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Public Interest Anthropology is a four-field program of teaching, research and action within the Department of Anthropology for those interested in bridging the divide between the academic and the public. It draws on archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics and biological anthropology for the public interest, to address social issues and to promote change. Public Interest Anthropology supports and is entwined with the following projects at the University of Pennsylvania. Turner Nutrition Awareness Project (TNAP) TNAP, which is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Center For Community Partnerships and the Department of Anthropology, seeks to link the intellectual resources at Penn with the those of the John B. Turner Middle School in West Philadelphia to improve the health and nutrition of the surrounding community. TNAP is based upon the principles of academically-based community service (ABCS), integrating the academic, service, and research missions of the University while working to meet the community's need for health information. The Africa Health Group is an interdisciplinary group involving academics who belong to a dozen disciplines within the University including anthropology, medicine, nursing, education, social work and business. The group is committed to: (a) expanding knowledge through collaborative research; (b) training students for international health careers by giving them the vital social, cultural, and biomedical expertise necessary to do this with understanding and excellence; (c) improving health conditions in African communities. AHG 's Children's Health Initiative (CHI) focuses on causes and prevention of disabling conditions in African children, and currently is collaborating to varying degrees on research projects in Zimbabwe and Ghana. In addition, Penn graduate students are being funded to work in African countries for short periods of two to three months to prepare for careers in international health. Interdisciplinary Dialogues on AIDS (PIDA) PIDA is a yearlong series of informed critical discussions about the global AIDS pandemic. PIDA endeavors through an interdisciplinary approach to expand our understanding of the problem by juxtaposing biomedical, behavioral and sociocultural aspects of AIDS and contextualizing the pandemic within a geographic framework. Through a holistic understanding of the numerous and complex factors that make certain communities vulnerable to HIV infection, we believe that more appropriate and effective strategies for prevention, care, and treatment will be developed. The Center is involved in a number of collaborative programs, including: (a) the African Demography Training and Research Program connected to the Population Studies Center; (b) the Annenberg School of Communication's research program in policy development for sub-Saharan Africa focusing on child health in six African countries; (c) Exchange Programs in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana and Senegal; (d) Literacy Training and Development Program for Africa (as part of the Graduate School of Education's International Literacy Institute) which concentrates on research, dissemination, instruction, and curriculum development in Africa; (e) the School of Nursing which is engaged in training projects in Central and East Africa including a safe motherhood Trainer of Trainer (TOT) program in Kenya, Lesotho, Uganda and Zaire; and (f) Wharton School's International Housing Finance Program which operates a three-week intensive training course for senior officials from developing countries and emerging economies. (Special training courses for South African housing and finance officials from both public and private sectors are also being offered.) The Middle East Center has endeavored to bring the University of Pennsylvania's long-established programs in ancient and medieval languages and civilizations together with work on modern Middle East states and societies. The Middle East Center's Outreach Program offers the interested public access to the resources available at Penn. The Center not only provides workshops for local public and private school teachers but through its bi-annual NEH summer seminar, it also caters to the needs of teachers who come to us from different parts of the nation. The Center's Arabic language program, Marhaba, is currently in its second year of broadcast on cable television. In response to recent events, the Center's faculty and staff have been active in briefing the media and American public concerning the region's history, economics, religion, and politics. The Center for East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary unit composed of faculty members focusing primarily on China, Japan, Korea, and bordering areas. In its outreach programs, the Center strives to involve and educate the public about East Asia through public lectures, talks to area schools, and participation in local international organizations. Among its programs are: (a) Phila-Nipponica in which teachers from schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware attend weekend seminars on Japanese history, culture, politics, and economics throughout the winter and spring followed by a three-week study tour of Japan, during the summer, to experience the country; (b) "Asia Day," sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is a day full of lectures, tours and demonstrations by Penn faculty and students designed to spark students' interest in Asia; and (c) the East Asia in the Schools program in which area high schools can host a University of Pennsylvania professor specializing in East Asia who will share his or her expertise with students in one-hour lectures on many popular aspects of China, Japan, and Korea. The South Asia Center coordinates events of the Department of South Asia Studies and Graduate Group in South Asia Regional Studies as well as provides outreach to Penn and surrounding communities. Advanced graduate students active in South Asian scholarship and teaching are available for a variety of talks and lectures for K-12 classes and student gatherings on topics relating to the history, religions, cultures, politics, and cuisine of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The Penn Humanities Forum provides a setting in which humanities professors and students can put their ideas and values to work - bringing their research into a rich public conversation, learning from those outside their field, translating the life of the mind into benefit for the community. The Forum is an eager participant in the civic life surrounding it, not only siting programs in major historical venues in the city but cosponsoring events with other Philadelphia institutions. We worked with the Mayor’s Office and the Free Library on the One Book—One Philadelphia celebration, for example, in which The Price of a Child by Penn’s Lorene Cary was the book chosen. We also collaborate with the Undergraduate Dean’s office to develop internships for Penn students in local cultural organizations. The Center for Bioethics is a leader in bioethics research and its deployment in the ethical, efficient, and compassionate practice of the life sciences and medicine. Whether giving talks at community meetings, testifying before Congress or the United Nations, or providing commentary to journalists, the Center is a leading resource in the world for the media. The Center also sponsors a variety of public lectures, symposia and workshops on timely ethical issues. The Center is widely recognized as having the most sophisticated bioethics presence on the Internet through http://www.bioethics.org, the Center's homepage and http://www.bioethics.net, the home of the home of The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB), the Center's flagship journal. bioethics.net is the most-utilized, most advanced, bioethics resource on the Internet with visitation ranging from 350,000 to over 2,000,000 hits per month. University
of Pennsylvania Museum of The Museum strives to be one of the world's foremost sources of understanding about the history, nature and significance of the world's cultural heritage. In addition to ground-breaking research, the Museum offers engaging exhibits, educational programs, and electronic communications about the human condition for the general public. The Museum seeks to be a resource in research, collections, and outreach for the city of Philadelphia, the broader local region, the United States, and the international community.
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