ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION

We hope your semester is going smoothly! And if it’s not, you’ll be happy to know you’re past the halfway mark; just hold on a little longer! We’ve got a bunch of fun stuff to share with you this month, so we hope you can take a break from all the work and come have some fun with us.

1. Pub Night
2. Women in Archaeology
3. Faunal Interest Group
4. Divinations Undergraduate Conference
5. UTM Undergraduate Conference
6. Book Sale
7. Summer Job Opportunity
8. A Haiku

1. Join us on Thursday, March 9 for another pub night! This one is being co-hosted by your ASA and the Undergraduate Sociology Students’ Union. The fun (and free beer) will start at 8pm at the Fox and the Fiddle (280 Bloor St. W.), and we hope to see you all there!

Please note that this is a 19+ event an IDs will be checked! And also that dietary restrictions can be taken into consideration. Just contact us for more information!

2. On Thursday, March 16 we will be hosting a discussion led by Prof. Katherine Patton. The discussion will focus on women in anthropology and archaeology. Students from all disciplines and all years are welcome to attend! It will be a relaxed, conversational event, so don’t feel intimidated. A wonderful time is guaranteed, and so is free food!

3. On Saturday, March 18 the Faunal Interest Group is holding a Landscape Interactions and Zooarchaeology Symposium! There is an excellent line up of presenters and Dr. Lesley Howse will be the keynote speaker. There is no cost but please visit their website and register if you are interested in attending so that they have counts for meals. The website also has the program for the day, with all meals and breaks provided as it is a Saturday on campus. If you have any questions you can email the address on the below website.

http://www.archaeology.utoronto.ca/landscape-interactions-symposium.html

4. Join us on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 for the first ever Divinations Undergraduate Conference hosted by your ASA. This conference is specifically designed to allow undergraduate students a chance to showcase their work for the first time in a comfortable environment.

The conference will begin at 10am in AP124 with poster presentations focused on public archaeology and heritage placements undertaken by students over the past year. Paper presentations will follow in the afternoon in AP130, with topics ranging across the entire discipline of anthropology.

No registration is required to attend, and there will be free food! Check the ASA website for more details as we get closer to March 22, or email Anneliese Mills (anneliese.mills@mail.utoronto.ca) for more information!

5. Just two days after our own conference, UTM’s Anthropology Society will be holding their own undergraduate conference on March 24, 2017. The event will run from 9am to 4pm in the Council Chambers, and their keynote speaker will be Jubal Jamieson, First Nations Archaeology Monitor. For more information you can email anthropology@utmsu.ca.

6. Since our first two book sales of the year were such a success, we’re going to have a third to round out the year! On Monday, March 27 we will be selling books from our collection in the Anthropology Building from 10am to 4:30pm. Location details are still being finalized, but if you show up on March 27 looking for books, we’ll have signs all over directing you to the sale! Check back on the ASA website for the finalized details in a week or two. And look out for the updated list of available books that we will be sharing in the ASA Facebook Group soon! Don’t forget: paperbacks are just $2 and hardcovers are just $3! Hope to see you there!

7. Looking for something to do this summer? Want to get some great experience with a wonderful initiative? The Toronto Ward Museum is currently looking to fill five youth fellowship positions. The position is open to anyone aged 22-30, will run from May to July, with a workshop occurring in April, and will pay $2000.

The project, Block by Block, is a participatory, multimedia project that is led by youth. It seeks to engage the public in a dialogue around the impact local communities have in the lives of newcomers through an exchange of personal stories, reflections, and testimonies.

As part of the training, fellows will engage in a workshop on oral histories and digital storytelling conducted by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. We definitely recommend this experience to any interested anthropology students.

The application deadline is March 10, 2017 and you can find the application form here. Good luck!

8. And finally, enjoy another haiku! As the summer field season is approaching, this one’s for all the diggers out there:

Trowelling in the rain,
Sitting in a muddy hole.
Need a cup of tea.

We hope 2017 is treating you well so far and wanted to welcome you back to the new school semester with some anthropology updates, upcoming events, and opportunities!

1. Anthro Gives Back
2. Book Sale (Wednesday, January 11)
3. AUJ Submission Deadline (Thursday, January 12)
4. 2015/2016 Anthropology Undergraduate Journal
5. Anthropology Job Opportunity
6. In the Field Fridays
7. A Haiku

1. We are so pleased to finally launch Anthro Gives Back, an initiative created by members of the ASA who believe that our involvement with communities shouldn’t end when the fieldwork does.

The initiative encourages students to use the Anthro Gives Back website to find a charity that helps the community that they study or work in, and to make a charitable donation as a way to not only support wonderful causes, but to also think more critically about the impact that we as anthropologists and archaeologists have and can have on the lives of the people whose cultures and histories we study.

Many of the ASA council members have already pledged to make donations through this initiative, and we invite you to join us! We will begin to share our individual experiences with Anthro Gives Back shortly on our social media platforms, and we hope that we can inspire you to take part in this initiative as well!

2. Missed our last book sale? Don’t worry, we’re already having another one! Our first book sale of the new semester will be held on Wednesday, January 11 in the Sidney Smith lobby from 9-5. Come visit us and browse through our great collection of anthropology and archaeology books. Paperbacks are only $2 and hardcovers are $3!

We highly recommend checking it out if you’ve got new classes this semester but don’t want to pay full price for new textbooks; we carry older editions of select textbooks that are still used! We’ve attached our inventory of available books to this email so you can browse through the list at your own pace. See you at the sale!

3. Just one week after our book sale is the deadline for submissions to the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal! Submissions will be accepted up until midnight on Thursday, January 19.

Email submissions, along with an abstract, to auj.utoronto@gmail.com. You can click here to view the full guidelines for submissions.

4. The 2015/2016 Anthropology Undergraduate Journal is finally available to view and buy! The journal can be download online for free by clicking here. Physical copies are only $10 and available for purchase upon request. Email auj.utoronto@gmail.com if you would like to request one!

5. We’re happy to share a very exciting job opportunity with all of you:

Assistants are needed for a PhD project in NW Madagascar (Ankarafantsika National Park). Ankarafantsika is one of a handful of rare Tropical Dry Forests that harbour unique flora and fauna, including eight lemur species. The assistant will aid in a capture-mark-recapture study of mouse lemurs (the smallest living primates) in fragmented habitats. Work will involve setting traps at night, waking up early in the morning to locate animals, and processing captured animals in the afternoon. Conditions will be rough as camp is very remote: no running water, limited electricity, little to no access to internet or phones.

Camp is remote, but near several fun destinations including Mahajanga and Nosy Be on the Indian Ocean.

Motivated assistants will gain valuable research and technical experience in one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet and the possibility of co-authorship on scientific manuscripts.

The term of appointment is 1-3 months between May-November 2017, and the application deadline is ongoing until the positions are filled.

Click here to apply and to read more about this great opportunity.

6. Do you have any sort of field experience in anthropology? If you have photos from your field school or other field experience (even ICMs or lab work), consider submitting a photo to our In the Field Fridays series on Instagram! Either direct message our Instagram account or email us at asa.students@utoronto.ca with the photo and a little bit of information about your experience. We’ll make a post around your photo to feature you and your field work!

7. And finally, to finish off this month’s newsletter, we’ve got a great haiku for you:

Today I found shards.
Tomorrow I’ll find more shards.
Archaeology.

We hope you all have a wonderful first full week back and that 2017 is your best year ever!

We have a number of fun events coming up in the month of November, and all ASA Members are invited!

Join us on Wednesday, November 9 for our mid-term elections so we can consolidate the positions of appointed executive members. Voting will be held from 10-5 in the Anthropology Undergraduate Lounge.

We’re hosting a First-Year Seminar on Thursday, November 10. Have questions about pursuing a degree in anthropology? Not sure about programs of study, certain courses, field opportunities, or requirements? Join us for a seminar discussion to put your mind at ease and help you along your academic path. The seminar will be held from 5-6 in AP246.

The following week we’ll be holding an academic seminar on Thursday, November 17. Join us to hear Danii Desmarais discuss her current work with Inuvialiut clothing production and the social role that plays. It promises to be a great seminar! It will be held from 4-6 in AP246.

Following the academic seminar, also on Thursday, November 17, we will be hosting a pub night at the Reagle Beagle (335 Bloor St. W.). Join us at the Reagle Beagle for a night of socializing with members of the ASA  and other anthropology students. Plus, look forward to some drinks on the house! We’ll all be having fun at the pub from 8pm onwards!

We hope to see some new faces at events this November, so come on out and bring your friends!

Anthropology Students!

We have just released the Course Feedback Surveys for Winter 2016! This is your chance as a student to provide important feedback on Anthropology undergraduate courses and contribute to developing a very important resource for future students!

The final date to submit Course Feedback Surveys is March 29th, 2016.