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Note: Beginning this year, several of the SMA awards and prizes will be offered in alternating years. This change was adopted by the SMA Board in response to membership feedback about the large number of prizes given each year, and the low volume of nominations for many awards. In 2011, awards will be given for Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology, MASA Graduate Student Mentor, Basker Memorial Prize, New Millennium Book, Rivers Undergraduate Paper, and MASA Dissertation. Even Years (2010)
Odd years (2011)
American Anthropologist Launches Public Anthropology Reviews Public Anthropology Reviews will highlight anthropological work principally aimed at non-academic audiences, including websites, blogs, white papers, journalistic articles, briefing reports, online videos, and multimedia presentations. The editors will also consider other traditional and innovative mechanisms for communicating anthropological research and concepts outside of academic realms and welcome suggestions. Please note that this review section will complement existing review sections and will therefore not review books, films or museum exhibits. Please send materials for review, ideas for review essays and inquiries to the review editors at: publicanthreviews@gmail.com
Medical Anthropology announces the addition of op-ed contributions in each issue from experts and world-renowned scholars who recognize and explain the issues in health, illness, and medicine that matter in your life and the lives of others. The op-ed contributions in each issue of Medical Anthropology provide commentary and opinion on the human stories of health and illness. These timely responses highlight the social conditions and cultural frameworks central to health beliefs and medical behavior of individuals, of families, and of societies. See the breaking news page for details. |
2010 Rudolf Virchow Awards The annual Rudolf Virchow Awards are given by the Critical Anthropology for Global Health Caucus, a special interest group of the Society for Medical Anthropology. The Professional Award honors a recent published article, and the Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards honor recent student papers that have not yet benefited from editorial review. Winning submissions combine a critical anthropology focus with rich ethnographic data, and best reflect, extend, and/or advance critical perspectives in medical anthropology.
The updated by-laws (voted on and approved by the membership in December) are posted here. Special thanks to Alan Harwood for all the work put in on this epic task.
SMA Blog: Voices from Medical Anthropology
Some members of the CAGH Special Interest Group have extended the Takes a Stand dialogue, and we encourage you to check out their new blog addressing this timely topic The Medical Anthropology Students Association (MASA) has created a facebook page for any and all interested students who want to learn more about medical anthropology or connect with other students. Also - Dont forget we're also on Twitter. Drop us a line to let us know if/when you sign up or follow us. - If you weren't able to attend the conference or just want to relive the moment, the videos are now available. Thanks again to all who helped make this possible: the planners, speakers, presenters, and attendees...
Check out the podcasted sessions from the 2008 SfAA/SMA meetings - many SMA sponsored sessions can be found there - and many many thanks to the SfAA for recording/processing/posting these sessions
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