NAPA Committees Need Volunteers
Posted by jencardew@gmail.com in Announcements on July 24th, 2010
The path to professional involvement in your association runs through joining us in our work. Many of you have contacted NAPA looking for opportunities to get involved. The charters describing the work of most of the NAPA committees and a table listing the committees jobs and chairs is available on our website. Just email the [...]
American Anthropological Association (AAA) has a new Undergraduate Membership
Posted by jencardew@gmail.com in Announcements on May 31st, 2010
The AAA has created a new type of membership for undergraduates which provides all of the benefits of a membership at the reduced rate of $35 down from $80. You can read more about it on the AAA website here.
http://www.aaanet.org/membership/upload/Instructions-for-Undergrad-Membership.pdf
March 2010 NAPA e-Newsletter
Posted by enanas in Announcements, Newsletter on March 4th, 2010
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
e-Newsletter | February/March 2010 (pdf)
In This Issue
Welcome by Elizabeth Nanas
On Mary’s Mind by Mary Butler
Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Change by Emily Altimare
NAPA Bulletin Summaries: Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
Anthropology News CFPs
Welcome to NAPA e-News
Living in Hong Kong for the year has been both challenging and exciting. As many of you [...]
CFP: AAA Registration Waivers for Qualifying Scholars
Posted by enanas in Announcements on March 2nd, 2010
Section Assembly Executive Committee (SAEC)
Call for Applications
CFP
As announced at the Section Assembly meeting in Philadelphia, in an effort to facilitate the participation of and increase members’ access to international and community-based scholars at the AAA annual meetings, registration waivers will be made available to all 38 section members of the Section Assembly. The SAEC requests [...]
TWIAN: From anthropology to social entrepreneurship
Posted by james mullooly in TWIAN on February 16th, 2010
[TWIAN (i.e., This Week in Anthropology) focuses on issues of anthropological practice that are of interest to the NAPA Anthro membership. The following post from Savage Minds.]
This time it’s Joana writing on her own as for the past two years my life has been largely taken over by an enterprise in which Pál only plays a [...]
NEWS: 2009 NAPA Student Paper Competition Winners
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements on February 15th, 2010
The National Association of Practicing Anthropologists is proud to announce the results of the 2009 NAPA Student Paper Contest. All the submitted essays represented the highest level of academic writing and all participants should be proud of their accomplishments. The consensus among the judging panel after reading the collection of essays submitted was that [...]
Senior Researcher, User Experience
Posted by jscroggins in Announcements on February 12th, 2010
HLB Chicago is seeking a seasoned user researcher (8+ years) to anchor the company’s fast growing User Experience Practice in the Chicago office. This person will bring their intellectual curiosity, analytical rigor, methodological diversity, client savvy, and hard working attitude to our team.
As a Senior Researcher you will employ qualitative and quantitative methods to support [...]
TWAIN: Learning Foreign Languages (Ethnography.com)
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, TWIAN on February 10th, 2010
[TWIAN (i.e., This Week in Anthropology) focuses on issues of anthropological practice that are of interest to the NAPA Anthro membership. The following post from Ethnography.com reminds us of the value of languages.
I was reminded of the importance of foreign language learning twice in the last week or so. This morning I read a commentary [...]
TWIAN: AAA’s Profiles in Practice Podcast Series
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, TWIAN on February 1st, 2010
The American Anthropological Associations’s new “Profiles in Practice Podcast Series” is the topic of This Week in Anthropology. Podcasting has finally arrived into the world of Practicing Anthropologists!
In 2007-08, the Practicing Anthropology Working Group (PAWG), with Shirley Fiske serving as an editor, began the “Profiles in Practice” column in Anthropology News. The purpose was to [...]
TWIAN: Savage Minds Rewind: The Best of 2009
Posted by james mullooly in Announcements, TWIAN on January 25th, 2010
[TWIAN (i.e., This Week in Anthropology) focuses on issues of anthropological practice that are of interest to the NAPA Anthro membership. The following post from Savage Minds is a worderful recap of 2009.
Everyone loves end of year reviews, even if they’re a couple days late. And we’re no exception. Here are some of [...]



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