A list of selected resources to support research and teaching for anthropological sciences

AAA Meeting 2005: SASci Workshop on Cultural Consensus Theory

Workshop on Cultural Consensus Theory.

S.C. WELLER (U Texas Med Br, Galveston)

Cultural consensus theory aids researchers in estimating the culturally appropriate answers to a series of related questions. It also estimates each informant's knowledge concerning the questions. This workshop will give an overview of the theory, describe formal and informal models, and provide examples. The presentation will be at an introductory level reviewing basic concepts necessary to understand how to apply consensus theory, including the development of interview materials, sample size information, and analysis options.

The AAA "Workshop on Cultural Consensus Theory" sponsored by the Society for Anthropological Sciences Interest Group is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30, from 1:00pm - 4:00pm in Tower Suite 8216. The cost is $30 for students and $60 for professionals/faculty. Please feel free to forward this announcement to friends and colleagues who may be interested in this SASci-sponsored workshop.

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The 2006 Methods Mall is on line.

The National Science Foundation sponsors several methods training programs for cultural anthropologists. information on all of these programs and application forms are available at the Methods Mall.

I. The SIRD is the summer institute on research design in cultural anthropology. now in its 11th year, the SIRD is directed by Jeffrey Johnson, and is funded by a grant from NSF to East Carolina University. Co-directors are Susan Weller and H. Russell Bernard.

The SIRD is open to all graduate students of cultural anthropology. Students who are developing dissertation projects of preparing dissertation proposals are particularly encouraged to apply. Full details at the Methods Mall.

II. The SFTM is the summer field training program (field schools) on methods of data collection in cultural anthropology. The SFTM is open to all graduate students of cultural anthropology.

The SFTM has two programs supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation to Brandeis University. One program is in the Bolivian Amazon among the Tsimane' and is directed by Ricardo Godoy. Faculty on the Bolivian program include Victoria Reyes-Garcia and Tomas Huanca (cultural anthropology), William Leonard and Thomas Mcdade (physical anthropology), and Vincent Vadez (Agronomy). The other field school is in Zambia among Citonga speaking peoples, and is directed by Lisa Cliggett. Faculty include Deborah Crooks (anthropology) and John Unruh (geography). Training in both field schools focuses on methods to collect ecological, cognitive, demographic, economic, demographic anthropometric, and health data. Full details at the Methods Mall.

III. The SCRM is the short courses program in research methods in cultural anthropology. the SCRM is for those who already have the ph.d. and who want to broaden or improve their skills.

The SCRM is supported by a grant from NSF to the Unversity of Florida and is directed by H. Russell Bernard, Jean Ensminger, Jeffrey Johnson, Carmella Moore, Eric Smith, and Susan Weller. Three five-day courses are offered in summer 2006: (1) text analysis (Gery Ryan and Lance Gravlee); (2) survey methods for anthropologists (William Dressler and Kathryn Oths); (3) methods in ethnobiology (Gary Martin and John Richard Stepp). full details at the methods mall.

H. Russell Bernard Professor of Anthropology University of Florida

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Short Courses on Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (SCRM)

Beginning in summer 2005, and continuing in summer 2006 and 2007, the University of Florida will administer a program of intensive, five-day courses on research methods in cultural anthropology.

The SCRM program is directed by H. Russell Bernard and a board of advisors, including Jean Ensminger, Jeffrey Johnson, Carmella Moore, Eric Smith, and Susan Weller, with support from the National Science Foundation. The RMCA courses will be held at the Duke University Marine Laboratories in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Summer 2005 Course Offerings

Methods for Behavior Measurement Raymond Hames (University of Nebraska) and Michael Paolisso (University of Maryland). August 1-5, 2005

Methods for Text Analysis Gery W. Ryan (RAND Corporation) and Lance Gravlee (Florida State University). July 25-29, 2005

Application Information

Who should apply - All cultural anthropologists in the U.S. who hold the Ph.D. may apply. Preference will be given to junior faculty members at colleges and universities.

Costs - The National Science Foundation, through a grant to the University of Florida, pays the costs of instruction, room, board, and instructional materials. Participants pay their transportation to the course, in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Deadline - February 15, 2005

To Apply - Please fill out the form in the title link. You may apply for one or both classes.

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Examples of funded dissertation research proposals

Lance Gravlee is compiling examples of funded dissertation research proposals this list to grow and to become a resource for students in anthropology everywhere. If you or your students are willing to share funded proposals -- to NSF, Wenner-Gren, SSRC, Fulbright, or other agencies -- please consider sending them to Lance at cgravlee@fsu.edu, and he'll post them to the web for all to use. Contributions from all subfields of anthropology are welcome.

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Updated Mon Aug 14 22:00:03 BST 2006