Erkan in the Army now...: AAA deadlines

We’re Back: Eye on Deadlines from American Anthropological Association by Dinah Welcome Dominic Boyer from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by ckelty Dominc Boyer of Rice University’s Anthropology Department has agreed to lay some wisdom on us over the next week or so. Dominic is the author of Spirit and System: Media, Intellectuals, and the Dialectic in Modern German Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2005). Please give him a savage welcome. David Price: Human Terrain Systems Dissenter Resigns, Tells Inside Story of Training’s Heart of Darkness from OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY by Maximilian Forte Human Terrain Systems Dissenter Resigns, Tells Inside Story of Training’s Heart of Darkness: How U.S. Military Gameplans War on Greens Inside U.S.; “Ethical Concerns” a Bad Joke. By David Price Transgendered Shamanism in Ancient India from Anthropologist Community Hi, i’m currently researching the Indus Valley Civilization of around 5000-1300 BCE Punjab, and while i’ve come across a few examples of male shamans/seers who took on symbolic female attributes, such as the later Scythian seers (Enarees) who acted in an effeminate manner and wore women’s clothing, I was wondering whether there is much precedent for the reverse – of women taking on symbolic male attributes in the same manner? A Report on the FPR-UCLA conference on Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorder from Somatosphere by Guest Contributor Contributed by Emily Ng Why not neosocialism? from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Dominic 4 people liked this Sometime between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Obama-McCain election campaign, socialism disappeared off the radar screen of American political culture. The justifications were many. Defeat of the Evil Empire/Arrival at the End of History/Failed Experiment to Improve Humanity, etc. Of course, “disappearance” is exaggerated. But discourse on socialism, let alone socialism itself, didn’t have a lot of political relevance in this country for over 15 years. TWIAN: From anthropology to social entrepreneurship from NAPA by james mullooly [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.]                            Related posts:"AAA Provides Free Access to 85 Years of American Anthropologist and More…. 2010 IUAES Inter-Congress in Turkey from American Anthropological Association by... “Anthropology Journals ranked by the ARC” Anthropology Journals ranked by the ARC from Culture Matters by... Savage Minds Anthropology Journalism (and an anthro roundup) How to write an anthropology book that people will read?... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.