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HARVARD
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HUNAPFACEBOOK: Current campus culture. Includes news,
events, and announcements about what is happening on the Harvard Campus. |
COLLEGE
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INTERNSHIP
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CALL
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Title: In this, the CTCCs 6th international research conference, and in the City of Liverpool famed for its popular music, we seek to explore the relationships between tourism, tourists and all forms/genres and sub-genres of music including: popular, classical, folk, dance, rock, jazz and hip-hop, across all cultures and continents. In the context of new and old global motilities, we are interested in musical pilgrimage, the material and social flows of travelers and musicians, the cultural and economic policies that promote music tourism, festivals and performances for tourists, ethnographies of tourist encounters with music, the place of music in the representation of tourism destinations and, the role of music in the construction of tourist discourses, narratives and memories. As in previous events, the conference aims to provide critical dialogue beyond disciplinary boundaries and epistemologies and thus we welcome papers from the widest range of disciplines and fields including: anthropology, cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore, history, heritage studies, landscape studies, leisure studies, museum studies, musicology and ethnomusicology, philosophy, political sciences, sociology, subaltern studies, tourism studies and urban/spatial planning. We welcome innovative perspectives on all aspects of music and tourism. Key themes of interest to the conference include:
Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact details as an electronic file to ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk. You may submit your abstract as soon as possible but no later than November 21st 2011. For further details on the conference please contact us at Email ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk or Tel. +44 (0) 113 812 8541. |
Title: Ninth Native American Symposium Where No One Else Has
Gone Before |
Title: Media and Media Practices in Minority and Competitive Contexts: From Local to Global Call for Proposals Edmonton, Canada, 11-12 May 2012 The University of Alberta is organizing a conference on Media and Media Practices in Minority and Competitive Contexts: From Local to Global, to be held on 11-12 May 2012. Few studies have been conducted on the topic of media in minority context, however, in today's plurilingual and multicultural societies, their role in the functioning of democracy and in the construction of minorities' cultural identities is crucial. These media are both channels of communication and gathering places or common areas for communities. By connecting individuals who share the same language, these media reinforce solidarity within minority groups as well as their cultural identity, both at the local and global levels. In order to maintain their existence, minority media must also position themselves vis-à-vis the media of the majority to which their audiences also have access. Conceived as a space for exchange between practitioners and researchers in social sciences, humanities and modern languages, this colloquium seeks to reflect on the role of media in minority contexts from various perspectives and with a comparative angle. The selection committee invites media professionals to participate and submit proposals on any question related to the issue of media in minority contexts, particularly cultural representations (identity, art, translation), democracy (multiculturalism, ethics, media status), networks (national, transnational), professional practice (journalism, technology), language policy and language use. Submissions of proposals dealing with different media: television, radio, specialized and general press, posters, Internet, etc. are encouraged. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 September 2011. For more information, please contact minority.media.conf@gmail.com or see http://confmedia.jimdo.com |
CONFERENCE
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30th Annual "Protecting Our Children" National American
Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect |
Title: 2012 American Indian Workshop in Zurich The conference will take stock of the current state of the discussion both in the discipline(s) of Indigenous Studies and in the narrower field of museology. It will attempt to play explicit and continuous attention to the fact that cultural, economic, political, etc. interactions with Ame rican Indians in the US and First Nations in Canada have been shaped differently. These differences have become of great interest to North American Native Studies, which have thereby acquired a pronounced and fruitful comparative bent. In Zurich, conference participants will particularly discuss new insights and new develop ments in various loci, where the questions of presentation and representation become salient: Media such as film, video, the fine arts, literature, other forms of popular culture, and the like. Places such as museums (where representation becomes visible as presentation in ways that demand constant reflection and vigilance), theatres, the lecture hall. Disciplines related to Native issues such as anthropology, art history, history, literature, cultural studies, law, economics, and the like. Proposals for contributions (abstracts of no more than 250 words) are invited by October 31st to the following e-mail address (aiw12@vmz.uzh.ch). Information on a special homepage for the 2012 meeting will be announced by the end of June. |
SCHOLARSHIP
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Title: Tvshka Chunkash (Heart of a Warrior) Scholarship
For your application, you must write an original 500-word essay on how
the war in Afghanistan or Iraq has affected your life and educational
goals, including how this effect has shaped your future and how you approach
your education. |
Title: National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Arts in Media
Funding Category The National Endowment for the Arts' new Arts in Media funding category is designed to help make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through the national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts and media projects that can be considered works of art. The new Arts in Media guidelines replace the Arts on Radio and Television guidelines. All project types that were previously eligible under Arts on Radio and Television remain eligible. In addition, the expanded category now includes all available media platforms, including the Internet, interactive and mobile technologies, digital games, and arts content delivered via satellite, as well as radio and television. Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk and traditional arts, and media arts including film, audio, animation, and digital art) and media projects that can be considered works of art. Projects may include high profile multi-part or single television and radio programs (documentaries and dramatic narratives), media created for theatrical release, performance programs, artistic segments for use within an existing series, multi-part webisodes, installations, and interactive games. Short films, five minutes and under, will be considered in packages of three or more. The new program guidelines feature an emphasis on innovation as well as strengthening creativity through access to the arts. In order to reach the widest possible audience, priority will be given to projects that include substantive public engagement strategies, including the use of social media. To be eligible, applicants must be U.S.-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, units of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes. Applications through a fiscal agent are not allowed; however, partnerships between artists and eligible nonprofit organizations are encouraged. Any application for a collaborative project representing a partnership between a media organization and an arts, education, or community organization should be submitted by the media organization. Grants generally will range from $10,000 to $200,000, based on the platform and the complexity and scope of the project. Visit the NEA Web site for complete program guidelines, a short video on the new program, and application instructions at http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AIM-presentation.html. |
FELLOWSHIP
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MISCELLANEOUS
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ACF Announces Awards for the First Ladys Lets Move! in
Indian Country Initiative Childhood obesity contributes to the early onset of several diseases that plague our young American Indians and Alaska Natives, said George Sheldon, HHS acting assistant secretary for children and families. We will continue to support the First Ladys initiatives, as well as the efforts of our grantees as we work together to tackle obesity among our Native population. The Lets Move! in Indian Country initiative was launched in May 2011 and stems from the nationwide efforts to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity. The campaign involves leaders from every sector of our society, ranging from teachers, parents, doctors business leaders, non-profit organizations, Native communities, schools, and tribes. The key goals of the Lets Move! in Indian Country initiative include:
These grant awards announced today will provide organizations with the tools they need to encourage Native communities in working together to ensure our children develop healthy food choices and exercise habits that will result in the healthy future they deserve, said Lillian Sparks, commissioner for the Administration on Native Americans. For a complete listing of grantees please visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/programs/LetsMoveAwards.html For more information about the Administration on Native Americans visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/about/about.html To learn how you can get involved with the Lets Move! in Indian Country initiative visit http://www.letsmove.gov/ |
Title: What We Want |
Title: Additional Opportunities for Artists If your work is not selected for the 2012 annual conference image, you may still opt to have NICWA use your image in an advertisement for a future event. If you are interested in having your work used in a NICWA training flyer or brochure, please indicate your desire to do so on the Artist/Artwork Informational Form. In exchange for the permission to use your work to advertise our events, NICWA will credit your work on the advertisement itself, as well on our website, and provide your contact information and/or website so that those that are interested in your art can follow up with you about your work. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity for your work to be broadcast to a national audience. |
Title: First Peoples Fund Invites Applications for Artist in Business
Leadership Program The First Peoples Fund's Artist in Business Leadership Program is designed to help entrepreneurial Native American artists develop their marketing and business skills and build self-sustaining, arts-based businesses. This one-year, self-directed program provides a working capital grant of up to $5,000 to support work on a marketing plan/strategy or business goal as defined by the artist applicant. Additional program benefits include technical assistance, a professional network of peers, and travel expenses to FPF's professional development workshops. The fellowship places emphasis on new works to stimulate creativity and a renewal of energy in Native art expression. To be eligible, an artist must have five or more years of experience in marketing his or her art at Indian art markets and galleries, and have wholesale experience. Applicants must have chosen art as a means to obtain economic self-sufficiency for themselves and their family, and must have worked to establish themselves as independent, credible artists with viable community-based businesses. Applicants must be members of a Northern Great Plains tribe located in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Nebraska, the Eastern Plateau region of Idaho, Oregon, or Washington; a tribe from the Great Lakes region of Minnesota, Michigan, or Wisconsin; a tribe belonging to the U.S. Eastern Seaboard states; or a Hawaiian or Alaska Native. Affiliated Canadian First Nations artists are also eligible. Artists are selected for the program based on demonstrated artistic talent, evidence of entrepreneurial experience and potential, and adherence to the values of the First Peoples Fund. For complete program information and application procedures, visit the
FPF Web site: http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org |
Title: Pieter Hovens, American Indian Material Culture: The Ten Kate
Collection, 18821888 In the course of two years of fieldwork in the American West in the 1880s, the Dutch anthropologist Hermann ten Kate (18581931) assembled a sizeable collection of Native American artifacts. These pieces, ranging from utilitarian tools to genuine works of art, are especially important because of their well-documented collection history and early date of acquisition. Some of the objects, the vast majority of which are today housed by the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, represent the oldest specimens of their kind to have been preserved. This catalogue presents the complete collection and places the artifacts in their cultural and historical context by drawing on Ten Kates own travel diaries, anthropological studies spanning more than a century of research, as well as Native American oral traditions. Pieter Hovens is curator of the North American Department at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, the Netherlands. His publications include studies on Ten Kates life and work, Native American material culture, Indian-White relations, and gypsy affairs. Order from ZKF Publishers, Fasanenweg 4a, D-63674 Altenstadt, zkfpublishers@t-online.de, Fax: +49 6047 951785 (Visa, Mastercard, and American Express accepted) |
Title: MA programme in Cultural Policy and Management Interculturalism and Mediation in the Balkans The University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, in cooperation with the University Lyon 2, France is organizing a joint MA programme in Cultural Policy and Management (Interculturalism and Mediation in the Balkans). This MA programme, taught in English and French, has gained an international reputation. Accredited by the University Lyon 2 and supported by other partner universities, professional organizations and guest experts from all over Europe, it attracts not only students from the Balkan region but also those coming from Europe and worldwide, who seek a new, stimulating and different study environment. This programme enables students to be part of a creative capital and
multicultural landscape of the Balkans. For its excellence in the promotion
of intercultural cooperation and mediating capacities of culture, the
MA in Cultural Policy and Management has been named UNESCO Chair in 2004. Interested candidates are invited to apply by 13-15 June 2011 and 19-20
September 2011 respectively. |
Sites of Interest Navajo Language Academy Maori Language The Role of the Computer in Learning Ndj Bbana (an Aboriginal Australian
language) Kanienkehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa
Language and Cultural Center |
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