16 Anthropology Newsletter

Commentary

Vol22 No 3

The Future of Anthropology SOLON T KIMBALL

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

On Paradtgmarrc Shrlr

Oldguard SCholarS who echo 1rmRwOrrI WulhS know nor lherr day Is done

Though challengers have yer to learn rhaf their rdeas have won

Some impresstons I !ormed about the receitly concluded 79th annual meeting of the Americai Anlhiopological Association lead me to wonder about the direction In which anthropologists are t a k q thelr discipline There Seemed to be no lessening from years past in the number or ear. nestness 01 the vbiqultous clusterings which over.

Fourth Annual Consumer Research Award

The Journel ol Consumer Research and the Association for Consumer Research announce the annual competition lor the best anicle4ength manuscript on consumer behavlor based on a doc. toral dissertation for a degree awarded after July 31, 1978.

Award winners each receive an engraved plaque. and the article is featured in the Journal ol Con. sumer Research. The senior author receives a Cash prlze of 11300 and an invitation 10 present the paper at the annual conference 01 the Association for Consumer Research. Up to $200 is available to defray travel expenses.

Honorable Mention manuscripts designated by

Consumer Rasearch. and the authors may be asked to present papers based on these manuscrlpts at the annual ACR conlerence.

Manuscripts must address some interdlsciplin. ary aspect 01 consumer behavior. Contrary to pre vious years. the rules now permlt the manu.

dissertation. The student. however. must be the senior author. Submlssions will be judged primarily on extent of confrtbution to the study of consumer behavior; interdisciplinary orientation; and originality and freshness 01 approach. Two add!. tlonal criteria are undarstandabillty to people in Other disclplines. and organization of the material and conciseness 01 expression.

Manuscripts should be between 20 and 35 double.spaced. typewritten pages (including allowance for tables. figures and references) prepared in accordance with the JCR style sheet. Submlssions must be accompanied by a cover let. ter that lists the title 01 the dissertation, name 01 granting department and universlty. nameof princi. pal advisor and the date the degree was awarded Contestants must also state that the manuscrtpl

for publication elsewhere. Flve nonreturnable copies must be submltted on or before May 1.1881, to Journal 01 Consumer Research. U Illinois. PO Box 6905. Chicago. IL 80880. :.I

the judges wlll also be published In the Journal 01

SCrlpt 10 be COauthored with the advisor Of the

has not been published and Is not being consldered

11 th ICAES Planned in Two Phases

The announcement of the 11th lnternatlonai Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (Jan 1981 AN, p 18) gave the Imptea. sion that the program in Ouebec City. August 14-17. 1983. is to be a precongress session. In !act this wil l be Phase lo1 the Congress. to be !allowed by Phase I1 In Vancouver. August 20-25. 1983. Although Phase I wil l be smatter in size than Phase 11. the programming is equal In stalus. Additional preCongress sessions may be organized on a very small scale in small communtties. :

tlowed lobby, corridors and cocktail lounges where the rttual 01 renewal through talk is aChiev9d The program ollered the usual Itch variety of sessions and the special events were as numerous and intriguing as ever But there were

trasted with meetings 0 1 more recent years, as I recollect them What attracted my attention was not so much mnovations as prograsswe develop ments that had begun to appear sometlme in the past but which were now suffrctently matured that they had become noticeable

The areas in which I sensed sigiificant change inciudea a Dredominant tendency of tho sched. oted sessions to focus upon pragmatic concerns with contemporary issues in contrast wi th an

Contlnued on pago 10

also differences of a peNaSlve Sort which Con.

NCSS Award Recognizes

The National Council for the Social Studies IS spansorlng an Exemplary Dissertation Award compelition in order to recognize excellence in research Conducted by doctoral candidates in areas relaled lo social studies education. The author 01 the Selected dissertallon wil l receive a Certiticate 01 merit and $150.

The award wil l be conferred on the basis of dissertation research in the Pursuit of the doctoral degree. Research is broadly dellned to include dx. perimental, conceptual. historical. philosophlcal and other modes appropriate to the problem in. vestigated. Olssertations wll l be judged on the theoretical and methodologlcal soundness 01 the research and on their s1gnillcance to social studies education.

Ethics Committee Invites Contacts

Tha Committee on Ethics reminds the member. ship that it welcomes correspondence from members. the Board or others on current issues or instances dealing with ethical matters that affect anthropoiog~sts or the Association. Anthropology Is a rapidly changing tield and the Committee needs to keep Informed of emerging problems and concerns In order to serve the membership proper. ly . The Commitlee meets twice a year, at the an. nual meetings and in early February. Please write to Benjamin Paul, Chair. COE. Dept of Anth. Stan. lord U. Stanford. CA 94305. ::

Society for Urban Anthropology Elects Officers

At the Second Annual Business Meeting of the Society lor Urban Anthropology. held at the Washington Hilton last December. the Society an. nounced the electlon of Anthony Leeds (Boston), President.eIect; Richard Lobban (Rhode Island C). Treasurer: and Judjth G Goode (Temple), Secretary.

Elected to the Board of Directors as Councillors were Peter C W Gutkind (McGbII). Gilbert Kushner (South Florida). John K Chance (Lawrence). RtCh. aid G Fox (Duke). Kathleen S Logan (Alabama. Birmingham). and Jack R Rollwagen (ex.olfic~o) (SUNY Brochport). Leonard Plotnicov (Pitlsburgh) assumed the olflce of President. 1

Dissertation Research

To be eligible for the 1981 award, the dlsserta- lion must have been completed between June 16. 1980 and June 15, 1981. Nominations should in. clude three copies 01 an abstract. not more than three 8 112 x 11" pages, typed. double-spaced and

The heading of each copy 01 the abstract must in. clude the author's name, address. telephone number. name of institution where degree was completed. name 01 major advisor and dele 01 degree completion. Include a self-addressed. stamped envelope !or acknowledgement. Com. pleted dissenatlons may be requested by August 15, 1981. Send malerials to Roben J Highsmith. Chair. Dissertation Award Subcommittee. 400 Golden Shore. Suite 218. Long Beach. CA 90802

submitted to the Chairperson by June 15, 1981.

SAA Offers Placement Service at San Diego Meeting

The Society for American Archaeology wil l operate a placement service at its annual meeting In San Dtego. April %May 2. 1981. No fees are charged to employers or SAA members tor use of the service. which will provide a directory 0 1 registered applicants. a listing o! positions open. a message center. and Iimtted interviewing space avallable on a lirst.come. 1irst.sewed basts. Career information wi l l also be available. Both employers and applicants are urged to preregister by April 17. 1981. For further intormation and lorms. contact SAA Placement Service. 1703 New Hampshire Avo. NW. Washington. DC 20009; 202/232-8800. Please specify whether employer or applicant. .:

Answer to Anthropology Acrostlcs No. 11

A V KIDDER The Artifacts 01 Pecos

The museum attitude. in other words, the valua. lion 01 an object !or what It looks like instead of for what It tells. has been a most sertous brake upon the wheels ot archaeological progress. for archaeology is a h'storical dlsctpliw