Medical Anthropology Quarterly paper journal; Vol 10 - 29 inclusive.  Write to Jim at jstansbu@gmail.com

NAPA’s "Toolkit of a Good Professional Anthropologist" is featured in a new book: Designing an Anthropology Career Professional Development Exercises, Second Edition by Sherylyn H. Briller and Amy Goldmacher. From the book: “We hope that this book and its customized exercises will help up-and-coming anthropologists and those further along in their careers to master the anthropological “tools in their own professional toolkit” (Garcia Ruiz 2000) (see Table 2). The toolkit was originally developed by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) to formally describe and identify the perspectives, methods, skills, attributes, applications, and challenges that anthropology brings when applied to real-world problems (Garcia Ruiz 2000). From our experiences at Wayne State, and more recently at Purdue and out in industry, we have seen that this toolkit is a useful teaching device to help students conceptualize what anthropologists do in their workplaces. Specifically, this tool helps anthropology students and professionals to reflect on their backgrounds, skill sets, and the complementarity of an anthropological approach for other fields. Importantly, this toolkit also gives students a sense of how to talk about their own abilities and educate potential employers as well as others about how anthropologists approach and solve problems and the contributions they can make.”

For the next 10 days, you can use code HOLIDAY20 for 35% off at rowman.com until Jan. 8, 2021. Beyond that date, the friends and family code is RLFANDF25 for 25% off.  https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538143278/Designing-an-Anthropology-Career-Professional-Development-Exercises-Second-Edition

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Excellent mid-career position for an environmental anthropologist at the Conservation Science program of Pew Charitable trusts. 10 years' experience required, advanced degree preferred. 

Rob Winthrop

https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/6400/senior-officer%252c-human-dimensions%252c-conservation-science/job?mobile=false&width=990&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240

The Global Affairs program at George Mason University is seeking to hire an instructor for the course “Globalization in/of Europe” for Spring 2021. This is a virtual course with instructor led sessions on Monday 4:30-7:10pm. It is a stacked class (GLOA 400/615), meaning it enrolls both graduate and undergraduate students. The faculty member who was to teach the course, but has received a fellowship for the semester, has about one-third of it developed already, which could be used by the new instructor in the spring. Pay is commensurate with experience. PhD required. The semester runs January 25 to April 30, 2021. Please direct questions to Cortney Hughes Rinker, Director of the Global Affairs Program, at chughe13@gmu.edu, and if interested in the position, please send a CV to her. Do not need to be physically located in the Washington, D.C. region.

Maryland Milestones/Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc. is seeking an executive director to manage a regional tourism program based in the Washington DC area. Applicants must have three to five years of relevant experience, with a focus on those that have government relations experience within the heritage field. Applications can be sent to ATHAEDSearch@gmail.com Full description can be found here: http://www.anacostiatrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ED-Description.pdf

Call For Submissions:

Business Anthropology Topical Interest Group: 81st Annual Meeting—Society For Applied Anthropology Hampton Roads, VA and Online. Theme: Linking Social, Cultural, And Physical Ecologies

How are applied anthropologists engaging with enterprises, large and small, established-resident and new-immigrant? How do enterprises, governments, local communities and physical environments generate new forms of sociability, value, conflict, or accord? How are anthropologists engaged in research and action in and around enterprises, linking theory, action, and local points of view? The deadline is fast approaching (though an extension is likely). Visit https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting/abstract-information Please join your colleagues, make new friends, and share in the learning. The virtual option allows Covid-safe participation and eliminates the travel expense, so why not?

The American Anthropological Association is participating in #ShutDownAcademia/#ShutDownSTEM day today, June 10 2020, established by a grassroots movement whose goal is to eradicate  racism and systemic bias in academia and the STEM disciplines. Go to https://www.americananthro.org/ to learn more and reflect on ways to help.   How can we bring diversity, inclusion equity and justice to WAPA?  Let's reflect on where we might be discriminatory and what actions we can take to improve WAPA.  Please use use this blog as a forum to continue the conversation.

How do you feel about silos that exist in our discipline? You are invited to review audio-visual presentations on the NAPA website from a 2019 AAA Presidential Session, and add your thoughts to the discussion forum on how to break down silos in anthropology: 

https://www.practicinganthropology.org/annual-meeting/breaking-down-silos/ 

Highlights include addressing the separation of theory from practice in anthropology, and creating new collaboration models to bridge silos between academics and practitioners. There are also video remarks by Gillian Tett (Financial Times), who served as the remote discussant. 

In reviewing the presentations, ponder these questions: 

• What is anthropology's collective future? 

• How will we adopt, adapt, and create new models to develop as a collaborative discipline, using both theory and practice and reaching out to “The Other”? 

• How do we scale up collaboration within the discipline to be more engaged with each other and the world around us? 

This is a starting point. Add your reflections, thoughts, and ideas in the discussion area, and let’s see what we can break down and rebuild.

A local immigration attorney is seeking country experts with knowledge of violence in NW rural Honduras and the situation of educated gay men in Nigeria. The experts would write affidavits and testify in support of asylum seekers from those countries. Modest payment might be available.

If you can help, please contact Linda Rabben (associate research professor of anthropology, UMD, and WAPA member) at lrabben@verizon.net. She will forward your CV and contact information to the attorney and provide general information about asylum affidavits.

I have been explicitly asked to recruit more anthropologists for this conference. It will be held in DC this year (not competing with AAAs). I used to be the chair, and it would be a great venue for anyone working on energy or climate change, but we are also interested in food, transportation, and other sustainability related issues. 

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