Congratulations to the University of California, Santa Barbara – winner of the 2011 SAA Ethics Bowl!
And congratulations to Indiana University of Pennsylvannia, who were runners up!
We would like to thank all of the teams that participated in the 8th Annual SAA Ethics Bowl
NEW FROM THE ETHICS BOWL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Society for American Archaeology’s Committee on Ethics Presents
The Ninth Annual Ethics Bowl
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Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to organize a team of 3 to 5 participants with a faculty advisor to take part in the event at the SAA 77th Annual Meeting in Memphis, TN on April 19, 2012. Each year, hypothetical cases that describe archaeological dilemmas are used in the debate-style competition of the SAA Ethics Bowl to explore the ethics of archaeological practice.
This year's registration deadline for teams is February 1, 2012. If your university is interested in participating in this year's event, sende an email to the organizing committe (saaethicsbowl@gmail.com) with the names and email addresses of the 3-5 members of your team and your faculty mentor. Please designate a chief contact person (team member or faculty mentor) to receive emails and instructions on behalf of the team.
Please note: this year the number of participating teams is limited to eight (8), due to space and time constraints at the annual meeting. The eight teams who will participate will be chosen from among all registered teams by lottery on February 2, 2012. Teams not chosen will be placed on a "wait-list" and will be allowed to participate if a team has to remove itself from competition.
We are working towards increasing participation at this year's meeting; additional teams may be added if space and time allow.
Congratulations to the past Ethics Bowl winners:
2011 - Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara
2010 - Brown University
2009 - Texas A&M University
2008 – University of California-Berkeley
2007 - Brown University
2006 - San Diego State University
2005 - University of Arizona
2004 - Indiana University/University of Nevada-Reno
We encourage you to include previous sets of Ethics Bowl cases as integral parts of your archaeology courses or activities. Case studies from previous years make wonderful tools for teaching or materials for team practice sessions in preparation for the actual Ethics Bowl!