TWIAN: AAA’s Profiles in Practice Podcast Series
Posted by james mullooly in News/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 News/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 [...]
Community Outreach Coordinator
Posted by james mullooly in Jobs on January 23rd, 2010
The Community Outreach Coordinator is responsible for establishing and strengthening programmatic partnerships between WES and community organizations, government agencies, academic institutions and other institutions that work with immigrant communities. The coordinator will develop programs and services to promote awareness of credential recognition issues and support the integration of immigrants into professional and academic settings. S/he [...]
Title: Lead Interaction Designer / Design Director
Posted by james mullooly in Jobs, News/Announcements on January 23rd, 2010
Should be local to the SF Bay Area…there is no move package. Must be comfortable in working with a start-up and doing multip;e releases in a year.. You will be the only UX person there for now. Will need to build a team and a lab over the next few years.
Title: Lead Interaction Designer / [...]
Lead User Research Specialist
Posted by james mullooly in Jobs, News/Announcements on January 23rd, 2010
Position Summary: Kelley Blue Book is looking for a Lead User Research Specialist to conduct qualitative and quantitative studies that will improve the user experience on Kelley Blue Book’s website, kbb.com. This person will report to the Director of User Research and work closely with other researchers, product managers, and KBB auto industry liaisons to [...]
NC State University Announces the Seventeenth Annual
Posted by james mullooly in News/Announcements on January 23rd, 2010
Ethnographic Field School, Summer 2010
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
May 28 – July 18, 2010
Environment, Heritage, Identity, and Globalization in Mayan Communities
Field school website: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/wallace or through the NCSU Study Abroad Office website: http://studyabroad.ncsu.edu/
Objectives: Learn how to design, conduct and write-up your own independent research project while on the shores of a crystal lake framed by volcanoes! During [...]
TWIAN: Undergrad Seminar: Why Incompletes Are So Dangerous (Ethnography.com)
Posted by james mullooly in Member Blogs, TWIAN on January 20th, 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 is a timely way to start the year since many of us are involved in academia.
Here we are in the 2nd half of the academic year. If the 1st half [...]
Call for Nominations
Posted by james mullooly in News/Announcements on January 20th, 2010
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the PRACTICE of ANTHROPOLOGY (NAPA)
Call for Nominations for:
President-Elect
Treasurer
Member-at-Large (or Governing Council Member-at-Large)
Student Representative
The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) is seeking members who are interested in being nominated as candidates for positions that will be open for the 2010 elections. We welcome nominations from all members of NAPA and [...]
Short term ethnographic consultancies for the U.S. Census
Posted by james mullooly in Jobs, News/Announcements on January 20th, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau seeks up to 18 ethnographers to conduct short-term paid contract research for 4-6 months during Census 2010 data collection operations. The study aims to address the issue of persistent differential census miscounts of some race/ethnic subpopulations. Contract ethnographers will receive training at the Census Bureau, then conduct coordinated evaluations of [...]
osea 2010 – Heritage Ethnography Field School
Posted by admin in News/Announcements on December 15th, 2009
7 WEEK PROGRAM: May 23 – July 10, 2010
Yucatán, Mexico
Based in Pisté and Maya Communities surrounding Chichén Itzá,
One of the New Seven Wonders of the World
Students do research on an issue they select according to their interests. Possible areas of work include:
Art & Intangible Cultural Heritage
Archaeological Heritage
Ethnography of Archaeology
Tourism Development & Urbanism
Community Strategies of Tourism
Social History [...]
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