Undergraduate Anthropology Association at IU

A great summer field class, applications still accepted!

Want to earn credit over the summer but also need a change of scenery? Consider applying for Bighorn Archaeology's Summer Field School in Wyoming! We're accepting applications through March 16. See link for details (including scholarships!)
http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/about/archfieldschool.shtml

Looking for the experience of a lifetime? Study geology and paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania this summer! If you're interested in geology, paleolithics, paleontology, taphonomy, or archaeology, this might be the field school for you!
Applications are due January 31, 2018.
Email Professor Jackson Njau of the geology department at [email protected] if you have any questions!

One of our IUPUI graduates in the news, great work!

Anthropologist UCF Assistant Professor John Starbuck thought studying anthropology might lead him to a career in a museum, but it’s done more than he could’ve imagined. His work is changing the lives of people with cleft lip with or without cleft palate, and his current research holds promise for helping some peop...

Barefoot anthropology

Celebrating ‘barefoot anthropology’ — a Q&A with Nancy Scheper-Hughes To honor her work, Berkeley’s Department of Anthropology is holding a two-day conference on May 1 and 2 called “Anthropology on the Front Lines.”

Why discovery is not a term we should be using.

The Lost City That’s Not Lost Modern explorers can “discover” an ancient site, but the people living in the area already have extensive knowledge about their region’s history.

Many IU archaeology faculty and students presented at the SAA annual meeting earlier this month. As part of the archaeology in social context program at IU, they are especially aware of these issues and are working toward continued dialogues with multiple stakeholders.

The politics and power of American archaeology Archaeologists and anthropologists don’t just study the dynamics of power and politics. They are actively mired in political systems - a position which they need to embrace

Interested in a leadership position with the UAA?!
Applications are now open for the 2017-2018 school year! ALL POSITIONS ARE OPEN!
Email [email protected] to receive an application (that will include more details on each position) or if you have any questions!
Applications will be due April 14!

Looking to take a summer course?? Check out this ANTH course, and a message from the instructor, Matthew Lebrato:
"Hi Anthro UGs! I'll be teaching a course this summer, ANTH A208: Visions, Mushrooms, and Mountains: Indigenous Knowledge in the Americas. It'll be a small seminar in which we utilize films, audio, and textual materials to explore diverse forms of indigenous knowledge and how this knowledge is being hybridized and reworked with many other ways of knowing.
I hope to see some of you there! Please feel free to spread the word. See the attached flyer or email me for more info! [email protected]
Thanks!
Matthew"

Don't forget to mark your calendars for this awesome lecture on Hopewell material culture!
This will be held in the Mathers Museum classroom on April 11, hosted by the GBL and Native American Grad Student Association.

Archaeology Under Attack - Archaeological Conservancy Nationwide attempts to weaken historic preservation, burial, & archaeology laws have accompanied funding cuts for archaeology programs, museums, & historic sites, as well as state and federal archaeological positions. “We are already losing a huge amount of institutional knowledge about the archaeol...