Alien Ocean
2010 Winner Alien Ocean Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas by Stefan Helmreich *(University of California Press, 2009) Jane Collins, AES President, had this to say about Stefan Helmreich and Alien Ocean: [...]
Lydia’s Open Door
2009 Joint Winner Lydia's Open Door Mexico's Most Modern Brothel by Patty Kelly Patty Kelly, George Washington University. "Lydia's Open Door: Mexico's Most Modern Brothel." 2008 University of California Press. Prize [...]
Counting the Dead
2009 Joint Winner Counting the Dead The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia by Winifred Tate Winifred Tate, Colby College. "Counting the Dead: The Culture and Politics of [...]
Diabetes and the Occult in Northern Ghana
2007 Winner Diabetes and the Occult in Northern Ghana by Limor Samimian Darash The Limits of Emergencies and the Time of Event: The Pre-Event Configuration of Biological Threats (see pdf) by [...]
Dramas of Nationhood
2007 Winner Dramas of Nationhood The Politics of Television in Egypt by Lila Abu-Lughod University of Chicago Press, 2005 From the Prize Committee Chair: Carla Freeman, AES Councilor and Senior Book [...]
The Ethical Soundscape
2007 Joint Winner The Ethical Soundscape Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics by Charles Hirschkind Charles Hirschkind, University of California, Berkeley. "The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics." 2006, Columbia University [...]
Markets of Dispossession
2007 Joint Winner Markets of Dispossession NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Cairo by Julia Elyachar Julia Elyachar, University of California, Irvine. "Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic Development, and the [...]
A Cursing of History, A History of Cursing
2005 Winner A Cursing of History, A History of Cursing by Marc David My paper “A Cursing of History, A History of Cursing: Remembering Collective Time from Zero-Degree in South Louisiana” [...]
Friction
2005 Joint Winner Friction An Ethnography of Global Connection by Anna L. Tsing Princeton University Press, 2004 Prize Committee: Adriana Petryna (co-chair), Kim Fortun (co-chair), and Bill Maurer From the Publisher: [...]
Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice
2005 Joint Winner Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice by Michael M. J. Fischer Duke University Press, 2003 Prize Committee: Adriana Petryna (co-chair), Kim Fortun (co-chair), and Bill Maurer [...]
