Anthropology Students: September-Oct. Part 2Announcements

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Please reply to schneider@cua.edu. Thanks in advance for your help.
Jo Anne Schneider
Visiting Scholar
Life Cycle Institute
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064

Dear All,
Can anyone make recommendations about where I can get data on the increase in anthropologists doing applied work? Not sure how/where to go after that. I realize that people may have slightly different ideas of what constitutes applied anthropology. I am going to assume only those that self-identify ... So, if it would be an accurate measure, I could use the growth in membership (and groups NAPA, SfAA) if I could get my hands on that data. Any help, guidance, suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Natalie

Dear All,
On Friday 18th October, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the LSE Department of Anthropology will host A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF PROFESSOR SIR RAYMOND FIRTH. As many of you will know, Raymond passed away earlier this year at the age of 100.

The Celebration will be held starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Shaw Library (The Old Building, Sixth Floor), London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.

For further information please contact Timm Lau by email: t.lau@lse.ac.uk.

Dear All
I'm looking for copies of articles on Visual Anthropology in Spanish to use in a course with indigenous students here in Mexico. Of course, we could also use papers in Nahuatl if there are any!

Description
The “Carrie Hunter Tate Award” honors the memory of this former officer of the National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA). Carrie energetically devoted her time and talents to NASA until her untimely death in 1995.

To honor the spirit with which she dedicated herself to the profession of anthropology, NASA has established the “Carrie Hunter Tate Award,” to be bestowed upon student anthropologists with similar enthusiasm for service to the profession.

The judgment criteria for this award are split equally between academic and professional achievements. Examples of academic achievements include-- but are not limited to--class performance, receipt of academic scholarships and awards, publications and presentations, and, scholarly research.

Examples of professional achievement include--but are not limited to--service within professional organizations or departments, leadership positions within student anthropological groups, and community service in which anthropological issues are brought to the public's attention.

Eligibility
Any student members of AAA, including NASA Members and NASA Volunteers, (but excluding currently elected or appointed NASA Officers) who have demonstrated excellence in academic and service-oriented anthropology are eligible for the Tate Award. Undergraduates, graduates and all international students are encouraged to apply for these awards. During 2001, NASA was able to offer one Tate award. Visit the NASA Web site to read the advice offered by a former Tate Award recipient.

This year, the NASA Awards Selection Committee will give up to two awards, one to a graduate student and one to an undergraduate student. The winners of the Tate Award will each receive a $200.00 (USD) check to be presented at the NASA Business Meeting this November, at the AAA's Annual Meetings.

How To Apply
Applications to this award may occur via three methods:

1. AAA student members may apply individually for the award without a nomination, or;
2. any AAA Member may nominate a student in a separate writing, or;
3. any AAA Section Officer may nominate a student in a separate writing from their section.

In all cases, to be considered as an applicant for the Tate Award, one must submit:

• Name
• Social Security Number
• Address
• School and school year
• Research interests
• Geographical area of interest
• Transcripts of universities attended (unofficial copies are acceptable)
• Two (2) letters of recommendation
• One page essay summarizing the applicant’s character and qualities for eligibility
• CV for graduate student applicants

Deadline
The Awards Selection Committee must receive all fully completed “Carrie Hunter Tate Award” applications no later than Tuesday October 15, 2002 (by 5 p.m. CT).

Got Questions?
For further details or questions about the “Carrie Hunter Tate Award,” please contact Carla Guerrón-Montero (cguerron@regis.edu), Lori Johns (Forloriann@aol.com) or Eric Haanstad (ejhaanstad@students.wisc.edu). You may also view our announcement about the Tate and other awards on the NASA web site.

As anthropologists, we use different combinations of research tools for different areas of business where anthropology and/or ethnography is applied. What is particular to the work we do in the fuzzy-front end of product development and in product development as a whole? How do we collaborate (or distinguish ourselves) with other approaches, like empathic design, contextual inquiry, and participatory design?

I am organizing a discussion session for the SfAA focused on applying anthropology and ethnographic methods in the context of innovation and product development. I think a good format would be to have 2 short, informal presentations on the work some people are doing in order to generate questions and create a starting point for a larger discussion that takes into account the work of all the participants.

Some proposed issues to include in the presentations/discussion:

• Language: What language are we using to describe/define our work?
• Tools: What is our toolkit? In our experience, what has proven to be most/least effective?
• Background: What theories and methodologies do we draw from? What other disciplines are involved, how do they overlap, what could we (as anthropologists) use to learn more about and integrate in our work?
• Work Product: What are our goals and deliverables with respect to product development? Is ethnography just informative? Or is it something else?
• Challenges: What are our biggest challenges, both as individuals and collectively? What brainstorming might we do to collaborate on addressing these challenges?

The deadline for the SfAA is September 15th - fast approaching!! Please contact me if you are interested in participating in the discussion, even if you do not want to present.

Although the roundtable will take place at the SfAA conference, my hope is that this topic might interest a individuals who see themselves as crossing several disciplines - - please pass the word to others who might find intersections here!

Best,
Jill Boncek
Workplace Anthropologist
Concept Studio, Advanced Concepts and Technology
Pitney Bowes
jill.boncek@pb.com
jillboncek@hotmail.com

I am seeking panelists for the following session, which will be proposed for the 2003 meetings of the SfAA, to be held in Portland, OR, March 19-23. The deadline for submission of abstracts to the SfAA is Oct. 15, but I would like to receive abstracts from potential panelists no later than Oct. 1 (my contact information is below). Please note that this is a draft abstract and, depending on the kinds of proposals I receive, is open for modification.
Thanks,
David Beriss
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"Local Eats, Global Tastes: Food, Tourism and the Remaking of American Cities"
The revival of local cuisines and food has played a central role in the development of tourism in American cities in recent decades. Restaurants, brew pubs, farmer's markets, festivals, grocery stores and food courts all contribute to the creation of a city's reputation as a tourist destination.

Local food production and distribution can provide employment in economically distressed areas, promote ethnic diversity and help revive the ties between the city and its hinterlands. In addition, local foods often symbolize urban and regional identity, creating a powerful attraction for tourists. Yet this revived American culinary diversity is contradicted by the unrelenting spread of fast food outlets and national chain restaurants, each reproducing the same products and drawing on global supply chains.

This panel will explore the tensions between these two trends. What does the revival of local food signify for American cities? Is there a place for fast food and homogenous chains in the making of tourist cities? What impact do these two trends have on the survival and development of neighborhoods?

Contact information: David Beriss, Department of Anthropology, University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70148, email: dberiss@uno.edu, http://www.uno.edu/~dberiss/