Alumna Joanna Brucker (BA Anth with Special Honors, 2007) writes:
"Many warm greetings from Kosovo. I have been here now for six months and some of the most transformational of my life. I currently work for a local non-profit as their educational coordinator. The non-profit, Balkan Sunflowers (www.balkansunflowers.org or www.learningcentersnetwork.org) provides educational extension and support for the minority populations here in Kosovo, namely the Roma and Ashkali. I work as advisor to four educational centers, providing daily training to the local tutoring staff of high school students, writing curriculum to be used in the centers and doing all sorts of outreach and cooperative training with local INGOs. The work is absolutely fascinating - and I am learning Albanian!"
The Anthropology Department is delighted to learn of Joanna's work and wish her all the best in the future.
Friday, October 22, 2010
13th Annual Lewis N. Cotlow Conference
The Anthropology Department held its 13th annual Lewis N. Cotlow Student Research Conference on October 15, 2010. The annual conference provides students with an opportunity to present findings to an audience of fellow students and faculty members.
Presentations given this year by undergraduate and graduate students spanned a diverse range of topics:
Abstracts for many past Cotlow Projects and information about the Lewis N. Cotlow Field Research Fund are available on the Anthropology Department website.
Since its establishment in 1990 by a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Lewis Cotlow, an explorer, author, and filmmaker who attended GW. The Lewis Cotlow Fund has aided more than 150 students in conducting anthropological research throughout the world.
The faculty and staff of the Anthropology Department would like to congratulate all presenters on a job well done!
Presentations given this year by undergraduate and graduate students spanned a diverse range of topics:
- The militarization of Guam and Chamoru social movements
- The genetics of a Siberian population
- Gender ideology among Asians in Vancouver
- Punk Islam
- Spiritual healing in Brazil
- Educational and employment opportunities for woman in India
- Derussification in the Ukraine
- Asexuality
- Sugar daddy relationships in New York City
- Catholic and Muslim immigrants in Sweden
- Brain connectivity and myelin-associated proteins in human evolution
- West Coast Swing vs. Lindy Hop
- Bone structure and human locomotion
- Obstetric fistula surgery
- Fossil footprints
- Trabecular bone architecture in mammals adapted to speed and endurance
- Tracking age-related changes in endocrine function in primates
Abstracts for many past Cotlow Projects and information about the Lewis N. Cotlow Field Research Fund are available on the Anthropology Department website.
Since its establishment in 1990 by a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Lewis Cotlow, an explorer, author, and filmmaker who attended GW. The Lewis Cotlow Fund has aided more than 150 students in conducting anthropological research throughout the world.
The faculty and staff of the Anthropology Department would like to congratulate all presenters on a job well done!
Dr. Michael D. Coe Lecture: "Collecting the Americas"
The Anthropology Department and the Museum Studies Program were pleased to host Dr. Michael D. Coe on October 14, 2010 as the first lecturer in the 2010-2011 George Washington University Seminar program Museums and Antiquities: A New World.
Dr. Coe, Professor of Anthropology and Curator Emeritus of the Anthropology Collection at Yale University and the Peabody Museum of Natural History, gave a lecture entitled “Collecting the Americas”. Dr. Coe explored the issue of whether scholars should study and publish research findings of objects that have ambiguous archaeological provenances.
The next lecture in the series “Looting and the Art Market in Antiquities” will be given on November 30, 2010 by Dr. Fabio Esteban Amador. Dr. Amador is an Associate Research Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University and Program Officer at National Geographic Society.
The schedule for Spring 2011 lectures is as follows:
“Taking the Long View: Twenty Years of Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History.”
William Billeck, Jan. 27
“A New Vision of a Past: Pueblo Origins and the Development and Depopulation of the Mesa Verde Region.”
Mark Varien, Feb. 17
“Branding the Maya: the Implication of Cultural Heritage Production in the Mayan Riviera.”
Traci Ardren, March 3
“Lower End Artifact Collections: is a practical accommodation possible among archaeologists, collectors, and museums?”
David K. Thulman, April 7
Dr. Coe, Professor of Anthropology and Curator Emeritus of the Anthropology Collection at Yale University and the Peabody Museum of Natural History, gave a lecture entitled “Collecting the Americas”. Dr. Coe explored the issue of whether scholars should study and publish research findings of objects that have ambiguous archaeological provenances.
The next lecture in the series “Looting and the Art Market in Antiquities” will be given on November 30, 2010 by Dr. Fabio Esteban Amador. Dr. Amador is an Associate Research Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University and Program Officer at National Geographic Society.
The schedule for Spring 2011 lectures is as follows:
“Taking the Long View: Twenty Years of Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History.”
William Billeck, Jan. 27
“A New Vision of a Past: Pueblo Origins and the Development and Depopulation of the Mesa Verde Region.”
Mark Varien, Feb. 17
“Branding the Maya: the Implication of Cultural Heritage Production in the Mayan Riviera.”
Traci Ardren, March 3
“Lower End Artifact Collections: is a practical accommodation possible among archaeologists, collectors, and museums?”
David K. Thulman, April 7
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Upcoming Event: Boe Titla, Apache Country Singer and Songwriter
Boe Titla, an Apache country singer and songwriter, will be presenting "Songs of Apache Places and Histories" on October 11, 2010 from 5:00-6:30PM. The event will be held in Phillips B-120, with a reception following.
Lambert (Boe) Titla is a talented singer, songwriter, and artist from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. Born in Bylas, Arizona, Boe is a member of the Black Water clan. His solo performances and recordings have provided entertainment and insight for audiences in Arizona, New Mexico, and throughout the southwest. His songs and stories about Apache places and histories have made him a featured performer at numerous Native American events and Cowboy Poetry gatherings. Boe's album, Native American Balladeer is available on CDBaby.com.
The event is jointly sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and Music, the Institute for Ethnographic Research, and the GW Anthropology Society.
Lambert (Boe) Titla is a talented singer, songwriter, and artist from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. Born in Bylas, Arizona, Boe is a member of the Black Water clan. His solo performances and recordings have provided entertainment and insight for audiences in Arizona, New Mexico, and throughout the southwest. His songs and stories about Apache places and histories have made him a featured performer at numerous Native American events and Cowboy Poetry gatherings. Boe's album, Native American Balladeer is available on CDBaby.com.
The event is jointly sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and Music, the Institute for Ethnographic Research, and the GW Anthropology Society.
2006 Cotlow Award Recipient Releases Report on HIV/AIDS in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
Dana Thomson (BA Int'l Affairs, 2008), a 2006 Lewis B. Cotlow Award recipient whose research involved a comparative study of HIV/AIDS care organizations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, recently released a report entitled "HIV/AIDS in the Washington, DC metropolitan area: Whitman-Walker Clinics, 2007". This report, building upon Ms. Thomson's previous research, summarizes demographic, medical, social, economic, and geographic characteristics of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS at Whitman-Walker's three clinics in 2007. The report is unique for its social determinants framework and use of maps to summarize HIV/AIDS data.
Ms. Thomson is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is hopeful that the data and methods from this report can be utilized by the DC HIV/AIDS community and beyond.
Key findings, the full report, and a list of upcoming presentations can be found at: http://dchivaids.wordpress.com/
Ms. Thomson is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard School of Public Health. She is hopeful that the data and methods from this report can be utilized by the DC HIV/AIDS community and beyond.
Key findings, the full report, and a list of upcoming presentations can be found at: http://dchivaids.wordpress.com/
Monday, September 13, 2010
Anthropology Society announces study hours, general meeting
The GW Anthropology Society hosted study hours on September 12 in the Anthropology Department seminar room and plans to hold these regularly throughout the year. The Society will have their first General Interest/Body Meeting September 13 at 8 p.m. in the same room. These events follow a well-attended potluck on September 10.
The Society's e-mail address is nacirema.gwu@gmail.com. All anthropology students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to join.
The Society's e-mail address is nacirema.gwu@gmail.com. All anthropology students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to join.
Brian Richmond becomes Anthropology Department chair
Associate Professor Brian G. Richmond is the new chair of the Anthropology Department, replacing Catherine {"Kitty") Allen, who will serve as deputy chair through the fall. Brian, who came here from the University of Illinois in 2002, teaches courses in human evolution, functional anatomy, and analytical methods. He stepped into the chairship after another busy field season hunting fossils in Kenya.
For more on Dr. Richmond, visit http://www.gwu.edu/~anth/who/richmond.cfm
For more on Dr. Richmond, visit http://www.gwu.edu/~anth/who/richmond.cfm
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