Ford Foundation Awards $450,000 Grant to RACE Project

March 25, 2008

Building on the initial grant of one million dollars, the Ford Foundation has awarded an additional two-year grant of $450,000 to the RACE Are We So Different? project to fund the development of a second RACE traveling exhibit and a companion book.

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AAA Continues to Investigate Ethics of Secret Research

January 22, 2008

The American Anthropological Association Executive Board voted January 22 to adopt all seven recommendations stated in the final report by the Ad Hoc Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with US Security and Intelligence Communities (CEAUSSIC).

Key among the adopted recommendations is a charge to the AAA Committee on Ethics to revise the association’s ethics code so that it will more stridently affirm the importance of transparency and openness in anthropological research and guard against the ethical perils that may be encountered through certain positions with US military, intelligence and security organizations.

In addition, CEAUSSIC has been reconstituted for an additional two years and will continue to work to develop modes of dialogue with security, intelligence and military agencies in order to communicate the AAA’s perspectives on ethics.

Executive Board Approves Indigenous Section

December 5, 2007

The Executive Board has approved a new indigenous section of the AAA. The section, organized by JoAllyn Archambault, director of the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, seeks to address unique issues faced by American Indian and indigenous anthropologists, and to provide greater visibility to Native anthropologists.

AAA sections are groups focused around a broad and significant intellectual area within anthropology. Sections organize sessions for the AAA Annual Meeting and may engage in publishing and program activities. The indigenous section will be probationary for one year to enable it to reach full membership status of 250 people.