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.
Organizing Committee (2008- )
Chair
Junji Koizumi
(Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology)
Deputy Chair
Thomas Anton Reuter
(Australian Anthropological Society)
Setha Low
(American Anthropological Association)
Henk Pauw
(Anthropology Southern Africa)
Shalini Randeria
(European Association of Social Anthropologists)
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
(Brazilian Association of Anthropology)
Past Facilitators
Junji Koizumi
(Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology - 2005-2008)
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
(Brazilian Association of Anthropology - 2004-2005)
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)
James B. Waldram
(Former President - Canadian Anthropology Society)
Gregory Acciaioli
(Former Secretary - Australian Anthropological Society)
John Gledhill
(Former Chair - Association of Social Anthropologists of the U.K and the Commonwealth)
Luís R. Cardoso de Oliveira
(Former President - Brazilian Association of Anthropology)
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES
May 2009
Seth Low - President of AAA
American Anthropological Association
Andrew Finlay - Chair of AAI
Anthropology Association of Ireland
Andrew D. (Mugsy) Spiegel - President of ASA
Anthropology Southern Africa
Juan Seda - President of CGA
Argentine Association of Anthropology (CGA)
(Colegio de Graduados en Antropología de la República Argentina)
Sophie Chevalier - President of APRAS, France
The Association for Research in Social Anthropology
(Association pour la Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale)
Laura Raquel Valladares de la Cruz - President of CEAS, Mexico
The Association of Ethnologists and Social Anthropologists
(Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales AC )
Graeme MacCrae - International Delegate of ASAA/NZ
The Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand
James Fairhead - Chair of ASA
Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth
Linda Connor - President of AAS
Australian Anthropological Society
Carlos Caroso - Presidente of ABA
Brazilian Association of Anthropology
(Associação Brasileira de Antropologia)
Regna Darnell- President of CASCA
Canadian Anthropology Society
Verena Stolcke - President of ICA
Catalan Institute of Anthropology
(Institut Català d'Antropologia)
Michal Buchowski - President of EASA
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
Laurent Bazin - President of AFA
French Association of Anthropologists (AFA)
(Association française des Anthropologues)
Karl-Heinz Kohl - President of GAA/DGV
The German Anthropological Association
(Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde)
Gordon Mathews - President of HKAS
The Hong Kong Anthropological Society
Ajit K. Danda - President of IAS
Indian Anthropology Society
Luis Alberto Vargas - President of IUAES
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Bernardino Fantini - President of ISItA
The Italian Institute of Anthropology
(Istituto Italiano di Antropologia )
Junji Koizumi - International Delegate of JASCA
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Margarita Bolaños Arquin - President of ALA
Latin American Association of Anthropology
(Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología)
Paul Nchoji Nkwi - President of PAAA
Pan African Anthropological Association
Michal Buchowski - President of PTL
The Polish Ethnological Society
(Polskie Towarszystwo Ludoznawcze)
Susana Matos Viegas - President of APA
Portuguese Association of Anthropology
(Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia)
Hilary Callan - Director of RAI
The Royal Anthropological Institute
Yuri K. Chistov - International Delegate of RAAE
Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists
PRESIDENTS OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
May 2009
(Shown in bold when the presidents are WCAA International Delegates)
American Anthropological Association
Seth Low
Anthropology Association of Ireland
Andrew Finlay
Anthropology Southern Africa
Andrew D. (Mugsy) Spiegel
Argentine Association of Anthropology (CGA)
(Colegio de Graduados en Antropología de la República Argentina)
Juan Seda
The Association for Research in Social Anthropology
(Association pour la Recherche en Anthropologie Sociale)
Sophie Chevalier
The Association of Ethnologists and Social Anthropologists
(Colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales AC )
Laura Raquel Valladares de la Cruz
The Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand
Judith Macdonald
Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth
James Fairhead
Australian Anthropological Society
Linda Connor
Brazilian Association of Anthropology
(Associação Brasileira de Antropologia)
Carlos Caroso
Canadian Anthropology Society
Regna Darnell
Catalan Institute of Anthropology
(Institut Català d'Antropologia)
Verena Stolcke
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
Michal Buchowski
French Association of Anthropologists (AFA)
(Association française des Anthropologues)
Laurent Bazin
The German Anthropological Association
(Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde)
Karl-Heinz Kohl
The Hong Kong Anthropological Society
Gordon Mathews
Indian Anthropology Society
Ajit K. Danda
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Luis Alberto Vargas
The Italian Institute of Anthropology
(Istituto Italiano di Antropologia )
Bernardino Fantini
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Matori Yamamoto
Latin American Association of Anthropology
(Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología)
Margarita Bolaños Arquin
Pan African Anthropological Association
Paul Nchoji Nkwi
The Polish Ethnological Society
(Polskie Towarszystwo Ludoznawcze)
Michal Buchowski
Portuguese Association of Anthropology
(Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia)
Susana Matos Viegas
The Royal Anthropological Institute
Hilary Callan
Russian Association of Anthropologists and Ethnologists
Venaly Amelin
Founding agreement
Jun, 11 2004
Published by Fábio Pili
World Council of Anthropological Associations founding agreement.
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