Bruna Franchetto Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2017-2020 Bruna Franchetto is Full Professor in both the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Anthropology (National Museum) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), from which she received her PhD in...
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Harry Walker London School of Economics and Political Science Member-At-Large of the SALSA Board 2017-2020 Harry Walker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His publications on the Urarina people of Amazonian Peru explore topics ranging from local...
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Laura Zanotti Purdue University Secretary-Treasurer 2017-2022 Laura Zanotti is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary social scientist who partners with communities to support how Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Peoples, and Local Communities’ livelihoods and well-being can be sustained and to identify the pathways that shape just futures. Zanotti prioritizes decolonial...
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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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The special debate on isolated indigenous peoples at the recent SALSA conference in Lima inspired an article in Science News by Barbara Fraser The recent SALSA conference in Lima featured a special debate on isolated indigenous peoples. Peruvian-based journalist Barbara Fraser interviewed international specialists on the...
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Creating Dialogues: Indigenous Perceptions and Changing Forms of Leadership in Amazonia Edited by Hanne Veber & Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen University Press of Colorado & Utah State University Press, 2017 Creating Dialogues discusses contemporary forms of leadership in a variety of Amazonian indigenous groups. Examining the creation of indigenous leaders...
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