SALSA

The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA) is an independent professional association for anthropologists specializing in lowland regions of South America. SALSA’s main goals are to foster sound and ethical research and to promote the education of students and the general public on issues that we study.

SALSA is an international society, bringing together specialists who live in Latin America, Europe, North America, and elsewhere. It seeks to facilitate connections and develop exchanges of information among them, disseminate original scholarship of high quality, and encourage students to learn about and carry out research in this region. SALSA has a voting membership with an elected board of directors, by-laws, and official status as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.

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The SALSA Solidarity Fund assists SALSA’s efforts to continue supporting Indigenous and traditional peoples’ participation in future SALSA conferences, make student awards, foster other activities and explore new possibilities that support our goals of furthering the anthropology of Lowland South America through intellectual and collegial exchange.

SALSA's Latest News

ALQUIMIA NA FLORESTA, de M. Aparicio et al. (2023)
BETWEEN THE FOREST AND THE ROAD, by A. Bravo Díaz (2023)
SHAMANS AND SIBLINGS, by D. Pollock (2023)
SALSA 2023 Elections for the Board of Directors (13-10-23)
XV SALSA Biennial Conference 2025 Call for Proposals
SOWING THE FOREST, by W. Balée (2023)
Declaração da SALSA pedindo-lhe para vetar o Projeto de Lei no 2.903/2023 Marco temporal (10-8-23)
Ailton Krenak elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters (10-6-23)
Norm and Sibby Whitten Research Fund 2024 Guidelines
Acustografías del oído medio y etnografía de medios audibles
XIV SALSA Biennial Conference – Keynote Dialogue
AYOMPARI, de M. Schäfer, ed. by I. Kummels (2023)
CLIMATIC AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS, ed. by J.A. Whitaker et al. (2023)
DOCTOR EN SU PROPIO PUEBLO de R. Casanto Shingari (2022)
Declaración de SALSA en respaldo a los pueblos indígenas (7-29-23)
IGNITION by Juan Castrillón
SALSA 2023 ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Magütá Museum
CHILDREN OF THE RAINFOREST by C. Morelli & R.D. Tumi Dësi (2023)
SALSA 2023 Health Advice
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Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Promoting ethical and sound research on issues related to lowland South America, its peoples and its environment

Bennington Papers

To honor the memory of Ken Kensinger, we offer selected issues of two series of publications edited by him.

Salsa conferences

SALSA conferences are among the world’s foremost venues for presenting original research on lowland South America.

PIAC

We encourage public attention and action to address injustices, harmful policies, and human rights violations.

AmaSonic

Meeting-point for accessing links of interest, news and events about sound, spoken word and musical practices in Lowland South America.

Teaching Lowland

Themes and links aimed to provide materials, information and inspiration for teaching Lowland South American anthropology.

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