AFA DISSERTATION AWARD:
The recipient is awarded $2,000 to support the writing phase of a dissertation that makes a significant contribution to feminist anthropology.
Asli Zengan, University of Toronto. Dissertation title: “Sexual Plays of Intimate Power: The State, Violence and Trans Women’s Subjectivities in Istanbul”
SYLVIA FORMAN GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD:
The recipient is awarded a certificate and $1,000, and has the paper summary published in Anthropology Newsletter.
June Hee Kwon, Duke University. Paper title: “The Economy of Remittances: Sexual and Moral Tensions of Korean Chinese Migration in Yanbian”
SYLVIA FORMAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD:
The recipient is awarded a certificate and $500, and has the paper summary published in Anthropology Newsletter.
Lilia Kilburn, Amherst College. Paper title: “‘Trying to Be a Woman in This World’: Revisiting Feminist Responses to Transgender Body Modification”
ZORA NEALE HURSTON TRAVEL GRANT RECIPIENTS:
The AFA awards three Zora Neale Hurston Travel Grants. The recipients are awarded $500 each for travel to the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Tami Navarro, Ph.D., Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University. Dissertation title: “Virgin Capital: Foreign Investment and Local Stratification in the U.S. Virgin Islands”
Christine A. Pinnock, The Graduate Center CUNY. AAA Annual Meeting paper title: “Collective-Yes; Union-No!: Exploring the Complexities of Collective Engagement for Female Afro-Caribbean Service Workers in New York City”
Paola Canova, University of Arizona. AAA Annual Meeting paper title: “Tracing Intimate Subjectivities of Ayoreo Women in the Mennonite Colonies of the Paraguayan Chaco”
Sou brasileira e gostei muito dessas pesquisas. Abraços