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MAYS 2012: CFP closed!

The CFP for our Nanterre meeting closed on January 31st and we’ve been quite overwhelmed by proposals!
We’ll organize parallel thematic sessions and post the program before the end of February.

Stay tuned 🙂

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MAYS 2012 in Paris!

We’re happy to officially announce our next get-together!
The Annual MAYS Meeting 2012 will take place in Paris-Ouest University (Nanterre), France, on July 9th-10th.
From July 10th-13th, the main EASA conference will take place there as well.
There will be thematic panels, there will be a skills lab, there will be a nice atmosphere as usual 🙂
Deadline for abstracts is January 31st 2012.
CFP, poster and practical details,  here on MAYS 2012 special webpage.
 
(Organization: Susann Huschke, Claire Beaudevin, Stéphanie Larchanché)

> Stay tuned on MAYS google group (http://tinyurl.com/MAYS-EASA) and website (http://www.mays-easa.org).

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This is Anthropology | Graduate Students Respond to Florida Governor’s Attack on Anthropology and Liberal Arts

Nolan Kline, PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of South Florida and member of MAYS, kindly accepted to write about the recent words of Florida Governor against anthropology, and especially about graduate students’ very relevant answer.
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During an interview on October 10th, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott told a conservative radio show host that Florida did not need any more anthropologists:
“Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don’t think so.”
Rick Scott’s assault on anthropology is part of his broader goal to disassemble liberal arts education by cutting funding to liberal arts disciplines and redirecting funds to STEM — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics —  programs.   STEM degrees, according to Scott, are more helpful for undergraduates in finding work after graduating:
“I want to spend our dollars giving people science, technology, engineering, math degrees. That’s what our kids need to focus all their time and attention on. Those type of degrees. So when they get out of school, they can get a job.”
In response to Rick Scott’s comments, graduate students at the University of South Florida quickly assembled a presentation highlighting how their work benefits Florida, specifically.  Although the presentation does not touch upon Scott dismissing the value of critical thinking skills provided by disciplines like anthropology, it does address the governor’s misguided assumption that anthropology has no utility in the state he governs. Ironically, Scott’s daughter holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology.
– Nolan Kline –
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Here is the presentation (click on the gray arrow):

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This is Anthropology on Prezi
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MAYS members on Academia.edu

Many of our members asked how to know more about other members’ work, research themes, fieldwork locations, etc.
We tried several online tools, but nothing was really satisfying and convenient…

We think the solution is to use a MAYS page on the Academia.edu social network.
Our proposal is: please join the MAYS page on Academia.edu at http://lists.academia.edu/MAYS_Medical_Anthropology_Young_Scholars.
It will allow you to see all the other members of MAYS and to browse their papers, talks, research interests, etc.
Some of us already joined; let’s build this!

Below is a screen capture that introduces you to Academia.edu pages’ layout and tools.

We look forward to learning more about your research!

Cheers,

Claire Beaudevin & Susann Huschke

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