Design, Repair, and Sustainability in a Mobile Age

When: Friday, May 30, 2:00-4:00 pm
Where: Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC

Come take part in a discussion with Joshua A. Bell, curator of globalization, and specialists in design and sustainability, Jamer Hunt (New School), Josh Lepawsky (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and Philip White (Arizona State University).

This panel is part of a series on “The Art & Science of Repair,” funded by a Smithsonian Grand Challenges Consortia Grant, which seeks to bring together different perspectives on the design, use, and repair of cell phones.

When: April 30th, 4:00 pm

Where: Mann Library, 237 Mann Drive, Ithaca, NY 14853

Challenged to become more actively engaged with and play a larger role in democratizing society, universities are partnering with people to reduce inequities and provide greater access to knowledge gained from anthropological research. This engaged stance moves the application of theory, methods and practice toward action and activism, and reduces disparities in underserved communities.

Sam Beck will discuss his book Toward Engaged Anthropology in a Chats in the Stacks book talk.

Beck is a senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and director of Cornell’s Urban Semester Program.

The book, published in July 2013 and co-edited by Beck and Carl A. Maida, offers essays by seven experts on a new form of engaged, public anthropology that is taking hold in the field for its promise to address social and economic disparities found in many communities and social groups.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Information: mannlib.cornell.edu/events-exhibits

Presented by the Cato Institute

Featuring the author William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University
When: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 4 pm with reception to follow
Where: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001

The technocratic approach to ending global poverty favored by development experts often strengthens authoritarian governments and neglects or undermines the preferences and personal choices of poor people.

William Easterly will explain why a different branch of economics emerged for poor countries and how it has served the interests of decisionmakers in powerful countries, political leaders in poor countries, and humanitarians in rich countries. Join us to hear Professor Easterly make a case in favor of liberty that has so far been disregarded by the experts: poverty can only be ended and development sustained by respecting the individual rights of the world’s poor.

To register to attend this event, click here and then submit the form on the page that opens, or email events@cato.org, fax (202) 371-0841, or call (202) 789-5229 by 4:00pm on Monday, May 5th, 2014.

If you can’t make it to the Cato Institute, watch this event live online at www.cato.org/live and follow @CatoEvents on Twitter to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute.

Collaborative methods to understand the history and ecology of the Klamath-Siskiyou Region-Incorporating Tribal Knowledge with Scientific Inquiry
By Dr. Frank K. Lake, research ecologist, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
When: April 25, 2014, 4:30-5:30 pm
Where: Q?rius Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC

This lecture will explore relationships between people and their environment as viewed through scientific and American Indian cultural perspectives. Various methods are used to understand and describe the history and ecology of a region — from biological, anthropological and historical frameworks. Each approach includes innovative channels for collaboration between communities, tribes, organizations, agencies, and academics. Multi-disciplinary studies that investigate linkages between socio-cultural and ecological factors across different scales will be presented to understand the dynamics of history, culture and place.

Recovering Voices is hosting this public talk as part of its Cultural Planet lecture series.

The National Association of Practicing Anthropologists announces a new resource for students, instructors, and new professionals:  a pilot series of 8 podcast interviews exploring career trajectories with a diverse group of veteran practitioner anthropologists. These were recorded in 2013-2014 to  discuss how practitioners got from grad school to career goals, and how they apply anthropology in their professions.

• Mari H. Clark, Independent Consultant, World Bank, et al.
• Patricia Ensworth, Principal, Harborlight Management Services
• Adam Koons, Senior Vice President for Program Management, Relief International
• C. Timothy McKeown, Legal Anthropologist (litigation support) U. S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
• Mary Odell Butler, Evaluation Program Manager (retired), Battelle
• Ellen Puccia, President, Beta Research Associates
• Laurie Schwede, Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Survey Measurement
• Stan Yoder, Senior Qualitative Research Specialist (retired), ICF International, Demographic and Health Survey Group.

The interviews last from 15 to 30 minutes and are free of charge. To hear or download the podcasts, go to the NAPA website. Be sure to give us your feedback as well; if this series is a success NAPA will explore other podcasts in the future.

The NAPA Podcast Series is coordinated and edited by Steven K. Wilson, and he is eager to hear from you! Go to the link provided in the previous paragraph.

When: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC

The 2014 Annual Conference is just 4 weeks away and space is filling up fast. As you may know, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (pictured), will deliver the keynote address.

We will also have eight breakout sessions and two high-level plenary discussions throughout the day. Topics will include Technology and Innovation; Maximizing Value, Impact, and Relevance in the New International Development Architecture; Ensuring Healthy Lives; Land and Resource Rights; Access to Water; Next Generation Resilience; Education Challenges; and many more. To view details and descriptions, please click here.

Please stay tuned for more information on session speakers and the rest of the program by visiting our website. If your organization is interested in sponsoring the Annual Conference, please email annualconference@sidw.org or call (202) 331-1317.

What are you waiting for? Space is limited, so register today!

African Diaspora and Development
When: Saturday, April 12th, 2:30 – 6 pm
Where: Embassy of Cote d’Ivoire (2424 Massachusetts Avenue, NW), Washington DC

Maison D’Oeuvres Pour Le Developpment Economique et Du Leadership Pour la Cote D’Ivoire and the Consortium of African Diaspora in the United States (CADUS) invites you and your colleagues to attend a forum on “African Diaspora and Development Partnerships.”  Ambassador Amina Salum Ali, the African Union’s Permanent Representative to Washington, will be the keynote speaker for this event.

Please RSVP to Janet Kah Le Guil at jnetkah@kahleguil.org

Discordant Development: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh

When: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 10:00 am
Tea and coffee served from 9:30

Where: Anthropology Library and Research Center, British Museum

The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Center, in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, is pleased to present the sixth seminar in the 2013-2014 series of “Reviewer Meets Reviewed”, a discussion between Katy Gardner, author of Discordant Development: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Connection in Bangladesh, and professor Janet Seeley, who reviewed the book for the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

For bookings and inquiries: Tedd Goodliffe, tgoodliffe@britishmuseum.org

For more information, see the Royal Anthropological Institute events page.

When: Postponed due to weather. New date and time TBA.
Where: Hortense Amsterdam House 202
2110 G Street NW
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Dr. Deborah Poole is a professor of anthropology and specialist on Latin America. She is co-director of Experimental States, a large-scale project in Peru which addresses the question of how to deploy ethnography, known for its attention to detail, to the everyday, the subjective, the relational, the intimate and unexpected, in the task of understanding the modern state. It hopes to achieve a greater understanding of the state as a space of experimentation. She is editor of the Blackwell Companion to Latin American Anthropology and author of numerous books and articles.