2009 Whiteford Graduate Student Award
in Applied Anthropology
DEADLINE: JANUARY 1, 2009
The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA)
announces its 2009 Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied
Anthropology,
in honor of Michael B. Whiteford and Scott Whiteford. Papers submitted
to the award’s committee are limited to a maximum length of
six thousand words, including bibliography, have an applied component,
and be based on field research carried out in Latin America, the
Caribbean, or among first-generation migrants from these areas. The
papers can be written in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese and
have been submitted to be presented at the 2009 SLACA Spring meetings
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marc 17-21. The student should be a member
of SLACA.
The award is intended to help two students attend the 2009 SLACA
Spring Meetings, which will be held jointly with the Society for
Applied Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 17-21, 2009.
The prize consists of US $200.00 for a student registered in a graduate
program in the U.S.A. or Canada, and US $300 for a student registered
in a graduate program in Latin American or the Caribbean. Scott Whiteford
and Michael Whiteford will present the prize during a SLACA event
at the Santa Fe meetings. We encourage anthropology departments to
support students entering the competition by providing additional
conference travel funds.
The Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied Anthropology in
Latin America/Caribbean was created through the enduring support
of Michael B. and Scott Whiteford who have donated all of the royalty
income from their book Crossing Currents: Continuity and Change
in Latin America to the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
since its publication in 1998. Their contributions have allowed SLACA
to support the travel of scholars of Latin America in presenting
their work at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological
Association. We are proud to extend the Whiteford’s generosity
to students’ emerging scholarship at the annual meetings of
the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Deadline for receiving papers: January 1st, 2009.
Please address queries and send papers to Walter E. Little at wlittle@albany.edu. |
