Ilona Ciganiková Masaryk University Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Continuity and innovation of Indigenous music in Lowland South America Abstract: This research project focuses on how Indigenous people perceive and experience music between tradition and innovation as a part of the interfaces between Indigenous...
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Laura Botero University of Texas at Austin Winner of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 (En)gendering Extraction: Bodies, Territories, and Dispossession in the Making of a Mining Frontier in Indigenous Amazonia Abstract: This project investigates how an emerging mining frontier is taking shape in Uwottüja (Piaroa) territories...
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Whitten Research Fund Winners of the Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2025-2026 Happy New Year Salserxs! I am so pleased to begin the year sharing with you (below) the winners of the 2025-26 Norm & Sibby Whitten Research Award. Many thanks to the Whitten Research Award Selection...
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Eetane Sistema Digital de Oralidades Universidad Nacional de Colombia The Digital System of Oralities Eetane is a platform that seeks to create a global network of digital archives of indigenous languages. Its main objective is to strengthen and support local initiatives for the cultural and linguistic revitalization of...
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Wutsrukatenni Pirana (Historia de nuestros antiguos) By Luis Felipe Torres Espinoza CISEPA, PUCP, 2025 Wutsrukatenni Pirana – Historia de nuestros antiguos aborda la historia del pueblo Yine de la Amazonía peruana, a través del análisis complementario de dos fuentes: el archivo histórico del siglo XVI al XX (crónicas de...
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SALSA Election Results 2025 For Secretary-Treasurer and Three At-Large Members of the SALSA Board 18 December 2025 SALSA’s Secretary-Treasurer-elect is Juliet Erazo of Florida International University. At-Large Board members whose 3-year terms begin January 2026 are Maria Luísa Lucas of the University of São Paulo and Jan David Hauck...
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