SEA Book Prize

The Society for Economic Anthropology has a new book prize. The following awards were made for the first book prize:

Winner:

Karen Tranberg Hansen (Northwestern University) -- Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing in Zambia. University of Chicago Press (2000).

Honorable Mention: (unranked in alphabetical order)

Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld (University of Iowa) -- The Native Leisure Class: Consumption and Creativity in the Andes. University of Chicago Press (1999).

Marc Edelman (City Univeristy of New York) -- Peasants Against Globalization: Rural Social Movements in Costa Rica. Stanford University Press (1999).

William Fisher (College of William and Mary) -- Rain Forest Exchanges: Industry and Community on an Amazonian Frontier. Smithsonian Institution Press (2000).

Carla Freman (Emory University) -- High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women, Work, and Pink-Collar Identity in the Caribbean. Duke University Press (2000).

Congratulations!

The first book prize considered books published between 1999-2002. Subsequent awards will be made every two years. A three-person committee (Michael Chibnik - University of Iowa, Gracia Clark - Indiana University, Alan Smart - University of Calgary).

Thanks to the reviewers!

For more information, contact Michael Chibnik (michael_chibnik@uiowa.edu), SEA Book Prize Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.

Harold K. Schneider Student Paper Prize Competition

The Harold K. Schneider Prize Competition was established by the Society for Economic Anthropology to honor its first president and to encourage new scholars in the field of economic anthropology. Hal Schneider was best known for his pathbreaking research in Tanzania (Wahi Wanyaturu: Economics in and African Society, 1970; Livestock and Equality in East Africa: The Economic Basis for Social Structure, 1979; The Africans, 1981); his important contributions to theory in economic anthropology (Economic Man: The Anthropology of Economics, 1974; Economic Anthropology: Reading in Theory and Analysis, with E.E. Le Clair, Jr., 1968); and his dedication as a teacher at both Lawrence University and Indiana University.

Each year the Society for Economic Anthropology invites both undergraduate and graduate students to submit papers on any aspect of economic anthropology or economic archaeology. Papers should contain a central thesis or argument, and should be neither wholly descriptive nor wholly theoretical but, ideally, both.

Manuscripts should be no longer than 10,000 words, including footnotes and in American Anthropologist style. The winners in both the undergraduate and graduate categories will each receive a prize of $150, a certificate of achievement, a year's membership in the SEA, and the most recent SEA Monograph. Their paper will also be published in the SEA Newsletter and on the SEA Web site. And, they will be invited to present their papers at the annual spring meeting of the SEA in 2002. The winners' sponsors will receive an SEA volume along with a certificate recognising their excellence in teaching. All students who submit papers will receive a year's membership in the SEA.

Submissions must include both a single hard copy and electronic format. Electronic submissions must be sent as a single file attachment in Microsoft Word format. Please do not include your name in any headers or footers. All submissions must be accompanied by a supporting letter from a faculty sponsor.

The submission deadline for the 2004 competition is June 1, 2004. Send hard copies to:

Lynne Milgram
Chair, Schneider Prize Committee
Faculty of Liberal Studies
Ontario College of Art and Design
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, ON, CANADA M5T 1W1

Contact Phone: (416) 977-6000 Ext. 1680

Send electronic submissions to lmilgram@faculty.ocad.ca

Past Recipients

For additional information, please contact Lynne Milgram at (416) 977-600 ext. 680.