National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Blog/Social Media
NAPA has a very solid presence on some of the main social media. If you are not a part of them, you are missing out! Feel free to join the media and exchange your ideas and announcements.
NAPA Blog
The NAPA blog forum serves as a catch-all for various news and announcements, but also has regular features like NAPA Notes, as well as more installments like the Toolkit, an Ethics discussion for PPA Anthropologists, Professional Standards, results of the 2009 and 2019 American Anthropology Master’s Career Survey and the like.
“sNAPAshots”: Conversations with Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropologists
NAPA’s first video series project: short-format videos featuring the insights and experiences of Professional, Practicing, and Professional Anthropologists
Social Media
Facebook & Instagram
Here you’ll find pop culture, public themes, zany pictures, and a wide range of topics and discussions of interest to the anthropological mind.
LinkedIn
This is a more professionally oriented networking and idea-sharing community, and has a global reach. Develop contacts and networks, and post topics for serious discussion. Search for jobs and publish your information to be searched by potential employers.
Twitter/X
The NAPA Twitter page has over 10,000 followers, though we’ve taken a step back from posting on this platform our previous content remains available!
TikTok
Follow the links from this site to any of the social media, and reach out to the practitioner community.
Archived Content
“AnthroJobs of the Week”
This archived series featured job postings that call for anthropologists or at least anthropological skills and training. Wonder what the job market is like? Curious about what skills and experiences employers are seeking? The AnthroJob blog will help answer those questions.
“AnthroCurrents,”
This archived series highlighted anthropology in the popular press. It’s a great way to keep track of how frequently and how well anthropology is being presented to the larger public. (AnthroCurrents is currently on hiatus, but you can track past postings.)
Read the blogs, respond to the postings, and forward the content on to others. Have an idea for a regular blog? Is there a blog you’d like to create and have published here? Do you have an announcement for the blog? Just let us know by sending a message to napacommunications@gmail.com.