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| The Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) is calling for nominations to fill the following positions on the SMA Executive Board:
Nominees must be members of SMA. Terms begin at the SMA Board meeting at the American Anthropological Association meetings in November 2012.
Nominations may be submitted to the chair of the Nominations Committee: 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. |
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.
Please review upcoming awards deadlines - keep those nominations coming!
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.
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 SMA Blog: Voices from Medical Anthropology Check out Carolyn Sargent's post encouraging you to give your own answer to the question "What is Medical Anthropology". Share your experiences when you've been pressed to answer this question. - 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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