Recovering the Museum Outcast: Sound Editors: Ingrid Kummels and Rocío Barreto Museum Worlds 14/1, 2026 The contributions of this special issue in the journal Museum Worlds deal with verbal arts, music, and dance as practiced in ritual and politics—a pivotal dimension of Amazonian Indigenous and Afro-Latin American knowledges. Accordingly, these auditory...
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SALSA PRESIDENT-ELECT / PRESIDENTE-ELECTO / PRESIDENTE-ELEITO: Call for nominations / Convocatoria de nominaciones / Convocação para candidaturas Estimad@s coleg@s / Dear Colleagues, [Spanish abajo & Português abaixo] SALSA is currently developing a slate of officers for the position of President-elect for upcoming elections to take place in late 2026...
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Living Forest Constitutionalism : Indigenous Jurisprudence and Rights of Nature in the Ecuadorian Amazon By Jenny García Ruales Transcript, 2026 If Pacha Mama or Nature was already recognised as a subject of rights in Ecuador’s Constitution, why did the Kichwa People of Sarayaku declare their territory the Living Forest (Kawsak...
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La noche en los ojos Por Juan Alvaro Echeverri Editorial UNAL, Colección Ser Texto, 2026 La noche en los ojos es el relato de un camino que se abre con los ojos asombrados de un niño ante el espectáculo de la noche en las montañas. Ese primer asombro...
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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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XVI SALSA Biennial Conference Call for Proposals XVI SALSA Biennial Conference July 28–August 1, 2027 — Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Converging Knowledges: Diversities and Epistemic Justice Drawing on the idea of “confluence” developed by the Quilombola thinker Antônio Bispo, this conference is inspired by a movement of sharing...
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