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Published bimonthly by the American Anthropological Association Volume฀56฀•฀Issue฀1–2฀ JANUARY/FEBRUARY฀2015 INSIDE THE NEWS Ferguson: An American Story Ferguson and the Right to Black Life Standing Their Ground in #Ferguson Raymond Codrington Steven Gregory Lydia Brassard and Michael Partis The Violence of the Status Quo: Beheaded: An Anthropology Dealing with Reality: Michael Brown, Ferguson and Tanks Christian S Hammons Sexual Harassment in the Field Pem Davidson Buck Beatriz Reyes-Foster and Ty Matejowsky Inside Anthropology News IN฀FOCUS R A | The Violence of the Status Quo: Michael Brown, Ferguson and Tanks ........................................................................................................................ 4 R A | Ferguson and the Right to Black Life .................................................. 5 R A | Ferguson: An American Story ................................................................ 6 R A | Standing Their Ground in #Ferguson .................................................. 8 V | S A R | Beheaded: An Anthropology ............................................................................................................................ 9 S | A C C | Climate Change Denial: The 7 24 Organized Creation and Emotional Embrace of Unsupported Science Claims ...10 S S | M E M | Dancing through Istanbul .......10 I | O E O S | Self-organization, Integration and Homeless People ...........................................................................................11 ASSOCIATION฀BUSINESS 2014 AAA President’s Report ..........................................................................................................13 The Impact of a Little ..........................................................................................................................14 F E’ D | New Web Presence Coming Soon ..........................................................15 Meet the Staff .........................................................................................................................................16 F/S | Meet the 2015 Annual Meeting Program and Site Committee ...............................................................................................................................17 21 114 A A A A M | 25 General Rules for Participation ................................................................................................18 KNOWLEDGE฀EXCHANGE 2014 AAA Photo Contest ..................................................................................................................20 G A | Twitter on the Plaza: The Spatial Practice of Online Social Networks ..............................................................................................................26 Contesting the Terms of Inclusion: Kichwa Midwives Challenge State Commitment to Indigenous Rights .......................................................................................27 T W I C | The Guns of August, Again ........................................................28 S M A | Thinking with Kuru ..................................29 S L A C A | For the Love of Dogs: Approaching Animal-Human Interactions in Mexico .....................30 22 C A E | Increasing English 30 Education in Japan: An Identity Crisis? ................................................................................31 CAREER฀DEVELOPMENT M S U A M | Dealing with Reality: Sexual Harassment in the Field ...................................................32 A A A | Lessons from Directing a Study Abroad Program in Tanzania: From Siangiki to Yeyio ..................................33 S A W | Reflections from the Field: An Experience as a SAW Intern ..............................................................................................34 S A C C | From a Survey of Anthropology to Actually Applying It ............................................................................34 A C | Anthropology in the High School Cover: Ashley Marinaccio’s photo “A Call Classroom .........................................................................................................................................35 to End Gun Violence in South Bronx” is one of this year’s standouts from the 2014 AAA A P S | A Literature of Practice ...........................36 Photo Contest. 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