BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//104.25.119.12//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.anthropology-news.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20201101T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20210314T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-74841@www.anthropology-news.org DTSTAMP:20200120T235343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Call for Submissions CONTACT:admin@therai.org.uk\; https://www.therai.org.uk/conferences/art-mat eriality-and-representation DESCRIPTION:ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE\nMAJOR CONFERENCE: ART\, MATERI ALITY AND REPRESENTATION\nBRITISH MUSEUM/SOAS 1st-3rd JUNE 2018\nCALL FOR PANEL PROPOSALS\n\n\nWe are very pleased to announce the call for panel pr oposals for the fourth of the RAI’s recent major conferences. As before\, it will be jointly organised by the RAI and the BM’s Department for Africa \, Oceania and the Americas\, and held in the Clore Centre of the British Museum. We are also very pleased to be joined by the Department of Anthrop ology at the School of Oriental and African Studies\, where a portion of t he break-out rooms for the conference panels will be located in the newly refurbished Paul Webley Wing of Senate House.The RAI welcomes panel propos als on any of the themes below. However\, it would not wish to restrict an y potential suggestion\, and proposals are welcome on any aspect of the th eme\, whether theoretical or ethnographic. Proposals from any of the sub-f ields of anthropology (social anthropology\, biological anthropology\, arc haeology or linguistics) are welcome\, as are those which draw across disc iplines. We would particularly welcome proposals from the museum world\, e specially papers that reconsider the relationship between museums and anth ropology today and in the past.\nAmongst the possible areas which may be c onsidered are:\n\n\nRecent debates in materiality\, representation and rel ationality.\nPerformance and aesthetics\nHeritage\, transmission and ident ity\nArt as ethnographic resource\nThe anthropology of creativity and art \nThe visual perception of art and recent developments in understanding it s biological basis\nArt\, craft\, technology and the reinvention of tradit ion in tourist art.\nThe changing relationship between archaeology\, excav ation\, nationalism and identity.\nRecent developments in the anthropology of art\, including ethnographic or anthropological analysis of western an d non-western art traditions\, whether historical or  contemporary.\nArt\, materiality and material culture\nThe anthropology of art in the archaeol ogical record\, including prehistory.\nThe changing place of art in specif ic geographic locations.\nCommoditisation of non-western art traditions in the west and the place of anthropology and anthropologists within that pr ocess.\nCurating and curators\, and the interface between museums and acad emic departments historically and today.\nCultural property\, ownership an d representation of ethnographic objects\nEthnographic museums and their f utures\, including the consideration of indigenous museums.\nAuthenticity and the politics of representation\nCraftsmanship\, apprenticeship\, and l earning to become an artist.\nThe consideration or reconsideration of the contribution of particular scholars in the anthropology of art.\n\nProposa ls for panels should be made by 30 June 2017 on the conference web-site\, which may be found https://www.therai.org.uk/conferences/art-materiality-a nd-representation alongside an indication of the conference fees.\n\nInfor mal inquiries may be made to admin@therai.org.uk DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170701 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Royal Anthropological Institute Major Conference: Art\, Materiality and Representation CFP URL:https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/event/royal-anthropological -institute-major-conference-art-materiality-and-representation-cfp/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INS TITUTE
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We are very pleased to announce the call for panel proposals for the fourth of the RAI ’s recent major conferences. As before\, it will be jointly organised by t he RAI and the BM’s Department for Africa\, Oceania and the Americas\, and held in the Clore Centre of the British Museum. We are also very pleased to be joined by the Department of Anthropology at the School of Oriental a nd African Studies\, where a portion of the break-out rooms for the confer ence panels will be located in the newly refurbished Paul Webley Wing of S enate House.The RAI welcomes panel proposals on any of the themes below. H owever\, it would not wish to restrict any potential suggestion\, and prop osals are welcome on any aspect of the theme\, whether theoretical or ethn ographic. Proposals from any of the sub-fields of anthropology (social ant hropology\, biological anthropology\, archaeology or linguistics) are welc ome\, as are those which draw across disciplines. We would particularly we lcome proposals from the museum world\, especially papers that reconsider the relationship between museums and anthropology today and in the past.\n

Amongst the possible areas which may be considered are:

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Proposals for panels should b e made by 30 June 2017 on the conference web-site\, which may be found https://www.therai.org.uk/conf erences/art-materiality-and-representation alongside an indication of the conference fees.
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\nInformal inquiries may be made to a dmin@therai.org.uk\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,materiality\,Panel proposals\,representation\,Ro yal Anthropological Institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-77614@www.anthropology-news.org DTSTAMP:20200120T235343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Call For Papers\,Call for Submissions CONTACT:migration.ruppinconference@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Ruppin Academic Center\, Israel\nMay 14–16\, 2018\nCall for Pap ers\nOver recent decades a growing number of countries across the globe ha ve encountered major challenges related to migration\, emigration and inte gration of immigrants. The 2018 Ruppin International Conference will focus on causes and consequences of migration in a changing global world. Issue s related to the rising flows of various types of immigrants\, including l abor migrants\, asylum seekers and refugees will be addressed and discusse d by researchers\, policy makers\, practitioners and social scientists fro m a variety of disciplines across the world. Similar to other countries\, the State of Israel\, which marks its 70th anniversary this year\, faces s ignificant challenges as related to integration of the various types of im migrants in society. The Israeli immigration experience will be discussed and evaluated within a comparative framework and in relations to the immig ration experience of other countries whether immigrant societies or nation -states. The Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Int egration will focus on migration issues both at the global and local level s.\nThe Institute for Immigration and Social Integration at Ruppin Academi c Center in cooperation with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) an d the International Metropolis Project invites proposals for papers on a b road range of themes related to migration and integration on the following broadly defined topics:\n● Immigration and globalization\n● Immigrants in tegration in nation states\n● Immigration and social policy\n● Immigrants in the labor market of the host society\n● Immigrants in the economic aren a\n● Refugees and asylum seekers\n● Immigrants and Remittances\n● Life sto ries of immigrants\n● Social and educational aspects of immigration and in tegration\n● Cultural aspects of immigration and integration (language\, i dentity)\n● Social-psychological aspects of immigration\n● Attitudes and p ublic views toward immigrants\n● Immigrants in the city\n● Immigration and the third sector/NGOs\n● Health and well-being of immigrants\n● Immigrant communities\n● Service development for migrants\n● Criminalization of mig ration\nPapers on related topics but not included in the list will also be also considered.\nWe welcome proposals from academics\, field experts\, a nd policy makers.\nSubmission procedure:\nAbstracts should be no more than 250 words long\, for a paper of 20 minutes duration\, and include the pap er title\, author name and title\, institutional affiliation\, and abstrac t. Abstracts should be sent to the organizers to the following e-mail addr ess:\nmigration.ruppinconference@gmail.com by November 10\, 2017.\nThe abs tracts will be evaluated by an international academic committee chaired by Prof. Moshe Semyonov.\nAnswers Acceptance decisions and detailed informat ion about registration\, accommodations and travel arrangements will be se nt back by December 10\, 2017.\nUpon acceptance of the paper\, we will req uire a brief biographical note (approximately 60 words).\nThe conference w ill start on May 14th 2018 with professional study tours and a reception e vent.\nThe Institute for Immigration & Social Integration\nRuppin Academic Center\nProf. Moshe Semyonov\, Conference Chair\nDr. Karin Amit\, Confere nce Academic Coordinator\nMs. Nivi Dayan\, Head of the Institute for Immig ration & Social Integration DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171111 GEO:+31.046051;+34.851612 LOCATION:Ruppin Academic Center\, @ Israel SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Migration in a Changing Global World URL:https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/event/migration-in-a-changi ng-global-world/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

Ruppin Academic Center\, Israel
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Over recent decades a growing number of cou ntries across the globe have encountered major challenges related to migra tion\, emigration and integration of immigrants. The 2018 Ruppin Internati onal Conference will focus on causes and consequences of migration in a ch anging global world. Issues related to the rising flows of various types o f immigrants\, including labor migrants\, asylum seekers and refugees will be addressed and discussed by researchers\, policy makers\, practitioners and social scientists from a variety of disciplines across the world. Sim ilar to other countries\, the State of Israel\, which marks its 70th anniv ersary this year\, faces significant challenges as related to integration of the various types of immigrants in society. The Israeli immigration exp erience will be discussed and evaluated within a comparative framework and in relations to the immigration experience of other countries whether imm igrant societies or nation-states. The Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration will focus on migration issues both at the global and local levels.

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The Institute for Immigration and Soc ial Integration at Ruppin Academic Center in cooperation with the Associat ion for Canadian Studies (ACS) and the International Metropolis Project in vites proposals for papers on a broad range of themes related to migration and integration on the following broadly defined topics:

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● Immigration and globalization
\n● Immigrants i ntegration in nation states
\n● Immigration and social policy
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\n● Immigrants i n the economic arena
\n● Refugees and asylum seekers
\n● Immigra nts and Remittances
\n● Life stories of immigrants
\n● Social an d educational aspects of immigration and integration
\n● Cultural asp ects of immigration and integration (language\, identity)
\n● Social- psychological aspects of immigration
\n● Attitudes and public views t oward immigrants
\n● Immigrants in the city
\n● Immigration and the third sector/NGOs
\n● Health and well-being of immigrants
\n ● Immigrant communities
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Submission p rocedure:

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Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long\, for a paper of 20 minutes duration\, and include the paper title\, author name a nd title\, institutional affiliation\, and abstract. Abstracts should be s ent to the organizers to the following e-mail address:
\nm igration.ruppinconference@gmail.com by November 10\, 2017.

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The abstracts will be evaluated by an international academic committee chaire d by Prof. Moshe Semyonov.

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Answers Acceptance decisions and detail ed information about registration\, accommodations and travel arrangements will be sent back by December 10\, 2017.

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Upon acceptance of the p aper\, we will require a brief biographical note (approximately 60 words).

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The conference will start on May 14th 2018 with professional stud y tours and a reception event.

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The Institute for Immigration & Soc ial Integration
\nRuppin Academic Center
\nProf. Moshe Semyonov\ , Conference Chair
\nDr. Karin Amit\, Conference Academic Coordinator
\nMs. Nivi Dayan\, Head of the Institute for Immigration & Social In tegration

\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:call for papers\,CFP\,globalization\,Migration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-78818@www.anthropology-news.org DTSTAMP:20200120T235343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Call for Submissions CONTACT:http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html DESCRIPTION:Closing Date: Tuesday 1 May 2018\nThe African Critical Inquiry Programme invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public c ultural institutions in South Africa to organize a workshop to take place in 2019. The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) seeks to advance in quiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture\, public c ultural institutions and public scholarship in shaping identities and soci ety in Africa.\nACIP Workshops are intended as annual occasions to identif y and address critical themes\, fundamental questions and pressing practic al issues concerning public culture. For instance\, Workshops might focus on particular notions and issues related to publics\, visuality\, museums and exhibitions\, art\, performance\, representational or institutional fo rms from methodological\, practical\, and theoretical vantages. They might examine forms and practices of public scholarship and the theories\, hist ories and systems of thought that shape and illuminate public culture and public scholarship. Workshops should encourage comparative\, interdiscipli nary and cross-institutional interchange and reflection that brings into c onversation public scholarship in Africa\, creative cultural production\, and critical theory. Workshop budgets will vary depending on proposed plan s\; the maximum award is ZAR 60\,000.\nApplications may be submitted by ex perienced scholars and cultural practitioners based in universities\, muse ums\, and other cultural organizations in South Africa who are interested in creating or reinvigorating interdisciplinary\, cross-institutional enga gement and understanding and who are committed to training the next genera tions of scholar-practitioners. Applications may be submitted by a single individual or a pair of individuals who have different institutional affil iations and bring different perspectives\, approaches or specializations t o the proposed Workshop theme.\nFor full information about this opportunit y and how to apply\, see the full Call for Proposals listed under “ACIP Op portunities” on our website: http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.ht ml. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180502 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:African Critical Inquiry Programme Call for Proposals to Organize a Workshop URL:https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/event/african-critical-inqu iry-programme-call-for-proposals-to-organize-a-workshop-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

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The African Critical In quiry Programme invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in pu blic cultural institutions in South Africa to organize a workshop to take place in 2019. The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) seeks to adva nce inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture\, pu blic cultural institutions and public scholarship in shaping identities an d society in Africa.

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ACIP Workshops are intended as annual occasio ns to identify and address critical themes\, fundamental questions and pre ssing practical issues concerning public culture. For instance\, Workshops might focus on particular notions and issues related to publics\, visuali ty\, museums and exhibitions\, art\, performance\, representational or ins titutional forms from methodological\, practical\, and theoretical vantage s. They might examine forms and practices of public scholarship and the th eories\, histories and systems of thought that shape and illuminate public culture and public scholarship. Workshops should encourage comparative\, interdisciplinary and cross-institutional interchange and reflection that brings into conversation public scholarship in Africa\, creative cultural production\, and critical theory. Workshop budgets will vary depending on proposed plans\; the maximum award is ZAR 60\,000.

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Applications ma y be submitted by experienced scholars and cultural practitioners based in universities\, museums\, and other cultural organizations in South Africa who are interested in creating or reinvigorating interdisciplinary\, cros s-institutional engagement and understanding and who are committed to trai ning the next generations of scholar-practitioners. Applications may be su bmitted by a single individual or a pair of individuals who have different institutional affiliations and bring different perspectives\, approaches or specializations to the proposed Workshop theme.

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For full inform ation about this opportunity and how to apply\, see the full Call for Prop osals listed under “ACIP Opportunities” on our website: http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html.

\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:art\,Call for Proposals\,method\,Museums\,performance \,practice\,publics\,theory\,visuality END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-78608@www.anthropology-news.org DTSTAMP:20200120T235343Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Call for Submissions CONTACT:tklein@srifoundation.org\; mailto:tklein@srifoundation.org DESCRIPTION:Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis\nAdministered through th e SRI Foundation\nSynopsis of Program\nThis solicitation represents the in itial effort of the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS\; http:// archsynth.org) to promote collaborative synthesis in archaeology. CfAS sol icits proposals for working groups that\, through collaborative synthetic research\, will address a substantive archaeological problem and produce i ntellectual products that will benefit the discipline and products that wi ll inform public policy or benefit relevant publics. Funding will be provi ded for travel\, meals\, lodging\, and conference facilities for working g roups of no more than 8 individuals to meet face-to-face 3 times within a period of 2 years in a setting that is conducive to collaboration.\nPropos al Deadline: January 15\, 2018\, 5PM MST\nExpected Awards: 2\nAward Amount s: CfAS will pay a maximum of $50\,000 in workshop expenses for each proje ct. \nAward Announcement: about March 1\, 2018\nContact: Questions concern ing this Request for Proposals (RFP) should be sent to Mr. Terry Klein\, E xecutive Director\, SRI Foundation\, at tklein@srifoundation.org.\nBackgro und\nFor more than a century\, archaeologists have diligently discovered\, documented\, analyzed\, and curated our collective past. The pace of arch aeological work increased dramatically in the last 50 years in response to public mandates and laws to identify and protect important vestiges of th e past. Although this rich store of data has been critical to documenting long-term trajectories of numerous human societies\, it has the potential to do much more. Archaeological data can be key to expanding scientific un derstandings of human social dynamics\, redressing injustices of the past\ , empowering local and descendant communities\, and aiding in the formulat ion of solutions to contemporary problems.\nSynthetic research is not new to archaeology. However\, collaborative synthetic research\, as conducted by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)\, is not part of the discipline’s standard practice\, even though it has been a powerful driver for advancing interdisciplinary scientific research in ot her fields (Carpenter et al. 2009\; Hackett et al. 2008 ). We believe that key features of the NCEAS model can be productively employed in archaeolo gy.\nThe Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) has been formed for the purpose of advancing synthetic research using the working group model pioneered by NCEAS. The rationale behind and the vision of the Coalition is articulated in two articles: Fostering Synthesis in Archaeology to Adva nce Science and Benefit Society (Altschul et al. 2017) and Fostering Colla borative Synthetic Research in Archaeology (Altschul et al.\, in press). A s this competition is intended to put into practice the collaborative rese arch model laid out in those articles\, applicants are strongly encouraged to consult them.\nIn this model\, collaborative synthetic research is com pleted by small working groups that embody considerable intellectual diver sity. Over 2 years\, the working group will be funded to meet 3 times for intensive research sessions of 5 working days. In between\, team members w ill continue to collaborate remotely. The working group will integrate mul tiple perspectives and multiple sources of data to generate explanatory in sights that are impossible to achieve through the study of a single case o r from a single perspective. Source and synthesized data products must be made available in an open access\, digital repository by the end of the pr oject.\nTwo synthesis projects employing these features are expected to be funded under this solicitation. The CfAS awards will fund the travel and meeting costs of working group sessions at a partner facility\, and will c over the costs of using these facilities along with modest digital reposit ory costs. No new field or laboratory work will be funded.\nProposal Submi ssion\, Evaluation\, and Awards\nProposal Submission\nProposals must be su bmitted electronically to tklein@srifoundation.org by January 15\, 2018\, 5PM MST. Proposals shall be submitted in a single pdf or Microsoft Word do cument\, with pages having 1”margins and at least an 11 point font size.\n Who May Submit Proposals \nProposals are to be submitted by the Organizer of a proposed working group. While the facilities and services of the orga nizations with which the participants are affiliated may be relevant to th e proposal evaluation\, the proposals themselves do not come from these or ganizations.\nProposal Sections\nEach proposal must have each of the follo wing sections and subsections\n\nTitle Page\n\nProject title.\nOrganizer n ame\, institutional affiliation\, relevant areas of expertise\, email addr ess\, and phone contact information.\nList of proposed working group membe rs\, with institutional affiliations\, relevant areas of expertise\, and e mail addresses.\nProject summary of no more than 250 words suitable for th e public (to be posted on CfAS website for successful applications).\n\n\n Proposal Body (no more than 10 pages total\, inclusive of figures\, tables \, and references).\n\nAll the following subsections should be included\, though they need not appear in this order and may be organized hierarchica lly in any logical manner.\n2.1 Statement of the problem\nResponses to the RFP must articulate a problem whose solution would have substantial intel lectual impacts and significant implications for public policy or other si gnificant public benefits.  For example\, as conceived by the review commi ttee\, a significant public benefit could include a community outreach pro gram\, a public exhibition\, the creation of economic or educational oppor tunities for relevant communities\, or policy statements or white papers f or government decision makers.\nProvide a concise statement of the problem along with relevant background information\, a justification for its sign ificance to the discipline\, and an argument for why its solution would ha ve relevance to public policy or may directly benefit a particular public. \n2.2 Strategy for attacking the problem\nDescribe a strategy and plan of work that conveys how the working group proposes to address the problem an d how it plans to produce both professional and public products. This migh t include\, for example\, a schedule of project milestones and a list of o bjectives for each of the face to face meetings. Include also a discussion of how the working group efforts would proceed between face-to-face meeti ngs and what virtual collaboration technologies will be employed.\n2.3 Pro posed workshop participants\nProposals will identify no less than 4 and no more than 8 individuals to comprise a working group able to produce synth etic results that transcend their individual talents\, skills\, and expert ise. A key feature of these working groups is that they must have consider able intellectual diversity. Working groups must have individuals at diffe rent (a) institutions and (b) career stages and in different (c) job setti ngs (e.g.\, academic\, CRM\, government\, museum)\, and will usually have members from (d) fields other than archaeology. Working groups composed of (e) individuals who have not collaborated extensively in the past are pre ferred. Provide an overall assessment of the team’s diversity with respect to these five criteria. The proposal should include a list of the propose d working group members. For each member provide a brief justification of their relevance\, and if group members have worked together in the past\, provide a brief statement on the extent of this past collaboration.\n2.4 A nalysis-ready data sources\nWorking groups are expected to employ a wide r ange of data resources including CRM and other under-utilized sources. It is also expected that not all potential data sources will have been identi fied when the proposal is submitted. Nonetheless\, the proposal should ide ntify a set of initial data sources to be used\, including their strengths \, weaknesses\, and availability. It should also describe the steps that w ill be taken to identify other relevant data. Typically the data will deri ve from more than one geographical region. All source data must be freely available in a public repository or deposited in such a repository by the end of the project. No new field or laboratory work will be funded.\n2.5 E xpected professional products and data availability\nDescribe the intended professional products (e.g. publications\, professional meeting presentat ions). Also\, indicate the intended digital repository for source (unless already deposited in a public digital repository) and synthesized data pro ducts. Suggested repositories include tDAR\, ADS\, or Open Context (simply having the data available on a university or company server is not accept able). The proposal should explicitly articulate metrics for professional success.\n2.6 Expected public products\nDescribe the intended public produ cts along with any institutional resources available to the workshop parti cipants that could help effect public benefits (e.g.\, a university or NGO ’s\, government affairs or public relations office or an associated museum ). The proposal should explicitly articulate metrics for success in the pu blic sphere. CfAS cannot provide direct funding for these efforts outside of the working group meetings.\n\nReferences Cited\n\nList of references c ited in the proposal body.\n\nBiographical Sketch for the Organizer\n\nA b iographical sketch for the Organizer (only)\, with a maximum length of 2 p ages. The bio sketch should include\, at a minimum\, recent professional p ositions\, education\, and a selection of references to relevant publicati ons. The format specified by NSF is acceptable but not required.\n\nBudget ary Notes\n\nA budget is not required as most expenses will be paid direct ly by CfAS (see Award Information\, below). However\, indicate in this sec tion any working group participants who would be expected to incur unusual ly high travel expenses\, such as international travel. In all cases\, pro vide an anticipated cost for repository services. Modest costs for digital repository services will be paid by CfAS.\n\nAttachments\n\nAttach a copy of a letter or email from each working group member indicating that indiv idual’s agreement to participate if the proposal is funded. No other attac hments may be included.\nReview and Selection Process\nThe proposals will be evaluated by a review panel using the evaluation criteria listed below. In writing a proposal\, bear in mind that some review panel members may n ot be archaeologists. The review panel will make a recommendation to the S RI Foundation Board of Directors who will make a final determination on th e awards. (The SRI Foundation serves as the current administrative home of CfAS.) Award conditions will be negotiated between the working group Orga nizer and Terry Klein\, Executive Director of the SRI Foundation. Proposal s not satisfying the proposal requirements specified here may be rejected without evaluation.\nProposal Evaluation Criteria\nEach proposal will be e valuated on the extent to which it conveys a convincing plan for collabora tive research that will creatively and effectively address an important pr oblem and produce valuable professional and public products by integrating multiple perspectives in synthesizing extant archaeological data. Each of the 6 sections of the Proposal Body (2.1-2.6\, above) will be separately evaluated by the reviewers\, who will also provide an overall assessment o f the proposal.\nAward Information\nDirect monetary awards will not be mad e.  Instead\, CfAS will pay directly for the conference facility\, lodging \, and meals during the working group meeting. CfAS will reimburse individ uals for reasonable travel expenses. This would include\, for example\, tr ansportation to and from the origin airport\, advance-purchase coach airfa re\, transportation from the destination airport to the conference facilit y\, and meal expenses (at a standard General Services Administration [GSA] rate) during travel. If reimbursement represents a problem\, it may be po ssible to arrange an advance or for CfAS to purchase plane tickets directl y.\nCfAS reserves the right to negotiate with a potential awardee concerni ng the proposed approach. The number of participants may be limited based on unusually high anticipated travel costs (e.g.\, due to a number of fore ign participants). As discussed in the Proposal Evaluation Criteria above\ , CfAS is committed to the idea that the working groups represent consider able diversity and as a result may negotiate the participant list.\nProgre ss Reporting \nWithin 2 months after each in-person meeting\, the working group organizer must submit a brief letter report describing the meeting a nd project progress and outcomes to Terry Klein at tklein@srifoundation.or g.\nEffect of Submitting a Proposal\nBy submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposals\, the applicant submitting the proposal ackn owledges that proposals may be submitted by other applicants and that CfAS is under no legal obligation to select an applicant’s proposal. Applicant s submitting proposals further acknowledge that CfAS’ decision as to whom to grant an award is final\, binding and non-appealable.\nReferences Cited \nAltschul\, Jeffrey H.\, Keith W. Kintigh\, Terry H. Klein\, William H. D oelle\, Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin\, Sarah A. Herr\, Timothy A. Kohler\, Barbar a J. Mills\, Lindsay M. Montgomery\, Margaret C. Nelson\, Scott G. Ortman\ , John N. Parker\, Matthew A. Peeples\, and Jeremy A. Sabloff\n2017. Foste ring Synthetic Research in Archaeology to Advance Science and Benefit Soci ety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (in press).\n2018. Fo stering Collaborative Synthetic Research in Archaeology. Advances in Archa eological Practice (in press).\nCarpenter\, E.V.\, P. Armbrust\, F.S. Arzb erger\, I. Chapin\, J. Elser\, E. Hackett\, A. Ives\, P. Kareiva\, M. Leib old\, P. Lundberg\, M. Mangel\, N. Merchant\, W.W. Murdoch\, M.A. Palmer\, D. Peters\, S.T.A. Pickett\, K.K. Smith\, D.H. Wall\, A.S. Zimmerman\n200 9. Accelerate Synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Bioscience 59(8): 699–701.\nHackett\, Edward J.\, John N. Parker\, David Conz\, Diana Rhoten\, and Andrew Parker\n2008. Ecology Transformed: The National Cente r for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Changing Patterns of Ecolo gical Research. In Scientific Collaboration on the Internet\, edited by Ga ry M. Olson\, Ann Zimmerman\, and Nathan Bos\, pp. 277–296. MIT Press\, Ca mbridge. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180115T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Request for Proposals: Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology URL:https://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/event/request-for-proposals -collaborative-synthesis-in-archaeology/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

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Administered through the < a href='http://srifoundation.org'>SRI Foundation

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Syn opsis of Program

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This solicitation represents the initial effo rt of the Co alition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS\; http://archsynth.org) to promote collaborative synthesis in archaeology. CfAS solicits proposals for workin g groups that\, through collaborative synthetic research\, will address a substantive archaeological problem and produce intellectual products that will benefit the discipline and products that will inform public policy or benefit relevant publics. Funding will be provided for travel\, meals\, l odging\, and conference facilities for working groups of no more than 8 in dividuals to meet face-to-face 3 times within a period of 2 years in a set ting that is conducive to collaboration.

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Award Amounts: CfAS will pay a maximum of $50\,00 0 in workshop expenses for each project. 

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Award A nnouncement: about March 1\, 2018

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Contact: Questio ns concerning this Request for Proposals (RFP) should be sent to Mr. Terry Klein\, Executive Director\, SRI Foundation\, at tklein@srifoundation.org.

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Background< /p>\n

For more than a century\, archaeologists have diligently discovere d\, documented\, analyzed\, and curated our collective past. The pace of a rchaeological work increased dramatically in the last 50 years in response to public mandates and laws to identify and protect important vestiges of the past. Although this rich store of data has been critical to documenti ng long-term trajectories of numerous human societies\, it has the potenti al to do much more. Archaeological data can be key to expanding scientific understandings of human social dynamics\, redressing injustices of the pa st\, empowering local and descendant communities\, and aiding in the formu lation of solutions to contemporary problems.

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Synthetic research i s not new to archaeology. However\, collaborative synthetic research\, as conducted by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)\, is not pa rt of the discipline’s standard practice\, even though it has been a power ful driver for advancing interdisciplinary scientific research in other fi elds (Carpenter et al. 2009\; Hackett et al. 2008 ). We believe that key f eatures of the NCEAS model can be productively employed in archaeology.

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The Co alition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) has been formed for the pu rpose of advancing synthetic research using the working group model pionee red by NCEAS. The rationale behind and the vision of the Coalition i s articulated in two articles: Fostering Synthesis in Archaeology to Advance Science and Benefit Society (Altschul et al. 2017) and Fostering Collaborative Synthetic Research in Archaeology (A ltschul et al.\, in press). As this competition is intended to put i nto practice the collaborative research model laid out in those articles\, applicants are strongly encouraged to consult them.

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In thi s model\, collaborative synthetic research is completed by small working g roups that embody considerable intellectual diversity. Over 2 years\, the working group will be funded to meet 3 times for intensive research sessio ns of 5 working days. In between\, team members will continue to collabora te remotely. The working group will integrate multiple perspectives and mu ltiple sources of data to generate explanatory insights that are impossibl e to achieve through the study of a single case or from a single perspecti ve. Source and synthesized data products must be made available in an open access\, digital repository by the end of the project.

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Two synthe sis projects employing these features are expected to be funded under this solicitation. The CfAS awards will fund the travel and meeting costs of w orking group sessions at a partner facility\, and will cover the costs of using these facilities along with modest digital repository costs. No new field or laboratory work will be funded.

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Proposal Submissi on\, Evaluation\, and Awards

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Proposal Submission\n

Proposals must be submitted electronically to tklein@srifoundation.org by January 15\, 2018\, 5 PM MST. Proposals shall be submitted in a single pdf or Microsoft Word doc ument\, with pages having 1”margins and at least an 11 point font size.

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Who May Submit Proposals

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Proposals are to be submitt ed by the Organizer of a proposed working group. While the facilities and services of the organizations with which the participants are affiliated m ay be relevant to the proposal evaluation\, the proposals themselves do no t come from these organizations.

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Proposal Sections

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Each pr oposal must have each of the following sections and subsections

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    1. Project title.
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    2. Organizer name\, inst itutional affiliation\, relevant areas of expertise\, email address\, and phone contact information.
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    3. List of proposed working group member s\, with institutional affiliations\, relevant areas of expertise\, and em ail addresses.
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    4. Project summary of no more than 250 words suitabl e for the public (to be posted on CfAS website for successful applications ).
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  2. Proposal Body (no more than 10 pages total\, in clusive of figures\, tables\, and references).
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All the fol lowing subsections should be included\, though they need not appear in thi s order and may be organized hierarchically in any logical manner.

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2.1 Statement of the problem

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Responses to the RF P must articulate a problem whose solution would have substantial intellec tual impacts and significant implications for public policy or other signi ficant public benefits.  For example\, as conceived by the review committe e\, a significant public benefit could include a community outreach progra m\, a public exhibition\, the creation of economic or educational opportun ities for relevant communities\, or policy statements or white papers for government decision makers.

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Provide a concise statement of the pro blem along with relevant background information\, a justification for its significance to the discipline\, and an argument for why its solution woul d have relevance to public policy or may directly benefit a particular pub lic.

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2.2 Strategy for attacking the problem

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Describe a strategy and plan of work that conveys how the working group proposes to address the problem and how it plans to produce both professi onal and public products. This might include\, for example\, a schedule of project milestones and a list of objectives for each of the face to face meetings. Include also a discussion of how the working group efforts would proceed between face-to-face meetings and what virtual collaboration tech nologies will be employed.

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2.3 Proposed workshop participa nts

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Proposals will identify no less than 4 and no more th an 8 individuals to comprise a working group able to produce synthetic res ults that transcend their individual talents\, skills\, and expertise. A k ey feature of these working groups is that they must have considerable int ellectual diversity. Working groups must have individuals at differ ent (a) institutions and (b) career stages and in different (c) job settin gs (e.g.\, academic\, CRM\, government\, museum)\, and will usually have m embers from (d) fields other than archaeology. Working groups composed of (e) individuals who have not collaborated extensively in the past are pref erred. Provide an overall assessment of the team’s diversity with respect to these five criteria. The proposal should include a list of the proposed working group members. For each member provide a brief justification of t heir relevance\, and if group members have worked together in the past\, p rovide a brief statement on the extent of this past collaboration.

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2.4 Analysis-ready data sources

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Working groups a re expected to employ a wide range of data resources including CRM and oth er under-utilized sources. It is also expected that not all potential data sources will have been identified when the proposal is submitted. Nonethe less\, the proposal should identify a set of initial data sources to be us ed\, including their strengths\, weaknesses\, and availability. It should also describe the steps that will be taken to identify other relevant data . Typically the data will derive from more than one geographical region. A ll source data must be freely available in a public repository or deposite d in such a repository by the end of the project. No new field or laborato ry work will be funded.

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2.5 Expected professional p roducts and data availability

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Describe the intended profe ssional products (e.g. publications\, professional meeting presentations). Also\, indicate the intended digital repository for source (unless alread y deposited in a public digital repository) and synthesized data products. Suggested repositories include tDAR\, ADS\, or Open Context (simply havin g the data available on a university or company server is not acceptable). The proposal should explicitly articulate metrics for professional succes s.

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2.6 Expected public products

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Describe the intended public products along with any institutional resources availa ble to the workshop participants that could help effect public benefits (e .g.\, a university or NGO’s\, government affairs or public relations offic e or an associated museum). The proposal should explicitly articulate metr ics for success in the public sphere. CfAS cannot provide direct funding f or these efforts outside of the working group meetings.

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  1. References Cited
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List of references cited in the pr oposal body.

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  1. Biographical Sketch for the O rganizer
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A biographical sketch for the Organizer (only)\, with a maximum length of 2 pages. The bio sketch should include\, at a min imum\, recent professional positions\, education\, and a selection of refe rences to relevant publications. The format specified by NSF is acceptable but not required.

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\n< p>A budget is not required as most expenses will be paid directly by CfAS (see Award Information\, below). However\, indicate in this section any wo rking group participants who would be expected to incur unusually high tra vel expenses\, such as international travel. In all cases\, provide an ant icipated cost for repository services. Modest costs for digital repository services will be paid by CfAS.

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Attach a copy of a letter or email from each working group mem ber indicating that individual’s agreement to participate if the proposal is funded. No other attachments may be included.

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Review an d Selection Process

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The proposals will be evaluated by a review panel using the evaluation criteria listed below. In writing a prop osal\, bear in mind that some review panel members may not be archaeologis ts. The review panel will make a recommendation to the SRI Foundation Boar d of Directors who will make a final determination on the awards. (The SRI Foundation serves as the current administrative home of CfAS.) Award cond itions will be negotiated between the working group Organizer and Terry Kl ein\, Executive Director of the SRI Foundation. Proposals not satisfying t he proposal requirements specified here may be rejected without evaluation .

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Proposal Evaluation Criteria

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Each propo sal will be evaluated on the extent to which it conveys a convincing plan for collaborative research that will creatively and effectively address an important problem and produce valuable professional and public products b y integrating multiple perspectives in synthesizing extant archaeological data. Each of the 6 sections of the Proposal Body (2.1-2.6\, above) will b e separately evaluated by the reviewers\, who will also provide an overall assessment of the proposal.

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Award Information

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Direct monetary awards will not be made.  Instead\, CfAS will pay di rectly for the conference facility\, lodging\, and meals during the workin g group meeting. CfAS will reimburse individuals for reasonable travel exp enses. This would include\, for example\, transportation to and from the o rigin airport\, advance-purchase coach airfare\, transportation from the d estination airport to the conference facility\, and meal expenses (at a st andard General Services Administration [GSA] rate) during travel. If reimb ursement represents a problem\, it may be possible to arrange an advance o r for CfAS to purchase plane tickets directly.

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CfAS reserves the r ight to negotiate with a potential awardee concerning the proposed approac h. The number of participants may be limited based on unusually high antic ipated travel costs (e.g.\, due to a number of foreign participants). As d iscussed in the Proposal Evaluation Criteria above\, CfAS is committed to the idea that the working groups represent considerable diversity and as a result may negotiate the participant list.

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Progress Reporting

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Within 2 months after each in-person meeting\, the working gr oup organizer must submit a brief letter report describing the meeting and project progress and outcomes to Terry Klein at tklein@srifoundation.org.

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Effect of Submit ting a Proposal

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By submitting a proposal in response to this R equest for Proposals\, the applicant submitting the proposal acknowledges that proposals may be submitted by other applicants and that CfAS is under no legal obligation to select an applicant’s proposal. Applicants submitt ing proposals further acknowledge that CfAS’ decision as to whom to grant an award is final\, binding and non-appealable.

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References Cited

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Altschul\, Jeffrey H.\, Keith W. Kintigh\, Terry H . Klein\, William H. Doelle\, Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin\, Sarah A. Herr\, Timo thy A. Kohler\, Barbara J. Mills\, Lindsay M. Montgomery\, Margaret C. Nel son\, Scott G. Ortman\, John N. Parker\, Matthew A. Peeples\, and Jeremy A . Sabloff

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2017. Fostering Synthetic Research in Archae ology to Advance Science and Benefit Society. Proceedings of the Nation al Academy of Sciences (in press).

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2018. Fostering Collaborati ve Synthetic Research in Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Practi ce (in press).

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Carpenter\, E.V.\, P. Armbrust\, F .S. Arzberger\, I. Chapin\, J. Elser\, E. Hackett\, A. Ives\, P. Kareiva\, M. Leibold\, P. Lundberg\, M. Mangel\, N. Merchant\, W.W. Murdoch\, M.A. Palmer\, D. Peters\, S.T.A. Pickett\, K.K. Smith\, D.H. Wall\, A.S. Zimmer man

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2009. Accelerate Synthesis in Ecology and Environm ental Sciences. Bioscience 59(8): 699–701.

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Hac kett\, Edward J.\, John N. Parker\, David Conz\, Diana Rhoten\, and Andrew Parker

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2008. Ecology Transformed: The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Changing Patterns of Ecolog ical Research. In Scientific Collaboration on the Internet\, edited by Gary M. Olson\, Ann Zimmerman\, and Nathan Bos\, pp. 277–296. MIT Pres s\, Cambridge.

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