The section of the American Anthropological Association committed to critical study of politics and law
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..
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 response to the overt racial injustice embedded in the organization of American policing and justice system, made undeniably visible … More
By Jennifer Curtis APLA hosted its inaugural salon, Producing Political and Legal Knowledge through Cross-Disciplinary Engagements, on December 3, 2014 … More
The 2014 APLA Graduate Student Paper Prize committee was Gabrielle Hosein, Mark Schuller, and Chika Watanabe. This year we added … More
Save the date! Happy Hour Salon: “Producing Political and Legal Knowledge Through Cross-Disciplinary Engagements” When: Wednesday, December 3, 6-8 pm. … More
APLA Graduate Student Workshops at AAA 2014 Call for participants… Each year during the AAA meetings, the Association for … More
Don’t miss Susan Coutin and Sally Merry’s joint APLA-AES 2013 Presidential Address now published in American Ethnologist: Technologies of truth … More
The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D. and J.D.) to send stand-alone papers … More
“Mobility, Law & Citizenship” Workshop, by Véronique Fortin, UC Irvine. On November 21st 2013, a small group of scholars gathered … More
Workshop on “Law and Rurality” by Michele L. Statz, University of Washington. Taking “rurality as a continuum” (Pruitt 2006) as … More
Don’t miss APLA’s business meeting substantive discussion on broadening anthropology’s reach! Saturday November 23rd, 12:15-1.30 pm, Chicago Hilton, Marquette Room.
Continuing its strong mentoring tradition, APLA will be holding a series of Graduate Student Workshops during the AAA meetings. Since … More
Take a look at some of the events that APLA is organizing for our upcoming AAA meetings. The full list … More
APLA is brainstorming about ways to expand the reach of its publication program in order to better serve its … More
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology 