The SCA annually awards two prizes:
The Cultural Horizons Prize
For more than 25 years, the Society for Cultural Anthropology has been distinguished by having the largest graduate student membership of any section of the AAA. Recognizing that doctoral students are among the most experimentally minded--and often among the best read--of ethnographic writers, the SCA wants to know: Who is on your reading horizon?
This spirit gave rise to the "Cultural Horizons Prize," awarded yearly by a jury of doctoral students for the best article appearing in Cultural Anthropology. The Horizons Prize carries an honorarium of $500.The winner of the 2011 Horizons Prize is Jessica Cattelino for her article "The Double Bind of American Indian Need-Based Sovereignty."
Call for 2012 Graduate Student Jury Members
The Bateson Prize
The Society for Cultural Anthropology is pleased to announce the third edition of the Gregory Bateson Prize.
One of anthropology’s most distinguished experimental thinkers, Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) and his diverse body of work have long been emblematic of what the SCA was founded to promote: rich ethnographic analysis that engages the most current thinking across the arts and sciences. Welcoming a wide range of styles and argument, the Bateson Prize looks to reward work that is theoretically rich, ethnographically grounded, and in the spirit of the tradition for which the SCA has been known—interdisciplinary, experimental, and innovative.
The Bateson Prize is awarded annually at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association and carries a honorarium of $1000.
The 2012 Bateson Prize committee will consider books that privilege ethnographic analysis and anthropological thought from any disciplinary tradition. Books under consideration for the 2012 Prize must carry a copyright date of 2011; edited volumes and translations of previously published work will not be considered.
The deadline of receipt for submissions will be April 15, 2012. To submit an entry, publishers will be invited to send one copy of the book directly to each of three Bateson Committee members:
Brian Larkin
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
411D Milbank
Barnard College
New York, NY 10027
<blarkin@barnard.edu>
Arvind Rajagopal
Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
82 Washington Square East
New York, NY 10003
<arvind.rajagopal@nyu.edu>
Karen Strassler
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Queens College of the City University of New York
Powermaker Hall 314, 65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
<karen.strassler@qc.cuny.edu>
Inquiries should be directed to Brian Larkin at <blarkin@barnard.edu>
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