June 23, 2004 IUN Anthro news

1) Events: local history, apes, forensics, native art, social justice,
Potawatomi Indian removal, Rockabillies
2) Interesting web sites: Indiana archaeology, language news, Neandertals, owls etc
3) IUN advising notes for summer and fall
4) jobs

A thought from Rose Porter: Life is not a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body; but rather to
skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming:
"Wow! What a Ride !"


1) See Indiana University Northwest's major contributions to the six-week exhibit,
"Cultural Connections: One Region - Many Voices," at the Indiana Welcome Center
located on Kennedy Avenue just south of I-80/94.
Running through July 11, the exhibit showcases the rich diversity of northwest
Indiana by representing more than 30 different cultures and ethnic groups.
Greeting visitors at the entrance are seven 25-foot "Timelines," prepared by
the Calumet Regional Archives. These timelines highlight the major waves of
migration to the region, starting with "Native Americans." It is also at this
point where visitors will learn about the connection between the geological
evolution of our region and its impact on early settlers. This information is
taken from the book Calumet Beginnings, authored by IU Northwest Professor of
Science Education Kenneth Schoon, Ph.D. Visitors are then led through "Early
Explorers," "Early European/American Settlement," "Eastern European
Settlement," "African-American Migration," "Latino Migration" and "Recent
Arrivals."

The New African Ape house at Lincoln Park Zoo is scheduled to open on July 1.
 http://www.lpzoo.com/index_2.html
And right across the street from the zoo, the Notebaert Nature Museum has an
exhibit called CSI: Crime Scene Insects, running thru Sept 12.
http://www.chias.org/
and also see http://www.chaminade.edu/csi/

The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis is having a two day Indian Market with
dancing, music, storytelling and art Sat/Sun June 26 & 27
http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm/home.asp

The Mitchell Museum in Evanston IL (just north of Chicago) has a presentation
Sunday July 11, “Struggle for the Mississippi, 1814, by Fred Christiansen of
Parkland College.
Also, their Jewelry Trading Days are Sat/Sun July 24 & 25.
http://www.mitchellmuseum.org/

Join local peace activists and progressive thinkers for a Potluck Dinner &
Discussion
When: June 27, 4:00-7:00PM
Where: Indiana University Northwest, Savannah Center - Room 203
presentation and discussion topics. (Each presentation will be about
5-15 minutes long, followed by a discussion of similar length) Joan
Crist will present the Geneva Accord (proposal for a peaceful two-state
resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian disputes) Mark Lesniewski will
lead a discussion around a piece by Thomas Merton's entitled "Letter to
an Activist". NWISJ will lead two presentation/discussions: Raoul
Contreras will talk about the transition of power in Iraq to the Iraqi
government. Another NWISJ member will present a topic yet to be decided
(possibilities include prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib or the pending
military draft legislation)
One or two additional topics may be presented by members of the Purdue
Calumet's Social Justice club or the Hobart Unitarian Church (FYI, the
president of the National Unitarian Church has written a letter publicly
opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq).
David Drapac drdra55@hotmail.com

Where Two Trails Meet -- Elderhostel to feature Indian Removals and Canal
"Where Two Trails Meet" is the name of an Elderhostel, hosted by Epworth
Forest Conference Center, North Webster, Ind., on Aug. 29 - Sept. 3, 2004, to
teach the connection between the Wabash & Erie Canal and the American Indians.
It will feature the Potawatomi Trail of Death, presented by Shirley Willard,
Rochester, and Don Perrot, Dowagiac, Mich.; the Miami Indian removal, told by
Penny Fouts, Peru, and the Wabash & Erie Canal, presented by Dan McCain,
Delphi, and Tom Castaldi, Fort Wayne. Perrot is a descendant of Chief
Menominee, the Potawatomi chief who refused to sell his land and was "tied
like a dog" and placed in a jail wagon to travel across Indiana on the Trail
of Death in 1838.
On Monday evening a cook-out of Native American food is planned. As Epworth
Forest is on Lake Webster, canoes and other lake activities will be available
for Tuesday afternoon, which will be free time.
A bus will take the participants on Sept. 1 on a tour, guided by Shirley &
Bill Willard, who led the Trail of Death Commemorative Caravans in 1988,
1993,1998 and 2003. Don Perrot will lend a personal perspective to the Trail,
as he is a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi and teaches the Potawatomi
language. The tour will stop at Chief Menominee statue, follow the Trail of
Death to the Tippecanoe River, visit the Fulton County Museum, and then follow
the Trail of Death historical markers to Delphi. They will spend the night at
Camp Tecumseh YMCA near Battle Ground.
The next day they will tour the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center in
Delphi and follow the canal to Logansport, Peru, Wabash and return to Epworth
Forest. On Friday, the bus will return the group and take up the Canal tour to
Huntington to visit Forks of the Wabash and finish the tour in Fort Wayne. The
Elderhostel concludes after lunch on Friday.
Reservations must be made by July 10 to Elderhostel at 1-877-426-8056. For
details about Epworth Forest call 260-327-3047. Cost is $705 single, or $592
double.

The Rockabillies at IUN
artist Jennifer Greenburg
 Exhibit runs June 28 to July 23
Reception with the artist July 9, 6pm to 9pm
Meet the "Rockabillies" this Sunday, June 27, from 2pm -4pm in the main parking
lot and gallery.
The "Rockabillies" are a subculture living their lives as if they are back in
the mid 20th century. They drive vintage cars, dress in vintage clothing, listen
to the music of the 40's & 50's, and decorate their homes the same. Jennifer
Greenburg for the past four years has documented this group through her
photography. Please stop by.
Info from afritz@IUN.EDU


The 2004 joint meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference and the
Midwestern Archaeological Conference
October 21-23, 2004
St. Louis Marriott-Downtown, St. Louis, Missouri
Primary Weblink: http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2004seac.html
Registration Deadline: October 1, 2004
 Abstract Deadline: August 2, 2004
Conference Chair: John Kelly, Washington University
email: jkelly@artsci.wustl.edu
phone: 314-935-4609
Program Chair: Timothy Baumann, University of Missouri-St. Louis
email: tbaumann@umsl.edu
phone: 314-516-6021


Call for Papers for our October 15, 2004 Annual Meeting on the Campus of Butler
University in Indianapolis.
I am soliciting general Sociology and Anthropology papers for presentation at
the Conference, and subsequent review for publication in the IASS' Journal.  All
papers will be reviewed by two anonymous reviewers, and the Journal's annual
volume will include three papers from these sessions.
We are interested in providing opportunities for graduate students and advanced
undergraduate students to present, and I will be looking for especially
interesting methodological and theoretical approaches for publication in the
journal.  I encourage faculty to submit papers that are the beginnings of new
projects, not as yet developed to the point of general peer review in the better
known and more prestigious journals.  This emphasis on new and daring work is
what I hope the IASS to represent over the coming years.
You can get the guidelines for journal submission and for papers from me by
e-mail.  Papers are relatively short, ten pages in length.  Please write the
final draft of the paper in Rich Text Format (RTF) and in accordance with the
guidelines if you wish to be considered for publication. The deadline for papers
to be presented at the Conference is August 15, 2004.  Submissions should be
made via e-mail to tkoponen@uipui.edu
Upon receipt, I will forward them to reviewers and begin to organize session for
the conference.  I will inform authors of their time in the schedule as soon as
possible after the deadline.  Published articles will be announced at the Annual
Meeting.
I ask that you forward this email to fellow faculty and students in your
Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Indiana University-Northwest.  Our
goal at the IASS is to build a collegial organization of social scientists in
the state of Indiana.  Last year, we had presenters from small colleges (Martin
University) to Public Land-Grants (Purdue).  As we grow, we hope to connect our
social science colleagues and to create a dynamic and multi-disciplinary
dialogue among friends interested in the social sciences in Indiana.
Thank you for your time, please feel free to get a hold of me at the address above.
Sincerely,
Timothy


    
2) Interesting web sites
Archaeology and Public Education, the newsletter of the SAA (Society for
American Archaeology) Public Education Committee, is now posted at
http://saa.org/pubEdu/a&pe/index.html
 Several Indiana archaeology items are included under both News and Events
from  Amy L. Johnson
Research Archaeologist and Archaeology Outreach Coordinator (Indiana)

 Shovel Bums is now offering Archaeology and CRM news feeds via
http://www.shovelbums.org/news
This is a handy starting place when you are looking to keep up with current
events in archaeology and CRM.  There is also a new link to job archives which
show the most recent postings on Shovel Bums.

Research Shows Dogs Understand Language (from Steffi)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040610/D8344JGO2.html

Neandertals Were Fully Developed by Age 15, Experts Say (from Mara)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0428_040428_neandertals.html

http://www.juneteenth.com/

The Global Owl Project is an international research programme which
proposes to resolve fundimental aspects of taxonomy and conservation
for the world's Owls. Full details of the project's proposals can be
found at: http://www.globalowlproject.com

Preserve America Web site at http://www.PreserveAmerica.gov/subscribe.html



Summer II advising notes:

Many students who were turned down for summer financial aid have received
letters in the past week or two saying that they are actually getting awards for
Summer II as more money is now available.  If you did not get such a letter,
call or drop by the financial aid office to see if you can get an award.  The
last day for registration and change of courses over the web is Friday June 25;
otherwise you have to wait for Wed June 30 and Thurs July 1 for open registration.

If you still have financial problems and want to take any of the summer II
anthro classes, see me or Mik Stokely about the possibility of sitting in on
them now, and registering for credit in the fall semester (Indians of Indiana
and Primates will not be taught again in the near future).

Confusion over the summer course numbers: the Indians of Indiana course has
three numbers; be careful which number you register under:
Anthro E323 is the basic number for the Indians of Indiana course and it is the
number most students need to use; it is the only one of the three numbers that
can be used to satisfy A & S distribution requirements; it can be used for Group
IIIC or IV-2 (Culture Studies).
Sociology S362 TOPICS: Indians of Indiana counts as an elective in the major for
sociology BA students; only students wishing to use the credit for a sociology
elective in for BA or AA major or minor (and certain students in certain
programs in other divisions such as Continuing Education) should register under
this number – in addition credit is given for only two S362 courses, so never
register for a third course under that number.  Both S362 and E323 require a
term paper, but the third number does not: ANTH E108; E108 carries no
distribution credits at all in A & S; it does count for the Anthro AA degree,
and towards the 120 hours for any BA degree.
The Indians of Indiana course is mostly about the Miami and Potawatomi Indians.

For the Primates classes, B466 requires a senior level science research paper;
B266 does not.  Email me if in doubt about which to choose.

I will be in my office on the afternoons of Wed June 30 and Thurs July 1; you
can also get summer and fall advising from me by email.

Fall advising notes:

Due to an error in the printing of the Fall 04 schedule of classes, the
following class was inadvertently omitted:
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL CONTROL
Soc S320 - Prof. T. Foltz
T/R 2:30-3:45
Course ID# 28160
In this course we will cover a full range of deviant behaviors -- from
physical/body deviance to sexual deviance, from ritual deviance to psychological
deviance, from substance abuse to religious cults to political deviance- and the
social responses they incur. This is a course in which you will never be bored
and which you won't soon forget! S320 is not listed in the printed Fall Schedule
of Classes, but it is listed Online.
All students are welcome to register-- the prerequisite is S161, Principles of
Sociology or Instructor's Consent. Call or e-mail Professor Tanice Foltz at
980-6786 or tfoltz@iun.edu for further information.

This is an important addition to the schedule, as it is the only fall class that
fulfills the Deviance requirement in the Sociology BA program.

There are several changes in instructors, too:
You can see the revised fall schedule of classes by going to One Start on the
IUN home page, then choosing Public services and then schedule of classes under
the Course Information list.  Maneuvering thru the electronic schedules is not
very efficient, but just play around and you will get the hang of it.  Mike (the
department secretary) has also put up the latest anthropology fall course
revisions (and some but not all of the sociology revisions) at:
http://www.iun.edu/~socnw/fall2004sched.shtml

Other fall notes for Sociology BA students: if you are a junior or senior (or
even a sophomore) you should be taking S261 with Dr Marty Zusman in the fall;
this is the new number for S250.  If you are a junior or (especially) a senior
you should be taking either S254 in the fall or S262 in the spring (take S261
first).  Seniors should be taking S215 in the fall in preparation for the spring
S340 theory class (S215 is NOT about the Civil Rights Movement, that is a typo
in the schedule of classes).


4) jobs
 Visiting Assistant Director at the UIC Latino Cultural Center
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/adn/masscomm/announce/announcement.48468.html

*Bowling Green State University
Instructor (Non-Tenure-Track)
Department of Popular Culture
Popular Culture, Folklore, and Media
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University
seeks candidates for two full-time, non-tenure-track faculty
appointments with benefits at the rank of Instructor to start Fall
2004. The department defines popular culture broadly to encompass the
study of expressive practice and performance in daily life including
mass media and folklore. We seek candidates whose teaching interests
focus on the active role of popular culture in articulating and
negotiating the intersection of society, culture and ideology.
Two year appointment with renewal contingent upon favorable
performance evaluation; May be renewed for additional two year terms.
The candidates will be required to teach 4 introductory courses each
semester including such courses as Introduction to Popular Culture,
Popular Culture and Media, Introduction to Black Popular Culture,
Introduction to Folklore and Folklife, Introduction to Popular Film,
Introduction to Contemporary Popular Literature, Introduction to
Popular Music, and Television as Popular Culture. In addition, during
late July or early August 2004, the candidate must participate in a
faculty orientation focused on teaching popular culture courses.
Furthermore, during Fall 2005, the candidate may be required to teach
a large-lecture section of the introductory popular culture course
which enrolls up to 300 students.
The website for the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green
State University is located at http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/.

PART-TIME LIBRARIAN at IUN
Provides reference service to students, faculty, staff, and community members in
an academic community of 5,000 students in Northwest Indiana, thirty miles from
Chicago.  Flexible daytime hours, Monday-Friday. Salary: $12.00/hr.
Qualifications: one year library reference experience and at least one library
reference course mandatory.  MLS from an ALA accredited library school,
knowledge of online searching preferred.  Deadline: Review of applications will
begin June 28, 2004 and continue until the position is filled.
Send resume, transcript, and three letters of recommendation to: Ms. Arena
Stevens, Coordinator of Reference Services, IUN Library, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN
46408.  AA/EEO Employer


Mid-Career Grant Program 2004
 The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award a $25,000
research grant to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional
degree and at least 10 years` experience in architectural preservation
or related fields, including historic preservation, architecture,
landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning,
archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts. Other
smaller grants up to $10,000 are made at the discretion of the
Trustees.
The grants are intended to support projects of innovative original
research or creative design that advance the practice of historic preservation
in the U.S.  The mid-career grant is made possible by the generosity of the
Kress Foundation. For more information, visit our web site at
http://www.fitchfoundation.org/
 The deadline is September 7, 2004
Amy L. Johnson
Research Archaeologist and Archaeology Outreach Coordinator
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
402 W. Washington St. , Room W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739

 Volunteers Needed for Research Study
Volunteers needed to donate blood for research to identify the mechanisms of
platelet activation (protocol # 1999-0610) and thrombotic diseases (e.g. heart
attack and stroke) at University of Illinois at Chicago. A nominal compensation
will be paid.
For more information, please contact the Principal investigator Dr. Xiaoping Du
or Aleksandra Stojanovic at (312) 355-0250.
Protocol Title: Mechanisms of Platelet activation
Approval Period: March 25 2004-March 26 2005