National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
NAPA Notes December 2024
December 29, 2024
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Issue Contents President’s letter Hello, NAPA Membership! My name is Suanna Selby Crowley, and I am succeeding Rachel Hall-Clifford as President of NAPA for the next two years. I am excited to work with you
Annals of Anthropological Practice
- Issue Information | Volume 46, Issue 1 (free access)
- On Witnessing, Standing with, and Collaborating: Thoughts on Expertise, Knowledge Production, and the Ethics of Compensation
Jordan Levy - Enabling or Subverting Legal Violence? Expert Witnesses in Immigration Proceedings
Lauren Heidbrink - Using Theory and Ethnography for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Gendered Violence
Lynn Stephen - From Quantitative Fact to Discursive Practice: Techniques for Asserting the Reliability of Anthropological Knowledge in Expert Testimony
Leila Rodriguez - Conclusion: General and Particular Challenges of Expert Witnessing
M. Gabriela Torres, Tatianna Staszkow - Dilemmas of Immigrant Asylum Claims for Expert Witnesses
Nathan P. Jones, Howard Campbell - Particular Social Group Trouble: Producing Categories of “Unworthy” Asylum Seekers
Amelia Frank-Vitale
Submit your paper to the NAPA Student Awards! Deadline June 15, 2024.
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The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) offers the annual Student Achievement Awards to recognize undergraduate and graduate student contributions in practicing and applied anthropology. Winners receive $500 and papers are considered for publication in the Annals of Anthropological Practice. To find out more about eligibility, submission requirements, and additional
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