[URBANTH-L]ANN: Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied Anthropology

[Angela Jancius]

WHITEFORD GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY
 
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) announces
its 2009 Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied Anthropology, in honor
of Michael B. Whiteford and Scott Whiteford. Papers submitted to the award¹s
committee are limited to a maximum length of six thousand words, including
bibliography, have an applied component, and be based on field research
carried out in Latin America, the Caribbean, or among first-generation
migrants from these areas.  The papers can be written in English, Spanish,
French or Portuguese and have been submitted to be presented at the 2009
SLACA Spring meetings in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marc 17-21.  The student
should be a member of SLACA.
 
The award is intended to help two students attend the 2009 SLACA Spring
Meetings, which will be held jointly with the Society for Applied
Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 17 - 21, 2009.  The prize
consists of US $200.00 for a student registered in a graduate program in the
U.S.A. or Canada, and US $300 for a student registered in a graduate program
in Latin American or the Caribbean. Scott Whiteford will present the prize
during a SLACA event at the Santa Fe meetings.  We encourage anthropology
departments to support students entering the competition by providing
additional conference travel funds.
 
The Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied Anthropology in Latin
America/Caribbean was created through the enduring support of Michael B. and
Scott Whiteford who have donated all of the royalty income from their book
Crossing Currents: Continuity and Change in Latin America to the Society for
Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology since its publication in 1998.
Their contributions have allowed SLACA to support the travel of scholars of
Latin America in presenting their work at the annual meetings of the
American Anthropological Association. We are proud to extend the Whiteford¹s
generosity to students¹ emerging scholarship at the annual meetings of the
Society for Applied Anthropology.
 
Please address queries and send papers to Walter E. Little at
wlittle at albany.edu