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

[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 award's 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 and Michael 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 Whiteford's generosity to students' emerging scholarship at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Deadline for receiving papers: February 13, 2009.

Please address queries and send papers to Walter E. Little at wlittle at albany.edu


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Walter E. Little
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Department of Anthropology
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