2007 Annual Report
2007 Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chairman’s Introduction...... 3 President’s Report ...... 4 Program Highlights ...... 6 International Symposia and Workshops ...... 10 Wenner-Gren International Symposia Series (Berg Publishers)...... 16 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellows ...... 18 Wadsworth Fellows...... 22 2007 Grantees Dissertation Fieldwork Grants ...... 25 Post-Ph.D. Research Grants ...... 36 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships...... 40 Conference and Workshop Grants ...... 41 International Collaborative Research Grants ...... 44 Wadsworth Fellowships ...... 46 Initiatives...... 48 Historical Archives Program ...... 49 Major Grant Program Statistics...... 50 Financial Statements...... 57 Leadership ...... 67 Reviewers during 2007...... 68 Staff ...... 70
2 2007 Annual Report Chairman’s Introduction
Richard C. Hackney, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Trustees
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Officers, and Staff of the Foundation, we are pleased to publish this 2007 annual report. Wenner-Gren is committed to its support of the global anthropology community.
As reviewed in this report, under President Leslie Aiello’s leadership and vision we have critically refined and expanded our programs, communications and global relationships. Our systems and procedures have been enhanced to service an increasing volume of grants applications. And our expanded web site and internet capabilities have enabled us to better communicate worldwide.
Our ability to keep abreast of the issues facing the profession and to measure our success in achieving our goals would not be possible without the collaboration, advice and contributions from the community we serve. Recognition and gratitude should be especially given to past and present Advisory Committee members as well as to the many others who have participated in the Foundation’s programs and activities.
Wenner-Gren has been able to fund its operations and programs from the investment returns achieved on its endowment portfolio. The Foundation is self funded and has not had to undertake outside fundraising. The Foundation’s management procedures and conservative financial policies should continue this balance. Our Budget and Investment Committee, chaired by Seth Masters, deserves special acknowledgement for the Foundation’s superior long-term investment record.
This is my final year as Chairman on the Board and I thank you for such an enriching Wenner-Gren experience.
Richard C. Hackney, Jr. Chairman, Board of Trustees Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Leslie C. Aiello, President
In 2007 we continued to implement the new programs and changes to existing programs that were initi- ated in 2006. Among the achievements of 2007 is the migration of the majority of our funding programs to our online application system, the appointment of Dr. Mark Aldenderfer as the new editor of Current Anthropology, and further refinements to the operation of the Foundation.
The Foundation received the largest number of applications ever for its individual research grants (Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Post-Ph.D. Research Grant, Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship) and saw a healthy increase in the number of applications across its other programs. This posed a challenge to our grant-making procedures and required a significant expansion of our review panel and a re-organization of our internal grant-making systems.
We also launched the new Institutional Development Grant, which provides $125,000 over five years to anthropology departments in countries where the discipline is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to support academic development. The first application deadline for this new program is April 2008. This program will be more fully presented in the 2008 Annual Report.
The Foundation’s International Symposium meetings resumed after a hiatus in 2006 due to the transition of Foundation Presidents. We also held two workshops in New York, one jointly sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the other jointly sponsored with The Center for the Study of Human Origins at NYU.
The Foundation was represented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and Palaeo- anthropology Society annual meetings in April in Philadelphia, at the Third Mexican Primatological Congress in October at the Institute of Anthropological Research of the National University of Mexico, and at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in November in Washington, DC. At the AAA meetings we sponsored a Presidential symposium on the Indigenous Experience Today (organized by Marisol de la Cadena, UC Davis, and Orin Starn, Duke University, and developed from the 135th International WG Symposium held March 18-25, 2005 at Hotel Villa Luppis, Rivarotta di Pasiano, Italy). We also held a book launch for three volumes in the Wenner-Gren International Symposia series, an evening reception to mark the transition of Current Anthropology editors, and a grant writing seminar.
All of these activities and initiatives will be further discussed in the following section on Program High- lights.
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The year 2007 was full and busy. I would like to thank the Wenner-Gren Foundation staff, the academic Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees for their enthusiasm and skill in ensuring that the Foundation continues to serve and support the anthropological community. I would particularly like to thank Richard Hackney who is retiring after six years as Chairman of the Wenner-Gren Board of Trustees and twelve years as a member of the Board. Richard provided me with support and encour- agement during my first two and a half years as Foundation President and for this I will always be grate- ful. The Foundation has also grown considerably under his skillful direction and is in a stronger position today than it has been in its entire 67 year history. It is because of all of the success under his able lead- ership that we currently can disburse over $5 million dollars a year in support of anthropology worldwide.
Leslie C. Aiello President Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Program Highlights
Program highlights for 2007 include the resumption of the biannual Wenner-Gren International Symposia meetings, the award of the highly competitive Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships, the selection of six international scholars to train under our Wadsworth International and African Fellowship programs, the award of 179 research grants to students and established scholars under our Dissertation Fieldwork, Post-Ph.D. Research and International Collaborative Research Grant programs, and the support of 31 conferences and workshops.
International Symposia and Workshops
The following two International Symposia were held during 2007. Reports on the symposia, along with a list of the attendees and photographs can be found starting on page 10 and on the Wenner-Gren Programs web page under “International Symposia and Publication Series” (http://www.wennergren.org/ programs/programs.htm).
• “Ritual Communication.” Organizers: Ellen Basso (U. of Arizona) and Gunter Senft (Max Planck– Nijmegen). March 16-23 at Hotel Palácio de Seteais, Sintra, Portugal. • “Plagues: Models and Metaphors in the Human ‘Struggle’ with Disease.” Organizers: Alan Swedlund (U. of Massachusetts) and Ann Herring (McMaster U.) September 14-21 at Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch, Tucson, Arizona.
In addition to the International Symposia, the following workshops were held in New York. Further information on the two NY workshops including photographs and participant lists can be found starting on page 13.
• “Databases, Data Access, and Data-Sharing in Paleoanthropology.” Organizers: Eric Delson, Will Harcourt-Smith, and Christopher Norris (American Museum of Natural History), and Steven Frost (U. of Oregon). Sponsored jointly by Wenner-Gren, the National Science Foundation, and AMNH. Held April 10-12 at AMNH. • “Evolutionary Anthropology at the Interface,” honoring the career of Clifford Jolly. Organizers: Jane Phillips-Conroy (Washington U.), Jeff Rogers (Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research), and Terry Harrison (New York U.). Sponsored jointly by Wenner-Gren and The Center for the Study of Human Origins at NYU. This involved a one-day workshop at the Foundation and a one-day public symposium at NYU. October 5-6.
The Foundation also celebrated the publication of three new volumes in the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series (Berg Publishers). These new titles are:
• Where The Wild Things Are Now -- Rebecca Cassidy (Goldsmiths College) Molly Mullin (Albion College) (133rd International Symposium, March 12-18, 2004, Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, Arizona • Indigenous Experience Today -- Marisol de la Cadena (University of California, Davis) Orin Starn (Duke University) (135th International Symposium, March 18-25, 2005, Hotel Villa Luppis, Rivarotta di Pasiano, Italy) • Anthropology Put to Work-- Les Field (University of New Mexico) Richard G. Fox (President Emeritus, Wenner-Gren Foundation) (136th International Symposium, May 19-22, 2005, Wenner- Gren Foundation, New York, NY)
Further information on these publications can be found on page 16 and by following the links to the International Symposia and Publication Series at: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs.htm
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Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to young scholars to provide time for publication of major pieces of research and are the most competitive of the Wenner-Gren funding programs. In 2007 we received 120 applications and made 8 awards (success rate = 6.7%). The 2007 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships were awarded to: • Dr. Liora Rochelle Kolska Horwitz from the, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel to aid research and writing on “Detecting Domestication: An Expose of the Archaeozoological Record of the Levant” • Dr. Eric Ivan Karchmer an independent scholar associated with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to aid research and writing on “Orientalizing the Body: Postcolonial Transformations in Chinese Medicine” • Dr. Jose Kelly Luciani, from CNRS, Paris, France to aid research and writing on “A Political Anthropology of Indigenous Health in Venezuela: Amazonian Cosmopolitics & State Policy Implementation among the Yanomami of Amazonas” • Dr. Elena Vladimirovna Khlinovskaya Rockhill from the University of Cambridge, UK to aid research and writing on “Lost to the State: Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East” • Dr. Susie Kilshaw from University College London, UK to aid research and writing on “Friendly Fire: An Anthropological Account of Gulf War Syndrome” • Dr. Stefanie Anja Klappa an independent scholar associated with the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK to aid research and writing on “Agroforestry and Agrocentrism: Tropical Land Use as a Test-bed for Conventional Concepts of Human-environment Relations” • Dr. Ben Austin Potter from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK to aid research and writing on “Site Structure and Organization in Central Alaska: Archaeological Investigations at Gerstle River” • Dr. Susan Judith Shaw from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ to aid research and writing on 'Identity, Community and the Governmentality of Primary Health Care in the U.S.'
These are an impressive group of young anthropologists and the Foundation congratulates them on their success. Further information on the 2007 Fellows and how they plan to use their fellowships can be found on page 18.
Wadsworth International and African Fellowship Programs
In 2007 the Foundation introduced a number of changes to the Wadsworth International Fellowship program including an annual application deadline and a parallel Wadsworth African Fellowship (WAF) that is earmarked for an African student studying at a South African university. In total, six awards (5 WIF, 1 WAF) were made from a very strong field of applicants. The success rate across both awards was 21.4% (28 applications; 6 awards). This year for the first time all of the awards went to students planning to pursue doctoral degrees outside of the US. . In addition, eighteen existing Wadsworth Fellowships were renewed, and six Short-Term Research Fellowships were awarded over the same period. The 2007 Wadsworth International Fellowships were awarded to the following students. • Tessa J. Campbell (WAF) from the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa to train in anthropological genetics at the University of Cape Town, supervised by Rebecca Ackermann • David Henig (WIF) from the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic to train in social anthropology at the University of Durham, United Kingdom, supervised by Stephen M. Lyon • Ngalla Edward Jillani (WIF) from the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya to train in paleoanthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa, supervised by Paul R. Manger • Ann Margvelashvili (WIF) from the Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia to train in paleoanthropology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, supervised by Christoph Peter Eduard Zollikofer • Vera Dorothea Regehr (WIF) from the Universidad Catolica 'Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion', Asuncion, Paraguay to train in social anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico, supervised by Roger E. Magazine
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• Catalina Constantina Tesar (WIF) from the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania to train in social anthropology at University College London, United Kingdom, supervised by Michael Sinclair Stewart
The Foundation wishes all of the Wadsworth Fellows success with their studies and in their future anthropological careers. Profiles of the Wadsworth Fellows can be found on page 22.
Dissertation Fieldwork and Post-Ph.D Research Grants
By far the largest funding programs provided by the Foundation are the Dissertation Fieldwork and Post- Ph.D. Research Grant programs. For the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant program we received 787 applications and made 122 awards for a success rate of 15.5%. For the Post-Ph.D Research Grant program we received 242 applications and made 44 awards for a success rate of 18.2%. Over these two programs the Foundation disbursed $3,027,974 for an average grant of $18,241.
Lists of the successful grantees can be found in the Grantee section of this report (page 25) and abstracts of the research can be found at www.wennergren.org/grantees. Application and award statistics can be found under Grantmaking Statistics, on page 50 of this report.
Other Program Highlights
Conference and Workshop Grants. In 2007 the Foundation received 49 Conference and Workshop applications and made 31 awards. This represents a success rate of 63.3%. Nine of these awards funded conferences or inter-congresses sponsored by international anthropological associations. The remaining 22 funded workshops. The international anthropological associations that benefited from our sponsorship are:
• The 22nd Congress of the International Primatological Society to be held in 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland • The Sixth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-6) to be held in 2008 at University College Dublin • The International Society for Folk Narrative Research interim conference on Folk Narrative Studies to be held in 2007 in Santa Rosa, Argentina • The conference of Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) to be held in 2008 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa • The 4th World Archaeological Congress inter-congress on 'Archaeological Theory in South America to be held in 2007 at Argentina • The 13th annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) to be held in 2007, Zadar, Croatia • The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences inter-congress on 'Urban Identity, Power, and Space: The Case of the Trans-European Corridors,' to be held in 2007 in Tirana, Albania • The 'Combined Conference and Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) International Festival of Ethnographic Film to be held in 2007in Manchester, UK • The 14th Conference on Religious Alternatives in Latin America: 'Religions/Cultures,' to be held in 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Further information on these conferences and the funded workshops can be found in the Conference Grants section, starting on page 41 and on the Foundation’s website at: http://www.wennergren.org/ grantees/.
The International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG). The ICRG has been redesigned to include additional money for a training element. ICRGs that do not include the training element are funded to a maximum of $30,000 and those that do include training can be funded to a maximum of $35,000, of
8 Program Highlights, cont. which no more than $10,000 can be used for essential training purposes. 2007 was the first year to benefit from these changes and the Foundation has been pleased with both the number of applications for this program as well as with their quality and innovative training initiatives. This program is not only serving the mission of the Foundation to foster international collaboration, but also is providing opportunities for many young students and scholars to become involved in high quality research.
In 2007 the Foundation received 43 ICRG applications and made 13 awards. Information about the successful ICRG grants can be found in the Grantee section of this report, starting on page 44.
Wadsworth Short Term Fellowship, Initiatives Grants, and the Historical Archive Program. In addition to the programs mentioned above, the Foundation also supports three smaller programs. The Wadsworth Short Term Fellowship funds students and scholars from developing world countries for either three months of training or three months of library research. The Initiatives Grants support worthy projects that do not otherwise fall into the Foundation’s funding programs. The Historical Archive Program supports the preservation of unpublished personal research materials of established anthropologists, which are considered of value for research on the history of anthropology. Information on the successful awards can be found in the Grantee section of this report starting on page 48. Highlights of a few of these projects follow.
The Foundation awarded a Historical Archive Program grant to preserve the ethnographic films of John Marshall (1932- 2005) who spent five decades (1950 – 2000) filming the lives of the people from Nyae Nyae in Namibia. His film material is to be deposited with the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. The picture is of John Marshall filming people in at /Aotcha in Nyae Nyae in 1955 (photo by Laurence Marshall).
Through the Initiatives program we have provided money to the National Museum of Kenya (Dr. Fredrick Manthi) to hold a workshop on ‘Human Origins for Kenyan Educators.’ Kenya is one of the major sources in eastern Africa for the fossil evidence relevant to our understanding of human evolution. Recently there have been religious fundamentalist demands to remove this evidence from display at the National Museums of Kenya. We were able to help the museum train high school teachers in effective ways to teach human evolution and to educate Kenyan young people about the significance of the Kenyan hominin fossils to human evolution.
We also provided an initiatives grant to Dr. Andres Barrera-Gonzalez (U. Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) to hold a workshop in partnership with the new European Science Foundation to survey the nature of anthropology and anthropology teaching across Europe. Because socio-cultural anthropology and ethnology are taught under a variety of names and in a variety of contexts in Europe, this initiative was considered essential so that the European Science Foundation would not overlook anthropology as a viable and significant discipline that should receive full financial and program support. We are happy to report that our initial support has resulted in an on-going initiative to continue to monitor the field in Europe.
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Ritual Communication March 16-23, 2007 Hotel Palácio de Seteais Sintra, Portugal Organizers: Ellen B. Basso (U. Arizona) and Gunter Senft (Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)
Ritual communication, our original topic, elicited papers of great variety and interest from scholars from various parts of the world with varied theoretical orientations. Their contributions were all based on em- pirical data gathered during anthropological-linguistic field research. These papers made clear how the speech-centeredness of ritual practice has profound consequences for social life both in the immediate present and over historical time. The functionalist understandings in earlier anthropological approaches to “ritual communication” were subjected to a severe critical scrutiny. As participants examined the voices of ritualized sociality from socio-cultural and linguistic anthropological perspectives, what became most interesting to us all were the issues surrounding ritualization as process with historical conse- quences: how images of sociality are foregrounded through recontextualizing communicative practices that dispute, reinforce, or elaborate such images.
Particularly intense discussion arose regarding four general problems: 1) the individual practice and ex- periencing of ritualized speech as both self-reflexive and as reflexive engagement with others; 2) the connections between micropolitical (e.g., local; kin based) and macropolitical practices (e.g., within multi-sited nationalist; and virtual communities); 3) ritualized metasemiosis, or how humans (including anthropologists) model and claim or dispute the value of ritualized meaning; and 4) the problem of how to understand evolutionary “benefit.” With regard to these four theoretical problems, ritually reconfigured and ritually communicated experiences of modernity, neoliberal practice, and globalization stood out as important new contexts for research.
Participants: Leslie Aiello, Wenner-Gren (USA) Felix Ameka, Leiden U. (Netherlands) Ellen Basso, U. Arizona (USA) Richard Bauman, Indiana U. (USA) Charles Briggs, UC - Berkeley (USA) Antonio José Da Silva, U. Arizona (USA) John Du Bois, UC - Santa Barbara (USA) Nick Enfield, Max-Planck (Netherlands) Maurizio Gnerre, U. Naples (Italy) Cliff Goddard, U. New England (Australia) John Haviland, UC - San Diego (USA) Katherine Hirschfeld, U. Oklahoma (USA) Ingjerd Hoëm, Kon-Tiki Museum (Norway) Sachiko Ide, Japan Women's U. (Japan) Corinne Kratz, Emory U. (USA) Joel Kuipers, George Washington U. (USA) John Lucy, U. Chicago (USA) Front: F. Ameka, W. Wickler, I. Hoem, G. Senft, C. Goddard, K. Victoria Malkin, Wenner-Gren (USA) Hirschfeld, C. Kratz, L. Obbink, F. Pinto Suzanne Oakdale, U. New Mexico (USA) Back: J. Du Bois, A. da Silva, S. Ide, J. Lucy, N. Enfield, M. Gnerre, Gunter Senft, Max-Planck (Netherlands) L. Aiello, C. Briggs, V. Malkin, M. Silverstein, E. Basso, S. Oakdale, J. Michael Silverstein, U. Chicago (USA) Haviland, J. Kuipers, R. Bauman Wolfgang Wickler, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology (Germany)
10 2007 Annual Report Plagues: Models and Metaphors in the Human "Struggle" with Disease September 14-20, 2007 Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, Arizona Organizers: Ann Herring (McMaster U.), Alan Swedlund (U. Massachusetts)
The problem of plague in human societies, past and present, is an important site for anthropological theorizing because it sits at the juncture between the microcosmos, evolution, and human behaviour. It forms a natural bridge between the nature/culture divide. Yet, the concept of plague has received little in the way of focused attention in anthropological thinking. This symposium brought anthropologists and those from other fields together to address one of the central concerns of 21st century western society. Our goal was to explore the concept of plagues and the many historical and contemporary settings in which plagues occur, and to ask whether the concept remains salient today.
By the third quarter of the 20th century, interest in infectious disease had waned – at least in a western medical context – and epidemiologic transition theory had relegated plague and famine to the past. Pat- terns of disease and death were understood to be dominated by ‘degenerative and man-made dis- eases'. Then HIV/AIDS emerged to shake the foundations of epidemiological thought. We now live in an era obsessed with killer germs. There is a new sense of vulnerability and uncertainty with respect to in- fectious disease, rekindling fears of mortality on the scale of historic plagues and spurring research into the origins and circumstances that allow plagues to erupt and flourish today.
Our goal for this Wenner-Gren major symposium was to encourage a rich and productive dialogue about plague among scholars from the branches of anthropology and allied fields. We wanted to provoke a healthy creative tension by bringing scholars involved in the science of modeling plagues together with scholars interested in interpretive, critical, and metaphorical standpoints, and we wanted to develop a distinctive anthropological discourse about plague not conventional to epidemiology or the history of medicine. We wanted to produce an exciting collection of papers that were strongly theorized, grounded in empirical research and specific case studies, and that probed broad questions and themes on the subject of plague. At this conference we explored fundamental questions about how plagues are con- ceptualized and measured by anthropologists and other scholars. What is a plague? How have scholars used the concept? Has anthropological research influenced thinking about plagues? Has the role of plagues in human societies been fetishized or under-theorized? How do plagues in the past influence how we think about plagues today? And in the future?
We also addressed some of the structural correlates of plagues. Anthropologists and epidemiologists have developed methods and models for understanding plague in space and time, including evolution- ary, demographic, social network, structural, and time series models. Epidemiological transition theory models human history as a set of stages in which the impact of infectious disease, and by implication plague, rises and falls in concert with predictable changes in human society. Another perspective con- siders epidemics to be inevitable, normal features of human life in a dynamic ecosystem. Epidemics oc- cur when the complex relationship between human populations and their social and physical environ- ment is altered, disrupted, or conducive to the flourishing of micro-organisms. Are plagues perceived or understood as ‘natural' or ‘unnatural'? Do they signal the invasion of ‘foreign germs' that lurk in animal species, beyond the boundaries of culture, or are plagues embedded within the social order? Under what circumstances do plagues occur? Are they events or processes? Do plagues refer exclusively to phenomena involving infectious microparasites?
As students of the colonial process, anthropologists have written extensively about the role of diseases of European and African origin in the colonial and postcolonial histories of Indigenous communities worldwide. Many of these diseases are thought to have been ‘virgin soil epidemics', epidemics charac- terized by unusually high mortality in all age categories. Some questions participants addressed in-
11 cluded: Have notions of Indigenous bodies been configured by ideas about virgin soil epidemics? Have fantasies of primitivism and notions of hereditary weakness informed ideas about immunologically inex- perienced and uncontaminated precontact bodies? Have conceptions of plague pathologized Indigenous people? How have our views of Indigenous people been constructed through plague and conquest? What do we know about indigenous, precontact plagues?
In western societies, emerging and resurging infectious diseases, such as avian influenza (H5N1), are generating apocalyptic terror about ‘the next pandemic'. As we wait for the next pandemic, discussions of the evolution of microorganisms, the transfer of pathogens from animal to human bodies, and the fac- tors that contribute to human resistance and susceptibility have gained enormous significance. Yet the western preoccupation with avian flu and the threat of bioterrorism in many ways transcends the actual threat as perceived by many professional epidemiologists. In this conference we explored how models for plagues are constructed, how they are culturally specified and metaphorically sentimentalized. Themes used to organize the sessions at the symposium in- cluded: Defining Plague, Plagued Bodies, Plague Time, Plagued Spaces, and Writing Plagues/Making Knowledge.
The participants at this confer- ence broadly represented the subfields of anthropology as well as medical sociology, medical history, and history of science. The hoped for dialogue across many points of view was even more successful than antici- pated.
Seated: L. Obbink, S. Lindenbaum, A. Herring, A. Swedlund, J. Littleton, M-E Kelm, R. Barrett, L. Sawchuk, A. Noymer Standing: J. Trostle, C. Briggs, K. Lepani, C. Stephens, L. Aiello, A. Castro, M. Singer, S. Goodreau, W. Anderson, M. Cueto
Participants: Leslie Aiello, Wenner-Gren (USA) Warwick Anderson, U. Sydney (Australia) Ronald Barrett, Emory U. (USA) Charles Briggs, U. California, Berkeley (USA) Arachu Castro, Harvard U. (USA) Marcos Cueto, UPCH, Lima (Peru) Stephen Goodreau, U. Washington (USA) D. Ann Herring, McMaster U. (Canada) Mary-Ellen Kelm, Simon Fraser U. (Canada) Katherine Lepani, Australian National U. (Australia) Shirley Lindenbaum, CUNY, Graduate Center (USA) Judith Littleton, U. Auckland (New Zealand) Andrew Noymer, U. California, Irvine (USA) Larry Sawchuk, U. Toronto (Canada) Merrill Singer, U. Connecticut (USA) Christianne Stephens, U. Western Ontario (Canada) Alan Swedlund, U. Massachusetts (USA) James Trostle, Trinity College (Ireland)
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Databases, Data Access, and Data-Sharing in Paleoanthropology April 10-12, 2007 American Museum of Natural History Organizers: Eric Delson, Will Harcourt-Smith, and Christopher Norris (American Museum of Natural History), and Steven Frost (U. Oregon). Sponsored jointly by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the American Museum of Natural History.
Accessibility, sharing, and dissemination of large datasets are becoming important issues in paleoan- thropology. Such access increasingly allows researchers to arrive at exciting new insights and findings while avoiding the needless repetition of existing work. New technologies, particularly computer power, database software, and networking capabilities, have made it possible for researchers to post large and complex datasets online. These can subsequently be mined in increasingly sophisticated ways. How- ever, researchers in our field, as in others, use a multitude of different approaches to database organiza- tion, software design, and the level of access allowed to outside users. As a result, the time was ripe for a broad-based evaluation of the current state of databasing in paleoanthropology.
In April 2007, a diverse group of scientists met in New York at the American Museum of Natural History to discuss the major issues surrounding the access and dissemination of paleoanthropological data. The workshop’s participants represented institutions from around the globe and included paleoanthropolo- gists, paleontologists, archeologists, database specialists, collection managers, and representatives of major funding agencies.
Major conclusions of the workshop are the following. 1. An online “portal” should be created to allow researchers to search many databases from differ- ent institutions using a single, agreed-upon interface at the front end. A first step has been the creation of www.paleoanthportal.org (and its mirror www.paleoanthportal.eu) linking a series of exiting relevant databases. The next step is the design and implementation of a portal with data- base equivalency as a major goal. 2. There should be benefits to those institutions and individuals who participate in data-base re- lated activities. Such benefits might include among others financial compensation, help with database development, and help with hardware or software (for institutions) and citation for con- tributions to a database (for individuals). 3. The long-term survival of databases is a major concern. Potential solutions might include en- dowing databases or placing them within the cyber-infrastructure of larger institutions. 4. Funding agencies should encourage researchers to disseminate data widely, whether individu- ally or by deposit into existing databases.
(This report has been excerpted from a larger discussion of the database workshop that can be found in Evolutionary Anthropology 16:161-163)
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Participants: Leslie Aiello, Wenner-Gren (USA) Susan Anton, NYU (USA) Karen Baab, CUNY, Graduate Center (USA) John Barry, Harvard U. (USA) Frank Brown, U. Utah (USA) Eric Delson, AMNH (USA) Mikael Fortelius, U. Helsinki (Finland) Martin Friess, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (France) Steve Frost, U. Oregon (USA) Gisselle Garcia, AMNH (USA) Henry Gilbert, California St U., East Bay (USA) Adam Gordon, George Washington U. (USA) Will Harcourt-Smith, AMNH (USA) Keith Kintigh, Arizona State U. (USA) Liu Wu, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology (China) Frederick Kyalo Manthi, National Museums of Kenya Richard Monk, AMNH (USA) Chris Norris, AMNH (USA) David Polly, Indiana U. (USA) Rick Potts, Smithsonian Institution (USA) Katherine St. John, Lehman College (USA) Melissa Tallman, CUNY, Grad Center (USA) Ian Tattersall, AMNH (USA) Francis Thackeray, Transvaal Museum (South Africa) Matt Tocheri, Smithsonian Institution (USA) Gerhard Weber, U. Vienna (Austria) Gerd-Christian Weniger, Neanderthal Museum (Germany) Mark Weiss, National Science Foundation (USA) Bernard Wood, George Washington U. (USA) John Yellen, National Science Foundation (USA)
Evolutionary Anthropology at the Interface: Honoring the Career of Clifford Jolly October 5-6, 2007 Wenner-Gren Foundation (first day), New York University (second day) Organizers: Jane Phillips-Conroy (Washington U.), Jeff Rogers (Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research), and Terry Harrison (NYU). Sponsored jointly by Wenner-Gren and The Center for the Study of Human Origins at NYU
Evolutionary Anthropology at the Interface was organized as a two-day event comprising a workshop and a public symposium in honor of Professor Cliff Jolly (NYU). There are few principals in the field of biological anthropology who have contributed as much, and in as many diverse areas, as Cliff Jolly. It is now just over 40 years since he completed his Ph.D. under Nigel Barnicot at University College, London. While Cliff shows no sign of slowing, we thought it important and timely to honor his contributions to the field and to celebrate both his career and biological anthropology.
This is a unique time within the field of biological anthropology. Investigators working in previously separate disciplines such as genetics, embryology and development, primate anatomy, comparative genomics, and primate paleontology are now actively pursuing connections and interactions among these disparate fields. Because Cliff has been a leader in anthropology whose entire career stands as a demonstration of the power and impact of interdisciplinary study, this meeting was organized to cele- brate his remarkable career. The meeting explicitly focused on the prospects for new discoveries through integration of diverse fields, all contributing to the broader goal of understanding human and primate evolution.
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The topics covered in the two-day meeting were: 1. How can population genetics and endocrinology inform our understanding of primate behavior, ecology and demography? 2. What are the independent and shared roles of comparative anatomy, morphological cladistics and molecular systematics as we continue to investigate the history and mechanisms of primate and human evolution? 3. How does progress in developmental genetics and molecular embryology contribute to our analysis and interpretation of primate paleontology and evolution? 4. How will access to the complete DNA sequences of humans, chimpanzees and other primates impact biological anthropology?
The full proceedings of this meeting will be published in a future special issue of Current Anthropology.
Participants: Leslie Aiello, Wenner-Gren (USA) Susan Alberts, Duke U. (USA) Louise Barrett, U. Lethbridge (Canada) Brenda Benefit, New Mexico St. U. (USA) James Cheverud, Washington U. (USA) Eric Delson, AMNH (USA) Anthony DiFiore, NYU (USA) Todd Disotell, NYU (USA) Terry Harrison, NYU (USA) Peter Henzi, U. Lethbridge (Canada) Nina Jablonski, Penn State U. (USA) Clifford Jolly, NYU (USA) Steve Leigh, U. Illinois (USA) Robert Martin, Field Museum (USA) Don Melnick, Columbia U. (USA) Jan Phillips-Conroy, Washington U. (USA) Jeff Rogers, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (USA) Pat Shipman, Penn State U. (USA) Karen Strier, U. Wisconsin (USA) Trudy Turner, U. Wisconsin (USA) Linda Vigilant, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany) Alan Walker, Penn State U. (USA) Kenneth Weiss, Penn State U. (USA) Patrica Whitten, Emory U. (USA) Derek Wildman, Wayne State U. (USA)
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INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCE TODAY edited by Marisol de la Cadena and Orin Starn 2007
A century ago, the idea of indigenous people as an active force in the contemporary world was unthinkable. It was assumed that native societies everywhere would be swept away by the forward march of the West and its own peculiar brand of progress and civilization.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Indigenous social move- ments wield new power, and groups as diverse as Australian Aborigines, Ecuadorian Quichuas, and New Zealand Maoris, have found their own distinctive and assertive ways of living in the present world. Indigenous Experience Today draws together essays by prominent scholars in anthropology and other fields examining the varied face of indigenous politics in Bolivia, Bot- swana, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, and the United States, amongst others. The book challenges accepted notions of indige- neity as it examines the transnational dynamics of contemporary native culture and politics around the world.
ANTHROPOLOGY PUT TO WORK edited by Les Field and Richard G. Fox 2007
How do anthropologists work today and how will they work in fu- ture? While some anthropologists have recently called for a new "public" or "engaged" anthropology, profound changes have al- ready occurred, leading to new kinds of work for a large number of anthropologists. The image of anthropologists "reaching out" from protected academic positions to a vaguely defined "public" is out of touch with the working conditions of these anthropologists, especially those junior and untenured.
The papers in this volume show that anthropology is put to work in diverse ways today. They indicate that the new conditions of anthropological work require significant departures from canoni- cal principles of cultural anthropology, such as replacing ethno- graphic rapport with multiple forms of collaboration. This volume's goal is to help graduate students and early-career scholars ac- cept these changes without feeling something essential to anthro- pology has been lost. There really is no other choice for most young anthropologists.
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE NOW: Domestication Reconsidered edited by Rebecca Cassidy and Molly Mullin 2007
Domestication has often seemed a matter of the distant past, a series of distinct events involving humans and other species that took place long ago. Today, as genetic manipulation con- tinues to break new barriers in scientific and medical research, we appear to be entering an age of biological control. Are we also writing a new chapter in the history of domestication?
Where the Wild Things Are Now explores the relevance of do- mestication for anthropologists and scholars in related fields who are concerned with understanding ongoing change in proc- esses affecting humans as well as other species. From the pet food industry and its critics to salmon farming in Tasmania, the protection of endangered species in Vietnam and the pigeon fanciers who influenced Darwin, Where the Wild Things Are Now provides an urgently needed re-examination of the concept of domestication against the shifting background of relationships among humans, animals and plants.
17 2007 Annual Report 2007 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellows
Liora Rochelle Kolska Horwitz
Institutional Affiliation: Hebrew U. Award Date: April 25, 2007
Project Title: Horwitz, Dr. Liora Rochelle Kolska, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel - To aid research and writing on “Detecting Domestica- tion: An Expose of the Archaeozoological Record of the Levant'“
Abstract: The Near East served as the birthplace of animal domestica- tion. Recent data has narrowed the nuclear region to the Euphrates Val- ley in the Northern Levant. However, the context, impetus and timing of this innovation during the Neo- lithic, the nature and rate of its development and dispersion, as well as the impact it had on all facets of human existence in this region, is still in need of elucidation. These issues will be explored through the documentation and definition of the archaeozoological record of the Northern Levant - the nuclear zone, compared and contrasted to that of the Southern Levant – a secondary locality of domestication. To at- tain a comprehensive understanding of the why, where, when and how of domestication, the faunal re- cord will be integrated with current information from paleoclimatic, archaeological, botanical, genetic and physical anthropological studies, as well as ethnographic data. This will assist in a critical appraisal of the context and path of domestication both from a biological and a cultural perspective. A comprehen- sive approach such as that proposed here, should facilitate an in depth expose of the critical issues and events that characterize this momentous innovation, one which has marked humankind, for better or for
Eric Ivan Karchmer Institutional Affiliation: U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [honorary] Award Date: October 29, 2007
Project Title: Karchmer, Dr. Eric Ivan, Independent Scholar, Weston, MA - To aid research and writing on “Orientalizing the Body: Postcolo- nial Transformations in Chinese Medicine”
Abstract: This proposal is for funding to complete a book manuscript on why contemporary doctors of Chinese medicine in China have incorporated so many features of biomedicine into their clinical practice. One of the central claims of my study is that this integrationist trend challenges the very notion of 'Chinese medicine.' Based on extensive ethnographic observation and archival research, I assert that what most scholars have taken-for-granted as the basic theory and practices of 'Chinese medicine' only emerged in the early and mid 20th century in China as a response to the en- counter with biomedicine. I propose that this modern transformation of Chinese medicine can be best understood in terms of the postcolonial power inequalities that exist between China and the West. My guiding theoretical claim about this postcolonial encounter is that it is defined by a tension between puri- fied representations and hybridized practices. Doctors of Chinese medicine talk about 'Chinese medi- cine' and 'Western medicine' as if they are epistemologically incommensurate but use them as if they can be freely combined. By exploring key areas of Chinese medicine theory and practice, I demonstrate how the processes of purification and hybridization have transformed Chinese medicine.
18 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellows, cont. Jose Antonio Kelly Luciani Institutional Affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Award Date: October 29, 2007
Project Title: Kelly Luciani, Dr. Jose, CNRS, Paris, France - To aid research and writing on "A Political Anthropology of Indigenous Health in Venezuela: Amazonian Cosmopolitics & State Policy Implementa- tion among the Yanomami of Amazonas" - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: This project is a political anthropology of indigenous health that analyzes the Venezuelan Sta- te's health system among the Yanomami. It is an ethnography that stretches from Amazonian communi- ties through to Ministry offices. Two interwoven issues are addressed: First; The insertion of the State health system in Yanomami community life, eliciting how Yanomami cosmologically-grounded meanings of Yanomami-White relations determine the character of the health system. Indigenous perspectives and Amazonianist theorizing are given priority to understand Indian-State relations. Thematically this is about Amerindian cosmology shaping the State at community level; theoretically it contributes to Amazonian and medical anthropology. Second; the implementation of public health policies for indigenous people. Within the context of Venezuela’s nation rebuilding process, the State’s perspectives on Indians and the culture of the State itself are analyzed in terms of their impingement on indigenous people. Thematically this is about the State shaping Indian lives nationwide; theoretically it contributes to public health and the anthropology of the State. A monograph combining these issues will be written along with an article de- veloping in greater theoretical depth specific aspects of Amazonian anthropology. This project is based on six years of work among the Yanomami and the health system.
Elena Vldimirovna Khlinovskaya Rockhill Institutional Affiliation: U. Cambridge Award Date: April 25, 2007
Project Title: Khlinovskaya Rockhill, Dr. Elena Vladimirovna, U. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - To aid research and writing on "Lost to the State: Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East" - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: This book is an ethnographic study of social orphans, or children left without parental care, in the post-Soviet society. Currently their number stands at 800,000 with 260,000 of these children living in state residential care institutions despite having parents or close relatives. Using concepts of power, agency and voice, I explore tensions in the balance of power between the family and the state, whereby parents are judged as bad or good based on classic Soviet values, and state resources are directed to- wards separating a child from a family, rather than towards supporting family as a whole. Building on interviews and transcripts of court hearings in which parents are deprived of parental rights I analyze key terms and values in the discourse surrounding the process of separation. Later I explore the world of the child once separated from the family, as their 'Rake’s Progress' through successive institutions leads them into an irreversible institutional culture and onwards into a world of alienation from society and of- ten to prison. Applying theories of deviance, witchcraft accusations and show trials I show how the cur- rent system of separating children from their families is sustained by a distinctive modern post-Soviet discourse of accusation and blame.
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Susie Kilshaw
Institutional Affiliation: U. College London Award Date: October 29, 2007
Project Title: Kilshaw, Dr. Susie, U. College London, London, United Kingdom - To aid research and writing on 'Friendly Fire: An Anthropological Account of Gulf War Syndrome' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: There is no doubt that Gulf service has affected the well-being of some of the members of the UK armed forces who served in that conflict, yet the reason for this remain unclear. At present, the debate surrounding Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) has become stagnant and highly polarized. This book argues that an anthropological perspective is needed to further improve our understanding of the problem and uses data generated from 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the UK. Although necessary to contextualize GWS through situating it among other emergent illnesses and widespread health beliefs, this book shows there is a need to bring back the particular. This work makes sense of the cultural circumstances, specific and general, which gave rise to the illness. Building upon anthropology's unique way of understanding somatic symptoms, it is shown that GWS can be seen as an idiom of distress. GWS is a vehicle to draw attention to and a means to communicate concerns of the people it affects; issues such as trust, life within a dramatically changing military, gender roles and toxicity. The symptoms of GWS, such as Burning Semen Syndrome and impotence, can be seen as a shared bodily language.
Stefanie Anja Klappa
Institutional Affiliation: U. Kent [honorary] Award Date: October 29, 2007
Project Title: Klappa, Dr. Stefanie Anja, Independent Scholar, Canterbury, UK - To aid research and writing on “Agroforestry and Agrocen- trism: Tropical Land Use as a Test-bed for Conventional Concepts of Hu- man-environment Relations”- Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: This project will disseminate my thesis that conventional con- cepts of human–environment relations exhibit agrocentric bias, as re- vealed by the principles of tropical agroforestry. I argue that the standard notions of land and resource use—e.g. ‘hunting-gathering’, ‘cultivating’— constitute less universally valid propositions than agricultural folk models; that therefore description and analysis of subsistence in these terms must remain ethnocentric; and that this precludes mean- ingful comparison of cases, obstructs development of a unifying theory of subsistence in human ecol- ogy, and hampers interpretation of the archaeological record on human settlement and transformation of rainforest areas. I developed this argument in my PhD dissertation, through integrating 1) a detailed analysis of my field data from lowland Papua New Guinea, 2) a systematic review of existing models for tropical land use past and present, and 3) a critical discussion of conceptions of human– environment relations in science and anthropology. For the present project, I will use this material to prepare a) a monograph which emphasizes 1 and 2; b) a journal article which emphasizes 3. To- gether, they will contribute to both New Guinea ethnography, the study of tropical land use, archaeo- logical modeling, and the advancement of theory in human ecology.
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Ben Austin Potter Institutional Affiliation: U. Alaska, Fairbanks Award Date: April 25, 2007
Project Title: Potter, Dr. Ben Austin, U. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK - To aid re- search and writing on 'Site Structure and Organization in Central Alaska: Ar- chaeological Investigations at Gerstle River' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: This fellowship will be used to complete and publish a monograph on my dissertation research, which focuses on within-site spatial patterning of well-preserved fauna, tools, and numerous hearth features from multiple components in deeply stratified contexts at the Gerstle River site (dating between 11,250 and 9,000 years ago). The lack of disturbance at the site enabled a thorough spatial analysis, with a level of detail unprecedented in the region. This research presents the first detailed analysis of archaeologi- cal fauna during this period, and allows inferences to be made about hunting strategies, economy, transport decisions, and butchering activities. A model of faunal processing indicates how space was used to process multiple individuals of bison and wapiti. Specialized microblade technology is shown to be structurally complex, reflecting different modes of manufacture, use and disposal. Hypotheses regarding microblade function are tested, suggesting use as insets in thrusting spears associated with bison hunting. The structure of the monograph will conform closely to the finished dissertation, and the proposed work will primarily involve rewriting for clarity and for more general audiences.
Susan Judith Shaw Institutional Affiliation: U. Arizona Award Date: October 29, 2007
Project Title: Shaw, Dr. Susan Judith, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid research and writing on 'Identity, Community and the Governmentality of Primary Health Care in the U.S.' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Abstract: This manuscript analyzes social contestation over community health, governance, citizenship, and identity formation, drawing on research conducted between 1998-2004 in Springfield, Massachusetts, a New England city with a minority-majority population. Struggles over community health be- come settings in which variously positioned actors make claims on the state for how best to achieve the good life on a collective level and how the 'conduct of conduct' should be managed. Three related ethnographic projects explored social and political contestations over health: 1) community-level struggles over syringe ex- change programs to control HIV transmission among people who inject illicit drugs; 2) a welfare-to-work program that sought to produce active citizens; and 3) health care for recent immigrants and other cul- turally diverse populations who are seeking care at a community health center. In the course of these struggles, new concepts of community and new forms of identity are elaborated, constructed and admin- istered both in the primary health clinic and the wider community. This project extends the concept of biosociality from the level of individual biology into new domains populated by low income and marginal- ized members of U.S. society in order to show how ethnic identities are constructed in and through politi- cal struggles that mobilize health as a discursive resource.
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2007 Wadsworth African and International Fellows
Campbell, Tessa J., U. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa - To support training in anthropological genetics at U. Cape Town, supervised by Dr. Rebecca Ackermann—Wadsworth African Fellowship
I applied for the Wadsworth African Fellowship in 2006 to begin my training in Cape Town, South Africa in 2007. I completed a B.Sc. degree in Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2005, specializing in both archaeology and in genetics and development. My focus on genetics allowed me to gain practical experience using a variety of genetic techniques, although my per- sonal interests remain focused on the intersection of anthropology and genet- ics.
I am currently enrolled in the Masters/Ph.D. program at the University of Cape Town, where my research interests involve investigating ancient disease path- ways and disease evolution through the use of modern and ancient DNA. Currently I am engaged in research that aims to extract and analyze ancient M. tuberculosis DNA from South African remains to answer questions about the evolution of M. tuberculosis and then address larger issues associated with human and disease migration in South Africa. This particular area of research, while being explored in other areas of the world, is underdeveloped in southern Africa, and little to no infrastructure exists to en- able research using ancient DNA. I plan to spend some time in the United States at Arizona State Uni- versity in order to learn the techniques and utilize the facilities available for ancient DNA work. I hope to be able to contribute to the development of such facilities in South Africa at some time in the future.
Henig, David, U. of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic - To aid training in social anthropology at U. of Durham, United Kingdom, supervised by Dr. Stephen M. Lyon—Wadsworth International Fellowship
I am an anthropologist from the Czech Republic where I obtained a MSc de- gree in anthropology from the Department of Anthropology, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
My primary geographic area of research is the Balkans, Caucasus, and the Middle East. Particularly, I study forms of resurgence of “muslimness” after communism, and the transmission of religion, culture and classifications (especially ethnicity) over time. Moreover, I am interested in anthropological methodologies and in the use of information technologies in sociocultural research in general.
I chose the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham because it is one of the best de- partments in the United Kingdom. I studied one term here before I definitely had decided to come back.I met experienced specialists in the department in many branches of anthropology and an such interdisci- plinary environment inspired my to come back for doctoral research at the University of Durham.
After completion of a doctoral thesis I would like to go back to the Czech Republic and to teach anthro- pological research methods and in particular regional anthropology of the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. I would like to develop closer research cooperation between researchers interested in is- sues of Eurasia and the anthropology of Islam in the region of Central-East Europe.
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Jillani, Ngalla Edward, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya - To aid training in cognitive evolution at U. of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa, supervised by Paul R. Manger - Wadsworth African Fellowship
I am a research Scientist in Palaeontology Division, National Museums of Kenya with a wealth of field and laboratory experience in Paleoanthropology and currently a PhD student at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, under the supervision of Prof. Paul Manger. A Biologist by training (BSc) from the University of Nairobi and holding a Masters degree in Archaeology from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
My academic interests include research and information dissemination. I find an all encompassing approach to studying human evolution quite interesting. Seeking a deeper understanding of the evolutionary history of the human species is the epitome of my intellectual curiosity and career building. My current research interests are in the evolution of the brain through comparative primate brain studies. I am particularly interested in gaining significant insights into the “mental machinery” that was available to our ancestors and how this assisted them in survival strate- gies within the environments which they found themselves in at different times. The actual biological un- derpinnings of human intelligence remain enigmatic and there still remains great confusion and contro- versies regarding the mechanisms that enable humans to conceptualize, plan, and prioritize, and why they are set apart from other animals in terms of their cognitive abilities. Thus, understanding changes that may have occurred in the brain during human evolution is critical to understanding human intellec- tual abilities and behavior, past and present. My current study has great potential to reveal the ancestral forms and conditions of the brain complexity in terms of wiring.
The University of Witwatersrand’s School of anatomical sciences is the best place south of the Sahara to pursue PhD training on the brain since it has superb laboratory facilities for investigating brain evolu- tion in mammals. It has well developed and strong research programs on human brain evolution with many students pursuing multidisciplinary studies related to human evolution. I therefore stand to gain from experienced researchers for mentors thereby guaranteeing academic excellence.
My major career goals are to become a skilled anthropologist doing cutting edge research in the field with a focus on the brain using the primate research facility in Kenya.
Margvelashvili, Ann, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia - To aid training in paleoanthropology at U. of Zurich, Switzerland, supervised by Chris- toph Peter Eduard Zollikofer - Wadsworth International Fellowship
The background of my studies consists of the medical education in the branch of stomatology at the Tbilisi State Medical University, which I graduated in 2004. During the studies, I had two years of practice as a doctor’s assistant at the Orthodontic centre. In 2004, I received the Erasmus Mundus scholarship for accomplishing Master’s studies in “Quaternary and Pre-history” that took place in Portugal and Spain. I also participated in the archaeological excava- tions of Lower Paleolithic site of Dmanisi (2002-2007) and Atapuerca (2006).
My main interests focus on dental occlusion and its correlations with the craniofacial morphology, also examining the biomechanical properties and impact of food processing on the development of the masti- catory system, exploring the dental attrition patterns.The Anthropological Institute and Museum of Uni- versity of Zurich provides expert knowledge and state-of-the-art technology (medical CT, microCT, ad- vanced image data processing and 3D geometric morphometric tools) which will help me to acquire spe- cific skills in new morphometric methods. The institute has a large primate/human skeletal collection, which will greatly facilitate my comparative approach.
After writing-up the thesis, I plan to return to Georgia and obtain a position as a qualified researcher at the Georgian National Museum.
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Regehr, Vera Dorothea, U. Catolica 'Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion', Asun- cion, Paraguay - To aid training in social anthropology at U. Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico, supervised by Roger E. Magazine
Since childhood I have been in close contact with the reality and challenges faced by indigenous communities in the colonial context of the Paraguayan Chaco where I grew up. The multiple social dilemmas in this colonial setting inspired my decision to pursue studies in social anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. This university offers a flexible doctoral program and a variety of courses that are closely connected to my research interests. These include questions about community and family dynamics and issues of ethnicity, representation and the politics of culture. Moreover, I decided to study at a Mexican university so that I could write my dissertation in Spanish which is of great importance to me as my target audience consists of anthropologists and other professionals working in Paraguay with indigenous peoples, as well as indigenous people themselves.
The aim of my research is to understand how the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode people, who are involved in a land claim, construct their identity and their relation to the land in the current historical, political and so- cial context. One of my overall professional goals is to produce anthropological knowledge that contrib- utes to a better understanding of the current situation of indigenous peoples in the Paraguayan Chaco and their relations with the dominant society.
Tesar, Catalina Constantina, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania - To aid training in social anthropology at U. College London, United Kingdom, Supervised by Michael Sinclair Stewart.
I completed my bachelor’s degree in 2004 (philology and ethnology) at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, a master’s degree in 2005 (interdisciplinary social sciences) at the Francophone Doctoral School for Central and Eastern Europe, University of Bucharest (studies funded by AUF) and a second master’s degree in 2006 (cultural anthropology and communi- tarian development) at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest. Since October 2006 I’ve been employed as a researcher by the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bu- charest.
Since September 2007 I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UCL, with a project revolving around the plight of the Gypsies in postsocialism Romania. My research project has a lot to benefit from the experience and knowledge in the field of Roma in South-Eastern Europe of Michael Stewart, under whose supervision I work. Furthermore, the program of Anthropology at UCL with its lively debates in the seminars and its staff’s long standing commitment to interdiciplinarity, offers me great opportunities to develop high research skills in the fields of my interest: economic anthropology, political culture, anthropology of the margins, ethnicity, resistance, international migration and postso- cialism. After completing my PhD degree, I wish to return to Romania and contribute to the development of the new born discipline of Anthropology.
24 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
Grantee Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Anand, Nikhil Anand, Nikhil, Stanford U., Stanford, CA - To aid research Stanford U. on 'The Social Life of Water: The Limits of the Commodity and its Neoliberal State,' supervised by Dr. Akhil Gupta
Aparicio, Juan R. Aparicio, Juan R., U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - To U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill aid research on 'Beyond Human Rights and Humanitarian Interventions: Internally Displaced Persons, Autonomy and Collective Ethical Projects in Colombia,' supervised by Dr. Arturo Escobar Arenas, Ivan Arenas, Ivan, U. of California, Berkeley, CA - To aid U. California, Berkeley research on 'Oaxaca at the Crossroads: Space, Future, and the Modern Mexican Imagination', supervised by Dr. Alexei Yurchak Babul, Elif Muyesser Babul, Elif Muyesser, Stanford U., Stanford, CA - To aid Stanford U. research on 'The Making of Human Rights In Turkey,' supervised by Dr. Liisa H. Malkki
Ballestero, Andrea Ballestero, Andrea, U. of California, Irvine, CA - To aid U. California, Irvine research on 'Between Human Rights and Commodities: Water, Expertise and Politics in Latin America,' supervised by Dr. George Marcus Barger, Nicole Lynn Barger, Nicole Lynn, U. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, U. California, San Diego CA - To aid research on 'Primate Social Behavior from an Evolutionary Neuroanatomical Perspective: A Comparative Analysis of the Amygdaloid Complex,' supervised by Dr.
Barks, Sarah Kate Barks, Sarah Kate, Emory U., Atlanta, GA - To aid research Emory U. on 'The Neural Bases of Social Cognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes),' supervised by Dr. James Kelly Rilling
Barnes, Jessica Emily Barnes, Jessica Emily, Columbia U., New York, NY - To aid Columbia U. research on 'Farming Fayoum: The Flows and Frictions of Irrigation in Egypt,' supervised by Dr. Paige West
Bauder, Jennifer Marie Bauder, Jennifer Marie, Binghamton U., Binghamton, NY - State U. New York, To aid research on 'Porous Skull Lesions in the Prehistoric Binghamton Illinois River Valley: Diagnosis and Implications,' supervised by Dr. Dawnie Wolfe Steadman Bazylevych, Maryna Bazylevych, Maryna Y., State U. of New York, Albany, NY - State U. New York, Albany Yevgenivna To aid research on 'Ukrainian Women Physicians at a Post- Socialist Crossroad: Negotiating New Roles,' supervised by Dr. Gail Heidi Landsman Belisle, Veronique Belisle, Veronique, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - To aid U. Michigan research on 'Wari Imperial Expansion and Household Change in Cusco, Peru,' supervised by Dr. Joyce Marcus
Bernstein, Anna Bernstein, Anna, New York U., New York, NY - To aid New York U. research on 'Transformations in Siberian Buddhism: Mobility, Visuality, and Piety in Buryat Worlds,' supervised by Dr. Bruce M. Grant 25 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
Grantee Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Biruk, Crystal Lynn Biruk, Crystal Lynn, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - U. Pennsylvania To aid research on 'The Politics of Knowledge Production in Collaborative AIDS Research in Malawi,' supervised by Dr. Sandra T. Barnes
Blake, Elizabeth Blake, Elizabeth C., U. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - To U. Cambridge Catherine aid research on 'Stone Tools as Portable Sound-Producing Objects in Upper Palaeolithic Contexts,' supervised by Dr. Paul Mellars
Bullock Kreger, Meggan Bullock Kreger, Meggan Miranda-Lee, Pennsylvania State Pennsylvania State U. Miranda-Lee U., University Park, PA - To aid research on 'Immigrant Mortality in the Postclassic Urban Center of Cholula, Puebla,' supervised by Dr. Kenneth Hirth Buthelezi, Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Mbongiseni Patrick, Columbia U., New York, NY - Columbia U. Patrick To aid research on 'Transnationalizing Southern Africa: Nineteenth Century Displacements and their Oral Artistic Legacies,' supervised by Dr. Hlonipha Mokoena
Campbell, Jeremy Campbell, Jeremy Michael, U. of California, Santa Cruz, CA U. California, Santa Cruz Michael - To aid research on 'The Social Life of an Amazonian Highway,' supervised by Dr. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Carse, Ashley David Carse, Ashley David, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill To aid research on 'The Social Life of Topography: Conservation, Development, and the Making of the Panama Canal Watershed,' supervised by Dr. Flora E-shen Lu Chand, Vineeta Chand, Vineeta, U. of California, Davis, CA - To aid research U. California, Davis on 'Indian English Ownership, Status and Variation,' supervised by Dr. Janet Shibamoto Smith
Cho, Sumi Cho, Sumi, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - To aid research U. Michigan on 'Multiculturalism, Okinawan Popular Culture and the Politics of Ethnicity in Osaka, Japan,' supervised by Dr. Jennifer E. Robertson Cho, Woo Jeong Cho, Woo Jeong, Indiana U., Bloomington, IN - To aid Indiana U., Bloomington research on 'The Homeland on the Move: The Making of Modern Selves in Sakhalin Korean Discourses,' supervised by Dr. Sarah D. Philips Chumley, Lily Hope Chumley, Lily Hope, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To aid U. Chicago research on 'Creativity and Capitalism in the Central Academy of Fine Art,' supervised by Dr. Judith B. Farquhar
Cohen, Emily Catherine Cohen, Emily Catherine, New York U., New York, NY - To New York U. aid research on 'A Cultural Analysis of Integrated Rehabilitation Medicine in Colombia,' supervised by Dr. Emily Martin
Cox, Phyllida Cox, Phyllida, Africa Gender Institute., Cape Town, South Africa Gender Inst. Africa - To aid research on 'Personhood, Gender and Modernity: Mediating Meanings of Abortion in South African Family Planning Clinics,' supervised by Dr. Elaine R. Solo 26 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Cunningham, Craig Cunningham, Craig Andrew, U. of Dundee, Dundee, United U. Dundee Andrew Kingdom - To aid research on 'Ontogenetic Analysis of the Internal Architecture of the Human Pelvic Complex,' supervised by Dr. Susan Margaret Black
Daniels, Brian Isaac Daniels, Brian I., U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - To U. Pennsylvania aid research on 'Preserving Native American Culture by Bureaucratic Means,' supervised by Dr. Robert Preucel
Daspit, Lesley Lynn Daspit, Lesley L., Purdue U., West Lafayatte, IN - To aid Purdue U. research on ' Market Women in Central Africa: Transnational Interface of Wildlife Commerce & Conservation,' supervised by Dr. Melissa J. Remis
De Lucia, Kristin De Lucia, Kristin, Northwestern U., Evanston, IL - To aid Northwestern U. research on 'Domestic Economies and Regional Transition: Household Production and Consumption in Early Postclassic Mexico,' supervised by Dr. Elizabeth M. Brumfiel Donkersloot, Rachel Donkersloot, Rachel, U. of British Columbia, Vancouver, U. British Columbia Canada - To aid research on ''Get Out or Get Left?': Understanding Youth Life-Paths and Experiences of an Irish Fishing Locale,' supervised by Dr. Charles R. Menzies
Doughty, Kristin Conner Doughty, Kristin Conner, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia U. Pennsylvania PA - To aid research on 'The Past and Collective Belonging in Post-Genocide Rwanda,' supervised by Dr. Sandra T. Barnes
Edwards, Ian Bryant Edwards, Ian Bryant, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR - To aid U. Oregon research on 'Negotiated Wildlife in Mali, West Africa: Global Forces and Local Logics,' supervised by Dr. Stephen R. Wooten
Feliciano-Santos, Feliciano-Santos, Sherina, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - U. Michigan Sherina To aid research on 'Taíno Language and Cultural Revival: An Ethnographic Study of Language Ideologies in Emerging Language Varieties,' supervised by Dr. Barbra Allyn Meek
Fly, Jessie Kimmel Fly, Jessie Kimmel, U. of Georgia, Athens, GA - To aid U. Georgia research on 'Unnatural Disasters: Coping Strategies and the Legacy of Agent Orange in the Mekong Delta,' supervised by Dr. Ted L. Gragson
Fraga, Christopher Fraga, Christopher, New York U., New York, NY - To aid New York U. research on 'The Traffic in Contemporary Mexican Art Photography,' supervised by Dr. Thomas Abercrombie
Friederic, Karin Ulla Friederic, Karin Ulla, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona research on 'Violent Frontiers: Women’s Rights, Intimate Partner Violence, and the State in Ecuador,' supervised by Dr. Linda Buckley Green
27 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Froehle, Andrew William Froehle, Andrew William, U. of California, San Diego, La U. California, San Diego Jolla, CA - To aid research on 'Physical Activity and Basal Metabolic Rate in Postmenopausal Women,' supervised by Dr. Margaret J. Schoeninger
Gerkey, Andrew Patrick Gerkey, Andrew Patrick, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ - Rutgers U. To aid research on 'From State Collectives to Local Com- mons: Koryak Salmon Fishers and Reindeer Herders in the Russian Far East,' supervised by Dr. Lee Cronk
Goebel, Alison Day Goebel, Alison Day, U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL - To aid re- U. Illinois, Urbana search on 'Reconfiguring Middle Class Whiteness: Global Capitalism, Race, and U.S. Small Cities,' supervised by Dr. Alejandro Lugo
Goldstone, Brian David Goldstone, Brian David, Duke U., Durham, NC - To aid re- Duke U. search on 'Prosperity Gospels: Pentecostalism, Value, and the Moral Imagination in Northern Ghana,' supervised by Dr. Charles D. Piot Gottlieb, Samantha Gottlieb, Samantha, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore MD - To Johns Hopkins U. aid research on 'Parental Decision-Making, Risk, and New Medical Technology: Mandating the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine,' supervised by Dr. Veena Das
Guell, Cornelia Guell, Cornelia, U. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom U. Edinburgh - To aid research on 'Chronic Illness at the Margins: Turkish Immigrant Experiences of Type 2 Diabetes in Berlin,' super- vised by Dr. Stefan Mathias Ecks
Hackman, Melissa Joy Hackman, Melissa Joy, U. of California, Santa Cruz, CA - To U. California, Santa Cruz aid research on ''Born-Again' Masculinity in Contemporary South Africa,' supervised by Dr. Carolyn M. Shaw
Hall, Jennifer Lee Hall, Jennifer Lee, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - To aid U. Michigan research on 'Building Bridges: Language Ideology and Passerelle Literacy Education in Morocco,' supervised by Dr. Judith T. Irvine
Harris, Shana Lisa Harris, Shana Lisa, U. of California, San Francisco, CA - To U. California, San Francisco aid research on 'Out of Harm's Way: HIV, Human Rights, and the Practice of Harm Reduction in Argentina,' super- vised by Dr. Judith C. Barker
Hassett, Brenna Ryan Hassett, Brenna R., U. College London, London, UK - To aid U. College London research on 'Child Health and Developmental Defects of Enamel in Post-Medieval London,' supervised by Dr. Simon Hillson
Haynes, Naomi Rae Haynes, Naomi Rae, U. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, U. California, San Diego CA - To aid research on 'When Prosperity Fails: the Faith Gospel And Gift Economies on the Zambian Copperbelt,' supervised by Dr. Joel Robbins
28 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Heidbrink, Lauren Diane Heidbrink, Lauren Diane, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD - Johns Hopkins U. To aid research on 'Impossible Subjects: Unaccompanied Guatemalan Youth,' supervised by Dr. Pamela Reynolds
Hobaiter, Catherine Hobaiter, Catherine Louise, U. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, U. St. Andrews Louise Fife, United Kingdom - To aid research on 'Gestural Communication in Wild Chimpanzees of Budongo, Uganda,' supervised by Dr. Richard William Byrne
Hota, Pinky Hota, Pinky, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To aid research on U. Chicago 'From Forest to Nation: Tribal Youth's Participation in Hindu Nationalism,' supervised by Dr. Richard Schweder
Howes-Mischel, Howes-Mischel, Rebecca Ella, New York U., New York, NY - New York U. Rebecca Ella To aid research on 'Gestating Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Personhood in Discursive Prenatal Practices in Oaxaca and Los Angeles,' supervised by Dr. Rayna Rapp Huang, Yu Huang, Yu, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA - To aid research U. Washington on 'Cultivating 'Science-Savvy' Citizens: Empowerment and Risk in Shrimp Aquaculture Development in China,' supervised by Dr. Stevan Harrell
Hubbard, Edward Hubbard, Edward A., Harvard U., Cambridge, MA - To aid Harvard U. Akintola research on 'Performing Multiple Creolities in Cape Verde: A Three-Island Ethnography,' supervised by Dr. Mary M. Steedly
Isenhour, Cynthia Kline Isenhour, Cynthia K. U., of Kentucky, Lexington, KY - To aid U. Kentucky reseach on 'Exploring Sustainable Consumerism as a Response to Perceived Environmental Risk,' supervised by Dr. Lisa Cliggett
Johari, Radhika Johari, Radhika, York U, Toronto, Canada -To aid research York U. on 'Endangered Forests, Enterprising Women: The Politics of Conservation and Livelihoods Development Programs in Himachal, India,' supervised by Dr. Shubhra Gururani
Bush, Joseph Andrew Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD - Joseph Andrew Bush, PI Johns Hopkins U. - To aid research on 'Religious Non-commitment and Social Critique among Iraqi Kurdish Poets,' supervised by Dr. Veena Das
Judd, Maya Drell Judd, Maya Drell, Brown U., Providence, RI - To aid Brown U. research on 'The Power of Gender: Fatherhood and Fertility Decisions in Italy,' supervised by Dr. David I. Kertzer
Kashanipour, Ryan Amir Kashanipour, Ryan Amir, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona research and on 'A World of Cures: Maya Healing Systems in Colonial Yucatan,' supervised by Dr. Kevin M. Gosner
29 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation Kebede, Kassahun Haile Kebede, Kassahun Haile, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY - To Syracuse U. aid research on 'Root and Routes: The Lived Experiences of Transnational Migrants from Ethiopia to the United States,' supervised by Dr. Hans C. Buechler
Khayyat, Munira Khayyat, Munira, Columbia U., New York, NY - To aid Columbia U. research on 'State of War: Violence, Uncertainty and Survival in Southern Lebanon,' supervised by Dr. Michael Taussig
Kiel, Michelle Lea Kiel, Michelle Lea, U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL - To aid U. Florida research on 'Experts and the Subjects of Expertise: Education and Development in Madagascar,' supervised by Dr. Brenda Chalfin
Klivak, Lori Coppola Klivak, Lori Anne Coppola, Syracuse U., New York, NY - To Syracuse U. aid research on ''Zapotec Tourism': The Community Politics of Indigenous Organizing and Ethnic Revival in Southern Mexico,' supervised by Dr. John S. Burdick Kloos, Stephan Kloos, Stephan, U. of California, San Francisco, CA - To aid U. California, San Francisco research on 'Tibetan Medicine in Exile: Ethics of Altruism, Politics of Survival,' supervised by Dr. Vincanne Adams
Kombo, Brenda Kombo, Brenda Khayanga, Yale U., New Haven, CT - To aid Yale U. Khayanga research on 'The Policing of Intimate Partnerships in Yaounde, Cameroon,' supervised by Dr. Kamari M. Clarke
Kudlu, Chithprabha Kudlu, Chithprabha, Washington U., University City, MO - To Washington U. aid research on 'Journey from Plant to Medicine: A Study of Ayurvedic Commodity Chains in Kerala,' supervised by Dr. Glenn Davis Stone
Lameira, Adriano Reis Lameira, Adriano Reis, U. of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands - Utrecht U. To aid research on 'Cultural and Non-Cultural Variation in Acoustic Repertoire and Referential Knowledge in Wild Orangutans,' supervised by Dr. Elisabeth Sterck
LaRocque, Olivier LaRocque, Olivier, McGill U., Montreal, QC, Canada - To aid McGill U. research on 'Ranching and Conservation Covenants in the Foothills Rangelands of Alberta Canada,' supervised by Dr. John G. Galaty
Liu, Xinyi Liu, Xinyi, U. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom - U. Cambridge To aid research on 'The Origins and Early Spread of Broomcorn Millet,' supervised by Martin Kenneth Jones
Livni, Eran Livni, Eran, Indiana U., Bloomington, IN - To aid research on Indiana U., Bloomington 'Democracy Without Civil Society? Chalga Music and the Ambivalent Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union,' supervised by Dr. Richard Bauman
30 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Lorne McDougall, Lorne McDougall, Kathleen, U.of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To U. Chicago Kathleen aid research on 'Legitimate Culture: Producing Afrikanerness in Post-Apartheid South Africa,' supervised by Dr. Jean Comaroff
Lyons, Kristina Marie Lyons, Kristina Marie, U. of California, Davis, CA - To aid U. California, Davis research on 'Science, Storytelling, and the Politics of Collaboration: Advocacy against Aerial Fumigation in Colombia,' supervised by Dr. Marisol de la Cadena
Mahaffey, Erin Elizabeth Mahaffey, Erin Elizabeth, U. of California, Berkeley, CA - To U. California, Berkeley aid research on 'Publicity, Secrecy, and Medical Confidentiality in Zanzibar, East Africa,' supervised by Dr. Cori P. Hayden
Martineau, Katherine Martineau, Katherine Boulden, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI U. Michigan Boulden - To aid research on 'Valuing Language in a Free Press: Language Ideologies, Intellectual Properties, and Liberalism in Indian Newspapers,' supervised by Dr. Edward Webb Keane Matarazzo, Stacey Ann Matarazzo, Stacey Ann, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA - U. Massachusetts To aid research on 'Skeletal Correlates of Knuckle Walking in the Manus of Great Apes,' supervised by Dr. Laurie Rohde Godfrey
Matera, Jaime Matera, Jamie, U. of California, Santa Barbara, CA - To aid U. California, Santa Barbara research on 'Determining the Role of Social Networks in Marine Conservation: A Case Study of Providencia, Colombia,' supervised by Dr. Shankar Aswani
Mauxion, Aurelien Mauxion, Aurelien, Northwestern U., Evanston, IL - To aid Northwestern U. research on 'From Irrigation to Elections: Agricultural Intensification and Local-level Politics in Gabero, Northern Mali, supervised by Dr. Robert G. Launay
Minn, Pierre Hong Minn, Pierre Hong, McGill U., Montreal, Canada - To aid McGill U. research on 'An Investigation of International Medical Aid in Haiti,' supervised by Dr. Allan Young
Morehart, Christopher T. Morehart, Christopher T., Northwestern U., Evanston, IL - To Northwestern U. aid research on 'Agricultural Landscapes and Political Economy at Xaltocan, Mexico,' supervised by Dr. Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
Morino, Luca Morino, Luca, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ - To aid Rutgers U. research on 'Behavioral and Hormonal Correlates of Male Reproductive Strategies in the Siamang,' supervised by Dr. Ryne A. Palombit
Morrell, Andrea Rose Morrell, Andrea Rose, City U. of New York, Graduate Center City U. New York, Graduate - To aid research on 'Prison Town: Prisons and the Politics Center of Economic Development in Elmira, New York,' supervised by Dr. Leith Mullings
31 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Morrison, Amanda Maria Morrison, Amanda Maria, U. of Texas, Austin, TX - To aid U. Texas, Austin research on 'Rockin' the Body Politic: Multiracial Youth and Hip-Hop Activism in the San Francisco Bay Area,' supervised by Dr. John Hartigan
Moumtaz, Nada Moumtaz, Nada, City U. of New York, Graduate Center, New City U. New York, Graduate York, NY - To aid research on 'Piety in Markets of Center Inalienable Property: An Anthropology of Waqf, Beirut 1826 - present,' supervised by Dr. David W. Harvey
Murphy, Daniel Joseph Murphy, Daniel Joseph, U. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY - To U. Kentucky aid research on 'Communal Resource Management and Rural Inequality in Post-Socialist Mongolia,' supervised by Dr. Peter Deal Little
Myers, Dusty Myers, Dusty, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI - To aid Michigan State U. research on 'Inclusive Rights or Exclusive Gains?: Negotiating Access to Timber in Ashanti Ghana,' supervised by Dr. William Derman Nalbantian, Tsolin Nalbantian, Tsolin, Columbia U., New York, NY - To aid Columbia U. research on 'Native to National?: Collective Identity Production in Beirut's Armenian Neighborhoods 1991-2005,' supervised by Dr. Rashid Khalidi
Navarro, Tamisha D. Navarro, Tamisha D., Duke U., Durham, NC - To aid Duke U. research on ''Culture' vs. 'Progress': Economic Development in the United States Virgin Islands,' supervised by Dr. Charles Piot
Nibbe, Ayesha Anne Nibbe, Ayesha Anne, U. of California, Davis, CA - To aid U. California, Davis research on 'Locating Accountability within 'Fractionated Sovereignty': The Role of Humanitarian Food Aid in Northern Uganda,' supervised by Carol A. Smith
Nicewonger, Todd Evans Nicewonger, Todd Evans, Columbia U., New York, NY - To Columbia U. aid research on 'Intellectuals, Material Culture, & Flemish Fashion Design as an Economy of Innovation,' supervised by Dr. Lambros Comitas
Ossi, Kerry Michele Ossi, Kerry Michele, State U. of New York, Stony Brook, NY State U. New York, Stony - To aid research on 'The Juvenile Balancing Act: Survival, Brook Skill-Learning and Growth in Phayre's Leaf Monkeys,' supervised by Dr. Andreas Koenig
Pante, Michael Pante, Michael Christopher, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers U. Christopher - To aid 'A Taphonomic Investigation of Vertebrate Fossil Assemblages from Beds III and IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania,' supervised by Dr. Robert J. Blumenschine
Pavlovich, William Pavlovich, William Vladan, Binghamton U., Binghamton, NY State U. New York, Vladan - To aid research on 'Displaced Persons, the Reinvigoration Binghamton of Nationalism, and Challenges to European Integration in Serbia,' supervised by Dr. Thomas M. Wilson
32 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Pearson, Thomas Pearson, Thomas William, State U. of New York, State U. New York, William Binghamton, NY - To aid research on 'Biosafety, Binghamton Neoliberalism, and the Struggle for Life: Anti-biotechnology Activism & the Politics of Expertise in Central America,' supervised by Dr. Carmen Alicia Ferradás Perez, Michael Vicente Perez, Michael Vicente, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI Michigan State U. - To aid research on 'Displaced Identities: Palestinian Citizens and Refugees and the Production of National Identity in Jordan,' supervised by Dr. William Derman
Perkins, Alisa Marlene Perkins, Alisa Marlene, U. of Texas, Austin, TX - To aid U. Texas, Austin research on 'Making Muslim Space in Arab Detroit: Religious Identity, Gender and the Emergence of Difference,' supervised by Dr. Kamran A. Ali
Powell, Dana Elizabeth Powell, Dana Elizabeth, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC - To aid research on 'Alternative Power: The Cultural Politics of Development on the Navajo Nation,' supervised by Dr. Dorothy C. Holland Pritzker, Sonya Elizabeth Pritzker, Sonya Elizabeth, U. of California, Los Angeles, CA - U. California, Los Angeles To aid research on 'Language Socialization and Ideologies of Translation in U.S. Chinese Medical Education,' supervised by Dr. Elinor Ruth Ochs
Rau, Pilar Karen Rau, Pilar Karen, New York U., New York, NY - To aid New York U. research on 'Capitalist Relations: Kinship, Tourist Art, and Trade Networks in an Andean Community,' supervised by Dr. Fred R. Myers
Rayner, Jeremy Rayner, Jeremy Christopher, City U. of New York, Graduate City U. New York, Graduate Christopher Center, New York, NY - To aid research on ''The ICE is not Center for Sale': Property, Value and Telecommunications Privatization in Costa Rica,' supervised by Dr. David W. Harvey Ritchie, Jason Ritchie, Jason, U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL - To aid research on U. Illinois, Urbana 'The Logic of the Checkpoint: Queer Palestinians, the Israeli State, and the Politics of Passing,' supervised by Dr. Matti Bunzl
Robbins, Jessica Choate Robbins, Jessica Choate, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - To U. Michigan aid research on 'Making and Unnmaking Polish Persons: Aging and Memory in Postsocialist Poland,' supervised by Dr. Gillian Feeley-Harnik
Rodriguez, Juan Luis Rodriguez, Juan Luis, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, IL - Southern Illinois U., To aid research on 'Rhetorical Strategies and Gift Circulation Carbondale in the Politics of The Orinoco Delta, Venezuela,' supervised by Dr. Jonathan David Hill
Rosa, Jonathan Daniel Rosa, Jonathan Daniel, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To aid U. Chicago research on 'Learning to Hear a Nation’s Limits: Language Ideologies and Ethnoracial Subjectivity in U.S. High Schools,' supervised by Dr. Susan Gal 33 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Roy, Arpita Roy, Arpita, U. of California, Berkeley, CA - To aid research U. California, Berkeley on 'Particle Physics and the Anthropology of Right and Left,' supervised by Dr. Paul Rabinow
Royer, Danielle France Royer, Danielle France, State U. of New York, Stony Brook, State U. New York, Stony NY - To aid research on 'Morphological Diversity in the Early Brook Modern Human Postcranial Skeleton,' supervised by Dr. Frederick E. Grine
Rundall, Sarah Ann Rundall, Sarah Ann, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, Case Western Reserve U. OH - To aid research on 'Challenged Lives: The Experience of Disability in a Himalayan Buddhist and Muslim Community,' supervised by Dr. Janet W. McGrath
Sahota, Puneet Kaur Sahota, Puneet Kaur Chawla, Washington U., St. Louis, MO Washington U. Chawla - To aid 'An Ethnography Of Medical/Genetics Research among American Indians: Political, Economic, and Ethical Considerations,' supervised by Dr. Bradley Philip Stoner Samli, Sherife Ayla Samli, Sherife Ayla, Rice U., Houston, TX - To aid research Rice U. on 'Containing the Future: The Hope Chest in Contemporary Urban Turkey,' supervised by Dr. James D. Faubion
Santillan, Diana Santillan, Diana, George Washington U., Washington, DC - George Washington U. To aid research on 'Intercultural Mediations: Using Radio to Promote Reproductive Health and Gender Equity in the Peruvian Amazon,' supervised by Dr. Catherine Jean Allen
Scales, David A. Scales, David A., Yale U., New Haven, CT - To aid research Yale U. on 'Contesting Sovereignty with Epidemic Emergencies at the World Health Organization,' supervised by Dr. Julia Potter Adams
Scarborough, Isabel M. Scarborough, Isabel M., U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL - To aid U. Illinois, Urbana research on 'Market Women Mothers and Daughters: Politics and Mobility in the New Bolivia,' supervised by Dr. Andrew Orta
Seshia Galvin, Shaila Seshia Galvin, Shaila, Yale U., New Haven, CT - To aid Yale U. research on 'State of Nature: Agriculture, Development and the Making of Organic Uttarakhand,' supervised by Dr. Michael R. Dove
Slotta, James Slotta, James, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To aid research U. Chicago on 'Dialect, Register, & the Big-Man: Social Organization of Sporadic Linguistic Innovations in Yupno, Papua New Guinea,' supervised by Dr. Michael Silverstein
Speller, Camilla Speller, Camilla Filomena, Simon Fraser U., Burnaby, Simon Fraser U. Filomena Canada - To aid research on 'Investigating the Process of Turkey Domestication Through Ancient DNA Analysis,' supervised by Dr. Dongya Yang
34 2007 Annual Report Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
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Stevens, Hallam Stevens, Hallam, Harvard U., Cambridge, MA - To aid re- Harvard U. search on 'Stringing Life Together: Bioinformatics in the Post-Genomic Age,' supervised by Dr. Peter Galison
Stewart, Fiona Anne Stewart, Fiona Anne, U. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United U. Cambridge Kingdom - To aid research on 'Evolution of Shelter: Model- ling Human Origins through Field Study of Chimpanzee Nest-Building,' supervised by Dr. William C. McGrew
Strand, Thea Randina Strand, Thea Randina, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona 'Varieties in Dialogue: A Historical and Ethnographic Study of Dialect Use and Shift in Rural Norway,' supervised by Dr. Jane H. Hill
Sykes, Jim Sykes, Jim, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL - To aid research on U. Chicago 'A 'Space' for Sound: Sacred Music, Sentiment, and the Politics of Place in Sri Lanka,' supervised by Dr. Philip V. Bohlman Wang, Steven Liang Wang, Steven Liang, City U. of New York - Graduate Center, City U. New York, Graduate New York, NY - To aid research on 'Testing the Continuity of Center Middle and Late Pleistocene Hominins in Asia,' supervised by Dr. Eric Delson
Warwick, Matthew Chris- Warwick, Matthew Christopher, U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, U. Wisconsin, Milwaukee topher WI - To aid research on 'Diet, Economy, and Sociopolitical Change in the Pukara Polity, North Titicaca Basin, Peru,' supervised by Dr. Jean Leslee Hudson
Watson, Matthew Clay Watson, Matthew Clay, U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL - To aid U. Florida research on 'Assembling History: The Public Production and Dispersion of Maya Hieroglyphic Knowledges,' supervised by Dr. Susan Gillespie
Wentzell, Emily Wentzell, Emily, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - To aid re- U. Michigan search on'Sexual Dysfunction and Changing Masculinities in Mexico City,' supervised by Dr. Marcia Inhorn
Wool, Zoe Hamilton Wool, Zoe Hamilton, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada - To aid U. Toronto research on 'In Search of the War on Terror: An Ethnogra- phy of Soldiers Lives and Public Discourses,' supervised by Dr. Todd Sanders
Yates-Doerr, Emily Yates-Doerr, Emily, New York U., New York, NY - To aid New York U. research on 'The Weight of the Body: Changing Ideals of Nutrition, Health and Fat in Guatemala,' supervised by Dr. Emily Martin
35 2007 Annual Report Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
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Ammerman, Albert J. Ammerman, Prof. Albert J., Colgate U., Hamilton, NY - To Colgate U. aid 'The Longitudinal Study of Landscape Dynamics at Acconia in Italy'
Atsalis, Sylvia Atsalis, Dr. Sylvia, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL - To aid Lincoln Park Zoo research on 'Menopause and Postreproductive Lifespan in a Cooperatively Breeding Primate: Hormonal Assessment of Aged Langurs'
Barta, Jodi Lynn Barta, Dr. Jodi Lynn, U. of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada - U. Toronto To aid research on 'The Relationship Between Skin Pigmentation and Vitamin D Insufficiency in Northern Latitudes'
Brown, Linda Ann Brown, Dr. Linda Ann, George Washington U., Washington, George Washington U. DC - To aid research on 'Indigenous Archaeologies: Contemporary Meanings, Social Lives and Material Signatures of Maya Antiquities Reused as Sacra' Buyandelgeriyn, Buyandelgeriyn, Dr. Manduhai, Harvard U., Cambridge, MA - Harvard U. Manduhai To aid research on 'Election Campaigns: Women’s Engagement in Neoliberal State Formation in Mongolia'
Casana, Jesse J. U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR - Dr. Jesse Casana, Primary U. Arkansas Investigator - To aid research on 'Settlement Systems and Land Use Strategies at Tell Qarqur, Syria'
Chazan, Michael Chazan, Dr. Michael, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada - To U. Toronto aid research on 'Archaeology of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province, South Africa'
Coe, Cathleen Meleney Coe, Dr. Cathleen Meleney, Rutgers U., Camden, NJ - To Rutgers U. aid research on 'The Impact of Transnational Migration on Family Arrangements in Ghana' de Ruiter, Darryl James de Ruiter, Dr. Darryl James, Texas A&M U., College Station, Texas A&M U. TX - To aid research on 'Paleoanthropological Investigation of Meloding: An Early Pilocene Fossil Locality in the Free State, South Africa'
DeCaro, Jason A. DeCaro, Dr. Jason A., U. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL - To Emory U. aid research on 'Physical Activity and the Architecture of Daily Life among Alabama Mexican Americans: A Biocultural Investigation'
Di Fiore, Anthony Francis Di Fiore, Dr. Anthony Francis, New York U., New York, NY - New York U. To aid research on 'Kinship, Behavior, and Social Structure in Atelin Primates'
36 2007 Annual Report Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
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Diel, Lori Boornazian Diel, Dr. Lori Boornazian, Texas Christian U., Fort Worth, TX Texas Christian U. - To aid research on 'Manuscrito del Aperreamiento / Manuscript of a Dogging: Negotiating Power in Early Colonial Cholula'
Disotell, Todd Richard Disotell, Dr. Todd Richard, New York U., New York, NY - To New York U. aid research on 'Timing the Primate Colonization of Bioko Island Through the Use of Multiple Molecular Markers'
Dvorak, Gregory Eric Dvorak, Dr. Gregory Eric, Australian National U., Canberra, Australian National U. Australia - To aid research on 'Seeds of Empire: Retracing Marshall Islander-Japanese Roots and Routes'
Gallotti, Rosalia Galloti, Dr. Rosalia, U. of Rome, Rome, Italy - To aid U. Rome research on 'Technical Behaviors During the Oldowan at Garba IVD (Melka Kunture, Ethiopia)'
Goldstein, Paul S. Goldstein, Dr. Paul S., U. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, U. California, San Diego CA - To aid research on 'Death in Diaspora: Mortuary Practice Variablity at the Tiwanaku Colony of Rio Muerto, Peru'
Guba, Zsuzsanna Guba, Dr. Zsuzsanna, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungarian Natural History Budapest, Hungary - To aid research on 'Ancient DNA of the Museum Neolithic Alfold linearbandkeramic Culture People'
Hauser, Marc David Hauser, Dr. Marc D. , Harvard U., Cambridge, MA, - To aid Harvard U. research on 'Evolution of Grammatical Abilities in Monkeys and Apes'
Kendall, Nancy Kendall, Dr. Nancy, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - To aid U. Wisconsin, Madison research on 'The Effects of U.S. Support for Abstinence- Only-Until-Marriage Education in Malawi and Mozambique'
Kowalewski, Miguel Kowalewski, Dr. Miguel Martin, U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL - To U. Illinois, Urbana Martin aid research on 'Relationships Between Parasite Loads, Disease Transmission and Habitat Disturbance in Northern Argentina'
Kuhn, Steven L. Kuhn, Dr. Steven L., U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona research on 'The Early Paleolithic Occupation of Anatolia: Expanded Research at Kaletepe Deresi 3 (Niðde, Turkey)'
Kulick, Don Kulick, Dr. Don, New York U., New York, NY - To aid New York U. research on 'The Dying Language that Didn't Die: 20 Years Later in Gapun, PNG'
37 2007 Annual Report Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
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Lorway, Robert B. Lorway, Dr. Robert B., U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada - U. Manitoba To aid research on 'Willing to be Empowered: Sexual Minor- ity Rights, Science and Technologies of the Self'
Lukacs, John Robert Lukacs, Dr. John Robert, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR - To aid U. Oregon research on 'Developmental Stress in Juvenile Apes and Humans: Is the Deciduous Dental Evidence Consistent?'
Makley, Charlene E. Makley, Dr Charlene E., Reed College, Portland, OR - To Reed College aid research on 'Dilemmas of Development among Tibetans in the PRC'
Martin, Debra L. Martin, Dr. Debra L., U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV - To aid U. Nevada, Las Vegas research on 'The Bioarchaeological Signatures of Slavery in the Pre-Colonial Greater Southwest (AD 900-1400)'
McBrearty, Sally McBrearty, Dr. Sally, U. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - To aid U. Connecticut research on 'Middle Pleistocene Human and Chimpanzee Adaptations'
Merli, Laetitia Merli, Dr. Laetitia, U. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United King- U. Cambridge dom - To aid on 'Shamanism Versus Neo-shamanism: Case Studies in Tuva and in Mongolia'
Morgen, Sandra L. Morgen, Dr. Sandra L., Pennsylvania State U., University Pennsylvania State U. Park, PA - To aid research on 'Producing and Contesting Consent: The Cultural Politics of Taxes and the Imagined Neoliberal State'
Muller, Birgit Muller, Dr. Birgit, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sociales, Paris, France - To aid research on 'Food, Property Sciences Sociales and Power: Agricultural Technologies as Global Policies and Local Practices'
Myles, Sean Michael Myles, Sean Michael, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Max Planck Inst. Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany - To aid research on 'Uncovering the Genetic Basis for Blond Hair in Island Mela- nesia'
Paxson, Heather A. Paxson, Dr. Heather A., Massachusetts Institute of Technol- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech- ogy, Cambridge, MA - To aid research on 'Economies of nology Sentiment, Ecologies of Production: Crafting Locality in American Artisanal Cheesemaking'
Pinto Llona, Ana C. Pinto Llona, Dr. Ana Cristina, Instituto de Historia, Madrid, Inst. de Historia Spain - To aid research on 'Sopena Archaeological Project: Late Mousterian and Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Northern Iberian Peninsula'
38 2007 Annual Report Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
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Prazak, Miroslava Prazak, Dr. Miroslava, Bennington College, Bennington, VT - Bennington College To aid research on 'Kuria Family in the Era of HIV/AIDS'
Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts, Dr. Mary Nooter, U. of California, Los Angeles, CA - U. California, Los Angeles To aid research on 'Images of Efficacy: Devotional Diasporas of Shirdi Sai Baba in the Indian Ocean World'
Rose, Laurel Lynn Rose, Dr. Laurel Lynn, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Mellon U. To aid research on 'Swaziland's Customary Land Law in the Era of HIV/AIDS'
Russell, Amy Louise Russell, Dr. Amy Louise, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona research on 'Ancestral Population Structure and Gene Flow in the Genus Pan'
Stojanowski, Christopher Stojanowski, Dr. Christopher M., Arizona State U., Tempe, Arizona State U. Michael AZ - To aid research on 'Biocultural Adaptations to Climatic Instability During the Early and Middle Holocene in the Western Sahara Desert'
Stoller, Paul A. Stoller, Dr. Paul A., West Chester U., West Chester PA - To West Chester U. aid research on 'Aging and the Fluidity of Family Life among West African Immigrants in New York City'
Tucker, Catherine M Tucker, Dr. Catherine M., Indiana U., Bloomington, IN - To Indiana U., Bloomington aid research on 'Cultural, Institutional and Environmental Dimensions of Conservation in Honduran Lenca Communities: The Montaña Camapara Reserve'
Twiss, Katheryn Twiss, Dr. Katheryn Cumming, Stony Brook U., Stony Brook, State U. New York, Stony Cumming NY - To aid research on 'Exploring Prehistoric Caprine Brook Management Through Long Bone Cross-Sectional Geometry'
Smith, Alexia U. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - Dr. Alexia Smith, P.I. - To aid U. Connecticut research on 'Examining Agriculture and Societal Collapse in Southwest Asia'
Van Den Bos, Matthijs Van Den Bos, Dr. Matthijs, U.of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, U. Amsterdam The Netherlands - To aid research on 'European Shi'ism: Peripheral Networks and Religious Renewal'
Walshaw, Sarah Walshaw, Dr. Sarah Catherine, Simon Fraser U., Burnaby, Simon Fraser U. Catherine Canada - To aid research on 'Food Production Viewed from the Fields: Contributions from Swahili Ethnoarchaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania'
39 2007 Annual Report Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Horwitz, Liora Rochelle Horwitz, Dr. Liora Rochelle Kolska, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Hebrew U. Kolska Israel - To aid research and writing on 'Detecting Domestication: An Expose of the Archaeozoological Record of the Levant' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Karchmer, Eric Ivan Karchmer, Dr. Eric Ivan, Independent Scholar, Weston, MA - U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill To aid research and writing on 'Orientalizing the Body: Postcolonial Transformations in Chinese Medicine' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kelly Luciani, Jose Kelly Luciani, Dr. Jose, CNRS, Paris, France - To aid Centre National de la Antonio research & writing on 'A Political Anthropology of Indigenous Recherche Scientifique Health in Venezuela: Amazonian Cosmopolitics & State Policy Implementation among the Yanomami of Amazonas' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship Khlinovskaya Rockhill, Khlinovskaya Rockhill, Dr. Elena Vladimirovna, U. of U. Cambridge Elena Vladimirovna Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - To aid research and writing on 'Lost to the State: Family Discontinuity, Social Orphanhood and Residential Care in the Russian Far East' - Hunt
Kilshaw, Susie Kilshaw, Dr. Susie, U. College London, London, United U. College London Kingdom - To aid research and writing on 'Friendly Fire: An Anthropological Account of Gulf War Syndrome' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Klappa, Stefanie Anja Klappa, Dr. Stefanie Anja, Independent Scholar, Canterbury, Independent Scholar UK - To aid research and writing on 'Agroforestry and Agrocentrism: Tropical Land Use as a Test-Bed for Conventional Concepts of Human-Environment Relations' -
Potter, Ben Austin Potter, Dr. Ben Austin, U. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK - To aid U. Alaska, Fairbanks research and writing on 'Site Structure and Organization in Central Alaska: Archaeological Investigations at Gerstle River' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Shaw, Susan Judith Shaw, Dr. Susan Judith, U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - To aid U. Arizona research and writing on 'Identity, Community and the Governmentality of Primary Health Care in the U.S.' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
40 2007 Annual Report Conference and Workshop Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Anderson, Atholl J. Anderson, Dr. Atholl J., Australian National U., Canberra, Australian National U. Australia - To aid workshop on 'Global Origins and Develop- ment of Prehistoric Seafaring,' 2007, U. of Cambridge, United Kingdom, in collaboration with Dr. Graeme Barker Bailey, Geoffrey Nigel Bailey, Dr. Geoffrey Nigel, U. of York, York, United Kingdom U. York - To aid workshop on 'Shell Energy: Prehistoric Coastal Resource Strategies,' 2008, Dakar, Senegal, in collaboration with Dr. Abdoulaye Camara
Burrell, Jennifer Burrell, Dr. Jennifer L., SUNY, Albany, New York - To aid State U. New York, Albany workshop on 'After the Handshakes: Rethinking Democracy and Living Transition in Central America,' 2008, SUNY, in collaboration with Dr. Ellen Elizabeth Moodie Callan, Hilary Margaret Callan, Dr. Hilary, Royal Anthropological Institute, London, Royal Anthropological Institute West United Kingdom - To aid 'Combined Conference and RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film,' 2007, Manches- ter, United Kingdom, in collaboration with Dr. Paul S. Henley Carozzi, Maria Julia Carozzi, Dr. Maria Julia, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina CONICET - To aid 14th conference on Religious Alternatives in Latin America: 'Religions/Cultures,' 2007, Buenos Aires, in col- laboration with Dr. Alejandro Frigerio
Chauhan, Parth Randhir Chauhan, Dr. Parth R., Stone Age Institute & CRAFT Re- Stone Age Institute search Center, Gosport, IN - To aid workshop on 'Plio- Pleistocene Environments and Hominin Dispersals, Adapta- tions, and Evolution in India,' 2008, Bhopal, India, in collabo- ration with Dr. Rajeev Patnaik Coe, Cathleen Meleney Coe, Dr. Cathleen (Cati) Meleney, Rutgers U., Camden, NJ - Rutgers U. To aid workshop on 'Childhood And Migration,' 2008, Union Theological Seminary, New York, in collaboration with Dr. Rachel R. Reynolds
Crews, Douglas Earl Crews, Dr. Douglas Earl, Ohio State U., Columbus, OH - To Ohio State U. aid conference on 'Senescent Biology, Age Related Disease and the Evolutionary Biodemography of Human Longevity,' 2007, Croatia
Enfield, Nicholas James Enfield, Dr. Nicholas James, Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen, Max-Planck Inst. The Netherlands - To aid workshop on 'Dynamics of Human Diversity in Mainland Southeast Asia,' 2008, Siem Reap, Cambodia, in collaboration with Dr. Joyce Carol White
Gibson, Mhairi Alexandra Gibson, Dr. Mhairi Alexandra, U. of Bristol, Bristol, United U. Bristol Kingdom - To aid workshop on 'Development and Population Change in 21st Century Africa,' 2008, Addis Ababa U., in collaboration with Dr. Eshetu Gurmu
Goodale, Mark Ryan Goodale, Dr. Mark R., George Mason U., Arlington, VA - To George Mason U. aid workshop on 'Revolution and New Social Imaginaries in Postneoliberal Latin America,' 2008, CILAS at U. California San Diego, in collaboration with Dr. Nancy Grey Postero
41 2007 Annual Report Conference and Workshop Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Guyer, Jane I. Guyer, Dr. Jane Isabel, Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, MD - Johns Hopkins U. To aid workshop on 'Number as Inventive Frontier: Equiva- lence, Accounting, Calculation,' 2008, Johns Hopkins U., in collaboration with Dr. Naveeda Khan Habeck, Joachim Erich Habeck, Dr. Joachim Erich, Max Planck Institute, Halle, Ger- Max Planck Inst. many - To aid workshop on 'Gender Shift in Northern Com- munities of Russia,' 2008, Estonia, in collaboration with Dr. Olga Alekseevna Povoroznyuk
Haber, Alejandro F. Haber, Dr. Alejandro, U. Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina - National U. Catamarca To aid 4th WAC inter-congress on 'Archaeological Theory in South America,' 2007, Catamarca, in collaboration with Dr. Cristobal Gnecco
Haines, David W. Haines, Dr. David W., George Mason U., Fairfax, VA - To aid George Mason U. workshop on 'Wind Over Water: An Anthropology of Migra- tion in an East Asian Setting,' 2008, U. of California- Berkeley
Igoe, James J. Igoe, Dr. James Joseph, U. of Colorado, Denver, CO - To aid U. Colorado, Denver workshop on 'Problematizing Neoliberal Biodiversity Conser- vation: Displaced and Disobedient Knowledge,' 2008, in collaboration with Dr. Sian Sullivan
Jansen, Stefaan Jansen, Dr. Stefaan, U. of Manchester, Manchester, United U. Manchester Kingdom - To aid workshop on 'Towards an Anthropology of Hope? Comparative Post-Yugoslav Ethnographies,' 2007, Manchester, in collaboration with Dr. Elissa L. Helms Kantner, John Wood Kantner, Dr. John Wood, School for Advanced Research, School for Advanced Research Santa Fe, NM - To aid workshop on 'Images Without Bor- ders,' 2008, Santa Fe (SAR), in collaboration with Dr. Mary M. Steedly
Kreinath, Jens Michael Kreinath, Dr. Jens Michael, Wichita State U., Wichita, KS - Wichita State U. To aid workshop on 'Ritual and Reflection: Tropes in Trans- formation and Transgression,' 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia, in collaboration with Refika Sarionder Kreinath
Luong, Hy Van Luong, Dr. Hy Van, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada U. Toronto - To aid workshop on 'Anthropology in Vietnam,' 2007, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Maclarnon, Ann Mary MacLarnon, Dr. Ann Mary, Roehampton U., London, United Roehampton U. Kingdom - To aid 22nd congress of the International Prima- tological Society, 2008, Edinburgh, in collaboration with Dr. Paul Edward Honess
Marsic, Drazen Marsic, Dr. Drazen, Archaeological Museum, Zadar, Croatia - Archaeological Museum in To aid 13th annual meeting of the European Association of Zadar Archaeologists (EAA), 2007, Zadar, in collaboration with Dr. Anthony Filmer Harding
42 2007 Annual Report Conference and Workshop Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Prato, Giuliana Beatrice Prato, Dr. Giuliana Beatrice, U. of Kent, Canterbury, United U. Kent Kingdom - To aid IUAES inter-congress on 'Urban Identity, Power, and Space: The Case of the Trans-European Corridors,' 2007, Tirana, Albania, in collaboration with Dr. Italo Pardo
Rolandi, Diana Susana Rolandi, Dr. Diana Susana, Instituto Nacional de Inst. Nacional de Anthropologia Antropologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina - To aid ISFNR y Pensamient LatinoAmericano interim conference on Folk Narrative Studies, 2007, Santa Rosa, Argentina, in collaboration with Ana Maria Dupey
Schieffelin, Bambi B. Schieffelin, Dr. Bambi Bernhard, New York U., New York - New York U. To aid workshop on 'Analyzing Change: Cultural and Linguistic Models,' 2008, New York U., in collaboration with Dr. Joel Robbins
Sealy, Judith Clare Sealy, Dr. Judith Clare, U. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South U. Cape Town Africa - To aid conference of Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA), 2008, U. Cape Town
Sellen, Daniel W. Sellen, Dr. Daniel William, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, U. Toronto Canada - To aid workshop on 'Cross-Cultural Comparisons in Early Postnatal Care Practices,' 2007, Mbulu District, Tanzania, in collaboration with Dr. Crystal Lauren Patil
Slyomovics, Susan E. Slyomovics, Dr. Susan E., U. of California, Los Angeles, CA California State U., Los - To aid workshop on 'Clifford Geertz in Morocco: Islam Re- Angeles Observed,' 2007, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Dr. Lahouari Addi Smith, Claire Edwina Smith, Dr. Claire Edwina, Flinders U., Adelaide, Australia - U. Adelaide To aid Sixth World Archaeological Congress (WAC-6), 2008, U. College Dublin, in collaboration with Dr. Larry Zimmerman
Sussman, Robert Wald Sussman, Dr. Robert Wald, Washington U., St. Louis, MO - Washington U. To aid workshop on 'Man The Hunted: The Evolution and Nature of Human Sociality, Cooperation, and Altruism,' 2008, Washington U., in collaboration with Dr. C. Robert
Wang, Mingming Wang, Dr. Mingming, Peking U., Beijing, China - To aid Peking U. workshop on 'Crossing Borders & Paradigms: Anthropology of Southwest China Reconsidered,' 2007, Dali, China, in collaboration with Dr. Zhengwen Yang
43 2007 Annual Report International Collaborative Research Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation Acuto, Felix Alejandro Acuto, Felix, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Tron- CONICET coso Melendez, Andres, U. of Chile, Santiago- To aid col- laborative research on 'Inca Ritual Activities and Landscapes in the Southern Andes' Blumenschine, Robert Blumenschine, Dr. Robert J., Rutgers U., New Brunswick, Rutgers U. John NJ; and Masao, Dr. Fidelis T., U. of Dar es Salaam, Tanza- nia - To aid collaborative research on 'Predation Risk And Oldowan Hominin Land Use At Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania'
Daltabuit, Magali Daltabuit, Magali, Unidad Academica de Ciencias Sociales, Unidad Academia de Ciencias Merida, Mexico & Geddes, H., U. of Mass., Amherst, et al.- Sociales y Humanidades To aid collaborative research on 'Environmental Discourses and the Production of Ideologies in the Tourism Economy of Tulum. Qunitana Roo' Facundes, Sidney D. Facundes, Sidney D., Mahidol U., Samutsakhon, Thailand Mahidol U. and Heckenberger, Michael, U. of Florida, Gainsville, FL- To aid collaborative research on 'Arawak: Languages, Proto- Culture and Prehistory in Amazonia'
Fjeldstad, Karen Elaine Fjelstad, Karen, San Jose State U., Scotts Valley, CA and San Jose State U. Nguyen, Hien Thi, Institute of Culture & Information Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam- To aid collaborative research on 'Len Dong: A Transnational Ritual'
Harb, Mona Harb, Mona, American U. of Beirut, Lebanon and Deeb, American U. of Beirut Lara, U. of CA, Irvine- To aid collaborative research on 'Faith and Fun: Pious Entertainment in Shi'i South Beirut'
Harris, John William Harris, Dr. John William Kendal, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, Rutgers U. Kendal NJ; and Mbua, Dr. Emma N., National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya - To aid collaborative research on 'International Collaborative Paleoanthropological Research Project (lcpr), Ileret, Kenya' Hayden, Robert M. Hayden, Dr. Robert M., U. of Pittsburgh, PA; and Erdemir, U. Pittsburgh Dr. Aykan, Middle East Technical U., Ankara, Turkey - To aid collaborative research on 'Antagonistic Tolerance: Long- Term Sharing Of And Competition Over Religious Sites In Turkey' Hlusko, Leslea Jane Hlusko, Dr. Leslea J., U. of California, Berkeley, CA; and U. California, Berkeley Njau, Dr. Jackson K., National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania - To aid collaborative research on 'Surveying For New Paleoanthropological Sites In Tanzania'
Kideckel, David A. Kideckel, Dr. D., Central CT St. U., New Britain, CT; and Central Connecticut State U. Mihailescu, Dr. Vintila, Nat'l School for Political & Admin. Studies, Bucuresti, Romania - To aid collaborative research on 'Citizenship & Changing Political Identity In Two Globaliz- ing Societies' Leinaweaver, Jessica Leinaweaver, Jessica, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada U. Manitoba Bennett and Anderson, Jeanine, Pontificia U. Catolica del Peru, Lima- To aid collaborative research on 'Children's Agency and the Household Organization of Care Under Conditions of Rural Transformation' 44 2007 Annual Report International Collaborative Research Grants
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation Thompson, Eric C. Thompson, Dr. Eric C., National U. of Singapore, Singapore; National U. of Singapore and Chulanee, Dr. Thianthai, Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok, Thailand - To aid collaborative research on 'Thai and Indone- sian Migrant Cultures in Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore' Tuniz, Claudio Tuniz, Dr. Claudio, The Abdus Salam International Centre for The Abdus Salam Int'l Centre Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and Grun, Dr. Rainer, for Theorectical Physics ANU, Canberra, Australia - To aid collaborative research on 'Scientific Investigation of the Altamura Neanderthal Fossil'
45 2007 Annual Report Wadsworth Fellowships
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Amugongo, Sarah Amugongo, Sarah K., U. of Nairobi, Kenya - To aid training in U. Nairobi Kigamwa biological anthropology at U. of California, Berkeley, CA, sponsored by Leslea J. Hlusko - Renewal
Barragan, Carlos Andres Barragan, Carlos Andres, U. del Cauca, Colombia - To aid Cauca U. training in cultural anthropology at U. of California, Davis, CA, sponsored by Benjamin S. Orlove - Renewal
Bocarejo, Diana Bocarejo, Diana, Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia, Inst. Colombiana de Bogota, Colombia - To aid training in anthropology at U. of Antropologia e Historia Chicago, Chicago, IL, supervised by Dr. John L. Comaroff - Renewal
Campbell, Tessa Jane Campbell, Tessa J., U. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South U. Cape Town Africa - To support training in anthropological genetics at U. Cape Town, supervised by Dr. Rebecca Ackermann
Chirchir, Habiba Chirchir, Habiba, U. of Nairobi, Kenya - To aid training in U. Nairobi biological anthropology at New York U., NY, sponsored by Susan Anton - Renewal
Debretsion, Amaha Debretsion, Amaha Segid, U. of Asmara, Eritrea - To aid U. Asmara Segid training in biological anthropology at Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, IL sponsored by Robert S. Corruccini - Renewal
Gessaghi, Maria Victoria Gessaghi, Maria Victoria, University of Buenos Aires - To aid U. Buenos Aires training in anthropology at L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France, supervised by Dr. Monique de Saint Martin - Short-Term Fellowship
Henig, David Henig, David, U. of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic - U. West Bohemia (Pilsen) To aid training in social anthropology at U. of Durham, United Kingdom, supervised by Dr. Stephen M. Lyon
Hu, Gang Hu, Gang, Institute of Wildlife, Southwest Forestry, Kunming, Australian National U. Yunnan, P.R. China - To aid dissertation write-up in biological anthropology at The Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, supervised by Dr. Colin Groves - Renewal Jillani, Ngalla E. Jillani, Ngalla Edward, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, National Museums of Kenya Kenya - To aid training in paleoanthropology at U. of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa, supervised by Paul R. Manger
Klempererova, Helena Klempererova, Helena, Masaryk U. of Brno, Czech Republic Masaryk U. - To aid short-term training in archaeology at Universita degli Studi Ambientali, Siena, Italy, supervised by Dr. Laura Longo and Prof. Annamaria Ronchitelli - Short-Term Fellowship
46 2007 Annual Report Wadsworth Fellowships
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Kostepen, Enis Kostepen, Enis, Bogazici U., Istanbul, Turkey - To aid Bogazici U. training in cultural anthropology at The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, sponsored by Hylton James White - Renewal
Legoas, Jorge Legoas, Jorge, Colegio Andino, Cusco, Peru - To aid Colegio Andino training in anthropology at U. Laval, Quebec, Canada, supervised by Marie-Andree Couillard - Renewal
Loaiza Diaz, Nicolas Loaiza Diaz, Nicolas, U. de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia - U. Antioquia To aid training in archaeology at Temple U., Philadelphia, PA, sponsored by Anthony J. Ranere - Renewal
Maceira Ochoa, Luz Maceira Ochoa, Luz Maria, Department of Educational Dept. of Educational Research Maria Research, Mexico D.F. - To aid training in anthropology at Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain, supervised by Dr. Teresa del Valle - Short-Term Fellowship Margvelashvili, Ann Margvelashvili, Ann, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgian State Museum Georgia - To aid training in paleoanthropology at U. of Zurich, Switzerland, supervised by Christoph Peter Eduard Zollikofer
Moinde-Fockler, Nancy Moinde, Nancy, Institute of Primate Research, Karen, Kenya Inst. of Primate Research Nthenya - To aid training in biological anthropology at Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ, hosted by Ryne A. Palombit - Renewal
Muia, Mulu Muia, Mula, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya - National Museums of Kenya To aid dissertation write-up at U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL, sponsored by Stanley Ambrose - Renewal
Naisiko, Tabitha Naisiko, Tabitha, Uganda Martyrs U., Kampala, Uganda - To Uganda Martyrs U. aid short-term training in cultural anthropology at Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, Lang'ata, Kenya, supervised by Michael C. Kirwen - Short-Term Fellowship
Nenko, Ilona Nenko, Ilona, Jagiellonian U., Krakow, Poland - To aid short- Jagiellonian U. term library work in anthropology at U. College London, United Kingdom, supervised by Dr. Ruth Mace - Short-Term Fellowship Patino Contreras, Patino Contreras, Alejandro, Instituto Colombiano de Inst. Colombiana de Antro. e Alejandro Antropologia e Historia, Bogata, Colombia - To aid training in Hist. archaeology at U. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, sponsored by Kathryn Reese - Renewal
Rasoazanabary, Rasoazanabary, Emilienne, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, U. Massachusetts, Amherst Emilienne MA - To aid dissertation write-up in biological anthropology, supervised by Laurie R. Godfrey - Renewal
47 2007 Annual Report Wadsworth Fellowships
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Regehr, Vera Dorothea Regehr, Vera Dorothea, U. Catolica 'Nuestra Senora de la U. Catolica de Nuestra Senora Asuncion', Asuncion, Paraguay - To aid training in social de la Asuncion anthropology at U. Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico, supervised by Roger E. Magazine Talakai, Malia Talakai, Malia, U. of Auckland, Auckland, NZ - To aid U. Nijmegen dissertation write-up in cultural anthropology at U. Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, supervised by Dr. A. Boorsboom - Renewal
Tesar, Catalina Tesar, Catalina Constantina, National School of Political National School of Political Constantina Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania - To Studies and Public aid training in social anthropology at U. College London, Administration, Bucharest United Kingdom, Supervised by Michael Sinclair Stewart
Tharawan, Kanokwan Tharawan, Kanokwan, Mahidol U., Salaya, Thailand - To aid U. California, Santa Cruz dissertation write-up in anthropology, supervised by Dr. Nancy Chen, U. of California, Santa Cruz - Renewal
Tyagi, Renu Tyagi, Renu, U. of Delhi, India - To aid short-term training in U. Delhi biological anthropology at Charlies University in Prague, Czech Republic, supervised by Dr. Charles Susanne - Short- Term Fellowship Villanueva, Zandro V. Villanueva, Zandro V., U. of the Philippines, Quezon City - U. Arizona To aid dissertation write-up on 'Cultural Dynamics and Transformation in the Early Historic Lubang Islands, Western Philippines' at U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, supervised by William A. Longacre - Renewal Yang, Jianping Yang, Jianping, Beijing Language and Culture U., Beijing, Beijing Language and Culture China - To aid training in cultural anthropology at Texas A&M U. U., College Station, TX, sponsored by Cynthia Ann Werner - Renewal
48 2007 Annual Report Initiatives
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Barrera-Gonzalez, Barrera-Gonzalez, Dr. Andres, U. Complutense de Madrid, Complutense, U. Andres Madrid, Spain - To aid workshop on 'Anthropology in Europe: A Review of the Fields of Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology' - Initiatives Grant
Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo Manthi, Dr. Fredrick K., National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, National Museums of Kenya Kenya - To aid workshop on 'Human Origins For Kenyan Educators', 2007, Nairobi - Initiatives Grant
49 2005 Annual Report Historical Archives Program
Grantees Project Title Institutional Affiliation
Bashkow, Ira R. Bashkow, Dr. Ira, U. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - To aid U. Virginia oral-history interviews with Dr. J. David Sapir
Breslar, Bonita S. Breslar, Bonita S., Fairfax, VA - To aid preparation of the Independent Scholar personal research materials of Dr. Jon H. Breslar for archival deposit with the National Anthropological Archives, Suitland, MD
Campbell, John M. Campbell, Dr. John M., U. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM National Park Service - To aid preparation of personal research materials for archival deposit with the museum collections storage facility of the National Park Service, Fairbanks, Alaska
Close, Cynthia Close, Cynthia, Watertown, MA - To aid preparation of Dr. Documentary Educational John Marshall's personal research materials for archival Resources deposit with the Human Studies Film Archives, Suitland, MD
Maranda, Pierre Maranda, Dr. Pierre, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada - To U. Laval aid preparation of personal research materials for archival deposit with the Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec
Preloran, Jorge R. Prolaran, Prof. Jorge, U. of California, Los Angeles - To aid U. California, Los Angeles preparation of personal research materials for archival deposit with the Human Studies Film Archives, Suitland, Maryland
Smith, Evan S. Smith, Dr. Evan S., Lawrence, KS - To aid preparation of the U. Kansas personal research materials of Dr. Carlyle S. Smith for archival deposit with the Archaeological Research Center, University of Kansas Wintle, Pamela Wintle, Dr. Pamela, Human Studies Film Archives, Suitland, Smithsonian Inst. MD - To aid final accession of the personal research materials of Dr. John Marshall -- Historical Archives Program Accession Supplement
50 2007 Annual Report Major Grant Program Statistics
The Foundation has six major grant programs. Dissertation Fieldwork Grants, Post Ph.D. Research Grants, and International Collaborative Research Grants are given to individuals at various stages of career to carry out research projects. The Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded to young scholars to provide time for publication of major pieces of research. The Wadsworth Fellowships allow scholars to receive short or long-term training in Anthropology that is not available in their home countries and the Conference and Workshop Grants fund academic meetings in the discipline.
Over these six major grant programs the Foundation received 1270 applications and made 225 awards (see the summary table below). By far the largest program is the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant program with 787 applications, 122 awards (success rate = 15.5%). This is followed by the Post-Ph.D Research Grant program with 242 applications and 44 awards (success rate = 18.2%).
Summary of 2007 Applications and Approvals Applications Approved % Approved
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 787 122 15.5%
Post-Ph.D. Research Grant 242 44 18.2%
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship 120 8 6.7% *Conference/Workshop Grants 49 31 63.3% *Int. Collaborative Research Grant 43 13 30.2% *Wadsworth Fellowships 29 7 24.1%
Total 1270 225 *Programs have preliminary inquires and statistics reflect only those applicants who were
invited to submit a full application.
Application Numbers
The Foundation received the largest number of applications in its history in 2007. Across the three largest programs (Dissertation Fieldwork, Post-Ph.D. Research and Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship) there was a 14.8% increase in 2007 in relation to 2006 (148 additional applications) and a 30.0% increase since 2003 (244 additional applications) (see table below). This increase is particularly apparent for the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant where the numbers have increased by 13.7% over the past year (95 additional applications) and by 32.9% since 2003 (192 additional applications). The Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship has increased by 34.8% from a smaller base over the past year (31 additional applications) and by 96.7% over the past 5 years (51 additional applications).
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Application numbers for the individual research programs
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 503 582 525 560 491 592 570 642 692 787 Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship 57 70 70 51 62 61 93 102 89 120 Post-Ph.D. Research Grant 223 241 252 236 232 252 220 208 220 242
Grand Total 783 893 847 847 785 905 883 952 1001 1149
Additional application and success rate statistics can be found here. These data show that the increase in the Dissertation Fieldwork applications is primarily in the area of social anthropology, and to a lesser extent (and from a much smaller base) in biological anthropology. There have also been a dispropor- tionately larger number of applications from women. Across the three research grant programs applica- tions from women have increased by 20.6% since 2006 and by 42.4% since 2003, while those from men have increased by 5.8% since 2006 and by 6.6% since 2003.
Applications from both US and non-US domiciled applicants (across the three programs) have in- creased, although applications from non-US domiciled applicants show a larger percentage increase, but from a smaller base (see below). In 2007 applications from non-US domiciled applicants comprised 30.0% of the total applications received.
Applications by domicile 2004 2005 2006 2007 % increase 06:07
Non-US domicile 243 250 271 333 22.9% US domicile 640 702 730 816 11.8%
The Foundation believes that this increase is due to a variety of reasons. Prime among these is the reor- ganization of the Foundation’s procedures, which allows declined applicants to be notified in sufficient time to submit revised applications by the next biannual application deadline. We also believe that the new online application system has facilitated the process of submission and the clarity of the new web- site has increased the awareness, and particularly the international awareness, of our funding programs.
As in past years, the great majority of applications are from socio-cultural anthropologists, followed by biological anthropologists and archaeologists and then by anthropological linguists. The Post-Ph.D. Re- search Grant program receives a lower percentage of applications from social-cultural anthropologists than do the other two programs (see table below).
Applications by sub-discipline Dissertation Fieldwork Post-Ph.D. Research Hunt Fellowship Archaeology 11.6% 24.4% 15.0% Linguistics 4.4% 2.1% 4.2% Physical-Biological 13.3% 24.4% 9.2% Social-Cultural 70.6% 49.2% 71.7% No. of Applications 787 242 120 52 2007 Annual Report
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WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Leslie C. Aiello (2005)* Ira Berlin (2007) William L. Cobb, Jr. (2000) Joan Girgus (2002) Richard C. Hackney, Jr. (1992) John Immerwahr (2004) Darcy Kelley (2005) Ruth Kennedy Sudduth (1998) Seth J. Masters (2000) Ellen Mickiewicz (2000) William B. Petersen (2001) Lorraine Sciarra (2004) Deborah Wadsworth (2006)
OFFICERS
Richard C. Hackney, Jr. Chairman Seth J. Masters Vice-Chairman, Treasurer Leslie C. Aiello President, Secretary Maugha Kenny Assistant Secretary
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Richard Bauman Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology (2004) University of Indiana, USA Christopher (Kit) Davis Dept. of Anthropology, (2007) School of Oriental and African Studies, UK Linda Fedigan Dept. of Anthropology (2007) University of Calgary, Canada Paul Lane Dept. of Archaeology (2006) University of York, UK Susana Narotzky Dept. of Social Anthropology (2006) Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Ricardo Santos Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (2004) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Joe Watkins Dept. of Native American Studies (2007) University of Oklahoma, USA
LEGAL COUNSEL
Debevoise & Plimpton
ACCOUNTANTS
Owen J. Flanagan & Company
*(numbers in parenthesis represent the year the term of service began)
68 2007 Annual Report Reviewers (during 2007)
Asif Agha University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Xavier Andrade FLACSO, Quito Philippe I. Bourgois University of California, San Francisco, CA Charles L. Briggs University of California, Berkeley, CA Richard Bruce Brooklyn, NY Roy G. D'Andrade University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Joanna Davidson Emory University, Atlanta, GA Molly Doane Marquette University, Milwaukee,WI Leslie K. Dwyer Haverford College, Haverford, PA Deborah Elliston SUNY, Binghamton, NY Julia Elyachar Mastnak New York University, New York City, NY Sue Estroff University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Ilana Feldman New York University, New York City, NY Susan D. Gillespie University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Michael Gilsenan New York University, New York City, NY Douglas Glick SUNY, Binghamton, NY Penelope Harvey University of Manchester, United Kingdom Michael F. Herzfeld Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Judith T. Irvine University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Benjamin Junge SUNY, New Paltz, NY Trenholme Junghans The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, NY Naveeda Khan Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Robert L. Kelly University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY Keith W. Kintigh Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Judith Kreid Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York City, NY Brian Larkin Barnard College, New York City, NY Kevin Latham SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom Phyllia C. Lee University of Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom Lousie D. Lennihan The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, NY Mandana Limbert Queens College, CUNY, New York City, NY Victoria Malkin Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York City, NY Jeff Maskovsky Queens College, CUNY, New York City, NY Michael Muse Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York City, NY Akos Ostor Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT. Richard J. Pearson University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Charles Price ` University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Charlotte Ann Roberts Durham University, United Kingdom Chris Robinson Bronx Community College, CUNY, New York City, NY Fernando Santos-Granero Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Daniel W. Sellen University of Toronto, Canada Jesse Shipley Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY Sydel Silverman The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY (Emeritus) John D. Speth University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Ann B. Stahl Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY Craig Britton Stanford University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lynn Marie Stephen University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Michael Sinclair Stewart University College London, United Kingdom Maila Stivens University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Verena Stolcke Universidad Autónoma, Barcelona, Spain
69 Reviewers, cont.
Mark Stoneking Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany Wen-Ching Sung University of Toronto, Canada Robert Wald Sussman Washington University, St. Louis, MO Mark Thomas University College London, United Kingdom Sandy Toussaint The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Stanley J. Ulijaszek University of Oxford, United Kingdom Peter van der Veer University College, Utrecht University, Holland Berrnard Wood George Washington University, Washington, DC
70 2007 Annual Report Staff
Leslie C. Aiello President Natasha Fenelon Applications Program Assistant Maritza Figueroa Accountant Maugha Kenny Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Finance Judith Kreid Foundation Anthropologist—International Programs Mark Mahoney Resources Coordinator Victoria Malkin Foundation Anthropologist Michael Muse Foundation Anthropologist—International Programs Mary Elizabeth Moss Grants Curator Laurie Obbink Conference Program Associate Elizabeth Rojas Applications Program Administrator Mark Ropelewski Finance and Administration Assistant Abbey Todras Programs Assistant
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