Dal welcomes anthropologists from across North America – Dal News

May 11, 2016

This week, anthropologists in Dalhousie’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology are hosting the 2016 CASCA & SANA Conference, a joint meeting between the Canadian Anthropology Society and the Society for the Anthropology of North America.

This conference, which takes place May 11-15, will welcome about 350 registered participants, many from across Canada plus a number from the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, France and more.

The theme of the bilingual conference is “Soladarit(i)és,” an idea that has long preoccupied anthropology. The conference’s events and meetings will center around how anthropological engagements with solidarity – the principle of shared responsibilities, identities, and interests – have shaped anthropologists’ thinking about the social worlds in which they do their work.

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