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Congratulations to Jason De León (SAR Fellow 2013-14) who last night was awarded the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction for?"Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling"?(Viking Books/Penguin Random House, 2024)!?His earlier book,?"The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail"?(University of California Press, 2015), won SAR’s Staley Prize in 2018 for excellence in anthropological research and writing.? SAR Fellows have been the recipients of three of the last four National Book Awards for Nonfiction. Jason De León joins Tiya Miles (SAR Fellow 2007-8) and Ned Blackhawk (SAR Fellow 1996-7, SAR Board Member 2017-23) in winning the National Book Award for Nonfiction.? Read the article: https://lnkd.in/g82jVSe9 Book cover courtesy of the publisher: Viking Books/Penguin Random House #NationalBookAward #Nonfiction #SARScholars #PenguinRandomHouse #SARFellows

Chelsea Fisher during SAR's Humanities Festival: Food for Thought, speaking on the concept of useless land. Learn more in her book, Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan, and watch the full talk on SAR's YouTube channel here: https://lnkd.in/ghqbT7vy

The evening of October 5th, 2024, SAR hosted its first ever Chef's Tasting dinner for members with Navajo chef and James Beard Award Finalist, Justin Pioche. Accompanied by the team of his mother and business manager, Janice, and his sister and sous chef, Tia, the five-course meal service and accompanying culinary presentation went off without a hitch. Esteemed guests and Food for Thought speaker, Kathleen Merrigan and her husband, Michael Selmi, were joined by eight others in the president's office and historic dining room of Amelia Elizabeth and Martha White's El Delirio home. Starting with Navajo tea and ending with yellow corn cake, the meal was a progressive journey through Justin's and his people's culinary history. Amid the buoyant conversation, good spirits, warm ambience and historic setting, Justin's culinary aptitude, the quality of his team's service and the richness of his culture shone brightly. The group departed hours later with their bellies full and their hearts content with the knowledge that they'd had the privilege to enjoy an truly unique and unforgettable culinary experience. To learn more about or work with Justin and his team: https://lnkd.in/gq4sXdBu To learn more about SAR Membership: https://lnkd.in/gzCJRuf ??: Courtesy of SAR staff & PFG #CulinaryExperience #NavajoCuisine #ChefsTasting #JamesBeardAward #CulinaryArts #CulinaryJourney #JustinPioche #Gastronomy #FoodForThought #SantaFeNM #SchoolforAdvancedResearch #HumanitiesFestival #SARMembership

“Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery,” is now available as an audiobook on?Spotify,?Audiobooks.com, Google Play, and?hoopla Digital. With exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, The Vilcek Foundation, and now Museum of Fine Arts, Houston through Jan 12, 2025, #GroundedinClay showcases the extraordinary history and beauty of Pueblo pottery while bringing to life the complex narratives and stories of this most essential of Native American arts. This digital edition of the catalogue from Merrell Publishers centers the voices of members of the community curators from the Pueblo Pottery Collective.?? Access the audiobook on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gq8UuJDX #SchoolforAdvancedResearch #IARC #IndianArtsResearchCenter #PuebloPottery #IndianArts #audiobooks #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt #ArtExhibitions #PotteryArt #NativeVoices

Grounded in Clay Curator Tara Gatewood speaks to the press about Pueblo communities during the opening weekend of Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) OCT 19, 2024 – JAN 12, 2025 https://lnkd.in/g7szgi2b SAR and the Vilcek Foundation invite you to come hear the stories of Pueblo people embodied in pottery in this groundbreaking exhibition. #SchoolforAdvancedResearch #groundedinclay #pueblopottery #mfahouston #PuebloArt #PuebloCulture #PotteryExhibition #IndigenousArt

Scholar Colloquium Permeable Jurisdictions: Apprehending Toxic Exposure in and between the Navajo Nation December 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Register to attend in person at SAR: https://lnkd.in/gz9MKqPT Watch the live stream or recorded video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gQKvFj62 Teresa Montoya Ford Foundation Research Associate Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago On the Navajo Nation, there remain over 500 abandoned uranium mines following rampant Cold War era extraction projects that continue to contaminate land and kin alike. Diné scholar Teresa Montoya interrogates the endurance of toxic exposure in the 21st century alongside settler colonial land policy of the 19th century to theorize the ongoing challenges—and possibilities—for environmental regulation and political mobilization on Indigenous lands today. #schoolforadvancedresearch #SARscholars #SantaFeEvents #ScholarColloquium #NavajoNation

On October 3, 2024, as part of the membership programming for our Food for Thought Humanities Festival, SAR organized an outing to Reunity Resources and The Kitchen at Plants of the Southwest nursery. A group of 24 of our members gathered for a guided tour of the grounds and operations of the non-profit organization. The group left feeling inspired and humbled by the tireless work of the organization. Through their agricultural practices, farm stand and food hub operations, collaborations with other local nonprofits, city-wide compost program, extensive educational programming and countless donations, they have a direct and profound impact on the local food system and community as a whole. Following the tour, the group made its way down the road to one of the other hidden gems of Santa Fe's sustainable agriculture and local food movement: the semi-secret Plants of the Southwest Kitchen. There they enjoyed the daily, three-course menu offerings prepared by Chef Olive Tyrrell and her colleague Chase. At communal tables they reflected over the morning's events and connected over the incomparable artistry and freshness of the locally grown and handmade salad, tostada, and series of three desserts. Members strolled the grounds of the native plants nursery, as they departed; bellies full, minds inspired and hearts content with a autumn's day well-spent. To learn more about SAR membership, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/gzCJRuf #FoodForThought #SustainableAgriculture #LocalFood #SantaFeEats #FarmToTable #CulinaryExperience #NonProfitWork #CommunityImpact #FoodFestival #SchoolforAdvancedResearch #SARmembership #SantaFeNM #SARHumanitiesFestival

Scholar Colloquium Relationality and Being: Indigeneity, Space, and Transit in Global Contemporary Art November 13 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | FREE Register to attend in person at SAR: https://lnkd.in/gjBkT-5G Watch the live stream or recorded video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gQKvFj62 Isabella Robbins Katrin H. Lamon Fellow PhD Candidate, Department of History of Art and American Studies, Yale University Working at the intersection of art history and Native American and Indigenous studies, Robbins’ project puts critical pressure on the emergent category of global contemporary indigenous art to understand how indigeneity serves as a relational analytic in the work of artists from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. #schoolforadvancedresearch #SARscholars #SantaFeEvents #ScholarColloquium #IndigenousArt #Indigeneity #NativeAmericanStudies #ContemporaryArt

A big thank you to Kathleen Merrigan, Elan Silverblatt-Buser, Manny Encinias, Roxanne Swentzell, and everyone who attended our Creating the Future of Food event at SAR yesterday. Watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/gJxXZQAq Photo credit: Seth Roffman #FoodforThought #SARHumanitiesFestival #FutureofFood #NewMexicoAgriculture #SchoolforAdvancedResearch

Scholar Colloquium Present Interruptus: Sovereignty’s Reincarnation in the Golan Heights November 6 @ 1:00 pm | FREE Register to attend in person at SAR: https://lnkd.in/gmqztK4V Watch the live stream or recorded video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gDWFY6ea Aamer Ibraheem Paloheimo Fellow PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University This project explores the powerful and locally pervasive figure of the reincarnated subject: Druze men and women of the Golan Heights who recall their vivid past-life memories, but whose memories belong to histories that contradict and often trouble the present in the here and now. #schoolforadvancedresearch #SARscholars #SantaFeEvents