The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is pleased to announce a new online course offering:

ANTH 499 Anthropology of the Dance and Human Movement

taught by Dr. Drid Williams.

ANTH 499: Anthropology of the Dance and Human Movement provides an in-depth introduction to the anthropological study of dance and other human movement systems in cultural contexts.  It is designed especially for students with little or no background in socio-cultural anthropology or the social sciences. The course includes reading the works of major figures in the field, and learning how to study dances, signed languages and ritual events from an anthropological perspective.  Students will also learn about socio-cultural theory and observation, doing fieldwork, movement literacy, problems of subjectivity and objectivity, and personal anthropology. The course allows the student to enroll at any time, and then have 6 months to complete their course. (more…)

On Saturday afternoon, May 15, 2010 from 2:00-3:30 pm, Dr. Haidy
Geismar will lead a new “SAFE Tour” of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. SAFE tours provide an “insider’s look” at a museum collection
and focus on artworks and artifacts that have dubious provenance or are
presumed to be illicit.

An anthropologist, Dr. Geismar is an Assistant Professor in the Museum
Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology of New York University.
Her research interests are visual anthropology and material culture; cultural
and intellectual property; digital technologies in relation to understandings of
materiality, museum practices (collection, archiving, preservation and
exhibition) and photography; new economic forms; and the anthropology
of Oceania. She is editor of Material World.

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The Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia invites applications for up to 15 Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows, to begin 1 July 2010. These positions enable innovative and collaborative teaching between Fellows and outstanding UBC professors.  The program will help to launch the careers of new scholars showing early promise as excellent university teachers and researchers. Each Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow will have opportunities to interact with UBC colleagues on teaching and research, as well as to be part of a cohort of early-career scholars sharing methods and exchanging ideas for excellent teaching.

One of the new Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow positions has been allocated to the UBC Department of Anthropology, which has strengths in a broad range of areas in anthropological archaeology; sociocultural anthropology (including medical and linguistic anthropology); and museum and visual anthropology (see http://www.anth.ubc.ca ). We invite applications from outstanding candidates in the areas of museum and/or visual anthropology. Depending on their area of specialization, the successful candidate will have access to the collections and research facilities of the new Centre for Cultural Research at the Museum of Anthropology (http://www.moa.ubc.ca ) and/or the Ethnographic Film Unit within the Department of Anthropology ( http://anthfilm.anth.ubc.ca/ ). (more…)

Workshop in Ethnographic Filmmaking with Judith and David MacDougall

AARHUS UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL, Denmark, AUGUST 20-26, 2010
Level: BA
Credits:10 ECTS
Lecturers: David and Judith MacDougall
Organizer: Christian Suhr
Number of participants max. 12
Application deadline: April 15, 2010
http://www.aal.au.dk/en/antro/studies/summer2010/home

The Aarhus University Summer School in visual anthropology is an intensive course designed for Danish and international students interested in a brief but challenging educational experience during the summer.

The course is open to students in anthropology and related disciplines from Denmark and elsewhere and is intended for people with no or little previous experience with filmmaking. The language of teaching is English. (more…)

NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM COURSES IN OXFORD OPEN TO EVERYONE

.    for research purposes,
.    as an AV addenda for a thesis or publication,
.    for screening at a film festival,
.    for personal use
.    for work purposes
.    for internet distribution,
.    for educational use,
.    for basic skills in digital media,
.    as an introduction to factual filmmaking,

The Oxford Academy of Documentary Film will be running short courses in
Oxford at St. Clare’s International College, 139 Banbury Rd, Oxford

*5-Day Workshop Before You Go: Introduction to documentary filmmaking
(hands-on camera skills) with Final Cut Express 4.0*
Dates: 15 — 19 February 2010
Time: 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri (5 days) Fees: £550 (Concessions £450)

*3-Week Intensive Foundation Course in Documentary Film- 4 days a week*
Dates: 8 - 26 March 2010
Time: TBC (4 days per week) Fees: £950 (Concessions £850)

Please visit http://www.oadf.co.uk for more information and application
form or contact alison (at) oadf.co.uk

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What: Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui
When: 17 - 19 November 2010
Where: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Kia ora koutou (Greetings to everyone)!

New Zealand’s first international ethnography hui will give participants the opportunity to meet with like-minded researchers and experience the rich cultural tradition that is Aoteaoroa, New Zealand. 
There is a stunning list of four cutting-edge keynote speakers—Norman K. Denzin, Linda Tuwihai Smith, Elspeth Probyn, and Neil Drew—who will challenge and invigorate delegates, and are looking forward to this exciting time together!

The hui has three key threads;
•    Emerging Methods: traditional, experimental, transgressive forms
•    Practice and Advocacy: doing ethnography on the ground
•    Social Justice and Transformation: theoretical ethnographic visions

The call for participation is now open and you are invited to submit your abstracts online at http://www.nzethnographyconference.com Presenters’ papers will be considered for a peer-reviewed compilation of four to five presentations per thread.

The Society for Visual Anthropology’s web committee is pleased to announce the launch of a searchable directory of international programs in visual anthropology on our website. This project was undertaken in response to a clear need for a comprehensive directory of programs and organizations that offer training in visual anthropology and related fields. Programs are listed alphabetically, but results can be filtered according to categories such as Graduate Program, Certificate Program, and so on. The directory can also be searched by country or academic institution for more specific results. Perhaps most significantly, the directory includes an electronic submission form that invites users to contribute information about programs that are not yet included in the directory. We encourage you to visit the directory, add to our listings, and help us to build a rich and current inventory of the many exciting international opportunities for the study and practice of visual anthropology. Visit us also at the AAA in Philadelphia in the Exhibition Hall, Friday December 4th, 3:00-5:00 PM, to to make you contribution to the directory, or to discuss this and other SVA initiatives. societyforvisualanthropology.org/directory

~Craig Campbell and Kate Hennessy, SVA Web Committee

7 WEEK PROGRAM: May 17 - July 4, 2009,

Yucatán, Mexico
Based in Pisté and Maya Communities surrounding Chichén Itzá, One of the New Seven Wonders of the World

Students learn to design, conduct & complete independent & interdisciplinary research in areas of:

• Art & Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Archaeological Heritage
• Ethnography of Archaeology
• Tourism Development & Urbanism
• Community Strategies of Tourism
• Social History through Life Histories
• Applied and Action Research
• Art Exhibitions and Ethnographic Installation
• Maya Forms of Health & Healing
• Environmental Heritage

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