A newly released ISA book presents an overview of the main threats to indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation Organized by the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), the book presents a current overview of the threats to peoples in voluntary isolation, and the fragility of their territories before the...
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Statement by the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) on Amazon Deforestation in Brazil The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) is a non-governmental scientific organization established in 1989, with affiliated regional societies on all continents, including Latin America. ISEE joins the members and organizations within the global...
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Indigenous rights reversals in Brazil under Bolsonaro We are pleased to publish the papers and presentations resulting from a debate on policy setbacks and indigenous rights reversals in Brazil under Bolsonaro, and how to fight back, which took place during the XII Sesquiannual Conference in Vienna (June 2019). Right wing...
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George Mentore Organizer XIII SALSA Biennial Conference - University of Virginia Charlottesville, 24-27 June 2021 Ex-Officio Member of the SALSA Board from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021 From George Mentore's homepage: The disciplinary effects of anthropology have over the years gradually framed and reframed my current research interests. ...
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Natalia Buitron University of Cambridge Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2019 - 2024 Natalia Buitron is the Jessica Sainsbury Assistant Professor in the Anthropology of Amazonia in the department of anthropology at Cambridge, and she completed her Ph.D at the London School of Economics. Her research explores political...
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Giancarlo Rolando University of Virginia Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2019 - 2024 Giancarlo Rolando is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in the politics of Indigenous/settler relations in Lowland South America, with a focus on Indigenous ideas of personhood, relatedness, and morality. For his doctoral dissertation, Giancarlo conducted ethnographic...
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