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Volume 9, Issue 02
October 2014
Anthropology
Congratulations
Michael Richards
Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in
recognition of his outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic
achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of
Canada is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the
Arts, Humanities and Sciences.
Recipients of 2014-2015 Departmental Awards:
Chris Arnett, Charles and Alice Borden Fellowship for
Archaeology
Kamal Arora, Dr. Lakhbir K. Jassal Graduate Travel Awards in
Arts
Gregory Gan, Sentinel Prize in Anthropology
Lindsay Moore, Francis Reif Scholarship
Madeline Moore, Michael AMES Scholarship in Museum
Studies
Katie Roth, Wilson Duff Memorial Scholarship
I N T H I S I S S U E :
Congratulations 1
Department Events 2
Announcements 5
Graduate Program: Competition
Announcements 6
Presentations 7
Publications 8
Anthropology Summer Field School Presentations 9 Highlights: Departmental Events 13
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Department Events: Anthropology Colloquia
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New Minor in Anthropological Archaeology Proposed for 2015
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Borden Research Room in MOA by the Café @ 5:00PM
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Announcements Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present lecture series at Green College
*Please note that this is a working
paper roundtable discussion. While not required for attendance, if you would like to read the paper in advance, please send an email to [email protected]
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Graduate Program: Competition Announcements (MA level)
I. Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master's (CGSM)
The Fall 2014 CGSM application (2015-2016 competition) is available on the Tri-Agency portal (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/pg-cs/cgsm-bescm_eng.asp).
The deadline across Canada for applications is 8pm Eastern Time, 1 December, 2014. After this time, the research portal will close, and there will be NO opportunity to re-open the application. This is the deadline for all application materials, including reference letters. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that their references are submitted on time.
For more details, please check: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-graduate-scholarships http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp
Common Questions and Answers: *Q - Do I have to upload all of my undergraduate transcripts?*
A - Yes, all post-secondary transcripts must be included, even if no degree was obtained or sought at a particular university (e.g. transfer or exchange credits).
*Q - Can I upload a web transcript?*
A - NO. All uploaded transcripts must be official (originally issued by the registrar). *Q - What if I do not have a first-class average as determined by my current/previous institution(s) in each of my last two years of full-time study?*
A – Department of Anthropology may consider forwarding your application to the university-level competition as an exceptional case, but this award opportunity is highly competitive, and they must be able to put forward a strong justification for why you should be considered despite not meeting these criteria.
II. Master's Affiliated Fellowship
Master's Affiliated Fellowships application materials and instructions are available on the www.grad.ubc.ca website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships
Submit your printed, completed and signed, application materials (with Criteria Based) to the Anth Graduate Office (ANSO 2124) by December 1, 2014, Monday, before 4pm
This matches the Canada-wide Tri-Agency deadline for Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master's (CGSM) applicants to submit to the CGSM portal. CGSM and direct Master's Affiliated applicants are all considered for Affiliated funding, and the common deadline for applications ensures equity of application preparation time for all students.
For more details, please check: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships
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Presentations Christopher Anderson Arnett 2014 Invited participant for "Indigenous Resistance and Anarchy (Fishbowl discussion)". 9th Annual Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, Victoria, September 7. John Barker 2014 Local, Transcendent and All Point In Between: Some Reflections on the Ethnographic Study of Christianity in Melanesia. Invited paper presented to Groupe, Sociétés, Religions, Laicités, CNRS, Paris, May 16. Lauren Harding 2014 Gear-Heads and Gut-Instinct: Local and Visitor Attitudes Towards a Weather-worn Environment on Canada's West Coast. Paper presented at Under Western Skies 3: Intersection of Environments, Technologies and Communities conference at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, September 10. Vinay Kamat 2014 “Malaria and its discontents: Re-politicizing a de-politicized global health problem” at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, September 3, 2014. R.G. Matson 2014 Cedar Mesa Contributions to Southwestern Archaeology: BM II and BM III. Paper presented at the Pecos Conference 2014, Blanding, Utah, August 8. Leslie Robertson 2014 'Resource of the Imagination: The Fernie Curse Legend in an Era of Social Justice.’ Invited Speaker Series, Fernie and District Historical Society, Fernie, BC. 11 September. Mark Turin 2014 Invited Presenter and Participant at “Arctic-Wise: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change :
Creating A Shared Space For Research, Education And Information: Planning For Arctic-Wise
Online." Coach House, Green College, UBC, 7 October.
Mark Turin 2014 Invited Presenter, Workshop Participant and Member of Scientific Advisory Board for “ st
International Caucasus University Association (CUA) Conference on Endangered Languages”,
Ardahan University, Turkey, October 13-16, 2014.
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Publications
John Barker 2014 Review of “Islands of Love, Islands of Risk: Culture and HIV in the Trobriands,” by Katherine Lepani. Pacific Affairs 87(3):660-662. Kirsten Bell and Helen Keane 2014 All gates lead to smoking: the 'gateway theory', e-cigarettes and the remaking of nicotine. Social Science and Medicine 119: 45-52. Kirsten Bell and Denielle Elliott 2014 Editorial. Censorship in the name of ethics: Critical public health research in the age of human subjects regulation. Critical Public Health 24(4): 385-391. Vinay Kamat 2014 “The ocean is our farm”: Marine conservation, food insecurity, and social suffering in southeastern Tanzania. Human Organization 73(3):289-298. Bryn Letham 2014 Settlement and Shell-Bearing Site Diversity in the Sechelt Inlet System, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 38(1):280-328. Kenneth M Ames, and Andrew Martindale 2014 Rope Bridges and Cables: A Synthesis of Prince Rupert Harbour Archaeology. Canadian Journal of Archaeology. 38(1):140-178. Robin Ridington 2014 Dane-zaa Oral History: Why It's Not Hearsay. BC Studies. no. 183, Autumn 2014: 77-102. Robin Ridington 2014 They Dream About Everything: The Last Dreamers of the Dane-zaa. in Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep. vol 2: 193-208. Ryan Hurd and Kelly Bulkeley, eds. Praeger: Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford.
Media Coverage
Mark Turin 2014 Two-part BBC Radio 4 series, On Language Location,: the episodes cover the languages of Bhutan and Burma/Myanmar , October 20 and 27. Podcasts is available online through the series website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lpsbz
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Anthropology Summer Field School (Anth 409/Soci 495) The City as Fieldsite: Experiential Learning and Student Research in the Urban Ethnographic Field School By Negar Hooshmand, TA, Community Liaison, and Field School Alumnus The Urban Ethnographic Field School (UEFS, formerly IVEFS), a hands-on ethnography course co-
taught by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, completed its 5th iteration last June.
This year the Field School was taught by Dr. Thomas Kemple and Heather Holroyd from the
Department of Sociology and Ana Vivaldi from the Department of Anthropology. Class seminars
were held Monday through Thursday at the UBC Learning Exchange at 612 Main Street, where
the Downtown Eastside meets Chinatown meets the latest wave of gentrification. The seminars
consisted of the discussion of two key book on the theory and practice of ethnographic fieldwork
along with numerous chapters and articles related to the empirical and methodological
underpinnings of ethnography; the presentation and discussion of ethnographic films; three
interactive workshops on ethnographic research and writing where students worked with and
analyzed their data; a field trip to Insite (Vancouver’s safe injection site); and a guest speaker
discussing the relationship between ethnographic fieldwork and the development of harm
reduction strategies. In addition to coursework, the cohort of 28 students completed at least 6-8
hours per week of community service learning in placements at Neighbourhood Houses and
community organizations across Vancouver, producing high-impact research through
collaborative projects. Students had the opportunity to disseminate their research findings in
group presentations to our community partners at a public event held at the UBC Learning
Exchange on the evening of June 19th, the last day of the Field School.
Individual student research papers examined how the UN-mandated ‘Right to Food’ text is
manifested in practice in Vancouver’s downtown eastside (DTES); how social space is created and
evolves at a community organization and the impact of funding structures on core programs;
how institutional structures shape the everyday struggles of individuals living precariously in the
DTES; how adaptability and freedom of movement in an organization for youth can facilitates
their safety and wellbeing; and how bureaucratic systems of Canadian government organizations
subsume the identities, life stories and experiences of refugees through the use of institutional
categories, among many other topics.
Student collaborative projects included the planning and organization of World Refugee Day;
gathering data through surveys and focus groups and producing a report about the experience of
Chinese Elders accessing the food line-ups in the DTES; the creation of an educational video
about the diverse impacts of Adult Education Programs coordinated through the Learning
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Exchange; helping with the organization of the Car Free Festival for Leave Out Violence BC
(LOVE); assisting Neighbourhood Houses with the CAPC (Community Action Program for
Children) conference; creating a Family Resource Pamphlet for the West End Family in Action
Committee; producing a promotional video for Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House that
depicts their wide-range of programs and activities; and many more.
The teaching team would like to congratulate the students for their outstanding work,
enthusiasm, and commitment, and to express their gratitude to the 14 community organizations
that hosted students during these intense six weeks (including seven Neighbourhood Houses,
Ray-Cam Community Center, Settlement Orientation Services, Leave Out Violence BC, First
United Church, Salvation Army, and Union Gospel Mission). We would also like to acknowledge
the ongoing support of the Departments of Anthropology and Sociology, the UBC Center for
Community Engaged Learning and the UBC Learning Exchange, without whom the Field School
would not have been possible.
Please check the updates on the UEFS web page to read student papers and projects, and to learn
more about the course: http://ivefs.arts.ubc.ca/
Field School Students and Teachers (TA and Community Liaison Negar Hooshmand is on the far right). Photo courtesy of Heather Holroyd
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Kristal Lillico-Ouachour and Marianne Wu present their fieldwork with the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House at the final community event.
Photo by Mo Ismailzai
Left to Right: Kerstin Walter, Director of Settlement Orientation Services; students Jimmy Ho and Melinda Barbi. Photo by Mo Ismailzai
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Elizer Erpilla and Mina Motmaedi emcee the final community event. Photo by Mo Ismailzai
Left to right: Students Pei Fang Goh, Leanne Huang, Liana Chan, Marianne Wu. Photo by Paz Villar
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Highlights on Departmental Special Events
Departmental Orientation: New Graduate Students, September 2, 2014
New Graduate Student Orientation: as they provide to learn important academic information
and an opportunity to meet the Department Co-Heads, Dr. Pat Moore & Dr. Sue Rowley; AGSC
Chair Dr. Mike Blake with the AGSC Committee Members; AGSA Co-Presidents, Steffan Gordon
& Martina Volfova with AGSA officers and Invited faculty members teaching core graduate
courses, Dr. Charles Menzies & Dr. Kirsten Bell.
Welcome New Graduate Students:
PhD: Anastacia Rogova, Jasmine Sacharuk, Megan Wong and Jason Woolman
MA: Jessica DeChamplain, Daniel Frim, Ezra Greene, Michelle Hepburn, Marie-Elise
Laforest, Colleen Parsley and Sultan Ahmed.
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Anthropology Graduate Teaching Assistants Orientation, September 2, 2014
A training workshop for all Teaching Assistants (TA) especially for new graduate students who are new TA’s.
Anthropology BBQ Lunch,
September 2nd
Megan Wong (PhD) and Adam Solomonian (PhD) ANTH TA Co-Facilitators
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Colloquium Reception for Dr. Gregory D.S. Anderson, September 12, 2014
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Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art
Audain Gallery (until November 2, 2014)
New Works in MOA's Multiversity Galleries: "Don't give it up!" The Lives and Stories of the Mabel
Stanley Collection
The Multiversity Galleries (until January 4, 2015)
Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth
O'Brian Gallery (until January 4, 2015)
Ouxi Taiwanese Puppetry Festival
(until November 9, 2014) For find out more about Exhibitions and Events, please visit: http://moa.ubc.ca/