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 [...]
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” [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
2005 Joint Winner Landscapes of Devils Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco by Gaston Gordillo Gaston Gordillo, University of British Columbia"Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory [...]
2005 Joint Winner Being a Buddhist Nun The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas by Kim Gutschow Kim Gutschow, Williams College”Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas” [...]
2003 Honorable Mention Isle Evangelista A Story of Church and State, Puerto Rico’s Faith Based Initiatives in Drug Treatment by Helena Hansen Helena Hansen, Yale University “Isle Evangelista: A Story of [...]
2003 Winner Fermenting Flows Japanese Buyers, Canadian Farmers, and the Moral Economy of the Non-Transgenic Soybean by Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw, Yale University “Fermenting Flows: Japanese Buyers, Canadian Farmers, [...]
2003 Winner Cholas and Pishtacos Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes by Mary Weismantel Mary Weismantel, Northwestern University. “Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes” [...]
2003 Honorable Mention In Amazonia A Natural History by Hugh Raffles From the Publisher The Amazon is not what it seems. As Hugh Raffles shows us in this captivating and innovative [...]
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