About WCAA
The World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) is a network of national and international associations that aims to promote worldwide communication and cooperation in anthropology. Its primary objectives are: to promote the discipline of anthropology in an international context; to promote cooperation and the sharing of information among world anthropologists; to promote jointly organized events of scientific debate and cooperation in research activities and dissemination of anthropological knowledge.
LEADERSHIP.
Facilitators
Junji Koizumi
(Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology - 2005-)
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
(Brazilian Association of Anthropology - 2004-2005)
Executive Secretariat
Junji Koizumi
(Chair)
John Gledhill
(Chair -Association of Social Anthropologists of the U.K. and the Commonwealth)
Henk C. Pauw
(Former President - Anthropology Southern Africa)
Thomas Anton Reuter
(Former President - Australian Anthropological Society)
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
(Former President - Brazilian Association of Anthropology)
Advisory Board
Annie Benveniste
(Former President- French Association of Anthropologists)
David Bogopa
(Former President- Pan African Anthropological Association)
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
(Former President- American Anthropological Association)
João de Pina Cabral
(Former President - European Association of Social Anthropologists)
Milka Castro Lucic
(Former President - Latin American Association of Anthropology)
Yuri K. Chistov
(Former President - Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists)
Richard Fardon
(Former Chair - Association of Social Anthropologists of the U.K and the Commonwealth)
Thomas Anton Reuter
(Former President - Australian Anthropological Society)
James B. Waldram
(Former President - Canadian Anthropology Society)
Henk C. Pauw
(Former President - Anthropology Southern Africa)
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES
November 2006
Laurent Bazin – President of AFA
French Association of Anthropologists
(Association française des Anthropologues)
Alan Goodman – President of AAA
American Anthropological Association
Yuri K. Chistov –International Delegate of RAAE
Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists
Ajit K. Danda – President
Indian Anthropological Society
John Gledhill – Chair of ASA
Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth
Junji Koizumi – International Delegate of JASCA
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Martha Macintyre – President of AAS
Australian Anthropological Society
Ángel Martínez Hernáez – International Delegate of ICA
Catalan Institute of Anthropology
(Institut Català d'Antropologia)
Graeme Macrae – President of ASAA/NZ
The Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand
Paul Nkwi – President of PAAA
Pan African Anthropological Association
Mugsy Spiegel - President of ASA
Anthropology Southern Africa
Ana Bella Pérez Castro– President of ALA
Latin American Association of Anthropology
(Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología)
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro – International Delegate of ABA
Brazilian Association of Anthropology
Fernando I. Salmerón – President of CEAS
The Association of Ethnologists and Social Anthropologists (Mexico)
(Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales AC )
Susana Matos Viegas – President of APA
Portuguese Association of Anthropology
（Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia)
Luis Alberto Vargas – President of IUAES
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
(tentative)
James B. Waldram - International Delegate of CASCA
Canadian Anthropology Society
Benoît de l'Estoile - International Delegate of EASA
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Giovanni Destro-Bisol – Secretary of ISItA
The Italian Institute of Anthropology (Istituto Italiano di Antropologia)
PRESIDENTS OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
November 2006
(Shown in bold when the presidents are WCAA International Delegates)
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Alan Goodman
Anthropology Southern Africa (ASA)
Mugsy Spiegel
The Association of Ethnologists and Social Anthropologists (CEAS, Mexico)
(Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales AC )
Fernando I. Salmerón
The Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand (ASAA/NZ)
Graeme Macrae
Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (ASA)
John Gledhill
Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)
Martha Macintyre
Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA)
(Associação Brasileira de Antropologia)
Luís Roberto Cardoso de Oliveira
Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA)
Noel Dyck
Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA)
(Institut Català d'Antropologia)
Verena Stolcke
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
Shalini Randeria
French Association of Anthropologists (AFA)
(Association française des Anthropologues)
Laurent Bazin
Indian Anthropological Society
Ajit K. Danda
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
Luis Alberto Vargas
The Italian Institute of Anthropology
(Istituto Italiano di Antropologia )
Bernardino Fantini
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology ( JASCA)
Ken'ichi Sudo
Latin American Association of Anthropology (ALA)
(Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología)
Ana Bella Pérez Castro
Pan African Anthropological Association (PAAA)
Paul Nkwi
Portuguese Association of Anthropology (APA)
（Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia)
Susana Matos Viegas
Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists (RAEE)
Ludmila Nikonova
Founding agreement
Jun, 11 2004
Published by Fábio Pili
World Council of Anthropological Associations founding agreement.
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