SYLVIA FORMAN PAPER PRIZE

The Association for Feminist Anthropology is pleased to invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit a paper in FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY in competition for the Sylvia H. Forman Prize. Winning papers receive a certificate and a cash award and will have their paper summaries published in the Anthropology Newsletter. The prize is named for the late Sylvia Helen Forman, one of the founders of AFA, whose dedication to both her students and to feminist principles contributed to the growth of feminist anthropology.

We encourage papers in all subfields of anthropology. Papers may be based on research within a wide variety of topics including (but not limited to) women's work, reproduction, religion, language and expressive culture, family and kin relations, economic development, long-term changes in gender relations, gender and material culture, biological approaches to gender issues, women and development, or race and class.

Papers will be judged on:

- Originality
- Use of feminist anthropological theory to analyze a particular issue
- Organization, quality and clarity of writing
- Effective use of both theory and data
- Connections to other feminist research
- Timeliness and relevance of the topic
- Ability to make an argument.

Note: Papers that have been submitted for publication but have not yet been accepted may be eligible as entries, but authors of such papers should contact the Prize Chair to confirm eligibility before the submission deadline. Already accepted or published articles are not eligible. Only one submission per student will be accepted.

For more information, refer to the webpage.

 

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