Latin American Association of Anthropology
“A millennial history, a mosaic of races interweaved along centuries, a great cultural and linguistic diversity across our region, have favored a particular relevance of the anthropological disciplines in Latin America. Therefore, even though there are different conditions for the practice and development of Anthropology in each country, there certainly is a ‘common denominator’ that grants us to conceive a legitimate Latin American Anthropology.”
These words -provided by the first president of the Latin American Anthropological Association (ALA), distinguished Mexican anthropologist Guillermo Bonfil Batalla- depict the need to create an organization that congregates us as a professional community: a socially-aware, equally-based academic space to share and discuss our finds, concerns and interests in the field.
MISSION AND GOALS
The purpose of the Association shall be:
Ø To support, promote and advance the anthropological study and knowledge of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ø The creation of a Member’s Network to further the professional interests in this area and maintaining effective liaisons with related sciences and their organizations.
Ø To bring together anthropologists from all subfields and specializations, providing networking opportunities across the broad range of the discipline.
Ø The Association holds the Foro de Antropología de América Latina y del Caribe, a scientific meeting celebrated every three years. This forum is intended to create a space to meet and discuss any anthropological productions developed in and/or about Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ø The Association will also promote and support any other activities the Executive Board and the Council of Representatives consider relevant to the Association’s mission, trough publications, special projects and various programs.
Ø Currently, the Association is promoting the research, edition and publication of two Member’s Network projects:
- History of Latin American Anthropology
- A Central Volume including a complete selection of the texts cited, as well as a Basic Bibliography of, at least, one thousand titles.
GET INVOLVED
Join your colleagues and help further ALA's mission to advance and to promote the development of Anthropology in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Latin American Anthropological Association convokes societies, academic and scientific associations, as well as every professional involved in the practice of Anthropology, in any of its branches and sub-branches, at or regarding Latin America and the Caribbean, to affiliate as members of ALA.
There are two types of membership: institutional and individual. To affiliate, or for more information, please send an email with your enquire and your data to:
ALA LEADERSHIP
The 2003-2006 Board is currently under designation process. So far, the elected members are:
President
Ana Bella Pérez Castro, México
Vice-Presidentes
Chile, Peru, Ecuador: Milka Castro Lucic, Chile
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay: Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima, Brazil
Venezuela and Colombia: Benjamín Martínez, Venezuela
Central America: Margarita Bolaños
Mexico: L. Alberto Vargas.
COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bolivia: Xavier Albó
Brazil: Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
Colombia: Jairo Tocancipá
Costa Rica: Rolando Quezada and Ana Cecilia Aría
Paraguay: Roberto Aquino
Peru: Osvaldo Torres
Uruguay: Sonia Romero and Susana Rostagnol
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