Anthropologists in the Securityscape: A Dialogue on Implications for Practice
When: Tuesday, November 1
Where: Dinner, Beacon Bar and Grill, 5:30pm
Charles Sumner School, 7:00 PM
Presenters:
Robert Albro, American University, School of International Service
David Abramson, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State
For more information, visit: November 2011 Meeting
The CIGA Seminar Series Presents
Arresting the Killer in the Kitchen:
The Promises and Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves
by
Rob Bailis, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
When: Thursday, November 3, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Where: The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505
1957 E Street NW
Professor Bailis will review the impacts associated with dependence on solid fuels as a source of residential energy throughout the developing world and discuss the current state of household energy interventions.
Light refreshments will be available
RSVP requested: http://bit.ly/rkc49g
CIGA is part of GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs and its Institute of Global and International Studies
When: October 28-30
Where: Washington DC
Join us for Machik Weekend, an annual fall gathering in Washington DC, to explore service and educational programs in Tibet. Meet past and present Machik volunteers, team members and other dynamic organizations and individuals working in the Tibetan region. Through roundtables, speakers and informal discussions, learn about Machik service and capacity-building programs and explore how you or your local community can become involved.
Learn about Machik progams including:
-Summer Enrichment Program
-Social Business
-Rural Education
-Sustainable Communities
-Sustainability and Governance Research
Register here or call 202.536.4858.
When: Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Where: Sumner School, 7:00 pm
Dinner, Beacon Bar and Grill, 5:30 pm
Dr. Frances Norwood will talk about her book, The Maintenance of Life: Preventing Social Death through Euthanasia Talk and End-of-Life Care–Lessons from the Netherlands. . The book is based on a 15-month ethnography of home death in The Netherlands and develops from two important study findings: Continue reading “Oct 2011 Meeting: The Maintenance of Life”
A Living Ritual: An Ethnography of Islamic Prayers in Iran
When: Friday October 28, 12-2 pm
Where: Funger 220
2201 G Street [near the Foggy Bottom metro]
Washington DC 20052
A talk by Professor Niloofar Haeri, Department of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
For more information call 202-994-6075 or email anth@gwu.edu
Dynamic Anthropology: Tensions between Theory and Practice
When: October 5-7, 2011
Where: University of Helsinki
This conference invites participants to look beyond conventional divides and to explore and engage with theoretical, methodological, political and ethical questions from every perspective. Some suggested (but by no means limiting) topics include the discussion of new approaches to kinship, materialities, production and consumption or medical anthropology; discussion of new fields in anthropology such as ‘affect’, computer culture or global concerns; methodologies – from participatory action research to visual anthropology or discourse-centred perspectives on culture; exploration of concept metaphors such as nature, space, body and scale; or productive pathways to syncretizing anthropological theory and empirical data in specific research fields.
Interested in submitting a paper for the conference? See the call for papers.
See website for more details and information on how to register.
The Society for Economic Anthropology Book Prize Committee is looking for the best book in economic anthropology published over the last 3 years.
The committee requests nominations for single or multi-authored non-edited volumes published between 2009 and 2011 (the prize covers the 3 year cycle) that focus on issues in economic anthropology.
For more information, click here.
(Re)Defining Power: Paradigms of Praxis
When: October 15-16, 2011
Where: American University, Washington DC
Submission deadline: September 16, 2011 5PM Eastern Time
Contact: AUPublicAnthro@gmail.com
Website: http://american.edu/cas/anthropology/public
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
The Eighth Annual Public Anthropology Conference
Join us for a conference that examines and uncovers various systems of power. New paradigms of praxis must be about more than making power visible. Our challenge in this conference, then, is to both locate and redefine power. We invite academic and professional anthropologists, social scientists, activists, public health professionals, filmmakers, and educators to join us in this inquiry into power. We welcome panels, papers, and skill workshops drawing upon some of the following frameworks for challenging power — critical race studies, interrogations of the nonprofit industrial complex, anti-displacement, critical animal studies, environmental justice, education reform and policy, disability studies, activism-based research, and performance and queer studies — but we invite papers of all types and from all social justice movements.
Unlike many academic events built around formal papers, this conference will focus on bringing panelists and audience members together to discuss concrete ways social scientists can support, strengthen, and contribute to activist movements striving toward progressive political action. The conference will include panel sessions (structured discussion of ideas), skills workshops (presenters teaching concrete skills to audience members), and a film festival.
Please submit abstracts (one-paragraph descriptions) of what you are interested in presenting or a film you made and would like to show at the conference. Panelists and skills workshop presenters will be selected by a group of students and faculty to ensure the conference reflects a diverse array of social movements, backgrounds, and experiences. The submission deadline is September 16; participants will be notified of acceptance on a rolling admissions basis.
Please register online at http://american.edu/cas/anthropology/public and
direct any questions to AUPublicAnthro@gmail.com.
Not Hollywood: Independent Film As Cultural Critique by Dr. Sherry Ortner
Date: Thursday, September 22nd
Time: Lecture 4:00-5:30 pm, with reception to immediately follow
Location: McShain Lounge
Georgetown University will celebrate the creation of its very own Department of Anthropology by throwing a big lecture and reception. Professor Sherry Ortner will give the Inaugural Lecture of the Department of Anthropology which will be followed by a reception.
Contact Kurt Muhlbauer at 202-687-4185 with any questions. Click here for more details.
When: Monday, September 12, 9:00am – 11:00am
Where: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center Amphitheater
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Dr. Jonathan LaPook, medical correspondent for the CBS Evening News, will interview Dr. Paul Farmer at Hooks Book.
A portion of the event’s proceeds will be donated to Partners In Health, the non-profit organization that provides a preferential option for the poor in health care. Additional copies of Haiti After the Earthquake will be available for purchase. Dr. Farmer will be signing books at the event.
Tickets available now and at the door. Click here to purchase tickets. This event is open to the public. All ticket holders must present picture ID when they enter the building. For more information, click here.
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