2017 Peruvian National Census and indigenous Amazonian peoples The SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee has sent a letter to the director of Peru's National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) applauding the agency for its adoption of the principle of ethnic self-identification for the 2017 Peruvian National Census as...
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Brazilian anti-indigenous policies Joint petition condemning Brazilian anti- indigenous policies gathers over 1500 signatures, but Brazilian congress approves parliamentary inquiry criminalizing anthropologists and others involved in indigenous land demarcation SALSA, together with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA) and Groupe International de Travail pour les Peuples Autochtones (GITPA),...
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Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship 2017 Courtney Stafford-Walter University of Saint Andrews, Scotland The SALSA Executive Board is pleased to announce that the Rubenstein Award Committee has selected Courtney Stafford-Walter from the University of St. Andrews as this year’s winner of the Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship. The...
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Jean-Pierre Chaumeil: "A window into 20 years of Amazonianist anthropology in Perú (1997-2017)" Opening lecture for SALSA 2017 conference in Lima Distinguished anthropologist Jean-Pierre Chaumeil will be delivering the opening lecture for the XI SALSA conference in Lima on Thursday, July 20 at 5:30 PM. Abstract Perú had a longstanding...
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Joint petition condemning genocidal turn in Brazilian indigenous policies Below you will find the text (in Portuguese, French, and English) of a Declaration condemning the genocidal turn in indigenous policy in Brazil. SALSA as a whole is co-sponsoring this document, along with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA)...
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SALSA letter to Carmen Lucia, Minister of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court regarding criminalization of anthropology in Brazil SALSA has sent a letter denouncing the criminalization of anthropology, of our colleagues of the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) and other professionals and indigenous leaders, whose activities in support...
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