Sabine August. Photograph: Claudia Augustat (June 2026) SABINE AUGUST, 1957-2026 IN MEMORIAM BY CLAUDIA AUGUSTAT Our beloved colleague and friend Sabine August died on September 25, 2026, in Switzerland at the age of 68. During her life, Sabine held various museum and library positions in Germany and Switzerland. In 1995,...
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KACPER ŚWIERK, 1976-2026 IN MEMORIAM BY FILIP ROGALSKI It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Kacper Świerk, who died on January 19, 2026, in Rzeszów, Poland. Kacper was born on June 4, 1976, in Rzeszów. He earned his BA (1998)...
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Kenneth Iain Taylor (Ken), 1934-2019: An Appreciation By Janet Chernela When Kenneth Iain Taylor died on April 2, 2019, it called attention to an often overlooked, but important, chapter in the history of indigenous affairs in Brazil. Ken was one of a handful of conscientious anthropologists who...
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Patrick Menget In Memoriam: 1942-2019 Patrick Menget, a student of Claude Lévi-Strauss and the first ethnographer to work with the then-recently contacted Ikpeng people of the Xingu region of Brazil beginning in the late 196os, passed away on April 13 in Budapest. His work on the social and...
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Stephen Nugent In Memoriam: 1950-2018 By Miguel Alexiades I was very sad to learn that our colleague Stephen Nugent passed away on November 13. Many will know Steve for his pioneering and excellent work on Brazilian peasant and ribereño societies, as well as on broader social processes relating...
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