The Nadel Essay Prize is an award in the field of
anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
presented by the Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology for excellence in ethnographic writing relating to the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. Inaugurated in 2011 to commemorate 60 years of Anthropology at the
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
, the Prize commemorates the life and work of
Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology. Eligible papers are those submitted or accepted for publication by an early career researcher.
Winners
* 2011: Catherine Ingram, ''Tradition and Divergence in Southwestern China: Kam Big Song Singing in the Village and on Stage''
* 2012:
* 2013: Judith Bovensiepen, ''Paying for the Dead: On the Politics of Death in Independent Timor-Leste''
* 2014: Kyung-Nan Koh, ''Translating ‘Sustainability’ in Hawai'i: The Utility of Semiotic Transformation in the Transmission of Culture''
* 2015:
* 2016: Ho Cheuk-Yu, ''Affective Housing Ownership in China's New Property Regime''
* 2017: Sacha Cody, ''Borrowing from the Rural to Help the Urban''
See also
*
List of anthropology awards
References
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External links
* The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropolog
Awards established in 2011
Anthropology awards
Social sciences awards