SAR Announces 2017-2018 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2017-2018 Native Artist Fellows: Loren Aragon, Warren Montoya, Jordan Craig.
Congratulations to Nicole Taylor, former Director of Scholar Programs at SAR, whose book has won two literary awards
Congratulations to Nicole Taylor, former Director of Scholar Programs at SAR, whose book has won two literary awards.
J.I. Staley Prize winner announced for 2017
The winner of this year’s prestigious J.I. Staley Prize is Dr. Stefan Helmreich for his book Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas.
Public Talk: Rock Art and Pueblo Shields: Symbolism and Change and Mesa Prieta Field Trip
The rich cultural history and significance of rock art and petroglyphs in the Rio Grande Valley, and an exploration of those artifacts, make up two must-attend events sponsored by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in April.
Hispano Homeland or Fantasy Heritage?
The School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce that Professor John Nieto-Phillips of Indiana University will present a lecture, Hispano Homeland or Fantasy Heritage? Spanish-American Identity and Ideology in New Mexico, 1890s-1940s, on April 27, 2017.
Santa Fe History Events Free at SfAA Conference
SAR will play a key role in the 77th annual conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology, which meets in Santa Fe from March 28-April 1. The conference begins on Tuesday, March 28, with Santa Fe/New Mexico Day.
Reaffirming SAR’s Global Commitment to Scholars and Artists
A recent executive order from the White House has temporarily closed the United States to foreign nationals from seven countries.
SAR launches Latino Studies Initiative
SAR launches Latino Studies Initiative — The president of the School for Advanced Research (SAR), Michael F. Brown, is pleased to announce the launch of a new program focused on Latino studies.
SAR’s 2016-2017 Lamon Scholar, Gregorio Gonzales on NPR
On December 29, 2016, NPR’s All Things Considered aired a story about the mixed-race Genizaros, whose history in northern New Mexico goes back to the seventeenth century.
Acequia
2006. Sylvia Rodriguez
Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology and a rationale for the division of this finite resource. Today, people around the world face severe and growing water scarcity, and everywhere this vital resource is ceasing to be a right and becoming a commodity. The acequia or irrigation ditch associations of Taos, Río Arriba, Mora, and other northern New Mexico counties offer an alternative.