Sep 15 Deadline for Abstracts: Tourism and Heritage Student Award

Call for Abstracts: SfAA Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Competition

Student papers should entail original research on the themes of “tourism” and/or “heritage” broadly defined, including topics such as heritage, archaeology and tourism, ecotourism, and cultural resource management. Top papers will be selected for inclusion in an organized paper session at the 2016 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, and an award of $500 will be presented to the best paper in the session. Winning papers will also be considered for publication in the journal Practicing Anthropology. Eligible students must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time they submit their paper. Submissions must be original work of publishable quality. The work may be undertaken alone or in collaboration with others, but for papers with one or more co-authors, an enrolled student must be the paper’s first author.

The competition involves a two-step process. Step one involves the solicitation and selection of expanded paper abstracts (of 500 words or less; saved as a Word document) for the organized session. Abstracts must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 to the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net). Students selected for participation in the session will then submit full papers for judging by the December 15, 2015 deadline. The winning paper will receive a cash award of $500 and will be honored at the 2016 SfAA Meetings in Vancouver. Email the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net) or Melissa Stevens (melissa.stevens7@gmail.com) for more information.

Society for Applied Anthropology Seeks Papers for 2015 Conference

The Society for Applied Anthropology is soliciting papers for a proposed panel for the 2015 SfAA Conference titled,‘Best Practices with Immigrant Populations’. The description for the panel is as follows:

"The discourse to change immigration policies and the treatment of immigrants has taken center stage in recent years as receiving communities continue to grapple with immigration control and the services for immigrants already residing within their borders. Despite the increasing trend in migration, national and international policies continue to falter in meeting the needs of im/migrants. This panel will present case histories to promote the need to implore a best practice approach to immigrant research and policy planning and implementation.  By allowing the exchange of information on lessons learned and on good practices, these projects demonstrate the need to build a bridge between empirical solutions, research and policy."

Please send abstracts to Thao Pham at pham@calu.edu.