Claudia Augustat Organizer Twelfth Sesquiannual Conference: Vienna, Austria, June 27-30, 2019 Claudia Augustat is curator of the South America collections at Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, with a regional focus on Amazonia. In her research, she concentrates on topics such as material culture and cultural memory, collaborative projects as well...
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Juan Alvaro Echeverri Academic program chair Twelfth Sesquiannual Conference: Vienna, Austria, June 27-30, 2019 Juan Alvaro Echeverri holds a PhD in anthropology by the New School for Social Research (NY 1997). Full Professor at the Amazonia Campus of Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Specialist in native Amazonian indigenous populations,...
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SALSA Conference Dinner SALSA XII Sesquiannual Conference 2019 Saturday, 29 June, 20:00 WMW Säulenhalle The conference dinner will be held in the historical ambiance of the magnificent Hall of Columns (Säulenhalle) of the Weltmuseum Wien, which is located at the Corps des Logis of the Imperial Palace (Hofburg). This part...
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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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SALSA Membership General Meeting SALSA XII Sesquiannual Conference 2019 Sunday, 30 June, 12:10-14:00 WMW Forum Chair: Carlos D. Londoño Sulkin, SALSA President 2017-2020 [caption id="attachment_4847" align="alignright" width="300"] Carlos David Londoño Sulkin[/caption] SALSA is your Society! Please join us at the Membership General Meeting to provide feedback on our collective plans for the future...
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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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