October 1, 2003 and will continue until the
position is filled. The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title
IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer.
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Benita J. Howell, PhD
Professor and Chair, American Studies Program
Anthropology Department
250 South Stadium Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0720
FAX 865-974-2686; phone 865-974-7797
email: bhowell@utk.edu
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
JOB CODE: 7557
Charlotte, North Carolina
Full Time - Entry
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Sociology & Anthropology welcomes applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, beginning August 2004. We seek a broadly trained biological anthropologist with a strong research agenda who can teach Intro to Biological Anthropology (a lab course meeting a university science requirement), a 4-field Intro to Anthropology, and electives. PhD required at time of appointment. Information about the program can be found at http://www.uncc.edu/socant/. Applications received by the deadline will be considered for interviews at the American Anthropological Association meetings. Please send application letter, vita, and names of three references by November 3, 2003, to Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, UNC-Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001. UNC Charlotte is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race/ethnicity, age, religion, physical handicap, or sexual orientation. Candidates from minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, needs field technicians and field supervisors for several Phase III projects. These are located near Platteville, WI, and near Grand Forks in both MN and ND. They will begin within the next few weeks and will continue until freeze (generally around Oct 31 in ND and Nov 30 or Dec 15 in WI); they will resume ASAP in the spring.
We can also used techs immediately for Phase I projects in Wisconsin and Illinois.
We provide $30/day per diem while working in the field and cover hotel costs.
To apply, please email a ONE PAGE resume and ONE PAGE cover letter/email, including: field experience, job applied for, wage expectations, 3 references with contact information, date(s) available, travel restrictions
You may send these to:
machellelee@glarc.com
Machelle Lee
Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center
Job Title: Outreach Coordinator
Location: Washington, DC
FLSA Status: Exempt
KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization that was created in 1995 to bring together people, community organization and business to develop safe healthy and much-needed playgrounds across the country has an opening for an Outreach Coordinator.
This position is responsible for coordinating and executing KaBOOM! outreach programs through communication with non-profits; community development organizations; child-serving organizations; and government agencies to assist in the development of playgrounds and strengthen community partnerships. Key responsibilities include conducting research, to include usage of the web, cold calling, reviewing existing files and database to identify potential candidates for community-build playground opportunities; building and maintaining relationships with community partners via telephone conversations, email, fax, and mailings; analyzing and assessing the ability of community organizations to be successful partners through information gathering and verbal interviews; conducting weekly review meetings of community partner candidates; maintaining a database of community organizations and written correspondence with potential and current community partners.
Qualifications and Skills
Must have at least one year of experience in community development, education, communications, information management or marketing/public relations, preferably a combination of these areas. A bachelor's degree is preferred. A background in non-profit or social service agency is a plus.
The individual must possess outstanding verbal, aural, and writing skills. S/he should be skilled in building coalitions among people, organizations and institutions, and familiar with a broad range of communications techniques (e.g., letter writing, Internet/e-mail, broadcast fax, direct mail). The individual should have solid persuasive and diplomacy skills, and be able to represent KaBOOM! professionally. The individual must have a strong interest in issues surrounding the quality of children's lives and the state of urban and rural communities. Minimum travel is required.
Individual should be someone who thrives in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial non-profit environment. S/he should enjoy working independently and managing projects while also being a part of a team pursuing common goals, project by project. The ideal candidate is someone who can communicate assertively but compassionately; communicate effectively and professionally with community leaders and members from diverse backgrounds; someone who absorbs information quickly but thoroughly. This candidate is someone who is looking to move beyond an entry-level job to gain greater responsibilities and experiences, to learn new skills and share some of his/her own best talents, to advance at a fair pace within an organization, and to network -- all while accomplishing meaningful social change in American communities.
Please send resumes with salary requirements to hr@kaboom.org or mail to:
KaBOOM!
2213 M Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
http://www.kaboom.org
6) ON THE WEB:
The Public Policy committee of the Society for Applied Anthropology has a
webpage with short papers about public policy effectiveness, policy
documents, and public policy and anthropology syllabi. Titles include
"Adventures in Engaged Anthropology, or Why 'Getting It Right' Isn't
Enough," "Reaching Policy Makers," and Syllabi such as "Anthropology and
Public Policy" and "Applied Anthropology: Environmental and Community
Health"
The URL is http://www.sfaa.net/committees/policy/policy.html
The committee welcomes additional contributions, including syllabi and
essays from anthropologists and those using anthropological method and
insights in public policy arenas. Such essays may be based on particular
experiences but should offer lessons and advice that are transferable to
other, related settings. Potential offerings may be sent to Dr. Josiah
Heyman at the address below.
Please feel free to forward and repost this announcement.
Joe Heyman
And Kathy Metzo adds: There's also a brand new public policy forum (link to
it from the same web page) where you can network with other anthropologists.
It might be a particularly fruitful place for grad students interested in applied careers
to network with practitioners.
7) from Ken Barnes:
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waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe.
8) Vertebrate Morphology Conference for bioanthro types:
http://www.iconferences.org/icvm7/
--
Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607
RMucci@iun.edu
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw
"Education not slogans is our motto"