The focus of the research is determination of the causes of obesity within an urban milieu among populations of Cajuns, Creoles, and Afro-Americans.

Field school students will collaborate with neighborhood participants in this “Seed to Table” experiment in gardening, food preparation, and cooking. Students will engage in a transformative research beneficial to their career development and to our local community. As learners and researchers, students will develop and practice…

Deadline Aug. 15, 2013, awarded odd numbered years.

The Society for Medical Anthropology announces that nominations for the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award are now being accepted. This award, first given in 2005, recognizes those who have made significant contributions to applying theory and methods in medical anthropology, particularly in diverse contexts, to multidisciplinary audiences, and with some impact on policy.

Nominations for the…

Council on Anthropology and Reproduction

GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

The deadline for submission of graduate student papers is SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR), an interest group of the Society for Medical Anthropology, is pleased to announce its 13^th annual award competition for the best graduate student paper on anthropology and reproduction. Submissions from…

The SfAA leadership learned on April 10, 2013 that an auction house in Paris had planned the sale of several sacred masks made and used by members of the Hopi Tribe. The masks were from a private, unnamed source.

Through exchange and correspondence among SfAA members, AAA and other interested and knowledgeable individuals, the leadership quickly established several facts:

1.  The Tribe opposed strongly the sale on religious and cultural grounds.

2.  The…