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Society for Cultural Anthropology
Book Prize Announcement
Fall 2008
SCA Announces the Creation of the Gregory Bateson Book Prize
The Society for Cultural Anthropology is pleased to announce the creation of a new book prize, the Gregory Bateson Prize.
Among 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 will be awarded annually at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association and will carry a honorarium of $1000.
The 2009 Bateson Prize committee will consider books that privilege ethnographic analysis and anthropological thought from any disciplinary tradition. Books under consideration for the 2009 Prize must carry a copyright date of 2008; edited volumes and translations will not be considered.
The deadline of receipt for submissions is May 1, 2009. To submit an entry, please send one copy directly to each of this year’s three Bateson Committee members:
Bruce Grant
NYU Anthropology
25 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
bruce.grant@nyu.edu
Danilyn Rutherford
104 Ledgwood Terrace
Montpelier, VT 05602
drutherf@uchicago.edu
Kathleen Stewart
2105 Rabb Glen Street
Austin, TX 78704
kstewart@mail.utexas.edu
To learn more about the life and work of Gregory Bateson, please visit the website of the Institute for Intercultural Studies.
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