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Mapping of Adivasi or Indigenous Development from a Political Anthropology Perspective
Organizer: Eswarappa KASI
Development of adivasi or indigenous communities is the mainstay of all the elected governments in India. State has initiated number of initiatives in order to address the questions of livelihoods and development of adivasis or indigenous groups in…
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Center for Interventions, Treatment, and Addictions Research
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, Ohio
We offer an outstanding opportunity for a junior colleague to become involved in behavioral substance abuse research focusing on the use…
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Greetings! Is anyone interested in participating in a roundtable discussion on the "Feminization of Agriculture" at the 2018 SfAA meeting in Philadelphia? The idea is to have an open discussion with 5 or 6 participants on different perspectives and experiences of this process. Please find below the proposed abstract for the roundtable, and let us know if you would be interested in participating: joan.mencher@gmail.com,…
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Call for Papers
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 3-7, 2018
(Re)Making Drug Use, Addiction, and Recovery Online
Organizer: Allison Schlosser, Case Western Reserve University Department of Anthropology
(Il)legal drug use is now a central global concern…
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Recently, SfAA President Alexander (Sandy) Ervin posted a strong Statement on Violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on the home page of the SfAA web site:
Following that initial statement, the SfAA Office has worked with the American Anthropological Association, the American Historical Association, and the American Sociological Association to continue the conversation about:…
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The Society for Applied Anthropology strongly condemns the violence generated by racist hate groups in Charlottesville, VA. The values of SfAA include dignity, integrity, and worth of all peoples. We reaffirm our ongoing commitment to value human diversity in all its myriad forms, and we endorse the strong statement below issued…
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Can we predict the future? HarvardX is offering a free online course, PredictionX: Diviner’s Guide, which examines the myriad ways humans have sought to know their fate. Join practitioners and Harvard University faculty for this one-week, immersive learning experience to explore “pre-scientific” prediction systems ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to the Oracle of Delphi to modern…
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2017 AACS CONFERENCE
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 16, 2017
CALL FOR POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS (CFP)
Annual Conference
October 5-7,…
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The January 2010 earthquake was only the beginning of putting Haiti on the international map. After the whirlwind of donations and temporary aid workers fizzled, those who remained behind were left with questions unanswered. What lessons can we draw from one of the world’s largest humanitarian efforts ever mounted? Were they applied in Hurricane Matthew, which devastated large segments of rural Haiti in October of last year?
Northern Illinois University’s Center for NGO Leadership…
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Sericulture has become one of the important means of livelihood for the majority of the farmers in South India, especially in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka, known as the ‘Silk Bowl of India’, occupies the top spot in producing mulberry silk in the country. Andhra Pradesh comes second in mulberry silk production in the country. Both these states have fiercely competed in mulberry silk production, which is a good sign for the sericulturists of these states. It is argued here that the…
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Despite efforts by the Indian state to develop and maintain various irrigation strategies, many projects have not achieved the desired results, often due to systemic problems inherent in these initiatives. Meanwhile, the growing scarcity of water in South Asia propels new thinking about remedies. Based on detailed fieldwork, this article, which seems at first completely unrelated to matters of caste discrimination, assesses the sustainability of lift irrigation schemes (LIS) in Andhra…
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In the last few years a participatory watershed program is being implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. At present, the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (APRLP) seeks to scale up the ongoing watershed program activities in the state by providing support in the areas of capacity building, livelihood support, and the provision of other schemes and services to the persons and organizations involved. This article is the outcome of the writer’s field work in Andhra Pradesh. Using a…
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The Independence movement- as well as its subsequent debates- is one of the most documented events in India, in which the questions of identity and subjectivity of the country and its people were the pillar of the movement. Those questions are still relevant in contemporary India as the introduction of neo-liberal policies in the 1990s have changed the position of India globally and has altered the working and living conditions…
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This JDS special issue on ‘Globalization and People at the Margins’ provides an interdisciplinary examination of the effects of globalization on the dispossessed, the marginal, and the excluded sectors of the population. In general, the articles in this issue reveal that the market-oriented development strategies associated with globalization have adversely affected the livelihoods of India’s marginalized people. The issue also reveals how certain civil society organizations in India have…
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SfAA is partnering with the March for Science to support its mission: “…robustly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity. We unite as a diverse, nonpartisan group to call for science that upholds the common good and for political leaders and policy makers to enact evidence based policies in the public interest.”
The main march will take place in Washington, D.C. For satellite marches in other cities. Check:…
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS (CFP)
2017 Annual Conference of
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS)
October 5-7, 2017
“Use Sociology”…
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ExtrACTION and Environment Sessions and Roundtables
SfAA 2017
Most sessions: Chaco West (Inn at Loretto)
1) (W-45) WEDNESDAY 10:00-11:50
Chaco West (Inn at Loretto)
Social and Ecological Relationships in Conservation and Change
CHAIR: FITZPATRICK,…
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Princeton University is hosting a workshop and conference August 1-3, 2017 to stimulate ethnographic research into entrepreneurship, new business formation, and startup team dynamics. We invite anthropology graduate students (who have passed their qualifying/comprehensive exams) to apply for a limited number of subsidized openings (travel, lodging, and meal expenses covered). The conference will feature presentations on current research by ethnographers from varied disciplines,…
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Business Anthropology Matters! is an exciting initiative planned for the 2017 AAA Meetings. The organizing committee consists of Bob Morais, Timothy Malefyt, Elizabeth Briody, and Allen Batteau. Contact information: rmorais@wsm-inc.com; timothy.malefyt@gmail.com elizabeth.briody@gmail.com;…
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