Professors Rick Wilk and Anne Pyburn, anthropologist and archaeologist, both of Indiana University, are here shown conducting a seminar for social science professors.They were each teaching this summer in Kazakhstan. The professors studying with them are from universities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Usbekistan and Tajikistan. Rick's mission was to introduce the idea of applied anthropology and culturally-appropriate development. The Seminar for Central Asian Social Science Professors was funded by the Soros Foundation.

In addition to her work in Kazakhstan, Anne spent time in Brazil this summer teaching ethics and public archeology to Brazilian university faculty. She also has been working on a project designed to help Central Asian countries prepare to deal with looting of cultural property, and managing heritage in ways that do not promote ethnic rivalry and conflict.