In this issue: club, films about Indians, archaeology guest speaker,
Darwin Day, booksale, CAPA meeting on anthropology and landscape
architecture, "American Indian Perspectives on the Humanities" at The
Newberry Library, "West African Views of Dirt and the Spirituality of
Infants" at ND, Chicago Demographic Analysis Workshops, JWA Women Who
Dared event, jobs, websites, primates, and an ethnographic fieldschool
in Guatemala

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EVENTS AT IUN: The first meeting of the IUN anthropology club will be
Friday Jan 24, 2003, at 5 pm: election of officers, planning, and the
first of the "vessel of intrigue" discussions based on submitted and
randomly drawn topics (well that topic will START the discussion, it
could GO anywhere). The new meeting schedule is a return to the one
that was successful a few years ago, with Friday meetings alternating
with weekday ones, and the Fridays being used for speakers, discussions,
and occasional videos. Adjunct professor Kathy Forgey has become an
additional faculty advisor for the club, and will have some suggestions
for the club's future direction at the meeting. The Anthropology Club
has moved; all meetings will now be held in Savannah 207, the Women's
Center. The second meeting is Thurs Jan 30, 2:30 pm, and the third is
Friday Feb 7, at 4:00 (before Marisa Fontana's archaeology talk). The
semester schedule is at the events website,
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/EVENTS.htm and we are slowing putting them
up on the Anthro Club calendar at
http://cf.iun.edu/cal/menu.cfm?y=2003&m=1&t=419 .

Every Wednesday at 1 pm in HH 331, Professor John Low is showing films
related to his American Indians classes; anyone can attend, and you can
even register to get one credit hour for attending and writing about the
films. The next few are:

January 22 - Shadow Catcher (1975) - Edward Curtis -
January 29 - In the Land of the War Canoes (1914) Curtis' early silent film
February 5 - Seasons of A Navajo (1995)
The complete Film Schedule is on the events website and we will be
putting them on the club and main IUN calendars as well.

Friday February 7, 2003 5 to 7 pm, IUN Savannah Center room 207
Archaeology Guest Speaker Marisa Fontana
"Fortification & Fieldwork in the Mississippian Southeast: American
Indian prehistoric civilization, culture, and warfare in Alabama c. 1200 ad"
The talk focuses on the fortification architecture found in the
American Southeast during the Mississippian period (approx. 1000-1500
A.D.), the differences between defensive & nondefensive fortification
features, and how archaeologists can use a site’s architecture to help
determine the type and level of warfare that was occurring at a given
site; in this case, Canebreak. The site itself is near Tallassee,
Alabama (between Montgomery & Auburn) and is a Mississippian village
along the Tallapoosa River. There will be a discussion of past field
seasons at Canebreak and the goals of the upcoming field school project,
with info on how IUN students can register for the UIC field school.
Open to the public, soda and pizza will be served. There are pictures
and more information at the events website
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/EVENTS.htm

The IUN Anthropology Club presents: THE FIFTH ANNUAL IUN DARWIN DAY
Wednesday February 12, 2003 1 to 3 pm IUN Library Conference Center
AB 134 west 35th Ave, Gary IN
Featuring talks by four of IUN's own faculty on their current research,
and on evolution and Darwin, with cake and songs, and just plain fun.
The featured speakers will each talk for 20-25 minutes, with a few
minutes for questions between talks. So come whenever you can, and stay
as long as you want.
Schedule: (subject to revision) Speakers are Kristin Huysken, Kathy
Forgey, Mark Hoyert, and Christine Malcom, discussing the fields of
geology, psychology, genetics, and bioarchaeology & forensics. Oh, and
we will be selling the Darwin fish emblems and Anthro Club and Darwin
T-shirts. Free admission, open to the public, refreshments served
Website at http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/cal/2003/2-12-03.htm
Learn about Darwin Day around the world: http://www.darwinday.org/

The next IUN Anthropology Club one dollar used book sale is scheduled
for the week of March 24 thru 28 in the Moraine Lounge. Tanice Foltz
has organized a drumming event for that Wednesday in the same area, so
that day should be a special attraction for both groups. The flyer for
last semester's sale with lots of info is at:
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/cal/2002/10-21-02.htm

NOTE: The Anthropology (and Sociology) adjunct faculty have moved to a
new office, Sycamore 319 (just west of Lindenwood); John Low, who is
currently a full time visiting lecturer, has a new office in Lindenwood
209. The Adjunct phone number is 980-7128, and John's is 981-5601.

IN CHICAGO: CAPA meeting and talk at DePaul University, Tuesday, January
28, 2003, 7 to 9 pm.
"Participatory Design in Chicago: Are There Jobs That Bring
Anthropologists and Landscape Architects Together?"
As practicing anthropologists we often find ourselves convincing others
that our perspective and knowledge can benefit their projects. We have
heard from anthropologists about how they do this in projects such as
diversity programs, arts policy, immigration, evaluation, union
organizing, and product design. Tonight we look at participatory land
use and design, from the perspectives of a landscape architect and an
urban planner. Chicago has a "green" mayor, so is there a place for
practicing anthropologists in his initiatives? How do we talk about
what we do and the way we do it as practicing anthropologists? We will
explore these questions after Josephine Bellalta and John Mac Manus from
Altamanu bring us up to speed on Chicago design projects. Colorful
images of their local park and urban design projects, and descriptions
of the methods they use to involve community will be used to kick off
our discussion. Josephine Bellalta and John Mac Manus are co-partners
of Altamanu a local landscape architecture and urban design firm. Both
tend to design behaviorally, looking at what they call "desire lines"
rather than imposing on the landscape. Josephine Bellalta has 15 years
of landscape architecture and urban planning experience in Boston and
Chicago, on projects such as open space design for parks, roadways,
streetscapes, large office campuses, downtowns. She recently won the
Design Honor Award from Illinois American Society of Landscape
Architects for Commerce Park (Rush/Chestnut Streets.) John Mac Manus,
trained as an architect in Ireland and the US, has practiced for 25
years as an urban designer and landscape architect. His projects include
large park master planning (Lincoln Park), transportation related
landscape design (Relocation of Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus), and
bridge design.
To get there by El, take the Red or Brown line to Fullerton. 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 the The Red Lion, 2445 N. Lincoln Avenue,
for socializing. It is just NW of the intersection with Fullerton.
Anyone who can't make the meeting is welcome to join us there!
You can learn more about CAPA at their website
http://www.chicagoanthro.org/ (I am sure they will post the room for the
meeting there soon).

IN CHICAGO: "American Indian Perspectives on the Humanities in the 21st
Century: A National Conference and Conversation."
Friday/Saturday January 24-25, 2003, The Newberry Library
This inaugural CIC National Conference is designed to examine the past
and future of teaching and scholarship in American Indian studies. The
conference will feature keynote addresses by noted teachers and scholars
Jack Forbes (Powhatan-Renape, Delaware Lenape), Kathryn Shanley (Nakota,
Assiniboine), and Janine Pease-Pretty On Top (Crow). The conference will
open with a message from Joe Podlasek (Chippewa), director of the
American Indian Center, and an honoring song by Chicago-based drum group
Crickett Hill Singers. The keynote presentations will
prompt conference attendees to look at the challenges, accomplishments,
and future directions of American Indian studies. We expect a diverse
audience and lively conversation in a collegial environment to consider
topics from the "scholarly and academic" to more pragmatic programs that
attempt to connect scholars with American Indian communities. Small
group discussions following keynote presentations will provide
opportunities to explore practical issues such as student recruitment
and retention strategies for colleges and universities, tribal college
and reservation-based community education programs, and how colleges and
research universities can connect better with tribal
communities.
For more information and registration materials on the conference see
the CIC American Indian Studies Consortium web site:
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/AmericanIndianStudiesConsortium/
You may also contact the D'Arcy McNickle Center directly by email:
mcnickle@newberry.org ; or by phone: 312-255-3564.

AT NOTRE DAME IN SOUTH BEND:
The Department of Anthropology presents
Alma Gottlieb
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Bathing Beng Babies: West African Views of Dirt and the
Spirituality of Infants"
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:30 PM
131 DeBartolo Hall
University of Notre Dame
In rural Beng villages in the West African nation of CÔte d'Ivoire,
many mothers consider that bathing one's infant twice daily is as
important as feeding them. When a Beng mother bathes her young children
every day, twice a day, what is the nature of the "dirt" that she is
endeavoring to wash off? As the anthropologist Mary Douglas has
suggested, dirt is not always "just dirt"--it carries with it an
enormous burden of social and symbolic connotations that make of it as
fertile a field for anthropological inquiry as the more classic subjects
of kinship, economy, or political structure. In Beng baths we are
confronted with an ideology that puts "dirt" as a symbolic marker to the
metaphoric forefront in indigenous views of the body. In Beng views, can
all "dirt" be washed off, and if so, with what? Moreover, is removing
dirt--whether empirical or invisible--the only goal of the long bath routine?

After scrubbing their babies, why do mothers spend a great deal of time

scrubbing their babies' multiple strands of jewelry, administering enemas

to their babies, and then painting their babies' faces and bodies with

elaborate designs? In this talk, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb will explore the
multiple meanings that a long, twice-daily bathing routine carries
with it, using the bathing routine to explore broader Beng ideas about

life, death, and the foundly spiritual nature of infants.
For more information please go to the ND College of Arts and Letters web
page: http://www.nd.edu/%7Eisla/ISLA/webpages/thearts/anthro/beng/
(it is a beautiful website) or contact: Kathy Johndrow Phone:
574-631-0299

IN CHICAGO: What: Chicago Demographic Analysis Workshops
When: January 27th and 28th (two separate workshops) 9:00 to 4:00
Where: MicroTrain Training Center 247 S. State Street, Suite B100,
Chicago, IL 60604
Cost: $239 (Register online at http://www.smartgirltechnologies.com )
The Local Demographic Analysis Workshop is designed to help human
service providers, grant writers, researchers or anyone who would like
to easily look up and analyze demographic characteristics such as race,
income, age, language, transportation, employment and housing. This is a
hands on workshop that will teach you to analyze, extract and present
2000/1990 Census (focusing on long form SF3 data), American Community
Survey and Census Supplemental information. In addition to learning
accepted demographic analysis methods, participants will receive
practical analysis tips and construct a 1990-2000 Community Change
Profile for Chicago and Chicago Census tracts. While this particular
workshop will focus on Chicago, the techniques presented in this
workshop will be applicable to ANY other location. Space is limited to
15 participants to allow for one on one time with the instructor, so
sign up soon! Former Participants' Comments:
1. Great Job! There is lots of material to digest. It was great! (Latino
Network, Portland, OR)
2.The workshop was absolutely fantastic. It was full of useful
information presented in a completely user-friendly way. The instructor
was wonderful. Thank you very much! (Participant, King County, Public
Health Department)
3.The materials were excellent and what I liked best about the course
was that it was hands on. The class was very helpful and useful. (Action
for Boston Community Development, Boston, MA)
4. The practical application of the information was great. I can see
myself using this information on many projects. (Human Services Research
Institute, Portland, OR)
Smartgirl Technologies, the creator of the original "Local Demographic
Analysis Workshop" is a social research company located in Portland,
Oregon. For more information about the workshop, who we are and what we
do, check out our website at http://www.smartgirltechnologies.com

WEBSITE, WITH JOB, TOO: "I am writing to you today about our Women Who
Dared program. The JWA Women Who Dared event honors contemporary Jewish
women activists who risked their lives to fight for something they
believe in. Here is the link to the Women Who Dared exhibit on our
website: http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wwdared/new_home/wwdHome.html .
This year will be our fourth time hosting this event in Boston. We had
our first event in Baltimore this past December which was a great
success, and are planning our first Women Who Dared event in Chicago
this coming March. Attached is a Job Description for the Research
Fellow for WWD Chicago. This program is moving along quickly and we need
to find a Research Fellow very soon. If you would like more
information, please don't hesitate to email or call. I would love to
see your Hillel and Hillels in the area involved and attend this event.
Sincerely,
Meredith Kormes
Program Associate, Jewish Women's Archive
(617) 232-2258 mkormes@jwa.org

AND ANOTHER: Please spread the word amongst your colleagues that the
Institute for Development Anthropology is expanding our list of
associates who are available for consulting work. Interested persons
should e-mail a resume to me at devanth@binghamton.edu with NEW
CONSULTANT in the subject line. Thanks very much,
Ms. Stephanie Horowitz, MSEd Grants and Contracts Officer
INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT ANTHROPOLOGY
99 Collier Street, P.O. Box 2207
Binghamton, NY 13902-2207
Tel: (607) 772-6244 Fax: (607) 773-8993
E-mail: devanth@binghamton.edu
http://www.developmentanthropology.org

MORE INTERESTING WEBSITES: http://vlib.anthrotech.com/
http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/
>From Regina Boe:
http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs.htm
http://www.unipv.it/webbio/dfprimat.htm
http://www.actionbioscience.org/

NEWS: Orangutans have culture too
Orangutans, Like Chimps, Heed the Cultural Call of the Collective
As evening falls in the Kinabatangan forest of Borneo, a careful
listener can sometimes hear a loud spluttering sound, a sort of cross
between a hoot and a sigh. The call signals that a local orangutan is
bedding down for the night. The practice seems perfectly normal in
Kinabatangan: Almost every orangutan in the region calls in the same
way. But elsewhere on the island, in the Kutai forest, orangutans make
their nests without making a ruckus. The difference is a sign that
orangutan groups have at least some hallmarks of what in humans is
commonly called culture, says primatologist Carel van Schaik of Duke
University in Durham, North Carolina. He and his colleagues describe two
dozen behaviors that are present in some orangutan groups and absent in
others. The practices are apparently learned from other group members
and passed from generation to generation. Such observations give
biologists richer insights into animal behavior, others say, and they
might help researchers understand how human culture evolves. For many
years, culture was thought to be unique to the human species, but
evidence has been growing for socially learned traditions elsewhere in
the animal kingdom. Behavioral studies have found some signs of social
learning in birds, rats, capuchin monkeys, and even fish. Meanwhile, a
study suggesting that whales exhibit culturally determined behaviors was
met with skepticism (Science, 27 November 1998, p. 1616). But the best
evidence until now for nonhuman culture came from chimpanzees: By
pooling data from nine long-term sites in different regions of Africa,
researchers documented 39 examples of behaviors that were specific to
particular groups and did not seem to be determined by the environment
(Science, 25 June 1999, p. 2070). Van Schaik suspected that a similar
pattern might be present in Asia's great apes, the orangutans. In the
Suaq Balimbing forest in Sumatra, for instance, he and his colleagues
had observed these animals using sticks to extract seeds from the Neesia
fruit. In Borneo, however, other researchers never see such handiwork,
even though Neesia is readily available. Curious to see if the orangutan
research community could come up with a list of behaviors similar to
that compiled by chimpanzee researchers, van Schaik invited his
colleagues to a 3-day meeting to compare notes. Even van Schaik was
surprised by the results. With many of the commonly observed behaviors,
he says, "you just assume every [orangutan] does it the same way
everywhere." But as the researchers compared notes--and videotapes when
possible--it became clear that many behaviors were strikingly different
between orangutan groups. The article is van Schaik et al., Orangutan
Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture, Science 2003 299:
102-105; check your library or library online service.

AND A NOTE FROM: Torie Lacny "I am writing to tell of a bizarre
encounter I had; I took a trip up to Michigan City and after getting off
of the exit I noticed a large antique mall. I pulled into the parking
lot and headed toward the big white building. After I was inside I
walked around, booth to booth, in search of cool stuff. I rounded a
corner stacked with stuff, dodging umbrellas and canes. I saw a fur.
Black and White... It was draped over a tall table with its sides
hanging over. One corner was flipped up revealing a sort of patch work
where pieces were stitched together. I flipped the corner and now a tag
was showing. The tag read MONKEY! Who ever made out the tag did not
even write Colobus monkey it was just monkey. Fight or flight
immediately struck me and I circled the now disgusting booth to look for
the dealer and ask her where she got this and why. And how could she
try to get money for this. The dealer was absent and I was out of
there. Is this illegal?"
I have tried to research the legality of selling monkey pelts and I
cannot find an answer? can anyone help with this? respond to me at the
newsletter address.

2003 Ethnographic Field School - Guatemala
NC State University announces the Tenth Annual
Ethnographic Field School, Summer 2003
Lake Atitln, Guatemala May 15 - July 4, 2003
Applying Anthropology To Nature and Heritage Conservation
Objectives: Students learn how to do ethnographic fieldwork, design a
research project, carry out independent research and study the effects
of tourism and change on the local environment and communities. During
the program students live with local families in the Western Highlands.
People of the Lake Atitlan region are friendly and outgoing with an
ancient and rich cultural heritage. The effects of globalization and
tourism growth are having an significant impact on their way of life. In
this second summer of research in Guatemala we will focus on the
economic and environmental impacts of tourism on the indigenous Mayan
communities. Students will study how these Tzutujil and Kaqchikel
Mayans are adapting to changing demographics, the effects of the global
economic slowdown on the export of coffee and traditional textiles, as
well as on the continuing presence of more and more tourists and foreign
residents. The program is designed for 13-14 graduate and/or
undergraduate anthropology majors or minors or students in related
fields wishing to learn applied ethnographic field methods. Students
will be encouraged to develop an applied component to their research
projects that will complement the 2002 applied research effort.
Approximately half the participants will be Guatemalan undergraduate
anthropology students. The program is also affiliated with the
Universidad del Valle-Guatemala City (UVG) and anthropology students
from the UVG will participate. Each student is free to choose any
topic for his or her independent ethnographic research project, but
environment and tourism inevitably will play at least some role in
nearly all potential topics.
Six Course Credits (graduate or undergraduate): Prerequisites are two
courses in anthropology, one of which must be in Cultural Anthropology.
No previous experience in ethnographic fieldwork required. Priority will
be given to students who have
completed at least two semesters of Spanish. Housing
Each student will be housed with a local Guatemalan family in one of ten
communities around Lake Atitlan. Each student will receive room,
breakfast, lunch and dinner and laundry services. Families also will
help students learn Spanish and establish networks in the community.
Program Costs: The cost of the six week program is $2500. The fee covers
all living expenses.
Not included: airfare, airport departure taxes.
Applications may be downloaded from the field school
website: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~twallace . You may also request a copy of
the application directly from: Tim Wallace at 919-815-6388 (m) or
919-515-9025 (o) E-mail: tim_wallace@ncsu.edu . All applications must be
accompanied by a $150 registration fee, applicable to the total program
cost. The registration fee will be refunded to students who are not
accepted for the program. In previous years the program was full by
early January, so acceptance is more likely the earlier the application
is received.


--
Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607

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