National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, This month, I traveled to Capitol Hill again to advocate for historic preservation and scientific funding within Congressional offices from Massachusetts and Delaware. Federal scientific agencies are experiencing steep cuts in their FY2027…
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript 0:00[On screen image] sNAPAshots Logo Interviewer 00:08Welcome to sNAPAshots: Conversations with Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropology Speaker 1 00:13[On Screen Text] Kamela Heyward-Rotimi, Executive Director, Knowledge Exchange…
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript Interviewer 0:08Welcome to sNAPAshots: Conversations with professional, practicing, and applied anthropologists. Interviewer 0:14[On screen text] Sheena McKinlay, Social Innovation Strategy, Miracle Messages Sheena McKinlay 0:24I work at…
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, Spring has been a season of significant news for Anthropology. Some of it (sadly) unsurprising, all of it revealing. But as a long-standing section of the American Anthropological Association, it is important for…
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript Interviewer 0:06Welcome to sNAPAshots: conversations with professional, practicing, and applied anthropologists. 0:12[On screen text] Matt Stoffer, Data Scientist, NextPoint Group Matt Stoffer 0:22So my name is Matt…
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript Interviewer 0:08Welcome to sNAPAhots conversations with professional, practicing, and applied anthropologists. 0:14[On Screen Text] Chip Colwell. Wenner-Gren Foundation. Anthropological Archaeologist. Chip Colwell 0:24I’m an anthropological archeologist. I’m…
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Transcript Interviewer 0:00[On Screen sNAPAshots Logo] Welcome to sNAPAshots conversations with professional practicing and applied anthropologists. 0:12[On Screen Text] Elisha Oliver. Executive Director, Texas Folklife Elisha Oliver 0:22As…
NAPA invites professional, practicing, and applied (PPA) anthropologists to show our colors at the upcoming AAA meeting in St. Louis, MO Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Saturday, November 22, 2026 – there are options for both in-person and virtual attendance.…
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, We’ve made it to spring! After this winter, I am willing to celebrate the small wins. In Boston, the snow piles (over five feet high at the end of my driveway) are nearly…
We are pleased to invite you to Remembrance & Resilience, a special series hosted at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), co-sponsored by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology and supported by the Tashima Family Trust. The program…
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, Another winter holiday season is upon us and it’s a time to reflect and prepare for a New Year. My family welcomes 2026 with open arms. This past year was exceptionally hard on…
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