By contributor Sean Carey Last week it looked like U.S. and European supermarket chains like Wal-Mart, Tesco and Carrefour would soon be allowed to enter the $396 billion retail market in India. The fast-growing country, Asia’s third-largest economy after China and Japan, has a population of 1.2 billion, which makes it the world’s second most [...]
An article in Nature discusses the potential of archaeological heritage sites in Egypt and Libya for contributing to post-Arab Spring stability. For those who want more information on archaeological heritage sites in the Middle East and North Africa, cultural anthropologist Michael Cernea provides an excellent overview in his report, Cultural Heritage and Development: A Framework [...]
• Forensic anthropologists testify in child murder trial in Scotland BBC News reported on a trial in Scotland involving testimony from two forensic anthropologists: Sue Black, a professor of human anatomy and forensic anthropology at Dundee University and Dr. Cunningham, a lecturer in anthropology at Dundee University. Both worked on a report which was presented [...]
Life and Death: A Conversation When: May 10-13, 2012 Where: Providence Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2012 At the 2012 Society for Cultural Anthropology Conference we encourage discussion about matters of life and death, as perceived through anthropological and ethnographic inquiry. We explicitly call for conversations in the spirit of exchange [...]
Deadline: March 1, 2012 The Textile Society of America is pleased to solicit nominations for the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award for books published in 2011. Given annually, the award is meant to encourage the study and understanding of ethnic textile traditions by recognizing exceptional scholarship in the field. The award consists of a cash [...]
Source: The Canadian Press, Nov 11, 2011: Canada’s Tsilhqot’in Nation is going to court to block Taseko Mines Ltd. from doing preparatory work on its controversial New Prosperity mine in British Columbia’s Cariboo region. In a petition filed with the B.C. Supreme Court, the First Nations group is asking the court to halt drilling, excavation, [...]
• Understanding Afghanistan: how and for whom The New York Times book review Sunday section carried a two-page review, with a color illustration, of three books on Afghanistan — two of them by cultural anthropologists: Noah Coburn’s Bazaar Politics, “the first extended study of an Afghan community to appear since the Taliban fell” and Thomas [...]
For those of you (including me) who enjoy watching TV cooking contests, we know that the worst that can happen is that an aspiring winner is perspiring, or the presentation was chaotic, or the judges made nasty comments about the taste of one of the dishes. For millions of women who cook family meals, especially [...]
Position: The department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, anticipates hiring a two-year post-doctoral fellow for August 2012. It is expected that extramural support will be developed, either singly or in collaboration with current faculty and staff. Candidates must demonstrate an active research agenda with publications, field experience, and teaching excellence. Qualifications: Qualifications include a recently [...]
By contributor Sean Carey The big romance is over and the mass media thinks it knows why. Pippa Middleton rose to national and international fame when she was maid of honor earlier this year as her older sister married Prince William, second in line to the British throne. She is reported to have been “dumped” [...]
