XIV SALSA Biennial Conference Conversations in the Maloca: cultural exchange CAPIUL Maloca (Calle 7 x Carrera 5, Leticia, Amazonas) Friday, July 28, 2023, 20:00 Chair: William Yukuna Tanimuka (Cabildo de los Pueblos Indígenas Unidos de Leticia - CAPIUL) In keeping with SALSA’s convivial tradition of hosting ‘Conversations in the Lobby’,...
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Conversations in the Lobby 2021 Conviviality in our Professional Society: What are SALSA's Ethical Principles and Practices? SALSA XIII Biennal Conference 2021 Organizers: Laura Graham, Natalia Buitron, Laura Zanotti Abstract What are SALSA's ethical principles and practices? The SALSA board recently charged an ad hoc committee with developing principles, policies...
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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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Conversations in the Lobby 2017: Teaching courses on the anthropology of peoples of lowland South America SALSA XI Sesquiannual Conference, Lima Organizer: Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin, University of Regina The Conversations in the Lobby event first appeared at the VIII Sesquiannual Conference of SALSA in Nashville, Tennessee, in...
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Conversations in the Lobby 2016: On engagement with peers’ work SALSA X Sesquiannual Conference (New Orleans) Organizer: Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin (University of Regina) Saturday January 9, 2016 The Conversations in the Lobby event was established in memory of Steve Rubenstein, a colleague brimming with generous advice for young colleagues and...
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Conversations in the Lobby 2014: Anthropossibilities: What Can Amazonianists Bring to the Conversation? SALSA IX Sesquiannual Conference, Gothenburg 2014 Organizer: Beth A. Conklin (Vanderbilt University / SALSA President) Abstract What is our work good for? Not, what purpose does it serve for scholarship and South American people and causes,...
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