Laura Zanotti Purdue University SALSA President-Elect 2024-2027 Laura Zanotti is a Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University. In her work, she cultivates collaborative partnerships to support pathways in which Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Peoples, and Local Communities’ livelihoods and well-being can be sustained and shape just futures. She...
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Claudia Augustat Weltmuseum Wien, Austria Member-at-large candidate 2023 As a cultural anthropologist I spent my professional life at ethnographic museums. Material culture is a focal point of societies. An object can tell as much about history as it can connect past, present and future. I have worked in...
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Clarice Cohn Universidade Federal de São Carlos Member-at-large of the SALSA Board 2024 - 2026 Clarice Cohn is Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. For three decades, she has carried out research among the Xikrin of Terra Indígena Trincheira-Bacajá (Pará, Brazilian Amazon)....
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Courtney Stafford-Walter University of Edinburgh Member-at-large candidate 2023 Courtney Stafford-Walter received her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2018. Her fieldwork was conducted in Region 9, Guyana, in a Wapishana community, and focused primarily on indigenous education, boarding schools, and the impact of this educational...
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Edson Krenak University of Vienna / Cultural Survival Member-at-large of the SALSA Board 2024 - 2026 Edson Dorneles de Andrade, known primarily as “Edson Krenak,” is an Indigenous activist, scholar, and writer. He is currently a doctoral candidate, completing his degree in legal anthropology, at the University of Vienna,...
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Courtney Stafford-Walter University of Edinburgh Secretary-Treasurer 2024-2026 Courtney Stafford-Walter received her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2018. Her fieldwork was conducted in Region 9, Guyana, in a Wapishana community, and focused primarily on indigenous education, boarding schools, and the impact of this educational shift...
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