We have secured a copy of a termination letter given to UT Austin Division of Campus and Community Engagement staff. The notice does not describe options for appeal or grievance. There is no severance, no description of how to continue benefits. ⁦ aaup-utaustin.org/2024/04/11/ut-…

Come dance with us! We're in front of Roddick Gates!

HR has contacted us 4 times already about the rave (a good use of time and resources)—but we're in full respect of the conditions placed on strike activities.

McGill admin might be fun sponges, but they can't stop the beat!

my writer mentor said that we should consider the possibility of writing for our most generous readers, our most attentive & thorough readers

& I’ve loved that advice

Looking to hire a graduate student to do some archival research for me at Stanford libraries. Anyone interested should reach out & we can talk more! Please share!!

#Job alert! Collections as Data Librarian! Work with a great team at Cornell Library Digital Co-Lab. $61-67K salary. This is an entry-level academic librarian position appropriate for someone with 3 years or fewer of professional librarianship experience. #MLIS #CritLib

In 1629, the Batavia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, met disaster off the coast of Australia. A new analysis of the shipwreck’s tree rings uncovers how such vessels were built to advance European colonialism.

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📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚

Andrea Ford reviews //Gut Anthro: An experiment in thinking with microbes// by Amber Benezra U of MN Press 2023 #anthrotwitter

Find it here! ⬇️
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

Don't miss the AAA Virtual Graduate School Fair on April 22!

We're excited to offer this opportunity for those looking into studying #anthropology in grad school, but want to learn more or need a little guidance in the application process.

Register: ow.ly/6TbO50Rar2Y

reminder that if you're an early career researcher/phd working on global feminism, you can join our group.

every 2 months we zoom, read a chapter/ draft article that someone from the group has written & offer feedback.

non-competitive, friendly, space 4 u in this squad.

Online Conference➡️
Rethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context

April 22, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due

July 18, 2024: Date of online conference

uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-the…

Do you know an aspiring anthropologist in high school who wants to learn more about #anthropology ?
Tell them about AAA's virtual high school internship! This exciting opportunity is a great way to bolster that college application.

Deadline: 4/26
Apply: americananthro.org/learn-teach/vi…

Practicing Anthropology Call For Editor(s): SfAA invites proposals to provide editorial stewardship for Practicing Anthropology (Practicing Anthropology Journal). All editorial info is on our website: appliedanthro.org/publications/p…
#SfAA #socialscience #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology

There is definitely a ton of off kilter potential for photogrammetry and ethnography.

We've got two special issues coming up for our pedagogy section--shorter pieces about teaching. First up, abstracts due May 1st for pieces about Teaching Race and Racism outside the Classroom. Reach out to Felicia Arriaga for more details.

the bio dept at UCSD is *cutting* pay for incoming phd students. this fall there will be a $16K difference in pay between first years and third years. when i say don’t come here for grad school i mean it.

Applications are open! Learn more and apply here: latinxproject.nyu.edu/miriam-jimenez…

Bring your scholarship to book: apply now for The Sociological Review Fellowship 2024-25.

This one-year appointment, funded by The Sociological Review Foundation, supports an early career scholar to turn PhD research into a first book-length monograph.

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Rather than a land acknowledgment, something I've found to work better is a 'land history' segment to begin a teach-in or workshop, where you talk about land/building/house/neighborhood you're in, in all its complexity and how it connects to your topic that day. Eg:

Writing isn't reality. Get over it already.

One of the decisions that most likely saved my life was not being reappointed as a dept chair. The people in charge would have probably experimented with me until I died.

Never let any org play with your life.

Fight them, report them, walk away, but don’t let them kill you.