Author Archives: Susan Wardell

2022 Winners of the Ethnographic Prose Prize

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic prose competition 1st prize was awarded to: Amrapali Maitra (“The Most Beloved Cow in Gokulpur” – Fiction Narrative) 2nd prize was awarded to: Aaron Hames (“Forgetting” – Nonfiction Narrative) … Continue reading

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2022 Ethnographic Poetry Prize: Judges Report

Prize Committee: Susan Wardell, Ather Zia, Justin D. Wright The field of ethnographic poetry has a rich history, and the SHA ethnographic poetry prize, founded in 1986, has been a significant part of this: it’s goal being to support and … Continue reading

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2022 Winners of the Ethnographic Poetry Prize

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic poetry competition 1st prize was awarded to: Khando Langri (“I sing the body ethnographic”) 2nd prize was awarded to: Kali Rubaii (“Homelanding”, set of 3 poems) 3rd prize was … Continue reading

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2022 Winners of the Victor and Edie Turner Prizes

Victor Turner Prize 1st prize was awarded to: Lucas Bessire, Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains (Princeton) 2nd prize was awarded to: Tarini Bedi, Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India (Washington) 3rd prize was awarded to: Thuy Linh Nguyen … Continue reading

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2022 Poetry Competition is now open

See our Call for Submissions. Deadline is June 10, 2022

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Inviting submissions for the 2022 SHA Presidents Awards for Student Writing

Please see the full submission details here.

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Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: A Workshop Summary

Susan Wardell Poetry, like ethnography, is about listening with the whole self. This was the focus of a workshop in January 2022, run in association with the SHA. The workshop, entitled “Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: the personal, the sensory, the … Continue reading

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