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The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology is committed to mentoring students and early career scholars. At the 2015 AAA meetings, the section will be offering two Early Career mentoring events; these events are free and open to all conference attendees…
What happens when people decide to claim ownership over ritual dances? What is the effect of declaring such expressions as heritage? Who should control collective knowledge…
Each year during the AAA meetings, the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) sponsors a series of special workshops in which small groups of graduate students and faculty…
While many anthropologists’ discussions of evidence turn on a disciplinary concern with the ethnographic record and ethnographic texts as forms of evidence, the making and application of both evidence and evidence protocols are widespread, iterative social…
Anthropology’s interest in archives (and/or “The Archive”) is, of course, nothing new…From our own work in two East European contexts, we have discovered common..
AT THE DELTA: Belonging, Place and Visions of Law and Social Change June 2 – 5, 2016 Law and Society … More
Cannabis Cultures Event Registration: http://tinyurl.com/n9awxhe As you plan for the American Anthropological Association meeting in November, save the date for a special cannabis … More
In 2015, the Political and Legal Anthropology Review is introducing a new feature, Emergent Conversations. For years, we have featured … More
#LSAWA2015 Connect with APLA at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Seattle, May 28-31. APLA members are active … More
“A Kind of Magic” by Gisela Giardino APLA (Association for Political and Legal Anthropology) is pleased to announce that the … More
By Andrea E. Pia – PhD Candidate, LSE This month, APLA is proud to present a column by the winner … More
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to launch its 2015 prize for the book that best exemplifies … More
In response to the overt racial injustice embedded in the organization of American policing and justice system, made undeniably visible … More
“By The People” Participatory democracy, civic engagement and citizenship education Photo by Sara CALL FOR PROPOSALS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Arizona State … More
By Jennifer Curtis APLA hosted its inaugural salon, Producing Political and Legal Knowledge through Cross-Disciplinary Engagements, on December 3, 2014 … More
By Leo Coleman, Ohio State University Photo by American Life League Citizens United and Hobby Lobby have been two of … More
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