The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is now accepting proposals from prospective graduate student participants for summer 2014 from June 23-July 18.
SIMA is a graduate student summer training program in museum research methods offered through the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History with major funding from the Cultural Anthropology Program of the National Science Foundation.
Program description
During four weeks of intensive training in seminars and
hands-on workshops at the museum and an off-site collections facility, students
are introduced to the scope of collections and their potential as data.
Students become acquainted with strategies for navigating museum systems, learn
to select methods to examine and analyze museum specimens, and consider a range
of theoretical issues that collections-based research may address. In
consultation with faculty, each student carries out preliminary data collection
on a topic of their own choice and develops a prospectus for research to be
implemented upon return to their home university. Visiting faculty members for
2014 will be Dr. Jason Baird Jackson (Indiana Univ.), Dr. Jennifer Kramer
(Univ. of British Columbia), and Dr. Marit Munson (Trent Univ.). Local faculty
will include Dr. Joshua A. Bell and Dr. Candace Greene of the Smithsonian
Anthropology Department.
Who should apply?
Graduate students preparing for research careers in cultural
anthropology who are interested in using museum collections as a data source.
The program is not designed to serve students seeking careers in museum
management. Students at both the masters and doctoral level will be considered
for acceptance. Students in related interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous
Studies, Folklore, etc.) are welcome to apply if the proposed project is
anthropological in nature. All U.S. students are eligible for acceptance, even
if studying abroad. International students can be considered only if they are
enrolled in a university in the U.S. Canadian First Nation members are eligible
under treaty agreements.
Costs:
The program covers students’ tuition and shared housing in
local furnished apartments. A small stipend will be provided to assist with the
cost of food and other local expenses. Participants are individually
responsible for the cost of travel to and from Washington, DC.
Application deadline - March 1, 2014
SIMA dates for 2014: June 23 - July 18
For more information and to apply, please visit http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/
Additional questions? Want to discuss a project proposal?
Email SIMA@si.edu
Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution MRC 112
Washington, DC 20013-7012
P: 202.633.1952 F: 202.357.2208
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