Jeffrey Ehrenreich Co-Organizer Tenth Sesquiannual Conference: Tulane, USA, 8-10 January 2016 See posts tagged Jeffrey Ehrenreich See posts about SALSA Conference 2016 Check other SALSA Conference Organizers ...
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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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Revolt of the Saints: Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy By John F. Collins Duke University Press, 2015 In Revolt of the Saints, John F. Collins explores the contested removal of the inhabitants of Brazil’s first capital and best-known site for Afro-Brazilian history, arguing...
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Images of Public Wealth or the Anatomy of Well-Being in Indigenous Amazonia Edited by Fernando Santos-Granero The University of Arizona Press, 2015 What is considered a good life in contemporary societies? Can we measure well-being and happiness? Reflecting a global interest on the topics of well-being, happiness, and...
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Keynote Lecture 2016 On Amazonian diversity, or old wine in new bottles X Sesquiannual Conference of SALSA William Balée, Professor, Anthropology, Tulane University In the past, questions about Amazonian diversity have focused on refuge theory, environmental gradients, and vicariance biogeography. Today, such questions have become sharply focused on whether...
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CALL FOR PAPERS: “Indigenous Brazil” The Federal Constitution of 1988, a juridical symbol of the Brazilian state's process of re-democratization, also promoted a significant alteration in the conceptual and juridical paradigm of indigenous politics in Brazil. Amongst the established rights and guarantees for Indigenous Peoples, cultural specificities, the right to historically occupied...
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