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Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film on May 03, 2015

This list of anthropology awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to anthropology, the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in the past and present. The list gives the country of the sponsoring organization, but awards may be given to people from other countries.

Awards

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Country Award Sponsor Notes
Australia Nadel Essay Prize Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Australian National University Excellence in ethnographic writing relating to the Asia Pacific region, including Australia[1]
Guatemala Orden del Pop Museo Popol Vuh Individuals who have made significant contributions towards the protection, study and research of Guatemala's cultural heritage[2]
Sweden Anders Retzius medal Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography Geographer or anthropologist. Renamed the SSAG medal[3]
Spain, Portugal and America AIBR Award AIBR. Asociación de Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red Best annual article in Iberoamerican Anthropology.
United Kingdom Huxley Memorial Medal Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Identify and acknowledge the work of scientists, British or foreign, distinguished in any field of anthropological research[4][5]
United Kingdom Rivers Memorial Medal Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Significant contribution to social, physical or cultural anthropology or archaeology[6][7]
United States Bronislaw Malinowski Award Society for Applied Anthropology Social scientist for lifetime efforts to understand and serve the needs of the world's societies, and trying to solve human problems using the concepts and tools of social science[8]
United States Margaret Mead Award Society for Applied Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Younger scholar for a particular accomplishment such as a book, film, monograph, or service, which interprets anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public[9]
United States Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award Society for Applied Anthropology A member of the Society for Applied Anthropology, in recognition of long-term and truly distinguished service[10]
United States Michelle Rosaldo Book Prize The Association for Feminist Anthropology First book by an author that makes a significant contribution to feminist anthropology[11]
United States Rudolf Virchow Award Society for Medical Anthropology Paper written in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow that best reflects, extends or advances critical perspectives in medical anthropology[12]
United States Ruth Benedict Prize American Anthropological Association Excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic[13][14]
United States Stirling Prize in Psychological Anthropology Society for Psychological Anthropology Awarded to a previously published work (article or book, in alternate years) that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology.[15][16]
United States Viking Fund Medal Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Distinguishing research or publication in the field of Anthropology[17][18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology's Annual Nadel Essay Prize, Informa UK Limited, retrieved 2020-01-26
  2. ^ "Orden del Pop". Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ^ SSAG 2018, pp. 1–3.
  4. ^ "Huxley Memorial Medal and Lecture: Prior Recipients", Royal Anthropological Institute, accessed 31 March 2012
  5. ^ Huxley Memorial Lectures (A115), Royal Anthropological Institute, accessed 31 March 2012
  6. ^ "Rivers Memorial Medal Prior Recipients" Royal Anthropological Institute, Accessed 23rd Feb 2014
  7. ^ Rivers Memorial Medal, RAI, retrieved 2020-01-26
  8. ^ Awards & Prizes : Bronislaw Malinowski Award, Society for Applied Anthropology, retrieved 2020-01-26
  9. ^ Previous recipients Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award :: Society for Applied Anthropology".
  11. ^ "Michelle Rosaldo Book Prize winner and interview". Association for Feminist Anthropology. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. ^ Rudolf Virchow Awards—Critical Anthropology for Global Health, Society for Medical Anthropology : A Section of the American Anthropological Association, 8 April 2018, retrieved 2020-01-26
  13. ^ "The Ruth Benedict Prize". The Association for Queer Anthropology. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  14. ^ "AAA Section Awards". American Anthropological Association. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Stirling Prize for Best Published Work in Psychological Anthropology". Society for Psychological Anthropology. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  16. ^ "AAA Section Awards". American Anthropological Association. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Viking Fund Medal". wennergren.org. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  18. ^ "ZSU Anthropology". Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

Sources

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  • "Tidigare medaljörer" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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