Conferences

XII SALSA Conference Highlights (06.30.18)

XII SALSA Conference Highlights The XII Sesquiannual Conference of SALSA was held June 27-30, 2019 at Weltmuseum Wien in a very warm Viennese summer, with Claudia Augustat (Weltmusem) responsible for general conference organization, and Juan Alvaro Echeverri (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Amazonia), responsible for the academic program. Here are some preliminary photo highlights: John Hemming speaking about Natterer during...

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Conversations in the Lobby 2019

Conversations in the Lobby 2019

Conversations in the Lobby 2109: (Gendered) vulnerabilities and fieldwork SALSA XII Sesquiannual Conference 2019 Saturday, 29 June, 9:30-10:30, WMW Forum Organizers and chairs: Elizabeth Ewart and Laura Graham. Fieldwork, and especially the intensive, immersive, long-term fieldwork characteristic of doctoral research, is often said to be transformative. It changes us and the way we...

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SALSA 2019 Vienna

SALSA 2019 Special Meetings

Special Meetings SALSA XII Sesquiannual Conference 2019 Rebuilding collections for the Museu Nacional de Rio: How European museums can collaborate Thursday, 27 June, 13:50-15:30 WMW DG18 Chair: Claudia Augustat, Weltmuseum Wien The workshop will present the plan of reconstruction of digital ethnographic collections for the Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the...

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Indigenous Brazilians under Bolsonaro

SALSA 2019 Debate

Debate SALSA XII Sesquiannual Conference 2019 Policy Setbacks and Rights Reversals faced by Indigenous Brazilians under Bolsonaro and how to Fight Back WMW Forum (Friday 28 June 2019, 18:50-20:20) Organizers and Chairs Clarice Cohn, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil William H. Fisher, College of William and Mary, USA Right wing president Bolsonaro...

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