UCSD Anthropology Club

Our first meeting of the year will be Friday of Week 1 at 4PM. Look for Pablo on the patio at Porter’s Pub. Hope to see you there!

This quarter, we’ve moved our meeting times to Fridays at 4PM - and as always, you can find us on the patio at the Pub. Feel free to drop by!

Well now you can, thanks to the Flint Knapping Workshop at the California Desert Studies Center! There are two three-day
workshops being held at the California Desert Studies Center (ZZYZX), one
in February and the second in March. For more info, check out the
brochures here!

Save the date - Anthroclub is planning a field trip to the Gibbons Center on Saturday, Feb. 21st! We have a 1.5 hour tour scheduled for 11AM, and the cost will be 10$ for entry and whatever you can pitch in for gas. Carpools will be arranged through the club. If you’d like to learn more about the Center, check out http://www.gibboncenter.org/, and if you’re interested in attending please please please RSVP to Jessica at jgranatz@ucsd.edu! And who knows, we might even go to Six Flags afterwards….

For all interested, Anthroclub will be meeting this quarter Fridays at 2PM on the patio at Porter’s. Look for Pablo the plastic skull on our table and bring a friend :)

The Anthro Club will be having a Welcome dinner on Thursday Oct. 9th. We will be going to an Eritrean restaurant in North Park called Asmara. The price range is about $10-15. The address is 4155 University Ave. Most of us are new to the club so this is an opportunity for everyone to get to know each other and try some new food.

We will be meeting at the parking lot by the Pub at 6:30pm on Thursday and driving over together. If you have any questions call Kelly 949.636.7116.

Turns out the meeting time will be as posted on the site. That’s 4:30pm on Fridays at the Pub. The first meeting will be this Friday 10/3. Please come and bring friends. We have some exciting events we would like to do, starting with a welcome back dinner at an Eritrean restaurant in North Park on Thurs. Oct. 9. (More info coming soon).

Also, We have some new officers. Jessica will be our events coordinator and Ellie will be our Secretary.

See you Friday at the Pub!

On Friday, September 19, 2008 there will be a symposium hosted by Carta. The topic of the symposium will be “Anthropogeny: Defining the Agenda. It will be from 1-5pm in the UCSD Price Center, East Ballroom. This is a free event but you must register. For more info here is the link: http://devel.anthropogeny.org/files/carta_sep08_postersmall.jpg

This will be a great way to start off the new school year! Please come if you are interested!

The contact and officer info on the website has been updated! We have a few positions open in the club for next year. If you are interested in being the secretary for the anthro club or if you can think of any other job you would like to do, please contact Kelly or Naomi.
We have some big plans for the club next year and would love more student involvement. If your not interested in a position and just want to hang out with some anthro people and see what we’re all about come to the meetings fall quarter (generally held at the pub, but all ages welcome)!
Messages will be sent out via the listserv when a time is set and will also be posted on the website.

Special Lecture in Anthropology: Kent Flannery

Why Did the Men’s House Give Way to the Temple?
A Comparison of Three Prehistoric Regions
Kent Flannery (The James B. Griffin Distinguished University Professor
of Anthropology, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan)

Monday, June 9, 1:00
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas

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Anthropology Departmental Colloquium: Joyce Marcus

Co-evolution of War and Society in Ancient Mexico
Joyce Marcus (The Robert L. Carneiro Distinguished University Professor
of Anthropology, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan)

Monday, June 9, 3:00
Deutz Conference Room, Institute of the Americas

C I N E M A N I A A N T H R O P O I D E A

THIS WEEK:

LICENSED TO KILL (1997)
Thursday, 5 June, 7 – 9 pm, Center Hall 216

Based on probing on-camera interviews with seven men serving time behind bars, Licensed to Kill goes behind the media headlines of anti-gay murders in order to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong explores the thoughts and
feelings of men convicted of killing gay men by facing them one-on-one in cellblock interviews and asking them directly why they did it. As
seen through the eyes of murderers, the film examines the social, political, and cultural environments of these men and poses the
question as to whether homophobia in society at-large granted them a “license to kill.” UCSD Psychologist Michael Gorman joins CINEMANIA ANTHROPOIDEA on this occasion in order to discuss the film and relevant
research on homophobia and arousal in men.

We hope to see you there this Thursday!

With the new Indiana Jones movie coming out this last week, I thought it might be nice to share a little insight into what, exactly, the crystal skulls are.

For more information you can check out the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
or for a more credible source, you can look at
the Archaeological institute of America’s write up on it (which was shared last meeting) http://www.archaeology.org/0805/etc/indy.html
or the British Museum website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/r/rock_crystal_skull.aspx
The British Museum currently displays some crystal skulls.

There will be no Club trip to see Indiana Jones latest installment(“You call that archaeology?!”) but rest assured that there will be a lively discussion of it at the next upcoming meeting.

As the school year winds down, it might be helpful to take a look at some job resources for the future.

Also, it might be helpful to speak to your favorite professor or graduate
student about the possibilities.

The following might be helpful as well…

Academic360’s job resource page:
http://www.academic360.com/faculty/listings.cfm?DiscID=86

The American Anthropology Association’s job website:
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/search.cfm?

Society for Medical Anthropology’s job website:
http://www.medanthro.net/jobs/index.html

American Association of Physical Anthropologists’ website:
http://www.physanth.org/careers/

ArchaeologyFieldwork’s resource page:
http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/forums/index.php

Society for American Archaeology’s job website:
http://www.saa.org/careers/index.html

Shovelbum’s (Archaeology) website:
http://www.shovelbums.org/

Hope you check these out and talk to career services or someone in the department if you need any help or have questions. Good luck. =)

The Archaeology graduate students will be presenting on Friday April 18, at 3:00 pm in the Mesoamerican Lab (Chem Research Building 315B).

The talks will be:
  * “Canton Corralito and the Gulf Olmec: Exploring Ethnicity through Material Culture”. David Cheetham, ASU & CSU-Longbeach
  * “Mother Culture” or “Sister Culture”? What Gamma Rays Tell Us About the Olmec”. Hector Neff, CSU-Longbeach

Light refreshments will be served, all welcome!

Stop by and support the graduates students. This is a great way to learn what research is going on at UCSD. And remember, that may be you someday presenting your findings.

This quarter we will be hosting a film series in conjunction with Professor Keith McNeal. Each movie will be followed by a discussion led by a faculty member.

BABOON TALES (1998) Thursday, 10 April, 7 – 9 pm, Center Hall 216
AVATARS OFFLINE (2002) Thursday, 24 April, 8 – 10 pm, Center Hall 214 TROBRIAND CRICKET: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1976) Thursday, 8 May, 7 – 9 pm, Center Hall 216
MARTHA AND ETHEL (1994) Thursday, 22 May, 7 – 9 pm, Center Hall 216 LICENSED TO KILL (1997) Thursday, 5 June, 7 – 9 pm, Center Hall 216

For more information about each film, please email Honore (hpedigo@ucsd.edu). Hope to see Thursdays at the series.

It took us a while, but we FINALLY have a new website. Check back regularly for updates; we are going to utilize our fabulous new website.

Many thanks to Brian Seward, site designer. (www.brianseward.com)

Alright, we’ve gotten some more info on the Scrolls exhibit. We’re going to try and get a group together to go on a weekday right after the exhibit opens. Here’s the info on the prices:

‘On a week day (Monday - Thursday) your rate will be $15 per person with a group of 10 or more. For a weekend day (Friday - Sunday and holidays) the rate will be $20 per person for a group of 10 or more. If you have people who want to join you that are not students, their rate would be $20 on a week day and $24 on a week end.’

I’m going to try and see if I can’t get us in for free, but for now I’m still looking for names of those who want to go. If you’re interested, please e-mail me at nogilvie@ucsd.edu. You don’t have to be in the club to come, so invite friends!

Well kids, summer is almost over, so it’s time to go back to school and fill your brains with knowledge only to be forgotten after the final! The first meeting of the quarter will be Thursday, September 27 at 4:30, still on the patio at the Pub. Come by and bring a friend!