Back row, left to right: Jolen Martinez (UChicago), Maame Owusua-Boateng (Yale), Asia Beason (Yale; with mask); Devin Brown (Yale); middle row, left to righ: Kaelin Rapport (Northwestern), Amelea Lowery (Yale), JahAsia Jacobs (Princeton); front row, left to right: Chelsey Carter and Laurence Ralph. Photo by Michiko Tsuneda (Princeton).
CTP’s Police Torture and Community Healing project team has been selected as one of the Group Winners of 2024 New Directions Award of the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association.
“The GAD New Directions Award calls attention to the myriad ways anthropologists are expanding anthropological perspectives in the twenty-first century. It recognizes the accomplishments of both individuals and groups/collectives across diverse media and formats as forms of public anthropology. Common to these is the responsible presentation of anthropological information for a larger public beyond the academy as well as a demonstrated commitment to ethical considerations and methodological rigor."
“The Police Torture and Community Healing Project demonstrates a deep commitment to social justice and community engagement by applying anthropology to address the urgent issue of police violence and racialized governance. The project promotes awareness and discussion of the issues of police violence and community healing in public forums by utilizing ethnographic tools aimed at catalyzing collective reflections about self, world, and justice—with a social focus on educational outreach for school-aged youth."
CTP Co-Director Laurence Ralph and CTP Affiliated Scholar Chelsey Carter (Yale University) will receive the award during the upcoming AAA annual meeting.